

The REWE Group, a leading trade and tourism company in Germany and Europe, has become a member of the Initiative. REWE Group’s membership illustrates the company’s dedication to preserving and sustainably using biological diversity as defined in its sustainability strategy. Read the full article
here.

On the occasion of the first European Biodiversity Summit to take place from April 17th-18th in Stuttgart, Germany, the European Business and Biodiversity Campaign will show how businesses can successfully deal with the economic challenges from climate change, the scarcity of resources to the dramatic loss of biodiversity. Read the full article
here.

The Initiative has been transformed into a business-run and company-driven independent association. Thus, the former successful project established by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in 2008 ensures its long-term future prospects.
The German Federal Environment Minister, Dr. Norbert Röttgen, welcomed the companies' commitment: "Nature is our foundation of life. Protecting nature is the joint task of government and society. The German business community has made a vital contribution to this by founding the international network 'Biodiversity in Good Company'. In this way, German companies are supporting the federal government in implementing the National Biodiversity Strategy and in reaching internationally agreed targets."
Read
more about the establishment of the association and find further information about the
Initiative and the
Member Companies by following the links.
Watch this three-minute clip to learn more about the importance of biodiversity and get an introduction to background and goals of the Initiative.
The 'Corporate Biodiversity Management Handbook' is one of the first comprehensive guides available to enterprises that takes on the business and biodiversity topic from an economic perspective.
An
Online Handbook Portal on our webpage presents the handbook contents as well as checklists and
Best Practice Examples based upon Initaitive member company experiences.
By filling out the
Online Checklists you can identify the possible impacts your business has on the environment, giving insight as to where you can begin implementing your biodiversity management.

International companies are endorsing the Business and Biodiversity Initiative 'Biodiversity in Good Company'. Meanwhile, more than 40 companies have signed the
Leadership Declaration that envisages the integration of biodiversity into entrepreneurial action and management systems.
The March 2012 Newsletter covers current developments in business and biodiversity and news from the Initiative.
'Biodiversity in Good Company' has presented itself as a role model for business initiative at the first "Meeting of the Global Platform for Business and Biodiversity"
Find out more about the Initiative with this
short profile flyer.
Are you subscribed already and wishes to unsubscribe or edit your profile, click here..
The current issue of our Newsletter is available
here.
Previous issues can be found in our
Newsletter Archive.
The company fact book presents the member companies’ consistent engagement and documents their implementation of the Initiative's Leadership Declaration.
Click here for the
PDF version.