Biodiversity

The environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics have an impact in different areas. They help to build a resilient business, impact performance, risk management, and other factors. The environmental component includes protecting the environment from pollution and climate change and saving biodiversity. The issues of climate change and biodiversity loss are closely interrelated.

Biodiversity is a variety and variability of life on Earth at all levels, from certain regions to entire ecosystems. It includes all species diversity and species richness of terrestrial and marine inhabitants, flora representatives, bacterias, and other living beings, and also evolutionary, ecological, genetic, and cultural processes of life.

Over generations, the enormous amount of species that are currently alive today have developed and received unique traits, the food chains and interrelationships have formed. Meanwhile, biodiversity is not distributed evenly, both within regions and in the entire world. It depends on geography, climate, temperature, altitude, soils, precipitation, the presence of other species, and many other factors. Ecosystems that host the most biodiversity tend to have ideal environmental conditions for animals and plants. And the main aim of the current generation is to save these conditions, preserve biodiversity, protect endangered species and their habitats. As a rule, biodiversity is greater in the warm climate, tropics, wet rain forests, regions near the equator. It concerns both flora and fauna. The marine biodiversity is higher along coasts in the Western Pacific. It is also discovered that terrestrial biodiversity is around 25 times greater than ocean biodiversity.

Since life began on Earth, several mass extinctions have led to large and sudden drops in biodiversity. Currently, biodiversity reduction and loss of genetic diversity occur as a result of human impacts. At the same time, many species provide important benefits to humans and other species. The biodiversity loss affects the quality of the water, air, and soil, causes the depletion of natural resources, and changes in weather patterns.

Currently, the Earth’s biodiversity is at risk of loss through human consumption and human activities that disturb and destroy ecosystems. These include pollution, population growth, climate change, deforestation, and unsustainable use of existing resources. The species extinction rises, moreover rapid environmental changes often cause immediate mass extinctions.

Example 1. Biodiversity and Food

Biodiversity is a critical consideration for investors. In order to make rational investments, the investors analyze both how responsible the companies are according to managing biodiversity, their impact on it, and management of biodiversity risks. The preference is given to the companies that position themselves as sustainable in environmental, social, and governance directions. In some cases, the biodiversity loss causes a range of risks for the companies, impacts their ability to operate and get a large profit. As a result, it affects an economy of a certain region.

Biodiversity protection is also one of the key aims of the UN, because the effects of loss can become irreversible and unprecedented.

Example 2. Sustaining Biodiversity Library Design Elements

Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance solution for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software helps to design efficiently infographics and diagrams related to ESG, show the impact of ESG-based companies on the environment and climate change, ways to save biodiversity, and advantages of using renewable energy. It is useful in all stages of business development, for both companies and investors. This solution includes a large variety of examples and samples, and a collection of pre-made vector design elements, clipart, and pictograms. The variety of schematics that you can design using them is enormous.

The list of libraries of the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance solution includes:

• Corporate Governance
• Environmental Impact
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Renewable Energy and Resources
• Social Impact
• Sustaining Biodiversity

Example 3. ESG Infographics - Climate Change and Ocean

The ESG infographic samples you see on this page were created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software using the drawing tools of the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance Solution. These examples successfully demonstrate the solution's capabilities and professional results you can achieve using it. An experienced user spent 5-10 minutes creating each of these samples.

Use the drawing tools of the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance solution to design your own ESG Infographics quick, easy, and effective.

All source documents are vector graphic documents. They are available for reviewing, modifying, or converting to a variety of formats (PDF file, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, and many other graphic formats) from the ConceptDraw STORE. The Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance Solution is available for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM users.