Biodiversity and Business: From Mitigation to Action
Journal
Academy of Management Proceedings 2025
Type
conference contribution
Date Issued
2025
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Abstract
This panel symposium explores the ongoing renegotiation of the relationship between biodiversity and business. It takes a starting point in the observation that we need to engage in dialogue with natural scientists specializing in biodiversity and conversation and with practitioners operating in this ill-defined space to understand the (potential) role of organization and management research in this renegotiation. Therefore, the panel brings together organization and management researchers with a world-leading biologist, a practitioner taking bold steps toward biodiversity net-positive, and an ecologist who advises on nature-based solutions. Through this conversation, the panel seeks to carve out a research agenda for organization and management studies able to guide companies’ biodiversity actions in alignment with ecosystem-based principles. The panel will be structured around the following three themes: 1. Defining and measuring biodiversity 2. Reconciling corporate and ecosystem-based management 3. Innovating biodiversity
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