The case for nature positive action
Nature underpins the functioning of society and the economy, but our ecosystems and the life they support are in crisis. The crisis is urgent and the rate of species decline is getting worse. Human action is the cause of this crisis. It is also the only solution. We need to scale up and accelerate transformative action. We have to tackle climate and nature together – and do this with the engagement and for the benefit of people and communities.
Nature positive action from business, government and financial institutions is needed to create a new operating model based on regeneration, resilience and circularity not extraction, destruction and pollution. Read our position on nature.
CISL Insights
We offer practical and strategic guidance, grounded in practitioner insights from exceptional people from business, policy and academia, to help leaders and organisations prepare for a nature positive future.
We created the first industry specific primer to navigate the
new target-setting guidance from the Science Based Targets Network.
Our Nature-related Finance Risks handbook and use cases explain key concepts linked to nature loss and financial risk and provide guidance for risk identification.
Our diagnostic tool & sector briefings help companies understand & implement nature-based solutions projects and accelerate their adoption.
CLG Europe signed a public letter to the European Parliament urging them to support the EU Nature Restoration Law.
Five ways we work with you on nature
Our Rewiring the Economy framework offers tasks to guide
the changes necessary in the economy to deliver the SDGs & support natures.
Our nature-based solutions sector case studies outline the challenges and actions needed to implement nature-based solutions projects.
Collaborations we convened enabled stakeholders to rethink existing business models to eliminate plastic packaging waste.
Our regenerative nature project models offer blueprint that support improved biodiversity and water quality.
We work with companies to help them take practical measures
to enhance the natural environment.
We are partners in the following initiatives/coalitions
- Business For Nature is a global coalition that brings together business and conservation organisations and forward thinking companies.
- We Mean Business Coalition is a global nonprofit coalition working with the world’s most influential businesses to take action on climate change.
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures develops and deliver a risk management and disclosure framework for organisations to report and act on evolving nature-related risks.
- African Natural Capital Alliance is a collaborative forum for mobilising the financial community’s response to the risk of nature loss in Africa.
- Cambridge Conservation Initiative is a unique collaboration between the University of Cambridge and nine leading internationally focused biodiversity conservation organisations based in and around Cambridge, UK.
Resources and reports
Briefing on EU Biodiversity Strategy
21 April 2020
20 April 2020 - The European Commission is soon to publish the EU’s new Biodiversity Strategy, one of the key elements of the flagship ‘European Green Deal’ (EGD) package of economic and environmental policies.
Developing a corporate biodiversity strategy: A primer for the fashion sector
28 January 2020
30 January 2020 – Nature is declining at a rate unprecedented in human history, with one million species now threatened with extinction. This degradation of nature affects society as a whole, including businesses that rely on natural resources, like the fashion sector. This report sets out how companies can create strategies to address their impacts on biodiversity.
