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Although growing number of companies have been working hard on environment management such as ISO 14001, it is only recently that they have started to willingly disclose their measures associated with the biodiversity. And for many companies, "ecological services" and "ecosystem preservation" are the key issues within the context of "biodiversity." "Ecological services" include business activities within the value chain such as procurement, development, manufacturing and sales involving the biological resources. "Ecosystem preservation" mainly consists of activities such as regional development and forest preservation. We have established here the "Guideline for Corporate Biodiversity Activities" (herein after referred to as the Guideline) based on the Guideline for Private Sector Participation in Biodiversity published by the Ministry of Environment. The Guideline is consistent with the environmental management framework of ISO 14001. Our team has evaluated the existing corporate measures and initiatives involved with the biodiversity by studying into the corporate environmental/CSR reports on the basis of the Guideline. As a result, we've come across quite a number of specific activities relevant to biodiversity disclosed by companies but failed to confirm their concrete measures and systematic approach for the biodiversity management in line with the PDCA cycle (i.e. impact evaluation, policy making, setting target and action plan, education and making improvements). For further development and quality enhancement of the corporate biodiversity management, stronger measures against the biodiversity risks and its systematic approach shall be seriously considered.
