OCE-B.16.A - International Biodiversity Goals Alignment Disclosure
Does the company disclose goals, policies and strategies that align with international biodiversity goals?
About the data
The WBA Ocean Benchmark measures and ranks the world's most influential companies on their efforts to halt and reverse nature loss in marine ecosystems, tracking how companies manage their impacts on ocean biodiversity, marine habitats, and the communities and workers dependent on healthy seas. The 2026 edition is WBA's first Ocean Benchmark, assessing 125 companies across key sectors dependent on oceans, including seafood, maritime transport, offshore wind energy, shipbuilding, port operations, apparel, and chemicals. Companies are assessed on 47 indicators across four measurement areas: governance, ecosystems and biodiversity, social responsibility, and core social indicators. The benchmark builds on WBA's Nature Benchmark and the former Seafood Stewardship Index, and its methodology was developed with input from more than 50 stakeholders including ocean communities, companies, scientists and civil society, with human rights and social impacts kept at its core alongside nature-specific concerns. More information can be found here.
Methodology
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
(IPBES) Global Assessment Report (2019) has estimated that 1 million animal and plant species are
threatened with extinction. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) finds that more
than a quarter of all assessed species are threatened. There is thus an ever-growing need for
companies to report progress on halting biodiversity loss, despite the challenges of measuring
biodiversity impacts.
Research Guidance:
Companies must:
Disclose goals, policies or strategies that align with international biodiversity goals and standards, and
Provide a rationale for how they contribute to achieving these frameworks goals or targets
International goals and policies related to biodiversity include but are not limited to:
**Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)**: Aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss globally by setting specific targets for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Note: The company may refer the GBF as theBiodiversity Plan”
**Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)**: An international treaty focusing on conserving biological diversity, promoting sustainable use, and equitable sharing of genetic resources.
UN **Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)**: Include goals specifically addressing biodiversity under SDG 14 (Life Below Water) and SDG 15 (Life on Land).
**Recommendations by IPBES (e.g. Global Assessment)**: Provides an extensive evaluation by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, offering insight into past changes and future preservation strategies.
**Planetary Boundaries**: A framework outlining limits within which humanity can continue to develop and thrive for generations to come, emphasizing the safe operating space for nine critical earth system processes including biodiversity integrity.
**EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030**: Part of the European Green Deal, aiming to lead urgent action on biodiversity conservation in Europe, including setting up protected areas and restoring degraded ecosystems.
**Nature-positive **- A global societal goal defined as Halt and Reverse Nature Loss by 2030 on a 2020 baseline and achieve full recovery by 2050. In other words, ensuring more nature in the world in 2030 than in 2020 and continued recovery after that.
**Other National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)**: Developed by countries in accordance with the CBD, these plans include customized strategies to conserve and sustainably manage biodiversity.
(IPBES) Global Assessment Report (2019) has estimated that 1 million animal and plant species are
threatened with extinction. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) finds that more
than a quarter of all assessed species are threatened. There is thus an ever-growing need for
companies to report progress on halting biodiversity loss, despite the challenges of measuring
biodiversity impacts.
Research Guidance:
Companies must:
Disclose goals, policies or strategies that align with international biodiversity goals and standards, and
Provide a rationale for how they contribute to achieving these frameworks goals or targets
International goals and policies related to biodiversity include but are not limited to:
**Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)**: Aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss globally by setting specific targets for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Note: The company may refer the GBF as theBiodiversity Plan”
**Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)**: An international treaty focusing on conserving biological diversity, promoting sustainable use, and equitable sharing of genetic resources.
UN **Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)**: Include goals specifically addressing biodiversity under SDG 14 (Life Below Water) and SDG 15 (Life on Land).
**Recommendations by IPBES (e.g. Global Assessment)**: Provides an extensive evaluation by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, offering insight into past changes and future preservation strategies.
**Planetary Boundaries**: A framework outlining limits within which humanity can continue to develop and thrive for generations to come, emphasizing the safe operating space for nine critical earth system processes including biodiversity integrity.
**EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030**: Part of the European Green Deal, aiming to lead urgent action on biodiversity conservation in Europe, including setting up protected areas and restoring degraded ecosystems.
**Nature-positive **- A global societal goal defined as Halt and Reverse Nature Loss by 2030 on a 2020 baseline and achieve full recovery by 2050. In other words, ensuring more nature in the world in 2030 than in 2020 and continued recovery after that.
**Other National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)**: Developed by countries in accordance with the CBD, these plans include customized strategies to conserve and sustainably manage biodiversity.
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