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Read more at: The launch of a Natural Capital Protocol for businesses to identify, measure and value natural resources

The launch of a Natural Capital Protocol for businesses to identify, measure and value natural resources

29 June 2016

13 July 2016 – Today, the Natural Capital Protocol, a standardised framework for businesses to identify, measure and value their direct and indirect impacts and dependencies on natural capital is launched in London.


Read more at: Cotton industry must incorporate natural capital in its business plans to ensure sustainable future, new University of Cambridge report says
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Cotton industry must incorporate natural capital in its business plans to ensure sustainable future, new University of Cambridge report says

8 February 2016

11 February 2016 – Seven leading global businesses called today on all actors in the cotton industry to accelerate action on natural capital to ensure a sustainable future for the sector. They joined forces with social and environmental initiatives and cotton experts to produce a report that demonstrates the positive natural capital impacts of specific cotton production practices.


Read more at: New report aims to encourage more sustainable practices in the dairy sector
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New report aims to encourage more sustainable practices in the dairy sector

22 January 2016

25 January 2016 – The importance of natural resource security for dairy production was highlighted today at an event at the House of Lords, on the occasion of the launch of a new report on natural capital and the dairy sector.


Read more at: Value Retail and Kering join the Natural Capital Leaders Platform

Value Retail and Kering join the Natural Capital Leaders Platform

1 April 2015

1 April 2015 – We welcome two new members to the Natural Capital Leaders Platform.


Read more at: Nexus thinking: can it slow the Great Acceleration?
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Nexus thinking: can it slow the Great Acceleration?

November 2014 – In July 2014, the Nexus Network commissioned 13 think pieces with the remit of scoping and defining nexus approaches, and stimulating debate across the linked domains of food, energy, water and the environment. The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s Jake Reynolds and Gemma Cranston have co-written a think piece entitled ‘Nexus thinking: can it slow the Great Acceleration?’ that explores how business success and corporate decision-making could be shaped by nexus thinking.


Read more at: Second Nature, embedding the Platform’s shared innovation into business
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Second Nature, embedding the Platform’s shared innovation into business

26 November 2014

26 November 2013 - Second Nature, a University of Cambridge Natural Capital Leaders Platform event, launched a suite of innovative web-based tools to help global businesses better manage the goods and services from nature upon which they rely at The Royal Society in London.


Read more at: Sink or Swim: a multi-sector collaboration on water asset investment

Sink or Swim: a multi-sector collaboration on water asset investment

26 November 2014

03 June 2014 - Water is an economically strategic resource, provided and regulated by nature and underpins many business activities. Ensuring that water is carefully stewarded and available in sufficient quantity and quality is a subject of vital interest to business, however, to date the management of and investment in water has been disjointed.


Read more at: The Nexus Network launched

The Nexus Network launched

26 November 2014

09 June 2014 - The Nexus Network, launched on Monday 9 June, offers business the opportunity, for the first time, to design and deliver research by embracing science in all its manifestations – social and natural – to ensure the sustainable management and secure supply of natural capital, including energy, food and water.


Read more at: Two million hectare shortfall in UK land possible by 2030, study finds

Two million hectare shortfall in UK land possible by 2030, study finds

26 November 2014

25 June 2014 - Cambridge-hosted industry platform calls for joint action plan with government.


Read more at: E.Valu.A.Te: the Game: promoting sustainable decision-making

E.Valu.A.Te: the Game: promoting sustainable decision-making

26 November 2014

15 October 2014 - What is natural capital valuation? How can it inform business decisions? E.Valu.A.Te: the Game, produced by the Natural Capital Leaders Platform, demystifies natural capital valuation and shows how it can inform commercial decisions that mitigate risk, reduce negative environmental impacts, and create value.