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  • Publication
    Regenerative economy: A pathway to a future-ready, sustainable Africa
    ( 2023-10-17)
    Judith Louise Walls
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    Leo Luca Vogel orcid-logo
    Africa is experiencing a period of rapid economic growth, booming population, and migration as biodiversity is deteriorating and the climate is warming. Together, these represent grand societal and environmental challenges. The African Union and the United Nations both promote sustainable development, in which society and nature flourish as the economy progresses. However, achieving this goal is not self-evident. We discuss the concept of regenerative economy and propose it as a path forward for the African context. We identify three levers of action evident in Africa that promote the idea of regenerative economy: clean innovation in technology and business models, leapfrogging through decentralized communication and energy systems, and leveraging African values of horizontal collectivism. We present some case examples of how this can and does work but highlight that achieving regenerative economy en masse depends on scaling up business models, effective governance structures, and capacity building in Africa. If implemented correctly, regenerative economy can offer pathways to a future-ready, sustainable Africa.
    Type: journal article
    Journal: Africa Journal of Management
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 4
    URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23322373.2023.2275110#:~:text=We%20identify%20three%20levers%20of,African%20values%20of%20horizontal%20collectivism.
    DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2023.2275110
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/120267
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    Type: journal article
    Journal: Amplify
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 3
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/117508
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    Business and Biodiversity: Measurement of an ambiguous goal
    ( 2024)
    Kerrigan Unter orcid-logo
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    Leo Luca Vogel orcid-logo
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    Judith Louise Walls
    Biodiversity serves as a silent partner to businesses by nurturing critical resources, providing natural infrastructure, and fostering an environment in which industries and businesses thrive. Increasingly, biodiversity loss threatens the natural foundations of businesses and the overall well-being of societies. However, while critical, the relationship between biodiversity and business is neither fully understood nor easily measured as it requires knowledge of biophysical and geospatial data. In this paper, we present a comprehensive framework for measuring biodiversity impacts and dependencies of businesses across ecosystems and species. We develop this framework through the lens of the natural resource dependence theory (NRDT), extending the boundary conditions of NRDT to include biodiversity as a source of uncertainty that affects organizational strategies and performance. Based on our framework, we offer six main categories of importance when measuring biodiversity: 1) organizational impacts on ecosystem, 2) organizational impacts on species, 3) ecosystem dependence, and 4) species dependence, 5) ecosystem impacts on organizations, and 6) species impacts on organizations. We delve into each category, describe measurement implications, highlight the main data sources, and examine the geographical scale of data sources. We make a methodological contribution by using geographic information system (GIS) data to connect biodiversity data to locations of organization facilities. Finally, we derive practically relevant measurement goals from our framework.
    Type: conference paper
    Journal: Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability Research Conference
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/120299
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    Type: conference paper
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/120482
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    Business and biodiversity: Measurement of an ambiguous goal
    ( 2024)
    Kerrigan Unter orcid-logo
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    Leo Luca Vogel orcid-logo
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    Judith Louise Walls
    Biodiversity serves as a silent partner to businesses by nurturing critical resources, providing natural infrastructure, and fostering an environment in which industries and businesses thrive. However, biodiversity loss is accelerating and threatens not only the natural foundations of businesses but also ecological and societal well-being. While critical, the relationship between biodiversity and business is not fully understood nor easily measured as it requires knowledge of biophysical and geospatial data. For businesses to accurately assess their environmental impact, comply with regulations and certification requirements, manage risks, and take meaningful actions to preserve and restore nature, they need ways to measure it. In this paper, we present a comprehensive framework for measuring biodiversity impacts and dependencies of businesses across ecosystems and species. We develop this framework through the lens of the natural resource dependence theory (NRDT), extending the boundary conditions of NRDT to include biodiversity as a source of uncertainty that affects organizational strategies and performance. Based on our framework, we offer four main categories of importance when measuring biodiversity: 1) ecosystem impacts, 2) species impacts, 3) materiality, and 4) species dependence. We delve into each component of our 2x2 matrix, describe measurement implications, highlight the main data sources, and examine the geographical scale of data sources. As a result, we extend the NRDT by providing means to measure both impacts and dependencies of organizations on biodiversity. We make a methodological contribution by using geographic information system (GIS) data to connect biodiversity data to locations of business operations. Finally, we derive measurement goals from our framework that can be of use in practice.
    Type: conference paper
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/120673
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    Business and Biodiversity: Measurement of an Ambiguous Goal
    ( 2024-05-30)
    Kerrigan Unter orcid-logo
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    Leo Luca Vogel orcid-logo
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    Judith Louise Walls
    Biodiversity serves as a silent partner to businesses by nurturing critical resources, providing natural infrastructure, and fostering an environment in which industries and businesses thrive. Increasingly, biodiversity loss threatens the natural foundations of businesses and the overall well-being of societies. However, the relationship between biodiversity and business is neither fully understood nor easily measured as it requires knowledge of biophysical and geospatial data. In this paper, we present a comprehensive framework for measuring biodiversity impacts and dependencies of businesses across ecosystems and species. We develop this framework through the lens of the natural resource dependence theory (NRDT), extending the boundary conditions of NRDT to include biodiversity as a source of uncertainty that affects organizational strategies and performance. Based on our framework, we offer six main categories of importance when measuring biodiversity: 1) organizational impacts on ecosystem, 2) organizational impacts on species, 3) ecosystem dependence, and 4) species dependence, 5) ecosystem impacts on organizations, and 6) species impacts on organizations.
    Type: conference contribution
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/120268
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    Business and biodiversity: Measurement of an ambiguous goal
    ( 2024-06-03)
    Kerrigan Unter orcid-logo
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    Leo Luca Vogel orcid-logo
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    Judith Louise Walls
    Biodiversity serves as a silent partner to businesses by nurturing critical resources, providing natural infrastructure, and fostering an environment in which industries and businesses thrive. Increasingly, biodiversity loss threatens the natural foundations of businesses and the overall well-being of societies. However, while critical, the relationship between biodiversity and business is neither fully understood nor easily measured as it requires knowledge of biophysical and geospatial data. In this paper, we present a comprehensive framework for measuring biodiversity impacts and dependencies of businesses across ecosystems and species. We develop this framework through the lens of the natural resource dependence theory (NRDT), extending the boundary conditions of NRDT to include biodiversity as a source of uncertainty that affects organizational strategies and performance. Based on our framework, we offer six main categories of importance when measuring biodiversity: 1) organizational impacts on ecosystem, 2) organizational impacts on species, 3) ecosystem dependence, and 4) species dependence, 5) ecosystem impacts on organizations, and 6) species impacts on organizations. We delve into each category, describe measurement implications, highlight the main data sources, and examine the geographical scale of data sources. We make a methodological contribution by using geographic information system (GIS) data to connect biodiversity data to locations of organization facilities. Finally, we derive practically relevant measurement goals from our framework.
    Type: conference contribution
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/120269
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    Type: conference contribution
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/108408
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    Type: conference speech
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/110180
  • Publication
    Tackling the shift to a regenerative economy: Discussion guide
    (Sustainable Development Solutions Network Switzerland, 2024)
    Kerrigan Unter orcid-logo
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    Leo Luca Vogel orcid-logo
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    Judith Louise Walls
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    Carole Küng
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    Jorge Tamayo
    We are rapidly approaching the point of no return as we surpass the limits of Earth's planetary systems. However, our economy and society must have a stable foundation to function-this requires a healthy planet. By working with nature, instead of against it, we open up new opportunities for innovation that can benefit our social and economic systems. Simply mitigating the damage we have done to nature is no longer enough; instead, we have to repair, restore, and renew it by moving towards regeneration. Moving towards a regenerative economy will allow us to achieve positive, prosperous outcomes for nature, society and the economy.
    Type: discussion paper
    URL: https://sdsn.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Discussion-Guide-Tackling-the- Shift-to-a-Regenerative-Economy.pdf
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/120394