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The EU B@B Platform and the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, in collaboration with UNEP-FI and PRI, are organising a webinar for the financial sector on the headline outcomes of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Join us on 16 February from 14-15h CET to hear from finance experts and practitioners how to close the current financing gap for biodiversity of around US$4.1 trillion in line with the commitments of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Contribute to the public consultation on what the new product priorities under the proposed Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation should be. The aim is to make products on the EU market increasingly sustainable.

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CINEA has launched an online public dashboard for the LIFE funding programme for climate and the environment, as well as other programmes. Find the latest information about the projects.

Discover what happened at COP15 in Montreal and its implications for business and finance! Join us for the COP15 debrief with 𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, EU Lead Negotiator at COP15 of the European Commission, 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗹, Head of Climate and Environment of Storebrand and Co-Chair Public Policy Advocacy working group of the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, and Michael Ofosuhene-Wise, Climate & Nature Manager from Business for Nature on January 26th between 14:00 and 15:00 CET. The session will focus on the key outcomes and ambitions emerging from the COP15, diving deep into the new Global Biodiversity Framework and reflecting on the implications for business, finance, and policy. An engaging Q&A session will follow where you are encouraged to voice your thoughts. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄.

We are eager to hear your thoughts on the priorities that the B@B Platform should set for 2023. 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝟰-𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 (click "more" below). Your input will be crucial in identifying the critical needs of business and finance that will shape the new 2023 plan of activities of the Platform.

As a new year begins, the EU B@B Platform embarks on a new phase marking a decade of successful operations. The European Commission is now ready to launch Phase 5 of the EU B@B Platform, a critical stage in the journey towards the institutionalization of biodiversity. After nine consecutive years under ICF’s leadership, ICF will continue to coordinate the Platform, with vital support from Arcadis and NextGreen.

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It’s a great pleasure to present DG Environment’s “2022 Highlights” newsletter - a special edition to wrap up the year and revisit some of the accomplishments of the past 12 months.

COP15 in Montréal was the biggest biodiversity conference in a decade. World leaders adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, containing goals and targets to protect and restore nature. Find out more about the agreeement and the EU's role.

The Commission proposed a revised Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP) and introduced new hazard classes for endocrine disruptors and other harmful chemical substances to better protect people and the environment from hazardous chemicals.

Masters of Digital – A resilient digital Europe in times of crisis

The Circular Economy: a driver for strategic autonomy, resilience and recovery

The way forward for the EU economy

Upcoming events for the end of the year and for the start of 2023, so you can get right into it with new input.

The Finance@Biodiversity Community and the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation have published the first update of the Collaborative Engagements Overview, which acts as an annex to the Guide on Engagement with Companies. Five new biodiversity-related collaborative engagements have been added. Discover more.

As the UN Biodiversity COP15 is in full swing, the world is holding its breath hoping for a landmark agreement on biodiversity. The Global Biodiversity Framework is expected to help us transition to a nature positive world; one where there is more biodiversity globally in 2030 than there was in 2020. “Nature Positive by 2030” appears in capital letters on the wall of one of the COP15 pavilions where many technical discussions involving business are taking place. There are concerns that nature positive might fail to drive meaningful and verifiable action. The EU B@B Platform, in consultation with key partners and businesses, takes a first attempt to define the concept and what it means in a business context.

The rapidly evolving landscape of tools, metrics and frameworks to measure and value the impacts and dependencies of business on biodiversity and ecosystem services, illustrates how biodiversity measurement is gaining traction among the business community. Faced with multiple approaches and based on requests from its members, the EU B@B Platform started a critical and constructive assessment of a of biodiversity measurement approaches in 2018. The fourth update report in the “Assessment of Biodiversity Measurement Approaches for Businesses and Financial Institutions” series is now available.

An update before the holiday