Informal gathering of EU and national B&B platforms and supporting networks
Time & date: 11 October 11.30-12.30h
Location: Tag Café by Orapesce
The European Business & Biodiversity Platform is convening its network of national business and biodiversity platforms and networks for an informal get together the evening before the European Business and Nature Summit.
The Platform wants to seize this opportunity to meet in person and celebrate the partnerships and a year of successful collaboration. National platforms members are invited to join us to catch up and brainstorm about the work programme for 2024 over a coffee next to the venue.
This community event is on invitation only.
Finance for Biodiversity Foundation members meeting
The Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) Foundation is planning a side event for their members prior to EBNS. In this meeting, the representatives of the financial institutions (members only) will gather to do a deep dive into the collaborative actions from the FfB Foundation working groups and the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge commitments on topics like engagement with companies, impact assessment and setting targets on nature.
Technical workshop of the Regional Body for Agriculture and Forestry
The Regional Body for Agriculture and Forestry, as partner of the LIFE IP Gestire 2020 project, organizes a technical workshop on 10 and 11 October 2023, in Milan, at Palazzo Pirelli, headquarters of the Lombardy Region. The event intends to present the results achieved by some of the actions of the Gestire 2020 project and use them as a basis for promoting a comparison on various topics, such as biodiversity conservation, governance and the figure of intermediary between European institutions and private individuals. The comparison, in fact, will start from the positive and negative experience gained during the G2020 project and will involve international personalities, from the Alpine Biodiversity Board (Abb), representatives of the macro-regional strategy EUSALP Action Group 6 (AG6-Resources) and 7 (AG7-Green Infrastructure) and an Italian representative of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security. The event will conclude with the drafting of a technical manifesto with the key elements to be delivered to the competent technical and political contacts.
Exhibition: In the mind of the wolf
Immersive exhibition tracing the day of a wolf in the Alpine environment through his eyes
From 11 September to 15 October 2023
Space Isola Set - Piazza Città di Lombardia 1, Milano
Free admission
Viewing takes about 15 minutes and admission is allowed to groups of 10 people at a time
The coexistence between man and wolf should start from knowledge; observing through the gaze of the wild animal allows man to change his perspective yet understand better the habits, the way of thinking, the behaviours and the ecological function that the wolf has for our natural environment.
Thanks to immersive technology, visitors will be led to the Alpine places known to man, but experienced with the difficulties, needs and emotions of the wild animal.
In this way the challenge of coexistence between man and wolf will be easier to win.
Natura 2000 General States in Lombardy
On 10 October, the final meeting of the Life Ip Gestire 2020 project for biodiversity in Lombardy will be held. Life Ip Gestire 2020 is an experimental, innovative and integrated project for the conservation of biodiversity in Lombardy, co-financed by the European Commission under the LIFE Programme. The project intends to implement an integrated management of the Natura 2000 network in Lombardy; the project’s actions are:
- Improve governance by consolidating the knowledge and skills of those working in the field of nature conservation in Lombardy
- Implement concrete interventions for the conservation of habitats and plant species
- Implement concrete actions for the protection of animal species
- Prevent and combat the spread of invasive alien species
- Monitor the conservation status of particularly protected habitats and species
- Increase ecological connections, to better connect protected areas to each other and allow animal and plant species to move
The meeting is organized by Lombardy Region, the coordinating beneficiary of the project, and involves partners and stakeholders. It is focused on the main results of the Project, which in eight years of activities has addressed increase of capacity building and mantaining and improving the conservation status of protected habitats and species.
For more information: www.naturachevale.it
Biodiversity and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
Date: 11 October 2023, 10:00-12:00 CET (followed by a light lunch)
Location: Hyatt Centric, Via Giovanni Battista Pirelli 20 - 20124 Milan
(6 minutes on foot from Palazzo Lombardia, the EBNS venue)
Organised by: KPMG
Join KPMG for a side session at the European Business and Nature Summit that will provide an in-depth understanding of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and its biodiversity standard, ESRS-E4. Learn how assessing your impacts and dependencies on nature, and aligning your business with biodiversity goals can offer untapped potential and drive sustainable growth.
The event will cover an introduction to biodiversity, focusing on its relevance to and mutual dependencies with the business world. We'll also take a deep-dive into the contents and requirements of the CSRD biodiversity standard, ESRS-E4, and the links to voluntary frameworks such as TNFD. Participants will gain actionable insights that can serve as a game-changer for your business strategy.
The event is open to all but spaces are limited. Please contact IT-FMEventi
KPMG [dot] it (IT-FMEventi[at]KPMG[dot]it) to register your interest.
Please note that for those attending the European Business and Nature Summit (EBNS), the event is just a short 6 min walk away from the Palazzo Lombardia, so participants can make their way to EBNS registration afterwards.
Please contact IT-FMEventiKPMG [dot] it (IT-FMEventi[at]KPMG[dot]it) to register your interest.
Practical approaches to creating business value by including nature and people in decision-making.
Date: 11th October 10:00-12:00 CEST
Location: Palazzo Lombardia
Organised by: Capitals Coalition and Etifor
Businesses, both large and small, recognize the recent proliferation of developments in government and investment policies which closely scrutinize and demand more from their environmental and social performance. Companies are expected to be ahead of the curve when it comes to climate, nature, and equity commitments. Beyond reputational value, understanding the relationship between business and natural, social, and human capital can improve operational efficiency, mitigate physical or transition risks, as well as increase innovation and attract the increasing flows of capital seeking positive impacts. Join us on 11th October from 10:00-12:00pm CEST for an exclusive masterclass with thought leading organizations, ETIFOR and Capitals Coalition. We will delve into the details of how business can understand their impacts and dependencies on natural, social, and human capitals and leverage the capitals approach to navigate upcoming policy developments and increase confidence for investors to enhance their business value. Learn from in-depth case studies, examples of business transformation, quantifiable impacts on the ground, along with the theory to back it up - including rich discussions on where we are heading beyond 2024. The perfect primer to the EBNS conference, we look forward to seeing you there!
Promoting Nature Friendly Consumption to Consumers – The Biodiversity Communication Toolkit and Insights from the Field
Date: Monday, 9 October, 14 – 15.30 CEST
Location: Online
Organised by: Adelphi
The objective of the session is to enable businesses to act on implementing Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Targets 15 & 16. It will describe the relevance for businesses to inform consumers as a necessary means to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. The panelists will showcase tools and good practice examples how to address biodiversity in marketing campaigns and engage with consumers to make nature friendly consumption a reality. The online side-event is a follow-up to the onsite sessions held during the Business & Finance Focused Days at the CBD COP15 in Montreal in Dec 2022. Speakers: Dorothy Shaver, Global Food, Sustainability Director, Unilever Anakarina Pérez Oropeza, Strategic Advisor & Global Advocacy Lead, FSC Wendy Francesconi, Senior Environmental Scientist, CIAT Jan Christian Polanía Giese, Senior Manager Sustainable Consumption, adelphi
Biodiversity as a building block for sustainable business
Date: 11 October 2023, 10:00-12:00 h CEST
Location: Online
Organised by: GIZ, ABS Initiative and BIA
The recently approved Kumming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) can be regarded as a turning point in this matter as it addresses both governments and private sector. The framework highlights both that governments need to ensure an enabling environment to access to genetic resources and that users / companies share benefits derived from these resources, as stipulated in the legally binding Nagoya Protocol on Access and benefit (ABS). In the online event the relevance of ABS and its opportunities, challenges and solutions for a better cooperation between national governments and the private sector will be presented and discussed, in particular with regard to benefit sharing as an approach and incentive for companies involved in the use of genetic resources. Input and experiences will be provided by both representatives from the private sector and GIZ experts. The online event will include an introductory presentation on GBF and ABS, followed by a panel discussion and a discussion with all participants. Speakers: Michel Mane, V. Mane Fils Sven Ballschmiede, International Organization of the Flavor Industry (IOFI) Andreas Gettkant, GIZ – ABS-Inititative/BioInnovation Africa Friedrich zur Heide, GIZ – BioInnovation Africa Ullrich Klins, GIZ – ABS Initiative
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsc-CprDMvHN0hGz3ulx00gwpDVJhKT2Sg#/registration
Biodiversity in the natural mineral water sector: Insights from the IUCN-NMWE engagement
Date: 11 October at 11:00-11:30h CEST
Location: Palazzo Lombardia
Organised by: Natural Mineral Waters Europe
Natural Mineral Waters Europe has a commitment to preserve and improve biodiversity in the area of operations of its members. To materialize this commitment, it has teamed up with the International Union for Nature and Conservation, and since early 2023, they are together working on developing an implementation and monitoring framework including. This event will feature presentation and discussion on the project and its first outcomes, examples of good practices, learnings, challenges and next steps.
Registration link: https://forms.gle/5c9Mf64sm4WV2Wnd9
The Business Sector's Role in Strengthening Biodiversity
Time and date: 11.30 – 12.30, 11 October 2023
Warm welcome to the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise mingle where our Environmental Policy Expert & Biologist, Karin Nilsson, will present our new book - The Business Sector's Role in Strengthening Biodiversity - and to push other business federations to engage in strengthen biodiversity.
The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise will join the European Business & Biodiversity Platform to Milan, Italy for the European Business & Nature Summit 2023 on 11th of October to present our new book. After we will together discuss the role of companies and business federation’s role in strengthening biodiversity over drinks and hors d'oeuvres.
Not only are healthy ecosystems a vital prerequisite for both reduced climate change and increased global social sustainability. In addition, more than 50 percent of the world's total GDP is dependent on nature, which means that the decline of biodiversity is a crucial issue for businesses.
Companies are taking actions but there are still knowledge gaps within the business sector and also within business federations. The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise wants to help fill in these knowledge gaps trough publishing a book about business sectors role in strengthening biodiversity and to push other business federations to engage in strengthen biodiversity.
Link: online2.superoffice.com/Cust25111/CS/scripts/customer.fcgi?action=vsms&m=793&k=256C323E75585353