The 2016 Business and Biodiversity Forum will take place in parallel to the Ministerial High Level Segment of the 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP13-CBD) of the United Nations. Members of 'Biodiversity in Good Company" will be there.
The third Annual Conference of the EU B@B Platform will take place on 23 November 2016 in The Hague, back to back with the international conference “Natural Capital | Let's talk business!”.
Overexploitation and agriculture by far the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss, says a recent study in Nature.
Fostering biodiversity is an important part of the corporate responsibility goals at GIZ. This includes the company sites: GIZ's employees recently established a gardening project in Bonn.
HeidelbergCement released its seventh Sustainability Report so far. The Sustainability Report 2015 highlights important topics and challenges for HeidelbergCement in its drive for sustainable development.
On 13 July 2016, the Natural Capital Coalition launched the so-called Natural Capital Protocol (NCP), a standardized framework for natural capital assessment.
The share of sustainable products in terms of the Otto Group’s overall furniture assortment increased to 43% in 2015.
The funding also benefits biodiversity and ecosystem services.
The International Organization for Standardization ISO has recently begun to develop ISO 14008 - "Monetary valuation of environmental impacts from specific emissions and use of natural resources"
Supported by Hugo Boss, the report aims at providing a better understanding of the relationship between the apparel sector's complex value chains and biodiversity.
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