Improper use of biodiversity credits may harm nature and local communities, as well as exposing buyers to strategic, operational and reputational risks. This report offers initial guidance for companies to take early action with high integrity on biodiversity credits while standards and advice are evolving

The index provides a strategic benchmarking tool for business, governments, international organizations and others to develop the Travel & Tourism sector.

This yearly overview serves to document and report on the developments Indigenous Peoples have experienced throughout 2023.

The report explores the need for innovation policies to focus on developing innovation capabilities. It offers a new methodological framework, complemented by three industry case studies – agriculture technology, motorcycle and video games – in Brazil, Finland, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Poland and the United States.

Investing in natural capital is crucial for sustainable socioeconomic development, as over half of global GDP significantly depends on nature and biodiversity. However, natural capital, which includes essential natural resources such as forests, water and soil, is in significant decline today. This insight report aims to provide a framework for evaluating how innovation can mobilize more investment for natural capital.

This study explores the intersection of gender and climate change, suggests ways in which innovative technologies can accelerate climate relief actions, and offers strategies for integrating climate change initiatives into national policies and planning.

The book provides a comprehensive and geographically based overview of the challenges citizenship education faces in a rapidly changing global world through the lens of diversity and inclusiveness.

The report illustrates how, since the 2019 edition of this report, rising trends in global resource use have continued or accelerated. The report also shows how demand for resources is expected to continue increasing in the coming decades. This means that, without urgent and concerted action, by 2060 resource extraction could rise by 60% from 2020 levels – driving increasing damage and risks.

As the health of our planet’s critical ecosystems deteriorates, it directly impacts productivity, jobs and well-being. For business leaders and policy-makers, this is not just an issue of moral imperative but also of building resilience and future-proofing business models.

This report aims to offer guidance on how to develop and implement these strategies and plans, using as a practical example one of the emerging instruments with great potential to fund conservation and drive systemic change: biodiversity credits.