Global Biodiversity Score: measuring a company’s
biodiversity footprint
Global Business and Biodiversity Forum at COP 14 14-15 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
Antoine Cadi, Director of Research and Innovation, CDC Biodiversity
A private subsidiary of the Caisse des Depôts Group, the French largest public financial institution
CDC Biodiversité, a Nature-Based Company
A trusted third party
Engagement over the long
run Technical and
financial risk management
Activities
Biodiversity offsets operator
Conducting voluntary biodiversity restoration actions for businesses
Management of the Club for Positive Biodiversity Businesses (Club B4B+)
Research and publication activities on biodiversity economics, biodiversity financing mechanisms and natural capital
Three characterics of our action
The need for tools to assess the footprint of
companies and financial assets in order to evaluate their contribution to international targets
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The biodiversity indicator:
MSA or Mean Species Abundance
A metric to meet that need: the Mean Species Abundance
• Quantitative
• Global
• Spatialized
• Transparent
• Cross-sectoral
• Scientifically consensual
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The GBS: a tool to meet the corporate/portfolio assessment needs by linking activities,
pressures and impacts
km2 MSA
The GBS is supported by about 20 non-FI…
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Value chain workstream
… and 10 FI allowing road-testing and
adjustments to take into account data availability and industry specificities
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Finance workstream
Partners
Assessing the footprint of energy and mining, infrastructure, manufacturing and processing across the value chain to
reduce and balance out negative impacts (1/2)
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Raw material production
Raw and secondary material processing
Manufacturing Retail End-of-life
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Energy Transport Construction Financial services
Non-financial services and other activities
Assessing the footprint of energy and mining, infrastructure, manufacturing and processing across the value chain to
reduce and balance out negative impacts (1/2)
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Biodiversity footprints – Making a difference in investment and business decisions & enabling role of the public sector
18 November at 13:15 in the Event Tent
Contact
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Joshua Berger
GBS Project Manager Mail:
joshua.berger@cdc-biodiversite.fr Tél. : +33 (0)1 80 40 15 41
Antoine Cadi
Research and Innovation Director Mail:
antoine.cadi@cdc-biodiversite.fr Tél. : +33 (0)1 80 40 15 16 Mobile. : +33 (0) 6 21 63 18 00
