IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report recognizes two key GLP contributors
The IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report was officially released on 9 February 2026, marking a major science-policy milestone for biodiversity. "Bringing together science, policy and real-world business decision-making is challenging and sometimes messy, but powerful when it works."—Laura Sonter (Report Coordinating Lead Author, Chapter 5). Congratulations to all the IPBES members and experts involved, especially GLP SSC member Ximena Rueda (Report Co-chair) and GLP member Laura Sonter, for their leadership in coordinating and producing this landmark report!
At the twelfth session of the IPBES Plenary, held in Manchester, UK, from 3 to 8 February 2026, the IPBES Methodological assessment of the impact and dependency of business on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people (Business and Biodiversity Assessment) was accepted, and its summary for policymakers was approved.
The Business and Biodiversity Assessment is the result of three years of work by 79 experts from 35 countries and synthesizes information from over 5,000 references. The complete assessment is comprised of the Summary for Policymakers, six chapters and a glossary. The advance unedited version of the Summary for Policymakers is linked below. The edited versions of the Summary for Policymakers in the six official United Nations languages will be provided as they become available as will English versions of the chapters and glossary.