Global Biodiversity Score: 2018 technical update

1.Context
1.1 Brief history and introduction
1.2 The stars are aligned for the mainstreaming of biodiversity footprinting
1.3 A tool connected to business realities thanks to the B4B+ Club 

2.Role of the Global Biodiversity Score in the biodiversity footprint landscape
2.1 The needs to measure the state of and impacts on biodiversity
2.2 Mapping of biodiversity footprint assessment tools
2.3 Focus of the Global Biodiversity Score and relationships with other tools

3.Update on methodological developments
3.1 Summary of methodological developments
3.2 Stepwise approach: use of the best data available
3.3 Perimeter and impacts throughout the value chain
3.4 Default assessments
3.5 From pressures to impacts – updates

4.Case studies
4.1 Michelin
4.2 Solvay
4.3 BNP Paribas Asset Management

5.FAQ
5.1 What is the reference used by the GBS for the biodiversity state?
5.2 Can a desert and a tropical forest both reach a MSA of 100%? 
5.3 Does the GBS consider that transforming a natural forest into intensive agriculture has the same impact in Cambridge and in an Atlantic Forest?
5.4 Does the GBS take into account upstream and downstream impacts?
5.5 Has MSA been measured through ecological surveys?
5.6 Are the models and data underlying the GBS regularly updated?
5.7 Does the GBS take into account marine biodiversity and invasive species?

CONCLUSION AND PROSPECTS
REFERENCES
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