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Challenges and pathways for matching corporate value-chain biodiversity losses and gains
[Défis et pistes pour faire correspondre les pertes et les gains de biodiversité dans la chaîne de valeur des entreprises]

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  • Margaux Durand

    (UMR PSAE - Paris-Saclay Applied Economics - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CDC Biodiversité)

  • Thomas B White

    (Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and Department of Biology, University of Oxford, The Biodiversity Consultancy, Cambridge, CB2 1SJ, U.K.)

  • Talitha Bromwich

    (Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford, Wild Business Ltd., Oxford)

  • Sophus O S E zu Ermgassen

    (Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and Department of Biology, University of Oxford)

  • Vincent Martinet

    (UMR PSAE - Paris-Saclay Applied Economics - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CEPS - Centre d'Economie de l'ENS Paris-Saclay - Université Paris-Saclay - ENS Paris Saclay - Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay)

Abstract

In the context of ambitious global biodiversity goals, the need to compensate for the impact of corporate activities is no longer restricted to direct impacts but extends to the entire value-chain of corporates. This is challenging, considering the substantial uncertainties involved in measuring corporate value-chain biodiversity losses and gains, which render their comparison difficult. Corporates run the risk of taking inadequate action and making compensatory statements that are not supported by equivalent losses and gains, potentially exacerbating loss of biodiversity instead of supporting its recovery and leading to reputational and financial risks. Here, we highlight uncertainties that pertain to the metrics used for biodiversity loss and gain measurements and approaches that can be used to match these metrics. We then suggest a simple framework for corporates to evaluate the risk of making a compensatory claim, based on the level of uncertainty on value-chain biodiversity impacts, to reduce the risk of making inappropriate statements.

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  • Margaux Durand & Thomas B White & Talitha Bromwich & Sophus O S E zu Ermgassen & Vincent Martinet, 2025. "Challenges and pathways for matching corporate value-chain biodiversity losses and gains [Défis et pistes pour faire correspondre les pertes et les gains de biodiversité dans la chaîne de valeur de," Working Papers hal-05122951, HAL.
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