GRAY MAGUIRE: World business finally starts to take biodiversity seriously
Like it or not, environmental, social and governance action and reporting is about to step into a whole new gear
On December 19, a few days after most of SA switched off the lights (literally) and headed out of the office for a much-needed break, delegates at the UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Montreal closed off their conference with a landmark agreement to guide global action on nature through to 2030.
While corporate SA has improved a great deal with respect to climate change action and reporting in recent years, the same cannot be said of developments in the biodiversity space. I have lamented this nearsightedness a great deal in the past, as the scientific community regards biodiversity and climate change as two sides of the same coin...
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