In its June meeting, the Platform’s Finance and Biodiversity Community shared insights on creating Positive Biodiversity Impacts through biodiversity measurement, blended finance and discussed the influence of the current regulatory environment on the finance sector. The presentation slides and minutes of the workshop are now available online.
With the participants from businesses, real estate management, planning actors, local and federal politics, nature conservation associations, and science, EGP 2022 hybrid conference wants to advance the mainstreaming of biodiversity-oriented premises and lay the foundation of a Europe-wide initiative for biodiversity-oriented design of company premises.
As part of the Nature Positive webinar series organised by the EU B@B Platform and after a successful first webinar in May, there will be three more webinars in September focusing on case studies from different industries, covering various organisational focus areas, sectors, and realms. Discover the speakers and register for the webinars!
You can still provide your feedback to the Align recommendations for a standard on biodiversity measurement and valuation. The deadline to submit your input has been extended to Friday 22 July. Take the opportunity to engage and share your opinion!
Have a sneak peak into the programme of the European Business & Nature Summit on 18/19 October 2022 in Brussels and discover the first set of speakers. Learn how to get involved in the more than 15 thematic practical sessions to help business on their journey to ASSESS, COMMIT, TRANSFORM and DISCLOSE their relationship with nature! Registrations will open in August.
The EU B@B Platform’s Finance@Biodiversity Community and the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, and UNEP FI will host two webinars today and on 12 July. Today's webinar will focus on publicly available nature-related data with speakers from UNEP-FI, UNEP WCMC, TNFD, MSCI and CDC Biodiversité. The webinar on 12 July will focus on the latest developments in biodiversity measurement approaches.
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) will be launching two Assessment Reports on Strengthening Decisions by Including Nature’s Diverse Values and How Can People Sustainably Benefit from Wild Species? in July.
The Finance for Biodiversity Pledge has 98 signatories now, representing €14 trillion in assets and 19 countries, after nine new signatories made a Pledge. The next round of celebrating new signatories will be in Autumn 2022 and financial institutions can already register as a Pledge signatory.
In the perspective of the launch of the InvestEU Advisory Initiative “GREEN ASSIST", CINEA is calling upon experts to express interest to enrol in a dedicated Roster of Experts. Experts should have “on the ground” advisory expertise and experience in several sectors.
How should a standard on biodiversity measurement and valuation for business look like? We are mid way to the closing of the public consultation on the Align's recommendations for businesses. Contribute to drafting them by participating in the public consultations until 15 July.
The launch webinar will present the new 2022 version of the PBAF Standard. A panel of experts from the TNFD, BNP Paribas and FMO will reflect on the PBAF Standard and its position in relationship with other initiatives. Speakers will also share the story around the growth of the sister-initiative of PBAF, PCAF.
On 13 June, the Align’s recommendations for a standard on biodiversity measurement and valuation for business will be open for consultation! Anyone willing to contribute to this important document is invited to provide feedback. Discover more about the recommendations and who will benefit from them.
The European Business & Nature Summit 2022 will convene in person in Brussels on 18/19 October 2022. The summit is organised by the 𝗘𝗨 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 @ 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 in partnership with the 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. The summit will host keynote speakers in high-level political round tables as well as thematic practical workshops to help businesses embark on their nature positive journey. Save the date and get ready for the European Business & Nature Summit 2022!
The EU B@B Platform invites you to its webinar series on Nature Positive. The webinars will introduce the concept of Nature Positive, present case studies by businesses and develop recommendations about the biodiversity component of the Nature Positive concept in a business context. Speakers of the first webinar on 23 May (4-5.30 pm CET) include: Johan Lammerant (Arcadis); Joshua Berger (CDC Biodiversité); Martin Lok (Capitals Coalition); Nadine McCormick (WBCSD); Stacey Baggaley (UNEP-WCMC); and Wijnand Broer (CREM).
The project ‘Aligning Accounting Approaches for Nature’ (Align) will host its third webinar on 18 May 2022 from 3-5 pm CET / 2-4 pm BST. Join the webinar to discover best practices related to natural capital management accounting in the electricity and water utility sector. Speakers include Emilio Tejedor, Head of Environment at Ibedrola (SP) and Miranda Cooper, Conservation & Land Manager at Northumbrian Water (UK).
Join the webinar to learn about the biodiversity data landscape, latest evolutions and challenges in biodiversity data collection. The webinar will also highlight how the Task Force for Nature related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is dealing with nature-related data, and announce a recent Position Paper by We Value Nature on improving natural capital data flows between governments and the private sector.
The Finance for Biodiversity Foundation and Finance@Biodiversity Community launched the Finance for Biodiversity – Guide on engagement with companies in a webinar co-organised with the UNEP FI and the PRI on 12 April 2022.
In 2021, the Finance@Biodiversity Community and the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation published the Guide on biodiversity measurement approaches. On 7 April 2022, one year after the guide was launched, the F@B Community discussed what should be included in the first full update of this guide.
The national & regional B@B platforms and networks reconvened on 26 April 2022 for their monthly meeting. The aim of the monthly meetings is to provide an update on the developments in the field of business and biodiversity with the specific focus on policy developments at European level. Discover what was discussed!
A year after its launch, the Align project is finalising Draft V01 of the Recommendations for a standard on biodiversity measurement and valuation. The draft will soon be released and open for public consultation in June. So stay tuned for your opportunity to become involved in the development of this iterative document!
