(C15.4) What actions has your organization taken in the reporting year to progress your biodiversity-related commitments?
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Rationale
This question enables organisations to demonstrate how they are achieving their vision and ambition for biodiversity through addressing the issues they have identified and committed to addressing. Your response to this question aligns with requirements of “Stage 2: Ambitions” in IUCN’s Guidelines for planning and monitoring corporate biodiversity performance, which recommends that companies develop and deliver biodiversity goals and objectives.
Connection to other frameworks
SDG
Goal 15: Life on Land
Response options
Please complete the following table:
(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this or other questions)
| Have you taken any actions in the reporting period to progress your biodiversity-related commitments? | Type of action taken to progress biodiversity- related commitments* |
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Select all that apply:
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General
- Select the options that best describe the actions your organization is taking to progress your biodiversity-related commitments.
Type of actions taken to progress biodiversity-related commitments (column 2)
- This column is presented only if “Yes, we are taking actions to progress biodiversity-related commitments” is selected in column 1 (Have you taken any action…).
- Select:
- Land/Water protection: for actions taken to identify, establish or expand parks and other legally protected areas. For example, expanding national parks or identifying and establishing a nature reserve.
- Land/Water Management: for actions directed at conserving or restoring sites, habitats and the wider environment e.g. controlling poacher activity within protected areas.
- Species management: for actions directed at managing or restoring species, focused on the species itself. E.g. setting harvest quotas or selective culling to manage population size within a protected area.
- Education and Awareness: for actions directed at people to improve understanding and skills, and influence behavior. E.g. engaging with park managers to exchange knowledge on species identification or raising environmental awareness through company social media.
- Law and Policy: for actions to develop, change, influence and help implement formal legislation, regulations, and voluntary standards. This could include the promotion of conventions on biodiversity.
- Livelihood, Economic and other incentives: for actions to use economic and other incentives to influence behavior such as the use of certification, or positive incentives.
Additional information
- For guidelines on setting company ambitions on biodiversity performance, see IUCN’s Guideline for planning and monitoring corporate biodiversity performance.
- For further information on different conservation actions, see IUCN’s Conservation Actions Classification Scheme (Version 2.0).
