Identifying and supporting the enabling framework conditions or environments for stakeholder leadership and empowerment on NbS at an organisational level, linked to supportive policies and regulatory frameworks, adequate financing mechanisms and building users ownership, and as such closely linked to promoting transdisciplinary dialogues and awareness raising highlighted in subsequent pillars. Expert inputs also highlight needs for further R&I efforts in enabling business leadership on NbS, and in supporting the development of corporate social responsibility strategies concerning the design and implementation of NbS in business decision-making and operations at local, national, and transnational scales. Such efforts need to be further targeted to specific business sectors and decision-making contexts.
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