The role of business in achieving sustainability is regularly discussed in IUCN's magazine World Conservation. Below you can find a selection of articles that have featured in recent editions.
Talking Business: World Conservation Magazine
Globalization: the good, the bad and the ugly
- Feast or famine (role of multinationals in sustainable food production) p12
- Miles better? (food miles versus fair miles) p15
- Connecting to Earth (ICT growth boosting sustainability) p20
- Travelling light (tourism growth and biodiversity) p23
- Taking it global (markets for ecosystem services) p28
A world without biodiversity?
- A taste of paradise (food production and biodiversity conservation) p8
- Keeping it clean (Air New Zealand’s stake in the environment) p24
- Bioprospecting: securing a piece of the pie (commercial use of biodiversity) p28
- Call of the wild (sustainable nature-based tourism) p29
The nature of energy
- Friend or foe? (pros and cons of biofuels) p17
- Brazilian power (oil giant’s sustainability efforts) p20
- Seeing the light (gains from energy efficiency) p28
- Fuelled by cocaine (construction leader lowers its footprint) p30
- Under the sun (solar solutions for tourism chain Accor) p30
- Guilt-free flying? (tour operators’ efforts to reduce energy consumption) p32
- Taking the plunge (what’s needed to boost finance for renewable energy) p35
Accountability in a globalized world
- Beyond reporting (business benefits from greater accountability) p8
- Mine your own business (mining industry’s environmental record) p9
- Finding common ground (can indigenous communities and mining companies work together?) p11
- View from Rio (interview with Rio Tinto) p12
- Banking on green returns (markets, money and environmental accountability) p14
- Tourist trap (is tourism becoming more responsible?) p17
- From reef to retail (environmental certification) p19
