Read Business for Nature’s three key asks of policymakers ahead of COP15.
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Read Business for Nature’s reaction to the COP27 negotiations.
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Together with Capitals Coalition, TNFD and our national partners, Business for Nature organized three regional webinars for policymakers to demonstrate that mandatory assessment and disclosure requirements are needed and implementable at national level.
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The Guidebook for Corporate Biodiversity Conservation, led by Business for Nature (BfN), is an attempt to help Chinese companies show greater action. Before the manual's launch, the editorial team invited Limin Wang, Vice President of the Yangtze River Ecological Conservation Foundation (CCF), to give his views on the topic of localization and globalization of conservation activities involving Chinese enterprises.
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More than 330 business and finance institutions from 52 countries with combined revenues of more than $1.5 trillion urge world leaders to adopt, in Target 15 of the Global Biodiversity Framework mandatory requirements for all large businesses and financial institutions to assess and disclose their impacts and dependencies on biodiversity by 2030.
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Business for Nature launches a discussion paper “How business and finance can contribute to a nature positive future now” aiming to provide convergence and clarity on what nature positive means for companies and financial institutions.
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This is the final sprint to adopt a new global agreement on nature at the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 taking place 7-19 December in Montreal, Canada. Read our September news update on how you can support our efforts and join our COP15 Advocacy Campaign #MakeItMandatory.
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BfN’s Chief China Advisor Weidong Zhou sat down with Xinsheng Zhang, former President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), to discuss how Chinese companies can better engage in biodiversity conservation.
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Coherent government policies are required to push whole sectors towards ‘nature-positive' business models, writes WWF's Cristianne Close, IKEA's Christina Niemela Strom and H&M’s Leyla Ertur.
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Over the past few weeks, the Business for Nature team has been in Nairobi, joining the final round of talks before the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 in December 2022. Read our summary.
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Syed Mohazri Syed Hazari, Deputy Head, Ecology & Environment Department, DHI Water & Environment delivered the statement on behalf of the Business for Nature coalition at CBD OEWG4’s opening plenary.
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On June 5, World Environment Day, Business for Nature’s China partner and Coordination Group member SEE held the 9th Chinese Enterprise Green Compact Forum. As global partner, we co-hosted the “Climate and Nature Action“ business roundtable and launched the "Nature is Everyone’s Business: Leading Voices for Nature" video where nine business leaders in China call for policies now to reverse nature loss by 2030.
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With a month to go before the next round of meetings, Business for Nature has updated its position on the Global Biodiversity Framework outlining specific language business leaders would like to see in the final agreement in order to spur ambitious action from the private sector and secure a nature-positive future.
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Business for Nature welcomes the statement from leading companies calling for an ambitious agreement to address plastic pollution at a global scale. the business case is clear: a legally binding agreement will contribute to addressing the plastics crisis and create the conditions through which our planet—and business—can sustainably thrive.
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Faced with a perfect storm of conflict, climate change, and food & energy crises, business must balance immediate needs with long-term stability, including investing in nature. Article written by Cristianne Close, Leader of WWF’s Global Markets Practice and Eva Zabey, Executive Director at Business for Nature
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It has been a tough start to 2022 with many global challenges. Business for Nature continued working with our partners to uphold multilateral principles and accelerate our collective race towards an equitable, nature-positive and net-zero future. Read a summary of our work in the first quarter of 2022.
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Over the past few weeks, Business for Nature has been on the ground participating in the latest talks in preparation for the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15. Read our latest update on how the negotiations progressed.
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At the CBD Open-ended Working Group in Geneva, Business for Nature joins 14 of the world’s largest environmental organizations, calling for a global goal to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030, and achieve full recovery by 2050.
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