Developing & piloting biodiversity footprinting ? capital accounting via a 'beehive' of sectoral hubs, for sustainability transition to a circular EU bioeconomy

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• 批准号: 10061638
• 金额: $ 24.89万
• 依托单位: CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: EU-Funded
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10061638
• 关键词: Developing; piloting; biodiversity; footprinting; capital

Biodiversity is the true driving force of a sustainable, circular bioeconomy (CBE). While the CBE needs advanced technology and innovation to succeed, biodiversity determines the capacity of biological systems to adapt and evolve. For this reason, biodiversity considerations need to be reflected in economic practices and valuation. CircHive will measure and integrate the value of nature into public and business decision making by: 1) improving data availability, accessibility, and harmonisation; 2) developing a standardised method for biodiversity footprinting (BF) and integrating it with natural capital accounting (NCA); 3) mainstreaming the use of BF and NCA in public and private decision making, incl. improving disclosure, risk management, and investment practice; 4) testing and improving the developed methods and models; and 5) building a wider community ‘BEEHive’ for peer support and exploitation of results. A strong emphasis is put developing scientifically robust and standardised methods that bridge BF (life cycle analyses) and NCA (bookkeeping), given their multiple overlaps but also divergences that hinder operationalisation and uptake. An equally strong emphasis is placed on practice-testing to understand current practices and opportunities for further mainstreaming of biodiversity and natural capital into disclosure, ecolabelling, and investment decisions. Transitioning theory to practice is put to the test via a case study network who will apply different biodiversity-centric approaches in real life. This is carried out in sectoral case study hubs (industry, retailers, investors, cities) for peer learning and capacity building. In CircHive’s approach, CBE and biodiversity reinforce each other as a basis for resources and inspiration for sustainable business practices. The integration of the value of nature into public and business decisions, will benefit both the protection of ecosystems and their services and the profitability of sustainable businesses.

生物多样性是可持续循环生物经济的真正驱动力。生物多样性决定了生物系统适应和进化的能力，而生物多样性需要先进的技术和创新才能取得成功。因此，生物多样性的考虑需要反映在经济实践和评估中。CircHive将通过以下方式衡量自然的价值，并将其整合到公共和商业决策中：1)改善数据的可用性、可访问性和协调性；2)建立生物多样性足迹（BF）的标准化方法，并将其与自然资本核算（NCA）相结合；3)将BF和NCA在公共和私人决策中的应用纳入主流，包括改进信息披露、风险管理和投资实践；4)测试和改进所开发的方法和模型；5)建立一个更广泛的社区“BEEHive”，为同伴提供支持和利用成果。由于BF（生命周期分析）和NCA（簿记）存在多重重叠，但也存在阻碍操作和吸收的分歧，因此重点放在开发科学可靠和标准化的方法上。同样强调实践测试，以了解当前的实践和机会，进一步将生物多样性和自然资本纳入信息披露、生态标签和投资决策的主流。将理论转化为实践通过一个案例研究网络进行测试，该网络将在现实生活中应用不同的以生物多样性为中心的方法。这是在部门案例研究中心（工业、零售商、投资者、城市）进行的，以进行同行学习和能力建设。在CircHive的方法中，CBE和生物多样性相辅相成，成为可持续商业实践的资源基础和灵感来源。将自然价值纳入公共和商业决策，将有利于保护生态系统及其服务，也有利于可持续企业的盈利能力。