Kate Rogers explains how there are growing calls for a pathway for nature conservation in the run up to the United Nations’ biodiversity summit in China.
20 years ago I gave a talk to a group of investors about why it was important to think about issues beyond profit in investment decisions.
I gave an example of an oil spill. I showed them pictures of environmental damage, of polluted waterways, habitat destruction and oil-soaked birds. My talk bombed – they weren’t interested. It wasn’t part of the discourse then – at the time, profit was the whole picture.
Thankfully, things are changing. Investors are recognising that companies can’t exploit the planet without recourse through financial cost or reputational risk.
Human activity has changed almost three quarters of the earth’s surface and a million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Rising social consciousness means people are waking up to the fact that business can be part of the problem, or part of the solution – not all profits are created equal.
But there’s still a long way to go if we are to consistently quantify the impacts of businesses and investments on our planet.
We need to value nature, to agree a standard way for companies to measure and disclose their impact on biodiversity, and a global goal to protect and restore nature.
On the prowl for a new global goal for nature: will the UN pounce on "nature positive by 2030"? - Professional Investor - Schroders
20 years ago I gave a talk to a group of investors about why it was important to think about issues beyond profit in investment decisions.
I gave an example of an oil spill. I showed them pictures of environmental damage, of polluted waterways, habitat destruction and oil-soaked birds. My talk bombed – they weren’t interested. It wasn’t part of the discourse then – at the time, profit was the whole picture.
Thankfully, things are changing. Investors are recognising that companies can’t exploit the planet without recourse through financial cost or reputational risk.
Human activity has changed almost three quarters of the earth’s surface and a million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Rising social consciousness means people are waking up to the fact that business can be part of the problem, or part of the solution – not all profits are created equal.
But there’s still a long way to go if we are to consistently quantify the impacts of businesses and investments on our planet.
We need to value nature, to agree a standard way for companies to measure and disclose their impact on biodiversity, and a global goal to protect and restore nature.
On the prowl for a new global goal for nature: will the UN pounce on "nature positive by 2030"? - Professional Investor - Schroders