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Have a look at our webinar series on supporting financial institutions in their journey to address nature and biodiversity loss.

The "Biodiversity in Food Supply Chains" conference (13–14 Nov 2024) saw collaboration between industry and policy experts to tackle biodiversity challenges in food systems. Take this opportunity to learn about the EU B&B Platform’s session on the main barriers in the retail sector.

Yann Verstraeten has been one of the driving forces behind the EU Business & Biodiversity Platform over the last ten years. After a decade of passionate and tremendous work with the Platform, Yann has decided to start a new adventure. Let’s wish him luck!

The Biodiversity Measurement Approaches Guide is back with its fourth edition. This new edition expands on the work laid by its previous editions, offering information and assistance to financial institutions in understanding the existing approaches for measuring their interactions with biodiversity

Last month, the EU Business and Biodiversity Platform released a new report on “Business Models and Investments for Nature” for financial institutions, presenting six existing practises of investments for nature. We are now launching a summary report on this document. Download it here!

In recent years, financial institutions have increasingly been engaging with companies on biodiversity in various ways. This overview points financial institutions to ongoing engagements and provides information on past collaborative engagements. In this fourth update, 45 engagements are covered.

The fifth edition of the report on the “Assessment of Biodiversity Measurement Approaches for Businesses and Financial Institutions” series was launched at COP16 this October. This iteration covers a total of 37 biodiversity measurement approaches. Read the report here!

OP16 started earlier this week on Monday, 21 October 2024. As a global coalition, Business for Nature (BfN) and its partner organisations will bring together leading businesses at COP16. Check out the BfN website to find out more!

Aligning financial flows with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is crucial for addressing harmful financial practices while upscaling finance that positively impacts biodiversity. This new report presents six existing practices of investments for nature. Find out more!