A review of corporate goals of No Net Loss and Net Positive Impact on biodiversity

ORYX

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 232-238

  Rainey, Hugo J ^a   Pollard, Edward H B ^a   Dutson, Guy ^a   Ekstrom, Jonathan M M ^a   Livingstone, Suzanne R ^a   Temple, Helen J ^a   Pilgrim, John D ^a  

^a The Biodiversity Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; corporate social responsibility; mitigation hierarchy; net positive impact; no net loss

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MINING INDUSTRY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

EID: 84926375001     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605313001476     Document Type: Article

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