Forum for the Future：2023五大资本——可持续发展框架报告（英文版）

Natural capital (also sometimes referred to as environmental or ecological capital) is the natural resources (energy and matter) and processes needed by organisations to produce their products and deliver their services. This includes sinks that absorb, neutralise or recycle wastes (e.g. forests, oceans); resources, some of which are renewable (timber, grain, fish and water), whilst others are not (fossil fuels); and processes, such as climate regulation and the carbon cycle, that enable life