The Little Blue View - September
Welcome to our September newsletter, featuring new reports on nature and climate resilience, details of our forthcoming survey results and launch webinar, and key events to look forward to this autumn.
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New reports and resources
📣 New publication: The TNFD status report 2026 from the TNFD
Who's it for? Businesses integrating nature into decision-making, and the advisers and practitioners supporting them.
Summary: Key messages include:
• More than 1,000 organisations across 56 countries/areas have published first-, second- or third-generation TNFD-aligned reports.
• Over 70% of survey respondents support greater certainty through mandatory nature-related reporting requirements, with a preference for standards to be introduced in the next 1-3 years.
• 56% of survey respondents have conducted or are currently undertaking a LEAP (Locate, Evaluate, Assess and Prepare) assessment.
🔗 For more details see link
📣 New Position Paper: Accelerating Action for Nature - a position statement for COP17 Yerevan, from the UK Business and Biodiversity Forum
Who's it for? Businesses and government stakeholders interested in working together to create the conditions needed to accelerate corporate action for nature.
Summary: The paper explains how businesses can help deliver the Global Biodiversity Framework targets where enabling conditions are in place. It also identifies the barriers holding businesses back and the actions CBD Parties could take to address them.
🔗 For more details see link
📣 Economic opportunities from investing in climate resilience in the UK from Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment and Earth Capital Nexus@LSE
Who's it for? Policymakers, government teams and organisations working on climate resilience.
Summary: The policy briefing finds that climate change is already causing significant economic impacts in the UK and that these are expected to increase. Under a high-warming scenario, annual economic damage could reach 4% of UK gross domestic product by 2050, compared with a baseline of pre-industrial climate conditions.
🔗 For more details see link
Coming next month
📣 Integrating nature into business decision-making: progress, barriers and action in 2026
Next month, we will publish the results of our 2026 survey, revealing how businesses are integrating nature into decision-making and how the landscape has changed since 2024.
The outputs will explore the actions businesses are taking to address nature-related risks, the drivers for action and the challenges they face.
Register for the launch webinar in the upcoming conferences and events section below.
Upcoming conferences and events
📣 Integrating nature into business decision-making: progress, barriers and action in 2026, report launch
In this webinar, we’ll give an overview of how the sector has shifted since the first survey in 2024. We will then share the headline findings from the 2026 survey, discuss what they mean for organisations navigating nature-related risks and opportunities, and explore the practical implications for sustainability teams.
📆 14 October 2026, 14:00–14:45 BST | Online
🔗 For more details and to register, visit the Eventbright page link
📣 Webinar: Embedding nature into corporate action — new aligned guidance from the Nature Positive Initiative, TNFD and SBTN
The three organisations will release synchronised updates to their guidance, helping organisations embed nature into their corporate nature-related assessment, reporting and target-setting activities.
📆 13 October 2026, 09:00–10:00 or 16:00–17:00 BST | Online
🔗 For more details see link
📣 ISEP Connect 2026 brings sustainability and environmental professionals together online for two days of expert insight, practical learning and networking. The programme includes sessions on nature, ESG, reporting and business action.
📆 14–15 October 2026 | Online
🔗 For more details and to register, visit link
Later in the year…
🎟️ Book your ticket for the UK Business and Biodiversity Forum’s conference
The conference will focus on interpreting the outputs from COP17, strengthening collaboration and partnerships, and mobilising collective business action.
📆 3–4 November 2026 | London
🔗 For more details see link
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