Business and Biodiversity Initiative

For an overview of all the CoP 10 side events and meetings, click here.

Initiative Side Events and activities at CoP 10

• October 27: Side Event: Corporate Biodiversity Management – a new tool for practioners
  Business meets biodiversity in a real way. The all-new best practice manual “Corporate Biodiversity Management” is here. The German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), coordinator of the Business and Biodiversity Initiative ‘Biodiversity in Good Company’ - together with its member companies, will present the handbook. It represents the consolidated efforts of industry and science to implement an effective approach to protecting biological diversity.
  
  18:15 – 19:45, Nagoy Congress Center, Room 234B, Bld. 2, 3. Floor
  
  More information on this event here
  
  
• October 28: Side Event: Business meets Biodiversity – Doing Business the Biodiverse Way
  

  Leading companies from around the world, who are dynamically engaged in protecting biodiversity by conscientiously adapting business practices, will present their efforts at this side event. Participants will be able to hear from and interact directly with business members of the Business and Biodiversity Initiative – ‘Biodiversity in Good Company’ as they demonstrate their experiences and results with biodiversity management.

  13:15 – 14:45, Nagoy Congress Center, Room 235, Bld. 2, 3. Floor
  
  More information on this event here

• October 11 - 29: Interactive Fair for Biodiversity
  The Interactive Fair for Biodiversity is taking place in the same location and at the same time as the negotiations of the CoP 10 – namely in the Nagoya Congress Center. Here visitors will find booths hosted by governments, international organisations, scientists, NGOs and companies.
  The ‘Biodiversity in Good Company’ Initiative is also at the fair with an information booth. There the general public will be able to see the touring exhibition “Without Biological Diversity, No Economic Diversity”. The exhibition makes information available to a wide range of people about the value of biodiversity and the important role business plays in preserving biodiversity. The stand also provides the Initiative team a forum to present the latest Initiative publications ("Corporate Biodiversity Management Handbook", Fact Book) as well as the activities of the member companies through sustainability reports, best practice examples, videos, etc. A business lounge is also available for fair attendees to have direct access to the Initiative.

Additional relevant side events and meetings about B&B at CoP 10

• October 26: Side Event: The 1st Meeting of Global Platform on Private Sector Engagement
  host: Nippon Keidanren
  13:15 – 14:45, Nagoya Congress Center
  
  
• October 26: The International Business and Ecosystems Dialogue
  with presentation of the ‘Biodiversity in Good Company’ Initiative
  hosts: IUCN, WBCSD, Keidanren
  Day Event, Nagoya Congress Center
  
  
• October 27: Side Event: "The Business Case for Biodiversity"
  This event showcases European examples of partner networks with businesses, including the EU Business @ Biodiversity Platform, of the European Business and Biodiversity Campaign as well as the Nordic business und biodiversity examples. Additionally there will be a discussion about incorporating economic sectors into biodiversity protection.
  hosts: Global Nature Fund and IUCN as representatives of the European B&B campaign
  16:30 – 18:00 Uhr, Nagoya Congress Center
  More information on the event here
  
  
• October 28: High level event: Business and Biodiversity
  Dialog between ministers and CEOs
  host: Japanese Ministry for the Environment
  18:30 – 22:00, Nagoya Congress Center
  
  
• October 28: "Business Solutions to Achieve the Aichi Nagoya Biodiversity Targets"
  Discussion between political and economic actors
  hosts: Keidanren, CBD
  Nagoya Fair Grounds