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Towards ecosystem-level thinking by the private sector

The world’s cities face the intense, overlapping challenges of environmental and demographic change, which are expected to grow over the coming decades. It is estimated that by 2050, 70...

Despite a slight positive trend since the year 2000, a JRC study shows that a third of our forests are in decline. The study supports the EU Biodiversity Strategy by assessing...

Questions and Answers on the Adoption of European Sustainability Reporting Standards

The "Align" project helps equip businesses in the EU and beyond with a comprehensive set of tools, indicators, and principles for integrating natural capital thinking and biodiversity measurement into their decision-making...

A ground-breaking Pilot study has shed new light on corporate biodiversity impacts, revealing a that a short list of top 250 high-impact companies on the MSCI World Index...

The Align project has published recommendations bringing more clarity on ‘what’ elements of biodiversity to measure and ‘how’ to assess impacts and dependencies on biodiversity in a business context. This document...

Businesses across the globe are increasingly turning their attention to their impacts and dependencies on biodiversity as a fundamental component of their long-term success. Over the last years...