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Thank you for your valuable engagement with the European Business & Biodiversity Platform throughout 2025; your contributions have been essential in advancing our shared mission to help businesses measure and integrate the value of biodiversity into decision‑making. 2025 was full of highlights, and we are proud to share some key achievements in this newsletter below. As we look ahead to 2026, we are excited to continue working with you to drive impactful change. Keep an eye out for our newsletters for the latest event updates, new reports, and exciting opportunities for engagement coming your way.

From strategy to implementation, EBNS 2025 on 23-24 October showed how integrating nature into business and finance is now essential for Europe’s resilience and competitiveness. Read on to find out key outcomes from the Summit!

The Finance and Biodiversity (F&B) Community of the EU B&B platform and the Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) Foundation members gathered for an online workshop series, as part of their endeavour to contribute to positive biodiversity impact. The workshops explored how financial institutions can assess and enhance their nature financing and investments by sharing their experiences with relevant tools. Read on to see which tools were featured.

As part of the ‘We need to talk about biodiversity’ webinar series, the Finance Workstream of the EU Business & Biodiversity Platform co-organised a webinar titled ‘Nature ambition in sovereign policies and financing strategies’ on 13 November 2025. Read on to find out the key insights from the webinar!

Learn why fungi matter for financial institutions and the emerging opportunities across the fungal bioeconomy.

Discover the Platform’s journey at a glance with our updated timeline and new events hub. Check out our website to know more!

Your voice matters: contribute to DG GROW’s new EU-wide study by 20 February to ensure biodiversity-focused businesses are properly represented in future policy.

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In a first for the event, start-ups, projects and SMEs working on nature-based solutions can enter our marketplace in Brussels to connect with potential investors. Click for more details.

Join us in Brussels or host your own partner event for the year's biggest environmental conference, to help us build an economy that thrives alongside the natural world. Sign up now!

Want to know how two EU-funded projects offer a roadmap for removing PFAS at scale from both industrial streams and drinking water? Then click below.

A report from 2023 concludes that while legislation helps, industry must still proactively innovate to replace PFAS to prevent further damage - a timely reminder.

Researchers have developed a new AI model that maps toxic soil contamination and when safety guidelines are exceeded. See how now.

No more messy paperwork. The EU is cutting the red tape to make chemical safety checks faster and smarter. Click more below.

The report card is in. Read the Zero Pollution mid-term review and see if the EU is making the grade on its mission to scrub away pollution or if it must act faster.

Starting this year, the EU is enforcing strict new safety limits on 'forever chemicals' to ensure cleaner drinking water for all. Discover how.

A must-read report highlights the urgent need to halt PFAS contamination to avoid enormous societal costs that will only increase without action. Read more below.

In this episode, Euronews explores how the EU is tackling the problem of 'forever chemicals' and transitioning towards a PFAS-free future. Watch now.

Final text of EUDR is now published online