The world’s first International Standard for biodiversity has been launched by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
ISO 17298: Biodiversity for organizations – Guidelines and Requirements, aims to provide a practical, scalable framework to help organisations assess their biodiversity impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities.
With biodiversity under increasing pressure, ISO’s new standard offers an important tool to help organisations take measurable, accountable action to protect and restore biodiversity.
ISO hopes the new standard will empower organisations to strengthen operations, access nature-positive finance, and build trust with customers, regulators, and society – reducing regulatory and reputational risks and the disruption to supply chains and higher operating costs that can be associated with biodiversity loss.
