Global Biodiversity Score : update 2021

What are the options to reduce the on-site and value chain-related biodiversity impacts of a business?How can financial institutions assess the physical and transition risks related to the biodiversity impacts of their activity and that of the businesses they finance? Can businesses set science-based quantitative targets to reduce their impact on biodiversity as they do for climate?

The Global Biodiversity Score (GBS) is a corporate biodiversity footprint assessment tool which seeks to answer these questions. It assesses the biodiversity impacts of economic activities across their value chain, in a robust and synthetic way. It is developed with the support of about 40 businesses and financial institutions gathered in the Business for Positive Biodiversity Club (B4B+ Club) and through collaborations with academics, NGOs and other corporate biodiversity footprint initiatives.

This 2021 update describes key concepts of the GBS and its ecosystem, provides explanatory visuals for the GBS pressures and accounting system and lists key data companies should report. It transparently describes the latest technical developments, shares the results of two more « case studies »: a road test conducted by EDF and the simplified description of a full-scale assessment by Schneider Electric. It also completes the existing FAQ with more common questions about the GBS.