Talking Business: The Importance of Natural Capital Valuation and Applying a Landscape Approach for Businesses Investing Along the Road to Dawei

This brief outlines the benefits and opportunities for businesses to adopt an approach towards transport corridor investment projects that not only incorporates natural capital values into their business planning but also encourages the application of a landscape approach towards assessing and managing risk. Benefits include regulatory, supply chain and brand risk mitigation; cutting costs; and protecting and strengthening business reputation by creating a more responsible image. Opportunities exist for business to achieve more sustainable triple bottom - so social, environmental and financial - lines, including reduced costs, by incorporating natural capital values and landscape risk into business decision- making processes.