The TEEB for Business Report
TEEB has assembled much evidence that the economic invisibility of nature’s flows into the economy is a significant contributor to the degradation of ecosystems and the loss of biodiversity.
This document summarizes a major component of TEEB aimed at the business community. The TEEB experts conclude that companies can only meet today’s market requirements if they integrate sustainable biodiversity management into their corporate strategy. The report is dotted with example of various companies that have adopted some strategies of accountability to the environment.
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is a global study, initiated by the G8 and five major developing economies and focusing on ‘the global economic benefit of biological diversity, the costs of the loss of biodiversity and the failure to take protective measures versus the costs of effective conservation.