A Business Necessity: Align With Nature or Risk Collapse, IPBES Report Warns

A Business Necessity: Align With Nature or Risk Collapse, IPBES Report Warns

Nature-positive business operations can contribute to both business success and the environment, according to IPBES’ Business Biodiversity Assessment. Credit: iStock/IPBESBy Busani BafanaBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe & MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, Feb 9 2026 (IPS) Business can still remain profitable while protecting the environment but invest in nature-positive operations, says a landmark report by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosyst…

150 countries approve a new blueprint for business action on nature - Water Magazine

A gathering of scientists, businesses and governments from more than 150 countries in Manchester has concluded with the approval of a new Business and Biodiversity Assessment to guide the actions businesses can take to save nature.   This 3-year scientific assessment, involving 80 expert authors from every region of the world, agreed on 9 February 2026, will become the accepted state of science on the impacts and dependencies of business on biod…

UK Hosts Global Biodiversity Summit as Businesses Urged to Act

Manchester has taken centre stage in the global fight to protect nature, as scientists, governments, and business leaders from more than 150 countries concluded a landmark biodiversity summit with a clear message: businesses must act now to protect the natural world they depend on. The meeting, known as IPBES 12, ended with the approval of a new Business and Biodiversity Assessment, a major scientific framework designed to guide companies on how…

IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy

The “undervaluing” of nature by businesses is fuelling its decline and putting the global economy… The post IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss…