Nature works for us: it is our business to protect it

• Published in: Annales des Mines - Responsabilité et environnement
• Main Author: Vanston, Sylvain
• Language: French
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=RE1_100_0055; https://doi.org/10.3917/re1.100.0055

Biodiversity loss endangers ecosystemic services, which threatens both society and businesses that depend on them, and in turn investors and insurers that rely on a well-functioning economy. We view the biodiversity challenge as a natural extension of our climate efforts. Indeed, climate change is severely compounding the destruction of ecosystems all around the world, adding pressures related to drought, ocean acidification, more intense natural catastrophes, etc. This is why in 2018 we publicly decided to investigate how biodiversity loss is impacting society and how we can act both as an insurer and an investor. We have made progress since then. We encourage public-private collaboration as well as a strong ‟Kunming Agreement” in 2021 to ‟mainstream” biodiversity action.