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Unlocking Nature's Value: The 'Calculating Sustainability' study champions nature's stakeholder status in business, introducing the game-changing Sustainable Value Table (SVT) to embed nature into financial strategies. By embracing this regenerative mindset, businesses not only recognize nature's pivotal role but also align with sustainability goals, bridging the gap between profit and planet.

Our economy is dependent on a thriving natural world yet nature does not have a real role in boardroom decision. How can we do that?

Nature is not just a silent backdrop to our business activities; it's a vital partner that sustains our well-being. Yet, too often, companies inefficiently use natural resources, ignoring their true value. It's time we change this narrative. By integrating nature into our accounting systems, we can give it a voice in our business decisions.

These are the words of Paolo Quattrone, director of the Center for the Analysis of Investment Risk of the Alliance Manchester Business School from the stage of the Green&Blue Festival.

“Ratio-nality” implies a balanced proportion when making decisions, as the Latin etymology of the word reveals. The fascination with protecting investors’ interests breaks this balance, making companies burn natural capital in the pursuit of shareholders’ value.

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Manchester, UK– Companies should take the practical step of adding the value of Nature to annual accounts to help save the planet – that’s according to Professor of Accounting, Governance and Society at the Alliance Manchester Business School, Paolo Quattrone and Associate Professor of Performance and Sustainability Measurement at the Accounting Department of Bocconi University, Milan, Ariela Caglio.

Nature Needs to be on the Balance Sheet if we are to Reverse Biodiversity and Climate Crisis. Research paper calls for Nature to have a mandatory line in financial reports otherwise it is a key stakeholder without a voice.

The Professors call for adding a line for Nature in the current accounting and auditing system. This would allow Nature, to be a visible key stakeholder and to have a voice and value. This approach would allow greater focus and capital to be given to Nature – and human activity would move decisively and permanently to net positive.

Professor Paolo Quattrone says: “As the world meets, at the once in decade biodiversity summit COP15, in Montreal, to discuss how we protect the natural world and halt its destruction, we have an opportunity to build on the consensus to not just make sure Nature is a stakeholder and given a voice, but how we can shift our thinking to literally account for it in annual financial reports.

Companies should take the practical step of adding the value of Nature to annual accounts to help save the planet – that’s according to Professor of Accounting, Governance and Society at the Alliance Manchester Business School, Paolo Quattrone and Associate Professor of Performance and Sustainability Measurement at the Accounting Department of Bocconi University, Milan, Ariela Caglio.