Sustained Engaging with Business −The 'Biodiversity in Good Company‘ Initiative

Carolin BoßmeyerManaging Director'Biodiversity in Good Company‘ Initiative e. V.

Meeting of European Business & Biodiversity Platforms

Brussels, 17 May 2017

Members 'Biodiversity in Good Company‘ Initiative

A Pioneer of B & B Platforms

● Pioneer platform launched at CBD-COP 9 (2008) at the initiative of German Federal Environment Ministry together with businesses (role model mentioned in Business Decision COP 10)

● Cross-sectorial, not-for-profit

● Dialogue and competence platform

● Based on Mission Statement und

Leadership Declaration including Progress Reporting – because it’s all about changes in the core business

● Start-up financing through institutional funding

● 2011 successful transition into not-for-profit, member-driven institution

● Mixed funding: membership fees + project funding

● Small coordination office in Berlin

● Networking: Member of the EU Business@BiodiversityPlatform and the CBD Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity

An interim balance: Position paper December 2016

Fundament and USP: Leadership Declaration and Reporting

All signatory companies acknowledge and support the three objectives of the CBD: Conservation of biological diversity – sustainable use of its components – fair and equitable sharing of the benefits that arise out of the utilization of genetic resources and commit themselves to:

http://www.business-and-biodiversity.de/en/activities/leadership-declaration/

Analyzing corporate activities with regard to their impacts on biological diversity1

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Informing suppliers about the company’s biodiversity objectives and integrating suppliers accordingly and step by step

Exploring the potential for cooperation with scientific institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and/or governmental institutions with the aim of deepening dialogue and continuously improving the corporate management system vis-à-vis the biodiversity domain.

Publishing activities and achievements in the biodiversity sector in the company’s annual, environmental, and/or corporate social responsibility report

Appointing a responsible individual within the company to steer all activities in the biodiversity sector and report to the Management Board

Including the protection of biological diversity within their environmental management system

Defining realistic, measurable objectives that are monitored and adjusted every two to three years

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To demonstrate ongoing commitment, member companies will provide the Initiative with a progress report every two years.

Theory and practice

Selected Activities of 'Biodiversity in Good Company‘

Two members meetings per year

Hosted by members

Selected Activities of 'Biodiversity in Good Company‘

Providing sector-specific/cross-sector information

Selected Activities of 'Biodiversity in Good Company‘

Event formats

National dialogue forumsbusiness and biodiversity

Event series „Discussion forumecosystem services“ (evening events)

Participation in international conferences

Selected Activities of 'Biodiversity in Good Company‘

Support for TEEB Germany

Participation in project advisory group

Contribution to business brochure

Selected Activities of 'Biodiversity in Good Company‘

Website – newsletter – infopool

Selected Activities of 'Biodiversity in Good Company‘

Interface/coordination for broader platform UBi 2020

Business and Biodiversity Dialogue – Broadening the Approach

2007

National Strategy on Biological Diversity

2008

CBD-COP 9 in Bonn

Launch Business and Biodiversity

Initiative

Annual National Forums on Biological Diversity+ Annual Business Dialogue Forums

2013

Launch platform forbusiness

associations and NGOs

Mainstreaming:

from involvingfrontrunnters to

engaging businessfederations and NGOs in a jointdialogue and

action platform

Supporters UBi 2020

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Ministries and federal agencies

Nature conservation NGOs

Company/sector networks

Umbrella federations business

Sector associations

'Biodiversity in Good Company' Initiative e. V.

Carolin Boßmeyer, Managing Director

Pariser Platz 6

10117 Berlin, Germany

Tel +49.30.226050-10

Fax +49.30.226050-19

mailto:carolin.bossmeyer@business-and-biodiversity.de

www.business-and-biodiversity.de

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