Where is nature in your business strategy?

It's Now for Nature

Nature underpins every aspect of our society, wellbeing and economy. But nature is in crisis. Our economic activities are operating outside the safe zones for six of the nine planetary boundaries that keep Earth habitable. This is causing declines in the services nature provides, and disruptions in supply chains, business operations and investments.

A growing community of businesses and financial institutions recognize they cannot sustainably grow their business, or achieve their climate goals, without protecting and restoring nature.

It’s Now for Nature is a joint global campaign to bring together all businesses to act on nature and contribute towards a nature-positive world by 2030.

A net-zero, nature-positive and equitable future is possible and businesses can contribute by embedding nature in their business strategy.

 

The business case for nature has never been stronger

Regulation on corporate nature disclosure is coming. Investors are getting serious about the risks of nature loss. Consumers are demanding change.

196 countries committed to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030 by adopting the Global Biodiversity Framework. Within the framework, large businesses and financial institutions are required to assess and disclose their impacts and dependencies on nature.

The business case for acting on nature has never been stronger. Embedding nature into business strategies enhances performance across five critical and interconnected areas of every business – risks, resilience, revenue, regulation and reputation.

Through this campaign, businesses are encouraged to share their nature strategies to set out how they are addressing the nature crisis, in a public and accessible way, and to help to drive accountability.

An asset with the title: Where is nature in your business strategy? There are three bar chart-style bars on the left. The first bar contains the text: 91% - Nine out of 10 experts (91%) view the state of nature and biodiversity as a catastrophic or alarming issue. The second bar contains the text: 76% - But, over three-quarters (76%) say that they private sector is currently poor in its action to protect nature and biodiversity. The third bar contains the text: 90% - And 90% of experts say companies need a public nature strategy backed by the CEO / Board. On the right-hand side of the asset, text reads: Data by Globe Scan. Underneath this is a block of text that reads: Use the Nature Strategy Handbook. A new step-by-step guide to help businesses develop and publish a nature strategy. #NowForNature

What is the Nature Strategy Handbook?

The Nature Strategy Handbook provides recommendations for all businesses – whether corporates or financial institutions – on how to set a forward-looking nature strategy and where to find useful tools and resources.

Submit your nature strategy

Join the growing number of businesses who recognize they need to scale and speed up business action on nature.

Not ready to set a nature strategy?

Recognizing that businesses have varying levels of readiness or capability when it comes to taking action on nature, the It’s Now for Nature Accelerator provides the essential tools, methodologies and practical learnings based on the Nature Strategy Handbook.

Lasting six to eight months, each Accelerator is designed to equip businesses to develop and publish credible strategies for nature.