2022 marked a historic year for biodiversity: agreed at COP15, the landmark Kunming-Montreal Global Diversity Framework commits to putting 30 per cent of sea and land under protection by 2030. The agreement comes at a time of serious decline of nature as a result of human activity - we are experiencing the largest loss of life since the dinosaurs. The signal is clear: we must act now to preserve biodiversity, and it’s everyone’s business.
Biodiversity is a business imperative and companies are beginning to step up to the mark. But the question remains: what role can businesses play in protecting biodiversity, and how? Critical to answering this question is understanding what businesses have been doing to address biodiversity challenges so far.
In this hybrid event we unpack the findings of a report due for publication on 31 May, 'The evolution of corporate behaviour to tackle biodiversity challenges', authored by the Leonardo Centre and produced in collaboration with HSBC, which provides a data-driven and global understanding of what 6,000 companies have been doing to protect and restore biodiversity. The findings provide timely insights into the initiatives businesses can consider to play a more active role in the biodiversity agenda. Biodiversity experts from the financial, non-profit, and business sector join leading environmental policy and corporate sustainability academics to reflect on the implications for business and how financial institutions and policymakers can be key enablers in accelerating action.
Panellists:
- Natalie Blyth or Marine de Bazelaire HSBC (TBC)
- Andrew Cahn, Chair of the Board of Trustees of WWF-UK
- Eva Von Alvensleben, Executive Director Sustainability and Secretary General, The Fashion Pact
- Prof Mark Burgman, Director of Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
- Prof Maurizio Zollo, Scientific Director of the Leonardo Centre on Business for Society and Professor of Strategy and Sustainability
Location in-person: Lecture Theatre (X), Imperial College Business School
Online: Zoom, details to be sent in due course
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