Reporting on a finite planet

What have systems scientists recently presented compelling evidence for?

Irreversible levels of global warming

The need for businesses to halve their impact by 2025

Loss of over half the world's biodiversity

The need for regenerative impact

Which of the following is not a reason companies might be struggling to put back into the environment?

Lack of reporting frameworks to measure regenerative impact

Lack of measurement tools

Lack of knowledge about environmental damage

Lack of appropriate regulatory boundaries

Which of the following is the best definition of the theory behind planetary boundaries?

The planet has infinite reserves if we can understand how to regenerate them

Finite resources in developing countries will limit infinite growth

Infinite growth is greedy and damaging

The planet is finite and infinite growth is neither possible nor desirable

According to the article, what will happen if the planet is destabilised?

Our complex society will unravel

Increased rates of global warming

2 degrees Celsius of global warming by 2025

Increased conflict

Which of the following best describes the goal of the UN's SEEA initiative?

A guide for governments to track regenerative impacts of large businesses

A guide for governments to develop natural capital accounts

A guide for businesses to develop natural capital accounts

A guide for large businesses to track regenerative impact

Which of the following best describes the FFBB initiative?

Systems science for the environment

Another framework similar to integrated reporting

A way of describing planetary boundaries

A way of understanding the destination (zero) and the progress being made towards it

Why has the SEEA been criticised already?

Because it is too complicated

Because it does not cover all types of natural capital

Because it has taken since the 1990s to develop

Because it is voluntary and governments can pick and choose where it drives policy

What might make implementation of the FFBB difficult?

Because there are already a lot of frameworks competing for companies' attention

Because when a business uses it, they can be horrified by the results

Because it is run by a small foundation

Because it is very complicated

What might need to happen for planetary boundary reporting to work?

It will need an internationally-accepted framework

It will need to gain legitimacy as a view

Large listed companies will need to get behind the idea

The definition of what constitutes a public corporation may need to change

Why might the nature of accounting frameworks be preventing planetary boundary reporting?

Because they naturally focus on profit as a measure of success

Because they are geared towards only financial reporting

Because they are too narrow and therefore transparency, accountability, and materiality are too narrow

Because accounting frameworks are widely accepted and planetary boundary reporting is not

Reporting on a finite planet

What have systems scientists recently presented compelling evidence for?

Which of the following is not a reason companies might be struggling to put back into the environment?

Which of the following is the best definition of the theory behind planetary boundaries?

According to the article, what will happen if the planet is destabilised?

Which of the following best describes the goal of the UN's SEEA initiative?

Which of the following best describes the FFBB initiative?

Why has the SEEA been criticised already?

What might make implementation of the FFBB difficult?

What might need to happen for planetary boundary reporting to work?

Why might the nature of accounting frameworks be preventing planetary boundary reporting?

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