Connecting Conservation and Business Strategies | Lessons Learned from BNEAT
This short article highlights some of the industry takeaways shared at the Biodiversity + Nature in Energy and Transportation (BNEAT) conference.
Nature Risk Management Maturity
This guide by the UIC Sustainable Landscapes Program helps companies identify nature-based risks they’re currently susceptible to and how they can lower their vulnerability.
Biodiversity + Nature in Energy and Transportation (BNEAT) Conference Resources
The BNEAT conference connected corporate sustainability, environmental, and vegetation managers to improve how vegetation management for infrastructure contributes to biodiversity, nature resiliency, and sustainability. Resources available include presentations, articles, and other publications.
How to Avoid Greenwashing and Improve Sustainability in the Energy and Transportation Sectors
This whitepaper explores the concepts of greenwashing and greenhushing and the potential impacts they have on companies in the energy and transportation sectors and offers strategies for mitigating risks, making accurate claims, and clearer communications.
Biodiversity Conservation Terminology Guide for Energy Utilities
This publication by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) provides a primer to common terms and definitions used within industry-based biodiversity, conservation, and sustainability communications.
IVM as a Component of Nature-Based Strategies
A quick reference guide developed by Grow With Trees to help navigate the nuances between commonly used terms like utility vegetation management (UVM), integrated vegetation management (IVM), and integrated habitat management (IHM).
Capitals Coalition’s Natural Capital Protocol
The Capitals Coalition published the Natural Capital Protocol as a decision-making framework to help organizations identify, measure and value their direct and indirect impacts and dependencies on natural capital. This approach empowers organizations to deliver benefits their employees, society, the broader economy and the natural world alongside their businesses.
This guidance helps users familiarize and get started with the TNFD Recommendations. It includes a set of suggested key steps for organizations to consider when getting started, and a range of practical considerations. This guidance is recommended to be used in combination with the broader suite of additional guidance provided by the TNFD.