Biodiversity: Corporate Practice & Contribution in China released

Dr. Zhu Chunquan

China Head, Nature Initiative, World Economic Forum, 

Beijing, China

The corporate participation is indispensable is to restore biodiversity by 2030 and ensure the full realization of the 2050 Vision of "Living in Harmony with Nature".

The Biodiversity: Corporate Practice and Contribution in China gives readers a relatively comprehensive look into Chinese enterprises' performance in underscoring and participating in biodiversity conservation, and highlights the experiences and achievements of a number of advanced enterprises in biodiversity conservation. It provides references to global business and industry to incorporate natural capital into corporate strategic decision, operation and management. Furthermore, it makes the following contributions: the popularization of the concept and assessment methods of natural capital, the mainstreaming of biodiversity value accounting, and developing a model for economic transformation that benefits the nature and promoting high-quality development.

We hope that this book can popularize some advanced concepts and successful practices to all walks of life, so that more enterprises, social organizations and individuals can protect the environment, sustainably use the biological resources and practice the ecological civilization, thus jointly promoting the conservation and sustainable development of biodiversity and building a better future for all.

Mark Gough

CEO, Capitals Coalition

Goal 15 of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework under negotiation requires all enterprises to make mandatory assessment and disclosure of their impacts on and dependence on biodiversity. The Biodiversity: Corporate Practice and Contribution in China not only demonstrates the possibility of such work, but also emphasizes that enterprises, nature and human beings can benefit from it.

Its release shows the world the pioneering exploration of Chinese enterprises in the field of natural capital accounting. I hope this book will inspire more organizations to pay attention to the value of nature and people, and encourage them to join forces to move in the right direction to create an equitable, climate neutral and nature positive future for themselves and future generations.

Main content

Chapter 1 The Development Status of Corporate Biodiversity in China

Focus on the analysis of corporate dependence and impact on biodiversity, describe the main driving force of enterprises to engage in biodiversity, and summarize the characteristics of corporate practice and the status of information disclosure.

Chapter 2 Mechanisms, Platforms, and Strategies Regarding Chinese Companies' Participation in Biodiversity Conservation

Include three pillars of CBD companies, five levers of changes and progress, challenges and suggestions in China.

Chapter 3 Practices of Corporate Contribution to Biodiversity

Select the typical practices of enterprises in key industries such as power, petrochemical, biomedical industries, etc. that contribute to biodiversity conservation, share the results and corporate experiences in applying international cutting-edge natural capital accounting to assess their impact and dependence on nature, explore corporate achievements and experiences in contributing to biodiversity conservation, sustainable utilization, benefit sharing and comprehensive value creation, and provide reference for global industry and commerce to incorporate nature into business decisions.