The United Nations International Year of Biodiversity in 2010 presents a great opportunity for businesses from all sectors to take stock of their biodiversity commitments. Globally, governments and the conservation community are busy compiling the evidence to demonstrate that we are facing an unprecedented loss of biodiversity. Indeed, now we are also aware that we have failed to meet the target of the Convention on Biological Diversity, set to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. If we continue with our business-as-usual, we are also likely to miss the 2015 environmental targets within the UN Millennium Development Goals to improve health and livelihoods for the world's poorest and most vulnerable people.