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Analysis: the biodiversity footprint of the University of Oxford

Every large organization should plot a path to net gain in biodiversity — here’s how.
  1. Joseph William Bull

    1. Joseph William Bull is a senior lecturer in conservation science at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.

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  2. Isobel Taylor

    1. Isobel Taylor is a freelance researcher at Wild Business, London, UK.

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  3. Elizabeth Biggs

    1. Elizabeth Biggs is a master’s student at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK.

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  4. Henry M. J. Grub

    1. Henry M. J. Grub is a PhD student at Imperial College, London.

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  5. Tom Yearley

    1. Tom Yearley is deputy head of environmental sustainability at the University of Oxford, UK.

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  6. Harriet Waters

    1. Harriet Waters is head of environmental sustainability at the University of Oxford, UK.

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  7. E. J. Milner-Gulland

    1. E. J. Milner-Gulland is professor of biodiversity in the Zoology Department at the University of Oxford, UK.

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Bright orange and yellow California poppies flowering in front of an Oxford building

The Botanic Garden at the University of Oxford, UK. Credit: Greg Smolonski/Oxford University Images

To help to achieve ecological recovery worldwide, more multinational corporations are making commitments to biodiversity conservation1–3. According to the most recent assessment in 2018, 31 of the 100 largest companies by revenue worldwide (the global Fortune 100) have done so, from the retail corporation Walmart to the insurance company AXA4.

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Nature 604, 420-424 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01034-1

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  1. Supplementary report and appendix - biodiversity impact of the University of Oxford

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