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The report frames ocean health as a critical component of U.S. national security, highlighting how the depletion of marine resources and illegal fishing drive geopolitical instability and transnational organized crime. It identifies specific risks in the Indo-Pacific and Arctic regions and warns that unsustainable practices place $8.4 trillion in blue economy assets at risk. To counter these threats, the document recommends elevating ocean governance in national security directives, strengthening alliances to counter illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and expanding public-private partnerships through innovative blue finance and technology.

The WWF-US FY2024 Corporate Partnerships Report outlines a strategic framework for engaging businesses to achieve nature-positive and net-zero outcomes. The organization categorizes its corporate work into four primary approaches: transforming business operations, consumer and employee engagement, shared policy and advocacy, and financing climate and nature projects. In FY24, income from these partnerships accounted for 9% of the WWF-US office's total income. The report lists numerous high-value partnerships across sectors such as ICT, retail, and food, with significant investments in nature-based solutions, plastic waste reduction via the ReSource hub, and forest stewardship through the Forests Forward program.

The report identifies significant legal fragmentation and gaps across 12 tiger range countries (TRCs), particularly regarding the regulation of the entire trade chain, captive breeding, hybrid species, and digital markets. Key findings highlight that while tigers are protected, many TRCs lack mandatory confiscation requirements, comprehensive definitions of 'wildlife trade', and explicit regulations for tiger hybrids. Enforcement is often hindered by fragmented inter-agency coordination and a lack of specialized powers for frontline officers. Furthermore, online trade is largely under-regulated, and only a few countries adequately link wildlife crime to anti-money laundering frameworks as a predicate offence. The report recommends mandating permanent inter-agency task forces, criminalising all acts in the trafficking chain, and aligning national laws with CITES and UNTOC standards to combat transnational organised crime.

The report details workshops conducted by WWF in Ecuador for seafood exporters and government officials. It identifies the European Union (EU) as the most demanding market due to extensive documentation and the 'yellow card' warning. Key challenges include a lack of interoperability between national digital systems (SIAP, ECUAPASS, SITOP), corruption risks, and inconsistent communication of regulatory changes. Participants advocated for the digitalization of certificates of origin, a centralized information portal, and regional cooperation with Peru and Chile to harmonize traceability standards.

The report highlights a significant gap between the public sustainability commitments of major seafood companies and their actual implementation of robust traceability. While some companies like Thai Union and CP Foods have group-level commitments, most lack time-bound targets, detailed implementation plans, or annual progress reporting. The document argues that full-chain, digital, and interoperable traceability—specifically aligned with Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) standards—is essential for managing material risks such as IUU fishing, forced labour, and overfishing, and for complying with emerging regulations in the EU, US, and Japan.

The author contends that the global food system has reached 'peak land' and that decoupling agricultural land use from food production allows for the retirement of marginal land. By paying farmers to stop farming unproductive areas, the document suggests that environmental services can be restored and GHG emissions reduced by 20-40% if 5% of farmland is retired by 2030 and 10% by 2050.

WWF International calls on the US Congress and state leadership to finalize several pending bills before the end of 2024. Key priorities include reauthorizing the WILD Act to protect global species, passing the Indian Buffalo Management Act for tribal-led restoration, and enacting the US Foundation for International Conservation Act to leverage private funding. The document also emphasizes the need to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing as a national security threat, improve recycling infrastructure through the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act, and renew the Farm Bill with climate-smart agriculture investments. Additionally, it urges New York Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the TREES Act to prevent deforestation in state supply chains.

The report identifies a significant gap in industry-specific, science-based targets for ocean health, noting that most existing frameworks focus on 'avoidance' and 'reduction' while neglecting restoration and regeneration. Through an analysis of 25 frameworks, it highlights that sector-specific pressures—such as land reclamation in coastal development and ship strikes in shipping—are largely unaddressed. The document recommends that SBTN focus on three pillars: Capabilities (standardizing pressure measurement), Collaboration (aligning with TNFD and EU CSRD), and Communication (providing tailored toolkits). It emphasizes the need for quantitative, time-bound KPIs to replace binary assessments and calls for the integration of socio-economic factors, including Indigenous rights and community resilience, into marine conservation strategies.

The project achieved a 'Satisfactory' overall rating, successfully mobilizing over USD 20 million for conservation and signing a Single Memorandum of Understanding to align with the broader Peru Natural Legacy (PdP) initiative. Key successes include improving management effectiveness scores (METT) across four pilot areas and institutionalizing a gender approach within SERNANP. However, the project faced challenges from political instability, high personnel turnover, and the COVID-19 pandemic, which hindered the maintenance of conservation status in some areas and limited private sector engagement.

The document highlights a 73% decline in average wildlife populations since 1970 as a critical warning for the global economy. It asserts that nature loss threatens global GDP, with specific risks identified in the EU and Asia Pacific, and predicts a potential $2.7 trillion loss by 2030 due to the collapse of ecosystem services. The author calls on the business and finance sectors to transition toward net-zero, nature-positive markets using tools like the Biodiversity Risk Filter and Science-Based Targets for Nature.

The report argues that the 'environment' pillar of One Health is often under-prioritized and proposes six key strategies—landscape immunity, wildlife trade regulation, preventive medicine, pathogen monitoring, sustainable livestock management, and behaviour change—to reduce zoonotic spillover and spillback. It emphasizes transdisciplinary collaboration, gender equity, and the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples and local communities to create resilient ecosystems and improve public health outcomes.

A letter from six organizations to President Biden supporting the U.S. goal to phase out federal purchasing of single-use plastics by 2035 and calling for a global reduction target for primary plastic production. The authors encourage the U.S. to sign the Bridge to Busan declaration and attend a high-level event hosted by the President of Kenya on September 25th to build momentum for the fifth intergovernmental negotiating committee meeting (INC-5).

The document identifies food systems as a primary threat to biodiversity and proposes a tailored approach to transformation through the Great Food Puzzle series, which clusters countries with similar socioeconomic factors. For the United States, the author recommends redirecting agri-food subsidies via the Farm Bill, halving food loss and waste by 2030, establishing deforestation-free supply chains, and leveraging AI and machine learning for regenerative production. It highlights the Food Waste Warrior program as a successful model for reducing school food waste and empowering students to advocate for composting legislation.

The report finds that while infrastructure investors have integrated climate change considerations, they lag in measuring other nature impacts like habitat change and pollution. It identifies physical and transition risks associated with biodiversity loss and highlights a shift toward 'nature-positive' investments driven by evolving regulations such as the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The document provides case studies of leading practices, including the use of eDNA soil testing and sustainability-linked loans, while noting that a lack of usable data remains a primary barrier to widespread adoption of quantitative biodiversity metrics.

The document highlights the increasing frequency of record-breaking global temperatures and extreme weather events, urging a shift toward scalable renewable energy, science-based net zero targets for subnational entities, and the fulfillment of climate finance commitments for developing countries.

The document outlines an ESMP for the National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) under the Bhutan for Life (BFL) project. It focuses on the construction of a Cryosphere Monitoring and Research Base Camp at Thanaphu and the installation of three Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) in high-altitude regions. The plan identifies minor risks related to waste, dust, and occupational health and safety, providing specific mitigation strategies and monitoring schedules to ensure compliance with both Royal Government of Bhutan laws and WWF's Social Safeguards Integrated Policies and Procedures.

The document asserts that nature loss is a "macro-critical" threat to financial stability, with potential global economic costs of $5 trillion over five years. It details how policy, legal, reputational, and physical risks are already impacting corporate balance sheets, citing examples such as Tesla's Gigafactory delays and significant financial losses from mishandled nature interactions. The briefing identifies five priority themes for investors through 2025: framework alignment (e.g., TNFD), leveraging AI for deforestation data, managing ocean-related impacts in the blue economy, pursuing 'nature alpha' for financial returns, and active policy engagement to reverse biodiversity loss.

The 2023 assessment by WWF reveals that while 31% of the 42 analyzed asset managers showed minor or moderate improvements in managing nature and biodiversity risks, specific action regarding the seafood sector remains low. Only one asset manager has publicly disclosed seafood-specific E&S expectations for investee companies. The report highlights significant gaps in expectations regarding sustainability certifications and supply chain traceability. It notes a positive trend in Japanese asset managers' progress, likely driven by national biodiversity and IUU fishing regulations. WWF recommends that asset managers formalize biodiversity risk statements into actionable policies, set time-bound sustainability targets, and develop targeted 'blue' financial products to support a sustainable blue economy.

Farmers Post is a proposed direct-to-consumer delivery model partnering with the USPS to connect small farmers with local markets. National survey data shows 54% of adults are very or fairly likely to use the service, with particularly high interest from those in food deserts and minority groups. Two pilots in Connecticut and Virginia demonstrated that logistics are viable, though technical hurdles with the USPS website and the need for standardized packaging remain. The report argues that for the program to scale and support low-income consumers, it must integrate SNAP/WIC payments and Double Up Food Bucks, while establishing a dedicated USPS flat-rate box to reduce costs and waste.

The report outlines a multi-phase strategy to establish a specialty crop industry in the Mid-Mississippi Delta (Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee) as a climate-resilient alternative to California's production. It identifies suitable crops, analyzes labor and infrastructure gaps, and proposes innovative, equity-focused business models to ensure wealth creation for underserved farmers. The project has transitioned from research to action through the 'Collective Impact Framework' and the launch of the Delta Harvest pilot project.