24 UK biodiversity indicators were published by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee on behalf of Defra, with the latest publication on 19 January 2016. This indicator, A5, provides data for 2013 on the integration of biodiversity considerations into large UK businesses in mining, manufacturing, and utilities. It shows the percentage of large companies with at least 250 employees that operate an Environmental Management System and formally consider the environment in supply chain procurement.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in corporate environmental management adoption based on survey percentages.
- Assess the integration of biodiversity considerations into supply chains based on procurement and contract management data.
- Compare environmental practices across the mining, manufacturing, and utilities sectors as covered by the survey.
- Support policy evaluation on business biodiversity impacts using the indicator framework.
Strengths
- Data is part of a formal suite of 24 UK biodiversity indicators published by an authoritative organization (JNCC/Defra).
- Focuses on large businesses (250+ employees) in key sectors previously not adequately covered.
- Indicator provides two specific percentage metrics derived from the Environmental Protection Expenditure Survey.
Limitations
- The latest data point is for 2013, which may limit contemporary analysis.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee on behalf of Defra.
- Collection Method
- Environmental Protection Expenditure (EPE) Survey of large businesses.
- Time Range
- Latest data for 2013.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:57.369730; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- United Kingdom.