NEWS AND INSIGHT
BIODIVERSITY
IN BUSINESS COUNTRY: Sweden SCHOOL: School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg Through its Biopath research programme and newly launched SamBio project, the University of Gothenburg is underlining its emphasis on finding solutions to global problems with interdisciplinary collaborations. “We are building a completely new knowledge environment around what could be viewed as one of the most important issues of our time,” says Viktor Elliot, researcher at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, and participant in both projects. “It is exciting to work with specialists from so many different disciplines who are all driven by finding new ways to spread knowledge about biodiversity to organisations and companies. We all believe that this will make a difference, and it can establish Gothenburg as a central hub for research and development around business with a high degree of ecosystem integrity,” Elliot continues. In this sense, the business school and wider university is able to leverage the existing role of the Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, established in 2017, hosted by the University of Gothenburg and based around a collaboration of 18 partner institutions. “I am very pleased that the School of Business, Economics and Law is taking a more central role in the work around biodiversity,” says Jenny Klingberg, director of the Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre. Biopath seeks to address business challenges linked to biodiversity by quantifying biodiversity impact assessment approaches and working on the complex problem of integrating biodiversity considerations into financial decision-making. It launched last autumn with funding from Mistra (the Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research). The SamBio project, meanwhile, aims to spread knowledge about companies’ impact and dependence on biodiversity. It has secured three years of funding from the Västra Götaland Regional Council. TBD
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Ambition | MARCH 2023 | 13
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