Authors

Annelisa Grigg and Others

Research organisation

The Natural Value Initiative - with Fauna & Flora International, UNEP Finance Initiative>

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Linking Shareholder and Natural Value

Report Date

October 2009

Release Date

April 2011

Document summary

Ecosystem services are lost annually with a value equivalent of around €50 billion from land-based ecosystems alone. Such loss has important implications for the long-term viability of the businesses dependent on these services, particularly those with agricultural supply chains. As biodiversity and ecosystem services decline this is increasingly translated to business risk and opportunity linked to reputational risk, security of supply and legal compliance. A company survey in the food, beverage and tobacco sectors highlights early stage response, pilot projects, developing but incompletely applied management tools and reactive not proactive management. Risks may go unmanaged and shareholder value opportunities missed.