翻译练习：Making Business Work For Nature（4）

Building on the work of the Science Based Targets initiative, which has secured commitments from over 1,000 companies to set scientifically grounded emissions-reduction targets, the SBTN has issued target-setting guidance for companies seeking to protect nature. The guidance has been produced and reviewed by scientists, as well as representatives from environmental groups, businesses, and consultancies. It describes five steps to protect and restore the global commons – the land, freshwater, ocean, biodiversity, and climate we all need to survive – while staying competitive.

建立于“科学碳目标倡议”之上，超过1000家公司承诺设置科学理性的减排目标，SBTN发布指南，为公司寻求保护自然提供参考。指南经过了科学家，还有来自环保组织、企业与咨询公司的代表的评审和修改。它描述了五个步骤，用来在保护与恢复全球公域的同时——我们生存必须的大陆，淡水，海洋，生物多样性，气候——还能保持公司本身的竞争力。

First, companies must produce a data-based estimate of their value-chain-wide effects and dependencies on nature, and create a list of potential issues and locations that are amenable to target-setting.

首先，公司必须对它们整个价值链及对自然的依赖进行基于数据的评估，然后创建一个潜在问题列表作为目标设定的锚点，目标设定应能经受得住考验。

Second, companies must set priorities. Considerations should include, for example, the highest-value ecosystems – the areas where people rely most heavily on nature for their lives and livelihoods – as well as the areas where supply-chain activities are having the most impact.

第二，公司必须设定优先顺序。例如，考虑因素应包括，最高价值的生态系统——人们的生活与生计依赖最严重的自然因素领域——以及供应链影响最大的领域。