Post by World Resources Institute

🔎Are businesses identifying and mapping the full extent of nature risks? Grasslands. Savannas. Wetlands. We’re losing them at an alarming rate - between 2005–2020, nearly 4x more of non-forest area was cleared than forest, driven by cattle and annual crops. It’s not just a sustainability issue, but it’s fast becoming a material risk, with the potential to cost nature-dependent industries up to $430 billion a year. 🔗Read our Reuters op-ed co-authored by WRI’s Head of Responsible Supply Chains Caroline Winchester and the Accountability Framework initiative (AFi)’s Leah Samberg to learn why protecting these ecosystems are core to business resilience: https://reut.rs/3OEiA2Y