GRI, UNEP-WCMC, CREM. (2011). Approach for reporting on ecosystem services.
The issue of dependence and impact on ecosystems services is a pressing topic for companies now and will be for many generations to come: how to guarantee society’s activities and the maintenance of ecosystems at the same time. Because of that, impacts on ecosystems tend to be a very prominent topic when companies report about their contribution to the future of society, and about the risks they run as a business. Written by UNEP-WCMC, GRI and consultancy CREM, this paper assesses opportunities to translate emerging thinking around ecosystem services into sustainability reporting indicators and approaches that can be used as a starting point by organizations in all sectors.