Astrid Schomaker appointed CBD’s new Executive Secretary / Nature policies face setback in European Council / Negotiations for deep-sea mining regulations / Brazil publishes strategic environmental plan / Global Biodiversity Fund approves first grants / UNEA-6 adopts 15 resolutions
Read MoreAs governments are now actively working on implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework – also called the Biodiversity Plan – policies are being adopted in several countries to create a legislative framework that enables collective action to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030.
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 MoreThis guide aims to support business associations or other organizations with a business network in their engagement with national governments on the implementation of the GBF. This will ensure that updated NBSAPs reflect the ambition of GBF targets and clearly outline the role and responsibilities of businesses and financial institutions to support effective implementation. The guide provides recommendations on how to engage national governments and the business community in this process.
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The European Parliament has voted to support an amended version of the EU Nature Restoration Law. Now, alongside hundreds of businesses and investors, Business for Nature and CLG Europe urge EU leaders to adopt a more ambitious and forward-looking law in the coming months.
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 MoreWith 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.
Read MoreAhead of the last round of CBD negotiations before the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15, The B Team and Business for Nature launch a joint brief called “Financing Our Survival: Building a Nature-Positive Economy through Subsidy Reform”. It aims to inform government and business decision making on Environmentally Harmful Subsidy (EHS) reform.
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 MoreInvestors often chase short-term profits instead of using environmental, social, and governance criteria – alongside financial performance – to measure a company’s value. There will be no saving the planet from the ravages of climate change and biodiversity loss unless this definition of business success changes.
Read MoreAhead of the G20 Summit, Business for Nature, alongside 12 other business and labor organizations, call on the G20 governments to strengthen cooperation to ensure an inclusive and resilient recovery from a convergence of global crises.
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