The relationship between business and conservation is growing increasingly closer, with the recognition that collaboration can lead to better outcomes for biodiversity. Bennun et al. introduce the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (the Red List) to inform businesses' mitigation of biodiversity impacts; and subsequently how it can be improved to further increase its effectiveness. While we applaud this ever‐closer union of business and conservation, we believe the authors overinflate the value of the Red List in decision‐making, do not account for its limitations and therefore do not justify their conclusions for improving the Red List for business use. We are concerned this focus on wide application of the Red List promotes it as a “one‐stop‐shop” and could lead to discounting of more appropriate approaches.

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高估自然保护联盟红色名录在商业决策中的价值

随着人们认识到合作可以为生物多样性带来更好的成果，企业与保护之间的关系越来越紧密。本农等。引入IUCN濒危物种红色名录（红色名录），以告知企业减轻生物多样性影响的情况；以及随后如何对其进行改进以进一步提高其有效性。尽管我们对商业与环境保护之间日益紧密的联系表示赞赏，但我们认为作者在决策中夸大了红色清单的价值，没有考虑其局限性，因此没有理由为改进商业用途红色清单的结论辩护。我们担心，红色清单的广泛应用将其推广为“一站式服务”，并可能导致更合适的方法被打折。