Select committee: Environmental Audit Committee
Conclusion 61
First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust?
Published 30 Jun 2021
Paragraph 299
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
Further work is needed on the natural capital accounting and assessment methodology, but this should not stop the Government and businesses using natural capital accounting now. Accounting for natural capital in some way, is better than ignoring it completely because the system is not yet perfect. As a world leader in the development of natural capital accounts, the UK has an important role to play in promoting this practice international.
From: Environmental Audit Committee, First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? (HC 136), paragraph 299, 30 June 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 30 September 2021 (deadline 30 August 2021).