agrobiodiversity index overview and uses for business and...
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Agrobiodiversity IndexOverview and uses for business and finance
Dr. Roseline Remans, Fred WerneckEU Business @ Biodiversity Platform
Brussels, 18 September 2018
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About Bioversity International
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Focus on agrobiodiversity• Importance of agrobiodiversity across the food system• Simplification of our food systems• Agriculture on 38% of land area• Food and agriculture sector 5000 billion euros in revenues
23%21%
21%
Governmental and Inter-Governmental Organizations
19%
Corporate, Alliance and Industry Bodies
Knowledge and Data Partners
• Global Alliance for the Future of Food• AXA Investment
Managers• Vanguard• Swiss RE
• World Bank• HSBC
16%
Civil Society and Conservation Groups
Investors
• Nestlé• Syngenta
• UN CFS Private Sector Mechanism
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development• Sainsbury’s
• World Farmers’ Organization
• International Union for Conservation of Nature• Conservation
International• AfricaSeeds
• India• Italy• Peru• Ethiopia
• UN Environment• FAO
• Global Environment Facility
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Access to Seeds Index• Enabling the Business
of Agriculture• PREDICTS
• Economist Intelligence Unit
• CSIRO
Focus on Agrobiodiversity§ Inputs from over 250 private and public organizations
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Focus on agrobiodiversity
Global transition to diversified food systems:• Mitigating operational and
reputational risks• Lower cost of capital for
sustainability-focused companies and funds
• New financial products• Achieving SDGs and
private sector commitments
Agri-food sector:• Low transparency for
material environmental risks and opportunities
• Fragmented data and knowledge systems
• Sectoral barriers to collaboration
Science-based, standardized indices and benchmarks to assess non-financial risks and returns and to monitor progress toward sustainability outcomes
ABD-aligned brands
ABD-themed financial instruments
ABD integration into KPIs
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Methodology: 3 pillars
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Methodology: 3 measurement areas
Commitments• Targets• Strategies• Policies• Declarations• Guidelines
Actions• Practices
Status• Impact
Analysis of spatial datasets, company reports,
questionnaire responses
Text mining of official legislation, endorsed policies
Ground-level dataanalysis of spatial datasets
meta-analysis
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Methodology: architecture
e.g. crop and livestock species diversity maps
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Responsiveness and outputse.g. company project
Category Indicators Pillar 1 ABD for healthy diets
Pillar 2ABD for sustainableproduction
Pillar 3 ABD for genetic resources
Source
Contributing to SDG 2.1 & 12.8Aichi target 2
SDG 2.4 & 13.1 &15.1Aichi target 7
SDG 2.5Aichi target 13
Status7 indicators
Species diversity Public and private datasets, evidence-base modelling, remote sensing, crowdsourcing
Varietal diversity Functional diversityUnderutilized/local speciesSoil biodiversityPollinator biodiversityLandscape complexity
Actions 5 indicators
Towards enhanced use of ABD Reports, Global datasetsTowards enhanced access to ABDTowards enhanced awareness of ABDTowards avoided negative impacts on ABDTowards enhanced GR conservation
Commitment3 indicators
Level of commitment to increase ABD for healthy diets
Policies, strategies, declarations, etc.
Level of commitment to increaseABD for sustainable productionLevel of commitment to increase ABD in genetic resource systems
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Agrobiodiversity Index Portal
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Responsiveness and outputs
• Operational risk:supply chain
• Reputational risk: environment, health
• Opportunities: innovation, brand-building, SDGs
• Operational risk: economy, health, social stability• Reputational risk:
environment, health• Opportunities: SDGs, jobs
• Operational risk: health, culture
• Reputational risk: limiting future options
• Opportunities: choice, nutrition security
• Operational risk: pests, climate, livelihoods
• Reputational risk: limiting future options
• Opportunities: income diversification, long-term yield Farmers Consumers
GovernmentsFood and agri-businesses
Investors
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Responsiveness and outputs
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Multiple uses
Green bonds
Grants
Impact bonds
Green criteria
Selection criteria
Success metrics
Direct investments
Selection criteria
ESG funds
Allocation criteria
Risk management
Assessment tool
Policy advisory
Framework
Corporate decisions
KPIs
ESG reporting
KPIs
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Applications and next steps
Thank you
Dr. Roseline Remans, Fred WerneckEU Business @ Biodiversity Platform
Brussels, 18 September 2018
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Call to Action: Integrate Wild & Agrobiodiversity Conservation Goals
Despite many linkages & interdependencies, conservation strategies for wild and for agricultural biodiversity are largely being pursued separately.
Intrinsic wild biodiversity
Utilitarian wild biodiversity
Agroecosystems Agricultural biodiversity