The importance of clearly and convincingly communicating complex environmental, social and economic information cannot be underestimated. And it doesn’t have to a process of ‘dumbing down’.

Social and environmental sustainability concerns are poised to become important drivers of business transformation in the near future. As the implications of sustainability (or lack of..) are being felt and seen throughout entire global business value chains, traction has been picking up pace within companies as they start to respond to such trends by embedding sustainability into their plans and operations.

The uptake of green infrastructure has been gaining momentum across the globe. It offers a cost effective way of reducing business impacts and managing risks. Better still, there are many spill-over benefits, such as biodiversity conservation.

An international coalition of private and public sector partners are in the process of defining a standard for assessing natural capital impacts and dependencies for mainstreaming into company reporting. It has the potential transform how your business operates.