DR. DOROTHY MAXWELLDIRECTOR & CEOTEEB FOR BUSINESS COALITIONwww.TEEBforbus iness .org

TEEB FOR BUSINESS COALITION

What?

Multi-stakeholder coalition for developing valuation methods for natural & social capital for use in business

Change the rules of the game for business

Make natural & social capital impacts economically visible for business

risks & opportunities enable better measurement, management, reporting and investment.

Shift corporate behaviour to preserve and enhance rather than deplete natural & social capital.

Mission

Founding supporters

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WHY? Environmental Costs - Top 3000 Listed Corporations

US$ 2.1 trillion/year costs of Top 3,000 listed companies

US$ 6.6 trillion/year estimated global environmental costs of economic activity (11% of 2008 GDP)

5 sectors account for about 60% of environmental costs

Source: Trucost for UNPRI, 2010

Activities

Outreach Open source

Research (Q1 2013) Status of business activity Values for priority environmental externalities for business Business behaviour change levers

Development/pilot testing methods (planning) Priority business sectors & supply chains Cross cutting (financial services) World regions

Sustainability Impacts

Measurement & Management

Reporting &

Disclosing

EnvironmentalGlobal Warming PotentialEnergy, Water, Resource usePollution, WasteEcosystem servicesBiodiversity ….

True Economic Costs

EnvironmentalSocial

Framework for all externalities

Corporate ReportingEP&L..…

SocialLabour, equity

AccountancyInvestorsRegulators

Business

Standardise & Value

Impacts

Policy

National Env A/CsBeyond GDP

Funding & locations

Not for profit

Global

First office – Singapore (06 Nov ‘12)

Second office – London (Nov ‘12)

Regional offices (years 1-3)

DR. DOROTHY MAXWELLDIRECTOR & CEO

TEEB FOR BUSINESS COALITIONdorothy.maxwel l@TEEBforbus iness .orgwww.TEEBforbus iness .org

@TEEB4BIZ LINKED IN GROUP: TEEB FOR BUSINESS COALITION

FURTHER INFORMATION

BUSINESS CASE EXAMPLES

Source: TEEB for Business report, 2010

BUSINESS CASE EXAMPLES