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… 999 0029 www.iucn.org Operational Guidelines for Private Sector Engagement February 2009 – Version 2.0 Operational … actions. 7. Transparent in the sense of ensuring public access to information, while respecting individual … and helps to manage risk by clarifying and making public the purpose and terms of a relationship and putting …

… Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector D. Aiama, G. Carbone, D. Cator, D. Challender … Biodiversity 4 2. Dependencies and impacts of the apparel sector value chain on biodiversity 7 3. Assessing risks on … water quality), and encourage business to support better public sector policy development, regulatory mechanisms and …

… Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector Biodiversity Indicator and Reporting System (BIRS) … over 1,000 staff in 45 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and pri- vate sectors around the world. … positively impact biodi- versity and local livelihoods. 3. Public and financial sector policies promote the integration …

… government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the … dissemination and debate. It works with partners in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed … policy and practice, including recent studies of private sector involvement in relation to water, both water resources …

… 2. Biodiversity loss: a growing relevance for the private sector 5 2.1 Direct drivers of biodiversity loss 5 2.2 … • Since biodiversity is often still regarded as a public good, governments, which control huge amounts of public bonds and public pensions, even have a special …

… of NPI is likely to increase, particularly within this sector. What is this paper about? NPI on biodiversity is … strategy. As yet, no other businesses have made public, company- wide commitments to NPI. However NPI is not … tackle biodiversity impacts. Over 40 companies have made public statements on company- wide commitments or aspirations …

… 12 3.1.3 Public PES Schemes … 38 5.2.1 Public Institutions … municipal and national government funding; – Private sector – making voluntary and required payments for … developers, irrigation districts or the hydro-energy sector, all of which could be dedicated to PES activities. So …

… and to fund control and restoration, then the costs to the public could be high. This is because in the absence of any … who invest in addressing the weed problem on behalf of the public. As an alternative to risk avoidance by simple bans, … by risk management strategies inspired by the commercial sector. However, to be a trustworthy alternative to standard …

… cost of key production inputs such as fish for the food sector; trees and associated inputs for the forest sector; … degradation should be widely available and accessible as a public good to help business planning and responses; � The … of the services they provide, and internalize the costs of public goods and services usage in business operations. …

… This paper summarizes the business case for private sector applications of NPI. It outlines the opportunities … on biodiversity. While few have gone as far as making public, company-wide commitments to NPI, a significant number … and Figure 1. Growth in the number of companies with public, company-wide commitments/aspirations to No Net Loss …