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Policy Proposals  Environment and Energy Questionnaire survey on corporate biodiversity actions in Japan ＜Summary of the FY2023 survey results＞

October 15, 2024
Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
Keidanren Nature Conservation Council (KNCC)

Questionnaire survey on corporate biodiversity actions in Japan
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[ Table of Contents ]

Overview of the survey

Executive summary

  1. (1) Companies are increasingly mainstreaming biodiversity into corporate management.
  2. (2) Many companies are taking biodiversity actions that contribute to GBF, with increased quality.
  3. (3) Companies are increasingly taking up TNFD recommendations and identifying nature-related risks and opportunities.
  4. (4) Many companies have corporate management reasons to take biodiversity actions, but are facing various technical barriers. Integrated climate and biodiversity action is still minor but picking up.

(1) Mainstreaming biodiversity into corporate management

  • Awareness of biodiversity
  • Organizational structure to promote biodiversity actions
  • Targets for biodiversity actions
  • Biodiversity information disclosure
  • Budgets and funding for biodiversity-related actions

(2) Contribution to GBF

  • Contribution to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
  • [Reference] Percentage of companies with initiatives corresponding to each GBF target (by industry sectors)
  • Quantitative targets and indicators linked to the GBF targets
  • Biodiversity efforts in upstream and downstream value chains
  • Biodiversity-friendly products and services
  • Examples of biodiversity actions related to each GBF target
  • [Reference] Contribution to the SDGs through biodiversity conservation

(3) Taking up the TNFD recommendations

  • Extent of value chains and scope of assessment
  • Human rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
  • Initiatives on LEAP approach
  • Adoption of the Core Global Metrics
  • Biodiversity-related business risks
  • Biodiversity-related business opportunities
  • Scenario analysis

(4) Drivers and barriers for biodiversity actions

  • Drivers and barriers for biodiversity actions
  • Integrating biodiversity and climate actions

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