Comments on: Merrill Lynch and “carbon farming” http://www.marcgunther.com/2008/04/21/merrill-lynch-and-carbon-farming/ This blog is about the impact of business on society. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:08:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eva Haden http://www.marcgunther.com/2008/04/21/merrill-lynch-and-carbon-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-47131 Eva Haden Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:06:31 +0000 http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=355#comment-47131 Dear Marc, Thank you for a helpful article to get ecosystem services up the business agenda! I thought you might be interested that the World Resources Institute (WRI) along with the Meridian Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) recently launched a Corporate Ecosystem Services Review (ESR) (in March 2008). You may well already be aware of this, but just in case you're not, it's a structured methodology for corporate managers to proactively develop strategies for managing business risks and opportunities arising from their company’s dependence and impact on ecosystems. It is a tool for strategy development, not just for environmental assessment. Businesses can either conduct an Ecosystem Services Review as a stand-alone process or integrate it into their existing environmental management systems. In both cases, the methodology can complement and augment the environmental due diligence tools companies already use. You can find out more (and download the publication + Excel tool for free on www.wri.org/ecosystems/esr). Hope this information is helpful to you, and that the tool encourages companies to take action! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any other questions. With best regards, Eva Haden Dear Marc,
Thank you for a helpful article to get ecosystem services up the business agenda!
I thought you might be interested that the World Resources Institute (WRI) along with the Meridian Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) recently launched a Corporate Ecosystem Services Review (ESR) (in March 2008). You may well already be aware of this, but just in case you’re not, it’s a structured methodology for corporate managers to proactively develop strategies for managing business risks and opportunities arising from their company’s dependence and impact on ecosystems. It is a tool for strategy development, not just for environmental assessment. Businesses can either conduct an Ecosystem Services Review as a stand-alone process or integrate it into their existing environmental management systems. In both cases, the methodology can complement and augment the environmental due diligence tools companies already use. You can find out more (and download the publication + Excel tool for free on http://www.wri.org/ecosystems/esr).

Hope this information is helpful to you, and that the tool encourages companies to take action! Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any other questions.
With best regards, Eva Haden

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