Roche Natural Capital Protocol Pilot: Summary Report  


As part of its commitment to sustainability, in 2015/2016 Roche undertook a deep dive pilot of the Natural Capital Protocol with technical support from Sustain Value. The aim was to both help inform development of the Protocol, and to provide Roche with a better understanding of natural capital assessment (NCA) approaches and the added value their use could bring to the company. This summary outlines Roche’s; Objective & Scope, Approach, Main Findings and Next Steps.

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Assistant Vice President of Tata Sustainability Group on how Tata is Applying the Natural Capital Protocol

Alka Upadhyay, Assistant Vice President of Tata Sustainability Group, writes about how an application of the Natural Capital Protocol has allowed the Tata companies; Tata Power, Tata Steel, Tata Chemicals, Tata Motors and Tata Coffee, to gain business insights to help them focus their approaches to greenhouse gas emission management and fresh water usage.​





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Principles of Natural Capital Accounting – A Background from ONS & Defra


In December 2012, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published a roadmap, Accounting for the value of nature in the UK, which set out a strategy to incorporate natural capital into UK Environmental Accounts by 2020. This article (version 2.0) updates that original article. It takes into account the experience gained in developing the first set of accounts, and also reflects the progress made by the international community in developing the conceptual framework for ecosystem accounting.

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The Capitals Approach: The Natural Capital Protocol and the Sustainable Development Goals

Mark Gough (Coalition) and Richard Spencer (ICAEW) write for the United Nations Association of the United Kingdom on the importance of a ‘Capitals Approach’, and how the Natural Capital Protocol can help businesses to focus their contributions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 





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Natural Capital Coalition Partners with Cambridge Conservation initiative to Strengthen Biodiversity in the Natural Capital Protocol 

When the draft of the Natural Capital Protocol was released for consultation, over 100 comments focused on the need to do more about ‘biodiversity’. In recognition of the biodiversity challenges that remain with the Protocol, the Coalition has launched a new project to strengthen biodiversity in the Protocol and associated sector guides. The Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI), which involves a partnership between the University of Cambridge and nine international environmental NGOs, will lead on this work through the Coalition.

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Measuring Net Impacts Conference – Detailed Agenda now available
 

This event kicked off a multi-year collaboration between MIT and Conservation International that will advance big-data analysis, machine learning and artificial intelligence in the field of conservation.









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GLOBE Capital Financing the 21st Century
4-5 April
Toronto, Canada

Water: Risk, Opportunity and Sustainability 2017
5 April 
London, UK

The Sustainability Consortium – TSC Summit 2017: Impact at Scale
11-13 April 
Washington D.C., USA 

Sustainable Brands 2017 Istanbul
20-21 April 
Istanbul, Turkey 
 

Making Global Goals Local Business – India
26-27 April 
New Delhi, India

CERES Conference 2017
26-27 April 
An Francisco, USA 

Net Impact Approaches: Bringing the Strands Together
24 May
London, UK




 

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