Nature Positive Role of the Technology Sector 2025

The challenge of nature loss grows steeper each year. Today, humanity uses the resources equivalent to that of 1.8 Earths. This means that the ecological footprint, which sums up the demands for biologically productive areas such as food, timber, fibre, carbon sequestration and infrastructure, exceeds the Earth’s capacity by 80%.10 This strain on natural resources has direct consequences on biodiversity and ecosystems, with an alarming 73% decline of the average size of monitored wildlife populations observed between 1970 and 2020 globally.11 To maintain economic growth and prosperity will require working better within the boundaries that nature provides. Addressing climate change and halting nature loss are interdependent priorities for both society and business. Climate change is one of the five key drivers of nature loss, alongside land-use change, pollution, natural resource use and exploitation, and invasive species.12,13 In turn, land-use change contributes at least 12-20% of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs).14 Addressing climate change relies on protecting nature15.Introduction Most top companies across sectors have climate targets, yet only 12% have one for biodiversity, despite the global economy’s dependency on nature. Defining nature positive BOX 1 “Nature Positive is a global societal goal defined as ‘Halt and Reverse Nature Loss by 2030 on a 2020 baseline, and achieve full recovery by 2050’. To put this more simply, it means ensuring more nature in the world in 2030 than in 2020 and continued recovery after that.” Source: Nature Positive Initiative.16 Today, humanity uses the resources equivalent to that of 1.8 Earths. Nature Positive: Role of the Technology Sector 7