As the dust settles on COP15, Business for Nature, working with our 80 partners, is already thinking collectively about how we can support governments with the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework and continue the business momentum and action on nature at scale and speed. Read our February news update for more information.
Read MoreThis paper provides recommendations for governments on how to implement Target 18 on reforming Environmentally Harmful Subsidies (EHS) and other incentives. In addition to recommendations to governments, the paper also presents how business can and should support this EHS reform processes.
Read MoreRead Business for Nature’s recommendations for governments on implementing Target 15 of the Global Biodiversity Framework, with a focus on assessing and disclosing risks, impacts, and dependencies on biodiversity.
Read MoreAt an event in China on 18 May, Chief Advisor of Business for Nature China, Wei Dong Zhou, presented certificates to 10 pioneering companies as "Leading Voices for Nature", recognizing their commitments and actions to contribute to halting and reversing nature loss by 2030.
Read MoreAs the dust settles on COP15, Business for Nature, working with our 80 partners, is already thinking collectively about how we can support governments with the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework and continue the business momentum and action on nature at scale and speed. Read our February news update for more information.
Read MoreOn December 9, 2022, Business for Nature co-hosted the “Accelerating Business Actions to Achieve Biodiversity Conservation” side event in the China Pavillion during the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15. The Business Handbook on Biodiversity Conservation was launched by BfN and partners to provide practical guidance for companies to act for nature in China.
Read MoreRead Business for Nature’s reaction to the COP27 negotiations.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreBfN’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.
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreIf you’re not familiar with the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), we’ve helped to create business and finance guides that explain how the UN CBD process works and how companies and financial institutions can engage.
Read MoreJoint call at IUCN World Conservation Congress demands governments act to secure a nature-positive world by 2030 .
Read MoreAll eyes are focused on efforts to agree a transformative agreement on nature for the coming decade as China will host the delayed COP15 Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP15). As the world’s second largest economy, with GDP growth averaging around 6% each year, and with four of the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots, China must protect and maintain this rich tapestry of biodiversity and ensure it helps the Chinese economy continue to prosper. Chinese businesses need to play their part by taking decisive action on nature.
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