Business Case Drivers: Innovation
Innovations are also important drivers of business cases for biodiversity. Examples can be found in the pharmaceutical or cosmetic industries, where discoveries of medicinal and natural care substances create new possibilities to increase sales or differentiate products. In the service sector, integrating biodiversity concepts into existing offerings creates similar opportunities. Nature also provides ideas for the development of innovative technology products (bionics).
Fields of action
Fields of action in can be identified and set by analysing where a company’s activities have a either direct or indirect influence on biodiversity. The spatial relation to biological diversity is intuitively connected to the sites and facilities field of action. Corporate activities influence biodiversity in other ways though as well.
Sites and Facilities
Working environment can enhance employee creativity
Product Design
Development of new innovative products
Personnel
Interesting work content as employee motivation
Supply chains, commodities and materials
Chance for usage of new (and cheaper or better) materials
Additional information about Supply chains, commodities and materials
Production and manufacturing processes
Innovative production processes (for example, through the use of micro-organisms instead of chemical processes)
Additional information about Production and manufacturing processes
Transport and Logistics
Development of new packaging systems or product distribution channels
