This self-paced elearning course introduces the essential links between business and nature, helping learners understand how environmental dependencies and impacts translate into both risks and opportunities. Through practical insights and real-world examples, learners explore why nature is a critical business issue and how they can contribute to nature-positive strategies that support long-term resilience, performance, and value creation.
Chapter 1 – Nature – the Foundation of Business and Society
Chapter 2 – Nature loss – why it matters to your business?
Chapter 3 – Nature – a driver for sustainable performance
Chapter 4– Putting it into practice
This course is highly interactive, so be ready to engage with the content, reflect on your company’s position and consider what your next steps are.
Target audience
For professionals from all functions
Course duration
Asynchronous and self-paced
(approx. 60 minutes)
Course authors
WBCSD and Anthesis
Learning objectives
Understand the importance of nature in business context and know why it should be integrated into day-to-day decision-making.
Articulate the connection between nature actions (eg. Reducing water use, implementing conservation efforts) and business benefits, such as improved resilience and market opportunities.
Make use of common nature frameworks as a starting point for integrating nature into your business.
Develop a high-level action plan to better integrate nature into your business practices with clear next steps.