Biodiversity Action Planning Within a Global Agricultural Supply Chain

Abstract

Agriculture is a primary driver of biodiversity loss through habitat conversion and degradation. Companies are increasingly being asked to investigate, disclose, and act on their biodiversity impacts by both regulatory policies and voluntary commitments. Yet companies lack practical guidance for identifying actions that mitigate negative externalities and improve natural systems on commodified lands and throughout their supply chains. We collaborated with an international food and beverage company sourcing from 120 regions around the world to develop a generalizable opportunity mapping framework based on cost‐effectiveness. We used publicly available datasets, a decision‐theoretic prioritization framework, and included both quantitative and qualitative insights. Our intent is to demonstrate how opportunity mapping and prioritization can integrate biodiversity into a company's decisions or nature strategies. Our approach helps companies see where and how their activities may contribute to pressures on biodiversity. We then help companies operationalize those insights into sourcing policies, regional investment, and engagement strategies across supply chains.