This paper analyses data from a large-scale survey on corporate action to support biodiversity and ecosystem services undertaken by firms of all sizes and across manufacturing industries. The analysis focuses on Germany as the largest economy by GDP in the European Union and analyses the uptake of activities directly aimed at protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services compared to the uptake of other environmental protection activities. It furthermore investigates how activity and tool adoption as well as risk assessments vary with firm size and across industries, and with implementing environmental management systems. The analysis finds tensions between risk perception and activities pursued for biodiversity protection, largely because firms shy away from substantive action. It reveals that smaller and medium-sized firms are less active and that environmental management systems are not conducive to corporate activities in support of biodiversity and ecosystem services.

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商业、生物多样性和生态系统服务：来自大规模调查数据的证据

本文分析了一项大规模调查的数据，该调查涉及各种规模的制造行业企业为支持生物多样性和生态系统服务而采取的行动。该分析重点关注德国作为欧盟 GDP 最大经济体，并分析了直接旨在保护生物多样性和生态系统服务的活动与其他环境保护活动的开展情况相比。它还调查了活动和工具的采用以及风险评估如何随着公司规模和跨行业以及环境管理系统的实施而变化。分析发现，风险认知与生物多样性保护活动之间存在紧张关系，这主要是因为企业回避采取实质性行动。