Purpose and passion

Designed by a multi-disciplinary team, we hope this handbook provides inspiration and support to help you get started on your journey.

Many of the frameworks and metrics relating to biodiversity are still a work in progress, but nature can’t wait.

The Council for Sustainable Business (CSB) has identified an urgent need to understand the impact of business on nature, and the actions to help reverse biodiversity loss. Research has been gathered from business leaders across sectors and from government, academics, and NGOs, to help develop a handbook that is designed by business, for business.

The CSB is grateful to DEFRA, supporters of this handbook, and to the many contributors listed below. Thanks to Accenture, Fjord, and Karmarama for crafting the Nature Handbook and Get Nature Positive campaign, to help forward-looking business leaders on their journey towards nature positivity.

Contributors

Below is a list of some of the key businesses, organisations and individuals that helped make this handbook possible. We’ve also been helped by many others – including NGOs, government, academic and business experts. We’re grateful to you all.

DEFRA

Sector wide

Environment Agency

Sector wide

Severn Trent

Water sector

Responsible Travel

Tourism sector

Iceland

Food retail sector

Aviva

Finance sector

Heathrow

Tourism sector

Anglian Water

Water sector

Murphy Group

Buildings and Infrastructure sector

British Fashion Council

Fashion sector

United Utlities

Water sector

Danone

Food retail sector

The team who made this handbook work across different disciplines but share a common interest in protecting nature, for future generations.

The team behind Get Nature Positive

The Nature Handbook for Business is brought to you by the Council for Sustainable Business, sponsored by Defra, and powered by Accenture with thanks to many contributors across sectors.