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❑ Session B1 – 10:00-11:00 – led by CDC Biodiversité – Lessons learnt from the first corporate measurements; Chaired by Rose Choukroun, CDC Biodiversité.
• Aligning Biodiversity Measures for Business – continuing the collaboration 2021-2024 – Sharon Brooks, Deputy Head of Business and Biodiversity Programme, UNEP-WCMC
• First full “end to end” biodiversity footprint assessment ever conducted – Xavier Houot, Senior VP- Chief Environment Officer, Schneider Electric &
Patricia Zhang, Research officer, CDC Biodiversité
• Informing the group’s biodiversity strategy and targets with biodiversity footprinting – Thomas Andro, Head of Solvay Way, Solvay
• Approaches to understanding biodiversity risk for companies – Edward Pollard, Technical Director, The Biodiversity Consultancy
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❑ Session B2 – 11:00-12:00 – led by The Biodiversity Consultancy – Biodiversity
measurement for business: emerging approaches and processes; Chaired by Helen Temple (The Biodiversity Consultancy).
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ALIGNING BIODIVERSITY
MEASURES FOR BUSINESS
A collaboration led by UNEP-WCMC
Aligning Biodiversity Measures for Business
Aim
• Form a common view among key stakeholders on corporate
biodiversity:
• measurement
• monitoring and,
• Disclosure
• Integrate credible corporate measurement into external
reporting and global biodiversity
Image from Workshop 2 held in Rio, Brazil (October 2019)
Partners involved:
The Aligning Biodiversity Measures for Business collaboration
Workshop 1 held in Brussels, March 2019 with the EU B@B Platform
• Convened 50 measurement experts and company representatives
• Established four working groups on key biodiversity measurement topics:
1. Business applications & targets 2. Boundary & baselines
3. Data sets & metrics 4. Disclosure
• Initial research to identify regulatory & policy trends on biodiversity disclosure to increase uptake of corporate measurement disclosure Workshop 2 held in Rio, Brazil in October 2019
• Discussion Paper on identifying common ground between corporate biodiversity measurement approaches.
• Discussion Paper on corporate biodiversity measurement approaches within the current and future global policy context.
• Report in collaboration with the EU Business @ Biodiversity platform assessing biodiversity
measurement approaches for businesses and financial institutions, and summarising
outcomes of discussions on common ground.
Key outputs in 2019
Image from Workshop 2 held in Rio, Brazil (October 2019)
• Information generated through the collaboration has been integrated into:
• the Biodiversity Guidance to accompany the Natural Capital Protocol
• This will soon also include a Navigation Tool to guide users through a biodiversity- inclusive natural capital assessment (online tool to be launched Q1 2021), including
which measurement approaches can be used for your particular objective.
Continuing work under the
collaboration in 2020
Launch of review paper in December 2020
• http://wcmc.io/aligning_measures_corporate_reporting_disclosure_
Dec2020
Reviews the drivers and current practice around business measurement, reporting and disclosure, and the role of
these approaches in future business disclosure for informing global policy targets
• Provides recommendations for government policy makers to create a step change in business action to
measure impacts and dependencies and performance:
1. Build business awareness of the value of
biodiversity and how to measure impacts and dependencies
2. Ensure a business-relevant post-2020 global biodiversity framework
3. Require mandatory corporate biodiversity performance disclosure
COMPANY SURVEY
Closing 10 December 2020
MULTI-STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP 15 December, 15.30 – 17.00 CET
Measuring the impact of agriculture on biodiversity - why and how do
• The TRADE Hub and the EU Business@Biodiversity Platform collaboration focused on biodiversity measurement within agricultural supply chains
• Beginning with a corporate needs assessment to understand the current use and understanding of available biodiversity measurement approaches and future needs
Continuing work under
the collaboration in 2020
ALIGN Project (2021 – 2024)
Aid the European Commission’s efforts to support businesses’ by developing standardised natural capital accounting practices and biodiversity modules:
1. Dedicated natural capital management accounting platform for facilitating best practice exchange;
2. Business-driven discussion and alignment for measuring biodiversity impacts and dependencies by the private sector
3. Defining needs and opportunities relating to education, training, and research for mainstreaming natural capital management accounting.
First full “end to end” biodiversity footprint
assessment ever conducted
Biodiversity measurement for
business & finance –An update on recent developments and lessons learnt
Patricia Zhang, Research Officer
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The Mean Species Abundance (MSA) metric
describes biotic integrity, ranges from 0 to 100%
and can be integrated spatially
1 MSA.km² loss is equivalent to the destruction of 1 km² of pristine natural areas
Key features: GBS accounts separately permanent and additionnal impacts
Static impacts
➢Biodiversity state
Dynamic impact
=
Dynamic impacts
➢Biodiversity changes
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The Global Biodiversity Score tool uses a
stepwise approach to make use of the best data available at each step
Key features: GBS uses scopes framework to account for impacts along the value chain
❑ CDC Biodiversité (2020). Measuring the contributions of business and finance towards the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.
Download.
❑ Schneider Electric (2020). Assessing Biodiversity footprint, the
opportunity to accelerate Corporate Biodiversity strategy. Schneider Electric performs first ever end-to-end biodiversity footprint
assessment with the Global Biodiversity Score (GBS), a tool developed by CDC Biodiversité. Download.
Additional resources
Time for Nature! Bringing Biodiversity central stage
How Global Biodiversity Score helps
Xavier Houot–Senior Vice President –Chief Environment Officer December 8th, 2020
€27 .2 billion
2019 revenues
41%
of revenues in new economies
5%
Key figures for 2019
North America
29%
Western Europe
26%
Asia Pacific
29%
Rest of World
16%
Two Businesses:
A well-balanced global presence
2019 Revenues breakdown
of revenues devoted to R&D
Our purpose is to empower all to make the most of our collective energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all.
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A vast array of technologies for buildings, homes, industry, data centers, infrastructure. How does it link with Biodiversity ?
Energy Performance Contracting
Power Monitoring System
Variable Speed Drives
Transformers UPS Single Phase
Circuit breakers
Digital load management system
UPS 3 Phase Smart UPS MV Switchgear Circuit breaker
Schneider Electric environmental strategy: a three-pronged journey
Climate and Resource well embedded in our Corporate Strategy, it is now “Time for Nature “
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Our obsession : collaboratively deliver a “One-planet” prosperity path
For SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
For our CUSTOMERS
For the WORLD’s ECONOMY
Nature is deteriorating
Biodiversity planetary boundaries, Living planet index: all index show a severe degradation of biodiversity (its abundance, its diversity, number of species)
End to end biodiversity footprint assessment
-
return of experience
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Most data required by GBS readily available from CO
2efforts
Lot of synergies with current reporting, however with strong differences in terms of data availability
Extra Financial Reporting
CO2 footprint Specific to GBS
Procurement (spent -€)
Tons of orematerial Energy
Medium high complexity
Medium complexity
Tons of raw material Medium high
complexity
-200 -150 -100 -50 0 50 100 150 200 250 300
End to end Schneider Electric’s biodiversity footprint
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0 1 2 3 4 5
Scope 1 (99% from GHG emissions)
Scope 2 (95% GHG emissions)
Use phase of products
Benefits through saved CO2 emissions
0 10 20 30 40 50
Impacts of GHG emissions
Wood (cardboards, pallets) Land use of metal mining Other
Operations
Supply chain Customers
Results are expressed in terrestrial dynamic MSA.km² Climate change
Land use
On cradle to gate impacts:
• CO2emissions represents 70% of Schneider’s pressure on biodiversity
• Land use, about30% -mainly due to land occupation of our supply chain (notably metals mining and timber harvesting)
Levers of action
to reduce our impact on biodiversity
Schneider’s climate strategy already has a significant impact on our biodiversity impacts, notably:
• engage our top 1000 suppliers in halving their emission
• Increase the purchase of green materials to 50%
Climate change Land use & others
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GHG emissions are Schneider’s first pressure on biodiversity
2/3 of our impacts on biodiversity are caused by GHG emissions, mostly due to our value chain (95%) and our operations (5%).
Our climate strategy is already significant in reducing impacts on biodiversity
Cradle to gate terrestrial dynamic pressures on biodiversity SE operations
Fleet and logistics
Purchases (75% of GHG emissions, cradle to gate)
Land use is the second most significant pressure, and can be addressed
(together with climate)in the supply chain
Biodiversity is a ‘local matter’, but a lot can be done increasing traceability in the supply chain
1/3 of impacts are caused by land use and other pressures, mainly in the supply chain (for instance, due to the extraction of virgin material needed for purchase of pallets and metals).
Focus on raw materials:
• Secondary materials sourcing (acceleration expected with “green material” strategy by 2025)
• Traceability (the highest complexity to address, as there are very low data available in the supply chain)
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100% of our sites with a biodiversity roadmap by 2025
A collection of best practices of biodiversity activities to support the site in defining their biodiversity local action
Extract of list of all proposed actions:
• On site canteen
• Organic waste
• Biodiversity in urban areas
• Tree planting
• Shelter wildlife
• Best gardening practices
• Plastic clean up
• Partner with local NGOs with aim of protection of natural area / endemic species
• …
Schneider’s publications
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Schneider Electric committed to step-up, leveraging best practices sharing, and promoting footprint assessment
Assessing Biodiversity footprint, the opportunity to accelerate Corporate Biodiversity strategy
Schneider Electric performs first ever end-to-end biodiversity footprint assessment with the Global Biodiversity Score (GBS), a tool developed by CDC Biodiversité
Raise corporate biodiversity ambition & aim at no net loss
It is “Time for businesses”to quantify biodiversity
footprints and set ambitious targets to reverse nature loss
MERCI !
Embedding
Biodiversity into
business decisions
Agenda
CLIMATE
RESOURCES
BETTER LIFE
1. Who we are - Solvay -
2. How biodiversity measurement informed our Sustainability ambition
3. Biodiversityembedded into business decision : the example of innovation
Solvay Today
We are a science companywhose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life.
Ourinnovative solutionscontribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems.
Our Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet plan crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering better life.
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Biodiversity assessment & Business Decisions - December 2020
Solvay One Planet is part of our Strategy
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HOW WHAT
Our Purpose
We bond people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress
Our Vision
Sustainable shared value
for all
Our Strategy
Solvay One Planet
Sustainability goals
Our Solutions
We align our technologies to customer and societal needs on markets where we are uniquely positioned
to make a difference and a profit at the same time
Automotive & Aerospace Mineral resources & Environment
Healthcare & Consumer Goods Agro, Feed & Food
Electronics Building Industrial applications
Our Organization
and Culture
Our new common operating model helps us work more
efficiently and effectively together
Changing our behaviors to be more ustomer-
o sessed
WHY
G R O W
Growth
Resilience Optimization
Win
Biodiversity assessment & Business Decisions - December 2020
2030 Solvay One Planet goals
Fight against climate crisis
CLIMATE
Embed
circular business
RESOURCES
Align greenhouse gas emissions with Paris Agreement Reduce by 26% (-2%/y)
Phase out coal
Achieve 100%
Reduce
negative pressure on biodiversity 30% reduction
Increase Sustainable Solutions revenues
Achieve 65% vs 50%
Increase circularity
Achieve 15% vs 7%
Reduce
non-recoverable industrial waste 30% reduction
Safety Accelerate Extend maternity
Reduce intake of freshwater
25%
reduction
Biodiversity is part our top 10 commitments for sustainable shared value
Key for the functioning of ecosystems and so the basis of Humankind existence
BIODIVERSITY CRISIS
1 Million of species (out of 8) at extinction risk*
Customers(rising expectations - see on the left)
Governments (Intense agenda, see below)
Communities (local stakeholders protection))
Employees (walk the talk - purpose)
Investors(new investment criteria to come)
Corporate Initiatives(CDC Biodiversity, WBCD,...)
A HOT RISING TOPIC
OUR TARGET
OUR ECOSYSTEM
A HIGH POLITICAL AGENDA
OUR PRESSURES
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ALLOWS
*IPBES
Natural regulation (Oceans acidification, Amazon
rainforest, carbon cycle...) Natural risks reduction
CLIMATE RESOURCES BETTER LIFE
Freshwater Food Raw Materials
Pollinisation
Clean Air Better Health Sustainable Living
condition
40%
of the global economy is based on the ecosystem
service*
*United Nations
2019
1/4
of CO2 emissions is absorb by oceans*
*GIEC
50%
of our prescription medicines come from
plant extract / biodiversity*
* World Bank
BIODIVERSITY - DIVERSITY OF LIFE
As example:
*IPBES
To better know local stakes
We performed a risk analysis for all Solvay locations worldwide
Crunching the numbers to ramp up biodiversity protection
To gain expertise
We joined international cross-sectorial, action-oriented business coalitions on biodiversity
To assess our pressures
We provided a reliable status of Solvay’s pressures on biodiversity in the value chain
Joining global initiatives
CDC Biodiversité CSR Europe
Assessing pressures through the value chain Identifying risks at local level,
on site
For all products
Based on Life cycle analysis For all sites
Based on protected areas
Assessing footprint across the value chain
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The pressure model on biodiversity
• Based on Life Cycle Assessment and Eco Profiles of our products
portfolio
• Providing a reliable status of Solvay’s pressures on biodiversity
PRINCIPLES
We identified 4 main pressures
• The 4 main pressures represent 90%+
• Breakdown provided by Business
• Then, ability to define and deploy action plan
RESULTS
Internal Assessment based on LCAs of all our Products Portfolio
ESG Webinar 2020
Our new
commitment for
Biodiversity
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Reduce
negative pressure on biodiversity
-30 %
BY 2030
Recognized as smart approach
ACHIEVE
Biodiversity embedded into business
decisions: example of innovation
Biodiversity assessment & Business Decisions - December 2020
Challenges
Sustainability concern, mitigation plan to be considered
Solutions
Better sustainability contribution to our customers combined with favorable balance between value and environmental impact
(Neutral)
Operationsvulnerability
Very High Risk High Risk Medium
Risk Low Risk Very Low
Risk
Market Alignment
Challenge Exposed Neutral Aligned Star
Their environmental manufacturing footprint and correlated risks and opportunities
Quantitative assessmentby 19 impact indicators
How in their applications they bring benefits or faces challenges from a market perspective
Qualitative assessment by authoritative questions on social and environmental topics
Sustainable Portfolio Management
How does it work?
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IDEAS
Solvay Innovation Process
SPM in the phase gate project management
OPPORTUNITIES PROJECTS
Develop Ideas to Proof
Concept From Proof of Concept to
Value for Solvay
Screening Incubation
SPM Full
Opportunity Bank Process
MARKET DRIVEN
Prepare Kickoff Project Kickoff
solvay.com
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Use of metrics when understanding corporate biodiversity
risk and opportunity
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New data, metrics and tools are available
Global Biodiversity Score
QH PDF PBF BII BFFI…
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1) Goslinget al 2020 https://doi.org/10.34892/4Q5V-GF37 2) Hansen et al 2020 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0214-3
What is a metric?
Frameworks Tools Metrics
Data
A mathematical representation of reality
Measured or modelled information
Packages of data and one or more metrics e.g. MSA – PDF
e.g. GLOBIO – ESA land-cover maps
e.g. GBS – LC-Impact
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Key questions for choosing a metric
How does it represent biodiversity and impacts on it?
Will the information feasibly be sufficiently granular and precise for my objectives, given
available input data?
How to choose a biodiversity metric – key trade-offs
When choosing a biodiversity metric, there is a trade-off between
• Validity –accurate measures of the right things?
• Feasibility –cost and time?
• Completeness– essential aspects covered?
Validity
e.g.
Academic approaches e.g.
covering one aspect only
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A framework for understanding biodiversity metrics
Coverage Spatial
resolution Precision
Distinctiveness Landscape context
Stakeholder concerns Biodiversity
elements Pressures Granularity
Consideration of biodiversity extent, condition and significance is well established
Case study: consumer goods company
• Seeking to develop biodiversity targets in alignment with global goals
• Existing carbon targets and detailed metrics / control measures for some impacts (e.g., ecotoxicity)
• >1000 ingredients
• Bulk of impacts from c.20 plant-based sources
• Variable but generally good data on source location and production practices
A land occupancy approach based on a BIM framework1 was identified as most appropriate
Captured largest source of impacts
Provided information that was clearly additional to existing data
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Example outputs:
Weighting for significance helps to understand and prioritise
Unweighted land occupancy impact (MSA.ha)
Weighted land occupancy (RR-weighted MSA.ha)
Sunflower oil
Qualitative approach to supply chain risks
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Key points
• Feasible to assess biodiversity impacts and opportunities at scale and at a resolution sufficient to inform operational decision-making
• All biodiversity metrics are a simplification of reality
• Even imperfect metrics can drive change – if used with appropriate care
• Important to understand the assumptions a metric is making to be able to interpret the results and identify appropriate actions
• Key questions when choosing a metric are:
• how is biodiversity represented?
• will results be sufficiently granular for the intended use?
• Always need to contextualise results to understand implications
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