How Natural Capital Approaches Can Support Sustainable Investments and Markets
The world’s stocks of natural resources its natural capital and the rich ecosystem it provides support business and economies to the tune of forty-four trillion in economic value each year. Yet the enormous value of this natural capital has been ne...
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okr-10986-348562021-04-23T14:02:10Z How Natural Capital Approaches Can Support Sustainable Investments and Markets White, Elizabeth M. Rahill, Bilal Gough, Mark Spurgeon, James EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES NATURAL CAPITAL ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT TEA The world’s stocks of natural resources its natural capital and the rich ecosystem it provides support business and economies to the tune of forty-four trillion in economic value each year. Yet the enormous value of this natural capital has been neglected and largely invisible from private sector decision making. This has had an impact on nature’s capacity to continue providing the ecosystem services upon which businesses and society rely. Nature’s current decline, underpinned by unsustainable consumption and production patterns, population dynamics, deforestation, and land use change, is a clear risk to business, markets, and society. The way that businesses measure, value, relate to, and account for the interaction between nature and people must evolve, and quickly. Building markets that consider natural assets and the services they provide alongside financial assets can provide a new, insightful, and relevant way to address and manage serious environmental challenges, while building long-term sustainability and resiliency in the private sector. This note underscores the urgency of action and shares ways companies can use natural capital approaches to help maintain both nature and their ongoing role in advancing prosperity and development in emerging markets. 2020-12-02T15:20:09Z 2020-12-02T15:20:09Z 2020-10 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/586861606380153797/How-Natural-Capital-Approaches-Can-Support-Sustainable-Investments-and-Markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34856 English EMCompass;Note 92 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Rwanda |
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The world’s stocks of natural resources
its natural capital and the rich ecosystem it provides
support business and economies to the tune of forty-four
trillion in economic value each year. Yet the enormous value
of this natural capital has been neglected and largely
invisible from private sector decision making. This has had
an impact on nature’s capacity to continue providing the
ecosystem services upon which businesses and society rely.
Nature’s current decline, underpinned by unsustainable
consumption and production patterns, population dynamics,
deforestation, and land use change, is a clear risk to
business, markets, and society. The way that businesses
measure, value, relate to, and account for the interaction
between nature and people must evolve, and quickly. Building
markets that consider natural assets and the services they
provide alongside financial assets can provide a new,
insightful, and relevant way to address and manage serious
environmental challenges, while building long-term
sustainability and resiliency in the private sector. This
note underscores the urgency of action and shares ways
companies can use natural capital approaches to help
maintain both nature and their ongoing role in advancing
prosperity and development in emerging markets. |
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White, Elizabeth M. Rahill, Bilal Gough, Mark Spurgeon, James |
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White, Elizabeth M. Rahill, Bilal Gough, Mark Spurgeon, James |
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How Natural Capital Approaches Can Support Sustainable Investments and Markets |
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How Natural Capital Approaches Can Support Sustainable Investments and Markets |
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How Natural Capital Approaches Can Support Sustainable Investments and Markets |
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How Natural Capital Approaches Can Support Sustainable Investments and Markets |
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How Natural Capital Approaches Can Support Sustainable Investments and Markets |
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how natural capital approaches can support sustainable investments and markets |
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International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC |
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