Tools to conduct an ESR:

• The Corporate Ecosystem Services Review is a set of guidelines for developing strategies to manage the business risks and opportunities arising from a company’s dependence on ecosystems and the services they provide. The ESR is also available in Spanish/Español (PDF, 4.4 Mb) and Japanese/日本語l (PDF, 9.7 Mb).
• Summary of Methodology (PDF, 121 Kb) is a one-page overview of the activities, people to involve, information sources, end products, and estimated time for each step of the ESR.
• Definitions of Ecosystem Services (PDF, 96 Kb) is a table that lists, defines, and gives examples of the major ecosystem services. The table is also available in French/Français (PDF, 447 Kb)
• The Dependence and Impact Assessment Tool (Excel, 414 Kb) is a spreadsheet that guides managers through a series of questions to identify the ecosystem services that are most likely to be sources of business risk or opportunity. The spreadsheet is also available in Spanish/Español (Excel, 411 Kb) and Japanese/日本語 (Excel, 417 Kb)
• ESR Presentation (Powerpoint, 2.2 Mb) is a PowerPoint that managers can share with colleagues to communicate the business case for an ESR, explain the five steps of the process, and build support for conducting a review.
• Examples of Ecosystem Service-based Business Risks and Opportunities (Powerpoint, 9.1 Mb) is a deck of slides highlighting ways businesses are addressing ecosystem change.

NOTE: You may also download a compressed file (ZIP, 15.0 Mb) with the english versions of these documents.