Nature as Capital: Evolution or Revolution?

To what extent is it possible to see nature not as a risk and cost factor, but as a central form of capital for business success? Decision-makers in the 21st century should have an answer to this question. This book combines an analysis of the growing decoupling of the economy and ecosystems with practical instruments for integrating nature into strategic corporate management. It shows how a stronger focus on nature contributes to future viability and provides concrete approaches for making ecological complexity usable in a corporate context. The content • Historical path dependencies shape today’s economic activity • Geo-ecology and the Anthropocene as an analytical horizon • Making natural capital measurable with SEEA, NCAVES and AESA • Using nature markets for CO2 and biodiversity credits • Transforming corporate governance – new management logics “A well-founded and practice-oriented contribution to one of the decisive debates of our time.” Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner, President of the German Environment Agency “A wake-up call with pioneering perspectives. The governance and control mechanisms for transformation already exist.” Prof. Dr. Klement Tockner, Director General of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research “An important contribution to an economy that acknowledges and integrates systemic interdependencies.” Dr. Simon Berkler, Co-founder of The Dive