Business and biodiversity for beginners

The protection of biodiversity needs to become a concern for all businesses and not just a few.

Are new to this topic and want to be inspired?

• Rewatch the Biodiversity Basics Webinar held on June 8, 2023 with Juliane Greff, Alpro.
• Rewatch the Biodiversity Basics Webinar held on April 6, 2023 with Gyde Wollose, Followfood.    
• Rewatch the EBNS 2021 Session on "Pioneering SMEs reinventing their relationship with nature
• Rewatch the EBNS 2020 Session on "Creating new alliances to engage SMEs on biodiversity

Do you want to know the fundamentals of biodiversity in business?

Biodiversity is essential for the processes that support all life on Earth, and forms the foundation of our economy, and healthy and prosperous societies. It is critical to our well-being and livelihoods, and its dramatic decline currently poses the greatest systemic risks to our economy. Following the momentum of the Kunming-Montreal GBF, businesses are being called to step up and make substantial changes to improve their relations with nature. However, many businesses are not fully aware of the extent to which they depend on biodiversity and ecosystems, or of the impact they have on them. Nor are they always able to anticipate the newcoming regulatory approaches and the material risks that they may entail.

The Biodiversity Basics Webinars will help organisations to get up to speed with the fundamentals of biodiversity and the policy landscape by showcasing actionable changes to preserve biodiversity and restore natural capital and encouraging transformative action to future-proof businesses.

Business as usual is no longer desirable nor acceptable. The Biodiversity Basics Webinars are here to help to introduce newcomers to the field of biodiversity to everything they need to know to build a nature positive buisiness. 

If your business could do with some guidance to anticipate new regulations and material risks, you can get up to speed by joining the Biodiversity Basics Webinars which will take place on July 4, 2024 from 14:00-15:00 CEST. Register for the webinar here. 

The webinars are held regularly and future sessions will be announced closer to the date. 

Are you a new Platform member and want to know more about the Platform's activities?

Are you curious about how you can get and involved in the work of the Platform and become part of our fast-growing community? Are you eager to transform your business and make a change but struggling to understand how? Did you already apply for membership and are eager to learn, share and network?

We work with businesses to help them measure and integrate the value of nature into business practices. All types of businesses, from SMEs to large companies, and financial institutions engaged in business & biodiversity and natural capital are invited to become active members of the EU B&B Platform. It does not matter whether your business is a leader in the field or just starting its journey trying to understand its nature-related risk and opportunities. Our onboarding calls serve to introduce and inform new and old members about our Platform, our activities and the ways in which you can engage. Join our next information session by requesting an invitation to EUBB_Platformicf [dot] com (EUBB_Platform[at]icf[dot]com). We hold these sessions on a bi-monthly basis, and anyone who is interested in learning more about the EU B&B Platform is welcome to join. 

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