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LONDON : Companies are not doing enough to stop biodiversity loss, and most have no idea about the damage to nature caused by their supply chains, a report from environmental disclosure platform CDP said on Wednesday.Around 20,000 companies report to non-profit CDP on a range of climate and other data, wh

LONDON : Companies are not doing enough to stop biodiversity loss, and most have no idea about the damage to nature caused by their supply chains, a report from environmental disclosure platform CDP said on Wednesday.

CDP said responses to its questionnaire on biodiversity from more than 7,700 companies marks the largest-ever such self-assessment, and comes ahead of global talks to hammer out a deal on protecting biodiversity in Montreal starting Dec. 7. A recent report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development suggested so-called eco-system services such as crop pollination and water purification were worth up to $140 trillion a year.

Despite that, 55 per cent of respondents had not taken action to progress their commitments over the last year and 70 per cent did not assess the impact of their supply chain on biodiversity, CDP said.

 

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