Dear readers,
Sharing approaches and knowledge on what companies can do to protect and sustainably use biological diversity and ecosystem services – that's the purpose of our newsletter. We invite you to have a look at our information material, news from our member companies and some further information.
Yours sincerely,
'Biodiversity in Good Company' Initiative
+++ The English newsletter is an abbreviated version of the German newsletter edition +++
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"Green, greener, greenest? Biodiversity as a topic for credible corporate communications" and "In good shape for the natural environment: working with the workforce to protect biodiversity" are the most recent information modules in our series ”Basic knowledge: companies and biodiversity”.
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"Wild beech", photo: ForestFinance
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German beech forests play a major role in biodiversity, forest and climate protection. For this reason, ForestFinance and B.A.U.M. e.V initiated the project “Wild Beech” near Hümmel in Rhineland-Palatinate in 2011. While at the beginning only companies and organisations could contribute to this project, it has just recently been opened for private persons. Now everyone can help to protect this forest even with a few euros. The project was co-initiated by German Forest Ranger and best-selling author Peter Wohlleben. The website www.wildebuche.de is available in German, English version to follow.
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Saraya is proud to announce winning the Gold Prize at the ‘Eco Mark Award 2015’ held by the Japan Environment Association (JEA). The prize recognises Saraya’s commitment to producing and promoting environmentally friendly products.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank published "An Introduction to Natural Capital: Challenges for the nation, regional governments and companies". The Bank had set up a Natural Capital Study Group in April 2013, backed by the Trust Forum Foundation and chaired by Masaru Yarime, associate professor of the graduate school of public policy at the University of Tokyo.
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For the third time HeidelbergCement initiates the Quarry Life Award, an international scientific and educational competition to find new ideas for the conservation and promotion of biodiversity in quarries. These unique habitats will be opened again for research. Pick a quarry for your project and join the contest by 1 March 2016.
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At the beginning of 2016, IUCN published a new report "Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector". This report aims at providing a better understanding of the relationship between the apparel sector's complex value chains and biodiversity, and in particular of the dependencies and impacts of the apparel sector on biodiversity. The publication was developped in the context of a collaboration between Hugo Boss and IUCN.
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With the aim to encourage positive action for biodiversity and inspire others by showcasing the notable work of those it honours, nominations are now invited for the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2016. The call for nominations remains open from 15 February to 30 June 2016. The MIDORI Prize, a biennial international prize co-organized by the AEON Environmental Foundation and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), honours three individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
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