CSR, Biodiversity and Japan's Stakeholder Approach to the Global Bumble Bee Trade

Do managed bees drive parasite spread and emergence in wild bees?

“…Exotic parasite introduction via the presence of exotic host species poses a particular risk; so controlling such exotic host introductions is a second mitigation measure that can be taken. In Japan, the non-native B. terrestris was added to a list of invasive alien species, prohibiting importation unless permits had been obtained by the farmer and they can prove no escapes are possible ( Goka, 2010 , Reade et al., 2014 , Yoneda et al., 2007 ). In North America, importation of the non-native B. terrestris is banned outright ( Winter et al., 2006 ), and in the UK the importation of non-native subspecies of B. terrestris is heavily restricted.…”

“…For honey bees, barrier control is however impossible so practices will instead rely heavily on regular screening and mitigative actions upon disease discovery, including the prevention of further movement by diseased hives. In the case of bumblebees used in glasshouses, complete barrier protection is possible and is a success story in Japan where regular parasite screening is also performed as a second line of defence ( Reade et al., 2014 ).…”

“…By 2001, commercially produced bumblebees were no longer found to have L. buchneri infections and there are no subsequent reports of L. buchneri in commercially produced bumblebees in Japan. Studies in Poland also determined commercial bumblebees to be free from mites now, however a recent study did find them in south America ( Reade et al., 2014 , Rożej et al., 2012 , Sachman-Ruiz et al., 2015 ). The more rigorous, and apparently successful, control of the mite in stocks exported to Japan was however, too late to prevent the spillover of the parasite into Japan ( Goka et al., 2006 ).…”

Special issue of business, strategy, and the environment call for papers business, society, biodiversity, and natural capital deadline June 30, 2020 (see details of conference/workshop at the end of the call for paper)

“…Research in a number of disciplines, ranging from conservation (Westley & Vredenburg, ; Barnosky et al, ; Howe & Milner‐Gulland, ) to geography (Dempsey, ; Collard & Dempsey, ), policy (Palmer, ), governance (Turnhout, Neves, & de Lijster, ), have discussed the consequences of biodiversity loss in the past and its many consequences, such as economic loss and heightened poverty. To halt biodiversity loss and alleviate its effect on our society, Hahn, Figge, Aragón‐Correa, and Sharma () have emphasized that the role of business organizations in the loss of biodiversity has been much less researched (Reade, Goka, Thorp, Mitsuhata, & Wasbauer, ).…”

Integrating corporate social responsibility into conservation policy. The example of business commitments to contribute to the French National Biodiversity Strategy

“…There is thus a need to undertake a trans-sectoral review of business initiatives and to develop a comprehensive framework to classify and interpret them in a consistent manner (Winn and Pogutz, 2013). Several studies have pointed out that stakeholders involvement was crucial in the implementation of corporate practices related to biodiversity conservation, notably because of their complexity and the need for business to comfort the legitimacy of such measures (Boiral and Heras-Saizarbitoria, 2017b;Overbeek and Harms, 2011;Reade et al, 2014). The collective nature of biodiversity-oriented CSR practices thus seems to be an important parameter to take into account if contribution of businesses to biodiversity conservation is to be fostered.…”