- link Copy Url - [ Share on twitter ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Companies Have a Key Role to Play in the Future of Biodiversity https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1301911?absolute=1&via=3blnews "link to 3 B L Media's Twitter") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1301911?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1301911?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=Companies Have a Key Role to Play in the Future of Biodiversity&body=ESG News from GreenMoney Journal https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1301911?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment](/CSR-News/sustainable-finance-socially-responsible-investment) # Companies Have a Key Role to Play in the Future of Biodiversity Oct 16, 2025 8:00 AM ET ![Leslie Samuelrich, Green Century Funds](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/Companies-have-a-key-role-to-play-in-the-future-of-biodiversity-by-Leslie-Samuelrich-Green-Century-Funds.jpg) ![Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/Okefenokee-Wildlife-Refuge-courtesy-of-Green-Century-Funds.jpg) ![Leslie Samuelrich, Green Century Funds](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/Companies-have-a-key-role-to-play-in-the-future-of-biodiversity-by-Leslie-Samuelrich-Green-Century-Funds.jpg?h=5d923897) ![Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/Okefenokee-Wildlife-Refuge-courtesy-of-Green-Century-Funds.jpg?h=9a8b790e) by Leslie Samuelrich, President, Green Century Funds Biodiversity loss and the resulting nature-based risks have gained increased attention in the past few years, and ***investors*** have taken notice. *New investment strategies* that include screening out companies involved in deforestation have been launched. But with biodiversity loss affecting so many companies and their supply chains, investors have largely focused on changing company policies to address this rising concern. Green Century’s shareholder advocates – in concert with other sustainable financial institutions – press companies to conserve nature, ecosystems and wildlife habitats. Action is urgently needed to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity, allowing for the wise and equitable use of our natural resources. Urging companies to measure their impacts on nature will help conserve and lead to more thoughtful, sustainable use of a limited resource. Without action, our warming planet will result in oceans too hot for aquatic life, air too polluted with contaminants and could lead to the eventual demise of life as we know it. Companies also depend on nature. In the past they could take nature’s abundance for granted. But now they need to start planning for it. Companies need to begin taking responsibility for their impact on nature and account for the ways they rely on it. ***Investors*** like Green Century have pushed companies to assess their impacts and dependencies on water, soil, forests and other natural resources and help preserve the functioning ecosystems that we all rely on for food, medicine, clean air and water. **Read Leslie's full article here** - ===== [![](/sites/default/files/Clients/GreenMoney-30thLogo.png)](/profiles/greenmoney-journal) ### More from GreenMoney Journal ###### [Sheconomy: What Happens When Women’s Financial Power Shapes the Economy ](/news/sheconomy-what-happens-when-womens-financial-power-shapes-the-economy) Mar 23, 2026 10:00 AM ET ###### [How the Cuban Missile Crisis Sparked a Career in Sustainable Investing: A Conversation With Cheryl Smith](/news/how-cuban-missile-crisis-sparked-career-sustainable-investing-conversation-cheryl-smith) Mar 18, 2026 1:30 PM ET ###### [Powering the Future: Investing in Grid Infrastructure](/news/powering-future-investing-grid-infrastructure) Feb 26, 2026 8:00 AM ET ###### [A Wealth of Uncertainty: Climate Change and Our Financial Well-Being](/news/wealth-uncertainty-climate-change-and-our-financial-well-being) Feb 24, 2026 10:00 AM ET ###### [A Just and Sustainable Built Environment ](/news/just-and-sustainable-built-environment) Feb 11, 2026 8:00 AM ET ###### [Mixed-Use: Green Housing and Social Enterprise](/news/mixed-use-green-housing-and-social-enterprise) Feb 9, 2026 10:00 AM ET ###### [Leading Trends in Sustainable Investing ](/news/leading-sustainable-investing) Jan 14, 2026 12:40 PM ET ###### [Redefining Investment Risks in the Energy Transition ](/news/redefining-investment-risks-energy-transition) Dec 31, 2025 8:00 AM ET