Consumer goods group Unilever, furniture maker IKEA and India's Tata Steel were among a slew of high-profile corporations calling for stricter measures to impel firms to act, amid growing alarm over the devastation being wrought upon the natural world
While businesses are beginning to report on their carbon emissions and climate impacts—albeit with some facing accusations of "greenwashing"—few firms give details on biodiversity.
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Businesses must be compelled to reveal their impact on nature, more than 300 firms said in an open letter to world leaders published on Wednesday ahead of crunch United Nations negotiations to halt catastrophic biodiversity loss.
Consumer goods group Unilever, furniture maker IKEA and India's Tata Steel were among a slew of high profile corporations calling for stricter measures to impel firms to act, amid growing alarm over the devastation being wrought upon the natural world.