Ethical supply chain jobs should be a priority for UK firms, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report.
The firm's findings show that a loss of biodiversity will have a negative impact on business, with things such as deforestation potentially causing financial damage to the worldwide economy to the tune of 7.5 per cent of gross domestic product.
Despite this, just 15 per cent of UK companies said they regard biodiversity as an important issue, while in Latin American the figure was 50 per cent.
Jon Williams, partner in sustainability and climate change at PwC, said: "The UK's access to, and use of environmental resources in locations from local farms in Suffolk to rainforests in South America, is like an international warehouse of assets that no-one has priced or got an inventory on."
Recently, Nestle was forced to rethink its palm oil supply chain after a Greenpeace campaign accused the company of contributing to the destruction of rainforests.
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