Underpinning many of these goals is the health of natural capital— the stock of renewable and non-renewable resources (e.g. Natural capital is a critical input for all business success, and leading businesses are responding to the opportunity embodied by these Goals. A new standardized framework, the Natural Capital Protocol (the Protocol), can help. Using the Natural Capital Protocol, an impact investor in the tea sector was able to evaluate its dependencies on natural capital in its supply chain. Additional applications of the Natural Capital Protocol are underway in Indonesia, the Philippines and Colombia.

Source: Huffington Post November 23, 2017 13:07 UTC