Agrobiodiversity IndexOverview and uses for business and finance

Dr. Roseline Remans, Fred WerneckEU Business @ Biodiversity Platform

Brussels, 18 September 2018

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About Bioversity International

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Focus on agrobiodiversity• Importance of agrobiodiversity across the food system• Simplification of our food systems• Agriculture on 38% of land area• Food and agriculture sector 5000 billion euros in revenues

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Governmental and Inter-Governmental Organizations

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Corporate, Alliance and Industry Bodies

Knowledge and Data Partners

• Global Alliance for the Future of Food• AXA Investment

Managers• Vanguard• Swiss RE

• World Bank• HSBC

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Civil Society and Conservation Groups

Investors

• Nestlé• Syngenta

• UN CFS Private Sector Mechanism

• World Business Council for Sustainable Development• Sainsbury’s

• World Farmers’ Organization

• International Union for Conservation of Nature• Conservation

International• AfricaSeeds

• India• Italy• Peru• Ethiopia

• UN Environment• FAO

• Global Environment Facility

• Convention on Biological Diversity

• Access to Seeds Index• Enabling the Business

of Agriculture• PREDICTS

• Economist Intelligence Unit

• CSIRO

Focus on Agrobiodiversity§ Inputs from over 250 private and public organizations

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Focus on agrobiodiversity

Global transition to diversified food systems:• Mitigating operational and

reputational risks• Lower cost of capital for

sustainability-focused companies and funds

• New financial products• Achieving SDGs and

private sector commitments

Agri-food sector:• Low transparency for

material environmental risks and opportunities

• Fragmented data and knowledge systems

• Sectoral barriers to collaboration

Science-based, standardized indices and benchmarks to assess non-financial risks and returns and to monitor progress toward sustainability outcomes

ABD-aligned brands

ABD-themed financial instruments

ABD integration into KPIs

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Methodology: 3 pillars

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Methodology: 3 measurement areas

Commitments• Targets• Strategies• Policies• Declarations• Guidelines

Actions• Practices

Status• Impact

Analysis of spatial datasets, company reports,

questionnaire responses

Text mining of official legislation, endorsed policies

Ground-level dataanalysis of spatial datasets

meta-analysis

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Methodology: architecture

e.g. crop and livestock species diversity maps

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Responsiveness and outputse.g. company project

Category Indicators Pillar 1 ABD for healthy diets

Pillar 2ABD for sustainableproduction

Pillar 3 ABD for genetic resources

Source

Contributing to SDG 2.1 & 12.8Aichi target 2

SDG 2.4 & 13.1 &15.1Aichi target 7

SDG 2.5Aichi target 13

Status7 indicators

Species diversity Public and private datasets, evidence-base modelling, remote sensing, crowdsourcing

Varietal diversity Functional diversityUnderutilized/local speciesSoil biodiversityPollinator biodiversityLandscape complexity

Actions 5 indicators

Towards enhanced use of ABD Reports, Global datasetsTowards enhanced access to ABDTowards enhanced awareness of ABDTowards avoided negative impacts on ABDTowards enhanced GR conservation

Commitment3 indicators

Level of commitment to increase ABD for healthy diets

Policies, strategies, declarations, etc.

Level of commitment to increaseABD for sustainable productionLevel of commitment to increase ABD in genetic resource systems

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Agrobiodiversity Index Portal

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Responsiveness and outputs

• Operational risk:supply chain

• Reputational risk: environment, health

• Opportunities: innovation, brand-building, SDGs

• Operational risk: economy, health, social stability• Reputational risk:

environment, health• Opportunities: SDGs, jobs

• Operational risk: health, culture

• Reputational risk: limiting future options

• Opportunities: choice, nutrition security

• Operational risk: pests, climate, livelihoods

• Reputational risk: limiting future options

• Opportunities: income diversification, long-term yield Farmers Consumers

GovernmentsFood and agri-businesses

Investors

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Responsiveness and outputs

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Multiple uses

Green bonds

Grants

Impact bonds

Green criteria

Selection criteria

Success metrics

Direct investments

Selection criteria

ESG funds

Allocation criteria

Risk management

Assessment tool

Policy advisory

Framework

Corporate decisions

KPIs

ESG reporting

KPIs

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Applications and next steps

Thank you

Dr. Roseline Remans, Fred WerneckEU Business @ Biodiversity Platform

Brussels, 18 September 2018

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Call to Action: Integrate Wild & Agrobiodiversity Conservation Goals

Despite many linkages & interdependencies, conservation strategies for wild and for agricultural biodiversity are largely being pursued separately.

Intrinsic wild biodiversity

Utilitarian wild biodiversity

Agroecosystems Agricultural biodiversity