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• Nature聽Minister hails it as pivotal聽moment聽on road to this year鈥檚聽Biodiversity聽COP聽

• IPBES 12 has聽brought estimated economic benefits of 拢3.1 million聽to聽Manchester聽

A gathering of聽scientists,聽businesses聽and governments聽from聽more than 150聽countries聽in聽Manchester has concluded聽with the approval of a new Business and Biodiversity Assessment to guide聽the聽actions聽businesses can take聽to save nature.聽聽

Businesses depend on and impact biodiversity and nature鈥檚 contributions to people, across value chains聽but they need to develop their resilience聽against the decline of聽nature.聽聽

This 3-year scientific assessment, involving 80 expert authors from every region of the world, agreed today, will become the accepted state of science on the impacts and dependencies of business on biodiversity and nature鈥檚 contributions to people, providing all decision-makers with evidence and options for action to measure and better manage business relationships with nature.聽

Better understanding 鈥� and better measurement 鈥� helps companies understand their role and responsibility to act, while also聽identifying聽risks and opportunities, setting targets,聽monitoring聽performance, and supporting transparency and accountability of their nature-related commitments.聽

Nature Minister Mary Creagh said:聽聽聽

鈥淣ature is the lifeblood of our economy, and the nature crisis聽represents聽a profound threat to our way of life, which is why the UK is committed to leading the way and was pleased to host this summit.聽

鈥淭his crucial new assessment, agreed by 150 countries, will provide a vital framework for global businesses to help them better understand the risks they face from nature degradation聽and the action they can take.鈥澛�

The government will continue to support聽the private sector to聽take action聽on nature. Following the announcement of a pioneering Overarching Principles Standard for nature markets last year, the government will continue to work with the British Standards Institution on further nature investment standards. This will help to boost investor confidence in nature markets, enabling them to do more for biodiversity.聽聽

We will also continue to look at how we can support businesses to understand and address their impact on nature through their supply chains, including through the UK-supported Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures.