🌍 Can businesses thrive without nature? The @ipbes.net #BizBiodiversity Report says NO! It outlines business dependency on biodiversity, offering >100 actions to measure & manage nature-related impacts. Read more w/ @natcapalliance.bsky.social: thenaturalcapitalalliance.substack.com/p/the-nature...

The Nature of Business: What the IPBES Business Assessment Reveals About Biodiversity, Risk, and Corporate Action

IPBES Report Highlights Methods and more than 100 Specific Actions to Measure & Respond to Business Impacts & Dependencies for Businesses, Governments, Financial Actors and Civil Society.

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A global first : Nature as a rights-holder now includes bees. In Peru’s Amazon, stingless bees have been granted legal rights, recognizing their vital role in pollination, biodiversity, and community livelihoods. #NatureRights www.bgnes.com/science/bees...

Bees with legal rights: A global precedent from the Amazon

In Peru, a new regulation grants rights to Amazonian stingless bees—the first case of its kind in the world in which an insect has been granted legal status. For the first time in his

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🌿🇨🇴 During #COP30, Colombia became the first country to declare its entire Amazon biome a zone free of large-scale mining and hydrocarbons. Colombia also enacted Ley 2533 de 2025, establishing the Río Aburrá, its basin, and tributaries as a rights-bearing entity.

Global forest loss remains alarmingly high—8.1M ha destroyed in 2024, leaving us 63% off track from zero-deforestation goals. Companies can help close this gap by ensuring supply chains, finance, and due diligence systems are free from deforestation risk. #ESG 🔗 www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/glob...

Global Forest Loss: Far Off Track From Global Commitments

The Forest Declaration Assessment 2025 warns that global forest loss remains alarmingly high, with little sign of improvement.

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If you act today, it’s not too late to register for tomorrow’s @CORE webinar — Meaningful Due Diligence: From Risk to Real Action. Learn how to move beyond compliance and design measures that truly work for people. 🔗 lnkd.in/dieypBiB #ESG #HumanRights #CORE #HREDD #SustainableSupplyChains

What if ESG started with relationships with affected communities — not just reporting? Opilio’s latest post shares 3 key questions to guide ethical, rights-based engagement. 🔗 opilio.org/insights/3-q... #ESG #AffectedCommunities #FPIC #GRI #TNFD #ESRS #Sustainability

3 Questions to Ask Before Engaging Affected Communities - Opilio

Insights 3 Questions to Ask Before Engaging Affected Communities Guiding Respectful, Rights-Based Engagement in Nature-Based Supply Chains By Opilio Introduction As expectations grow for companies to ...

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Opilio Advisory is live! We help companies with nature-dependent supply chains engage respectfully with affected communities — aligning #ESG frameworks with on-the-ground strategies that manage risk, build trust & create value. opilio.org #Sustainability #AffectedCommunities #ESRS #TNFD #GRI

ESG advisory on affected communities

ESG advisory on affected communities for nature-dependent supply chains. Rights-based strategies for resilience, biodiversity, and shared value.

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