industry PAPERS
METALS & MINING
Since dam failures are devastating to the environment and an immediate and dire threat to the ecosystems of large populations of wild animals, we are working to directly engage with industry CEOs to ensure they have robust tailings dam management plans that are publicly disclosed and enforced across all mine sites.
INCORPORATING BIODIVERSITY INTO INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Biodiversity is defined as “the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems.”
FINANCE AS A FORCE
FOR NATURE
With the release of Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta’s report on the economics of biodiversity earlier this year and several economists announcing the integral role biodiversity plays in maintaining a strong global economy, mainstream thinkers have signaled their desire to understand how the continued depletion and destruction of natural ecosystems might impact global economic stability.
tHE ROLE OF INVESTORS IN REALIZING nature positive outcomes
Over half of global GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature. Yet most human economic activity not only undercuts the sustainability of nature by altering how land and oceans are used, but also exacerbates climate change, pollution, animal exploitation, and the spread of invasive non-native species.