UK Business & Biodiversity Forum

Questionnaire to UK businesses

What is the UK Business and Biodiversity Forum?

The UKBBF is a new business to business hub to support companies both understand the value of biodiversity and to integrate nature into their value chain and decision making. Our vision is that UK businesses include biodiversity into decision making; and that nature is valued, conserved, restored and managed sustainably.

Now, more than ever, is the time to bring UK businesses together to focus on the urgent need to conserve nature and seek new business innovation and opportunities.

To be able to help businesses and establish a Forum which adds value, rather than just another initiative, we need to better understand your needs. We would therefore like to invite you to complete a quick online survey – it should only take 5 minutes.

Please do circulate and forward to other businesses.

Thank you.

info@business-biodiversity.co.uk

www.business-biodiversity.co.uk

No company specific details will be requested, and all information will be kept anonymous and used for the purposes of informing UKBBF activities and priorities.

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* 1. How material is biodiversity to your business? (tick those appropriate)

No impact or dependencies on nature

Depends on nature indirectly via supply chain only (e.g. though supply chain, such as cotton for cloths, paper/ timber in packaging)

Impacts nature directly

Impacts nature directly and depends on nature in products or services we provide.

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* 2. How would you rate the integration of managing biodiversity impacts and dependencies in your company decision making? On a scale of 1 to 5

1 - Biodiversity is not considered in any of our activities.

5 - Integrated into most of our company decision making processes

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* 3. What do you regard as being the main challenges or barriers to your company doing more to integrate biodiversity into your business?

Lack of incentives to invest

Lack of simple guidance on what to do

Lack of interest and understanding from the leadership

Makes the business less competitive

Lack of supportive regulations

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* 4. What opportunities do you see resulting from your company’s improved management of biodiversity risks?

Legal risk reduction

Reputational benefits

Ensuring sustainability of biodiversity-dependent supplies

Competitive/commercial advantage in your sector

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* 5. Are you aware of the following initiatives?

Post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Leader’s Pledge for Nature

Business for Nature

The Terra Carta

UNCBD CoP15

UNFCCC CoP26

Science-based Targets Network

None of the above

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* 6. What would you regard as being the main driver for your company to be doing more on biodiversity?

National policies and regulations

Customer expectations

Shareholder demands

Product/market differentiation

Comparative advantage

Reputation

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Does your company have any of the following? (tick more than one as appropriate)

A company position or policy on biodiversity

Any internal requirements or standards you apply to your activities

Signed up to any external initiatives, such as Business for Nature

A commitment to achieve no net loss or net gain in biodiversity

A company position or policy on climate change

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* 8. What would you like from the Forum? (tick more than one)

Webinars on specific topics

Annual meeting

Simple practical guidance on biodiversity

Updates on latest news and developments

Sector specific guidance documents

Guidelines on regulation

Toolkits for mainstreaming biodiversity

Other (please specify)

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* 9. What is the size of your company?

Self-employed

1-10 employees

11-50 employees

51-200 employees

201-500 employees

501-1000 employees

1001-5000 employees

More than 5000

UK Business & Biodiversity Forum

Questionnaire to UK businesses

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* 1. How material is biodiversity to your business? (tick those appropriate)

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* 2. How would you rate the integration of managing biodiversity impacts and dependencies in your company decision making? On a scale of 1 to 5

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* 3. What do you regard as being the main challenges or barriers to your company doing more to integrate biodiversity into your business?

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* 4. What opportunities do you see resulting from your company’s improved management of biodiversity risks?

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* 5. Are you aware of the following initiatives?

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* 6. What would you regard as being the main driver for your company to be doing more on biodiversity?

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* 7. Does your company have any of the following? (tick more than one as appropriate)

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* 8. What would you like from the Forum? (tick more than one)

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* 9. What is the size of your company?

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* 10. What sector best describes your business? (select most appropriate)