• aerial view over forest at spring.
    News 19 Feb 26

    New Nature Tools Compass to support businesses and financial institutions 

    The Nature Tools Compass launches to support businesses and financial institutions in finding the right tools to assess their nature dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities.  UNEP-WCMC, in collaboration with partner organizations of the Strengthening Understanding and Strategies of Business to Assess and Integrate Nature (SUSTAIN) project, has launched the Nature Tools Compass to help businesses and financial institutions in navigating tools to assess their nature…

    New Nature Tools Compass to support businesses and financial institutions 
  • Story 6 Feb 26

    Shaping the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment: explore key resources from UNEP-WCMC 

    Recognizing the important role of businesses in responding to the biodiversity crisis, IPBES is set to release their Business and Biodiversity Assessment, in which UNEP-WCMC has been centrally involved.  Author: Elspeth Grace, Programme Officer, Nature Economy  Nature loss is no longer a distant risk. Businesses, finance and society face direct consequences from the biodiversity crisis, exacerbated by climate change. Healthy ecosystems…

    Shaping the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment: explore key resources from UNEP-WCMC 
  • Comment 4 Feb 26

    An introduction to the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment from its co-chair 

    Ahead of the launch of the Business and Biodiversity Assessment, co-chair Matt Jones explains how this first-of-its-kind report moves the world closer to living in harmony with nature. There is an old stereotype that people who advocate for the environment and those involved in business sit on different sides of the table, locked into inevitably adversarial positions. That is changing.   The latest science and research enable us to look at this through…

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    An introduction to the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment from its co-chair 
  • News 26 Nov 25

    UNEP-WCMC Updates the Global Critical Habitat Screening Layer 

    UNEP-WCMC experts provide a crucial update to the global Critical Habitat screening layer.  In a paper published this month, UNEP-WCMC, alongside partner institutions, released a comprehensive update to the global Critical Habitat screening layer, finding a significant increase in areas defined as “Potential” or “Likely Critical Habitat”. In this case, “Critical Habitat” refers to areas…

    UNEP-WCMC Updates the Global Critical Habitat Screening Layer 
  • Story 1 Oct 25

    Opportunities for companies to lead on the nature and health nexus 

    We reflect on the nexus of nature and health and how it relates to business. In anticipation of the upcoming 2026 Nature Action Dialogues, we reflect on emerging nature-related themes impacting businesses. One key theme is health and nature. In 2025’s dialogues, UNEP-WCMC, together with Globalbalance hosted a roundtable titled “The Health–Nature Nexus: The Case…

    Opportunities for companies to lead on the nature and health nexus 
  • Impact 14 Jul 25

    TRADE Hub advanced sustainable agricultural commodity supply chains across the EU and beyond 

    UNEP-WCMC’s TRADE Hub project contributed to advancing sustainable agricultural research and policy practice across Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.  The Trade, Development and Environment Hub (TRADE Hub) was a five-year project that significantly advanced research on agricultural commodities, wild meat and wildlife trade. Not only did it conduct research in over nine countries, but…

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    TRADE Hub advanced sustainable agricultural commodity supply chains across the EU and beyond 
  • A tiger looking out from a mangrove forest
    News 2 Jul 25

    A boost for biodiversity data

    Record-level growth of investment in Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool will have real impacts for nature data

    A boost for biodiversity data
  • News 25 Jun 25

    Combining landscape and supply chain approaches to protect nature 

    Under the Proteus Partnership, UNEP-WCMC has been exploring how companies can use supply chain sustainability initiatives and Landscape-level Approaches (LLAs) to conserve and restore landscapes along their supply chains and operations.   Companies depend on nature, yet ecosystems across the world are being degraded. All businesses rely on healthy and functioning landscapes for their direct…

    Combining landscape and supply chain approaches to protect nature