With the World Bank estimating potential global economic losses of USD 2.7 trillion by 2030 if critical ecosystem services collapse1, the importance of integrating biodiversity considerations into investment strategies is underscored.
As biodiversity garners increased attention and data availability expands, understanding its effect on portfolios becomes paramount. In our first edition of Perspectives, we spotlight how ISS ESG’s innovative methodologies can help assess a portfolio’s impact and natural capital dependencies.
1 The World Bank, 2021, Publication: The Economic Case for Nature: A Global Earth-Economy Model to Assess Development Policy Pathways, p47.