A recording of a Tomorrow's Company event on the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity including an introduction by Tony Manwaring, Chief Executive of Tomorrow's Company, and speakers Pavan Sukhdev (of Deutsche Bank and the Green Indian States Trust (GIST)) and Herman Mulder (former Head of Risk at ABN AMRO). Pavan is the study leader for TEEB, a project emerging from out a discussion at the meeting of G8+5 environment ministers in 2007. In his eye opening presentation he details a compelling economic case for the conservation of biodiversity. Herman Mulder then describes from his own personal experience how the economics of biodiversity could be embraced by business for recognising potential risks, externalities and new opportunities. You can listen to an interview with Herman here.Read Aditi Mehta's blog on the event here.

In this audio recording Peter Davis discusses the rationale behind the report ‘A light but effective touch’, which he worked on as chairman of the Conservative Party Working Group on Responsible Business Practice. He argues that Governmental legislation alone is not able to tackle issues such as rising obesity and the drinking culture in Britain. The report suggests that the business can play a prominent role and concludes that solutions can be found if the government acts as a catalyst to bring organisations together in Responsibility Deals. Peter Davis is the co director of the Ethical Corporation Institute and political editor of Ethical Corporation. He has written widely and has a wealth of experience previously working throughout the globe for NATO, Shell, BSkyB and Diageo.The full report can be read here

Pavan Sukhdev, Managing Director & Head of Global Markets, Deutsche Bank India, talks about adjusted GDP metrics in the context of Indian sustainable development and in particlular a piece of work the Green Accouniting Porject, being being conducted by his organisation, the Green Indian States Trust.

Richard Howitt MEP discusses how the European Union is working to provide incentives for businesses to become more corporately responsible.  Particularly what the EU is doing with regard to climate change and pandemics.