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News Headlines
#129334
2021-06-15

“Either We All Win Or We All Lose” – Read Gucci’s Powerful Message To The Fashion Industry

As the Italian fashion house releases its first Impact report, we speak exclusively to the brand’s CEO and president, Marco Bizzarri, about Gucci’s sustainability commitments.

News Headlines
#122921
2019-11-08

“Creating a more beautiful and more responsible world”: Guerlain partners with UNESCO for major sustainability initiative

French beauty house Guerlain has partnered with UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) for a major sustainability initiative to preserve bees and biodiversity.

News Headlines
#129925
2021-08-13

‘Your outfit is killing the planet’: the company putting a label on fashion’s climate impact

Your outfit is killing the planet.” That’s the message footwear and clothing company Allbirds is using to raise consumer awareness about the fashion industry’s link to the climate crisis. Figures are debated, but an estimated 10% of annual global carbon emissions originate from the fashion industry.

Side Event
#2847
COP 11
2012-10-17

‘Going Wise’: Mutual benefits for plant-based businesses and national policy makers

Over 50,000 medicinal and aromatic plants (MAP) species are used globally for health, food and cosmetics, providing an important source of income generation for many national economies and rural communities. At the same time, one-fifth of MAP species are threatened due to over-harvesting and lan ...

Side Event
#2489
SBSTTA 16
2012-05-04

[Workshop] Making a smart and effective index for biodiversity friendly consumption.

In order to develop products and services that are friendly to biodiversity, what kind of ideas are more effective? In this session we will share ideas about · Variety ideas from marketing perspective. · Building better index for biodiversity friendly consumers. Introduction(10min) Presentat ...

News Headlines
#134684
2022-05-25

World’s largest vats for growing ‘no-kill’ meat to be built in US

The building of the world’s largest bioreactors to produce cultivated meat has been announced, with the potential to supply tens of thousands of shops and restaurants. Experts said the move could be a “gamechanger” for the nascent industry.

News Headlines
#125584
2020-11-06

World’s Largest Banks Funding Biodiversity Loss

It is easy to descry companies engaging in activities that drive biodiversity loss, but there is another player that is equally, if not more responsible. Both direct and indirect involvement with corporations’ activities in global food production, mining, fossil fuels and other harmful environme ...

Meeting
#3091

World Life Sciences Forum BioVision 2009

8 - 11 March 2009, Lyon, France

News Headlines
#123831
2020-01-21

World Economic Forum urges business to act quickly on climate change

The president of the World Economic Forum (WEF) has cautioned companies that they “only have a very small window” in which to act effectively on climate change

News Headlines
#134134
2022-04-20

With key ingredients at risk, YSL Beauty expands biodiversity conservation

Its new programme, Rewild Our Earth, aims to protect entire regions that produce key ingredients, raising the bar on what biodiversity conservation work can look like in the context of a corporate supply chain.

News Headlines
#124201
2020-02-17

Wine, corks and ecosystems

Ten years ago there seemed to be a huge shift away from corks and towards screw-caps. One reason for this is wine taint, or what many refer to as 'corked' wine, where a bacteria - Trichloroanisol - gives wine a damp cardboard aroma and destroys the wine's pleasurable characteristics.

News Headlines
#122366
2019-09-25

Why you should stop buying new clothes

The fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world, producing 20% of global wastewater and 10% of global carbon emissions—and it's estimated that by 2050 this will have increased to 25%. A staggering 300,000 tonnes of clothes are sent to British landfills each year.

News Headlines
#122877
2019-11-06

Why the fight against nature loss should be a business priority

Nature is essential to both global economic prosperity and individual business success. We cannot have a sustainable future for people and economies if we do not address nature, climate and people in an integrated way.

News Headlines
#134502
2022-05-17

Why should biodiversity be part of the ESG mix?

In responsible investing, numerous environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics can play into risk and performance. To date, the “E” in ESG has been dominated by climate change. Biodiversity, another aspect of the environment, has been called the missing piece of the ESG puzzle.

News Headlines
#127522
2021-03-04

Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

Last summer, the investment arm of northern Europe’s largest financial services group dropped Brazilian meat giant JBS from its portfolio. Nordea Asset Management, which manages roughly $280 billion, gave several reasons for the decision, including JBS’s links to farms involved in Amazon defores ...

News Headlines
#125814
2020-11-24

Why investors are betting on biodiversity

Those of you whose memories still stretch all the way back to the beforetime — January and February — may recall that 2020 was to be a "super year" for biodiversity. Plans called for several global events focusing on the role of nature in mitigating the climate crisis, protecting us against the ...

News Headlines
#118946
2018-12-10

Why companies should pay for biodiversity

In "The Lorax," an entrepreneur regrets wiping out all the make-believe truffala trees by chopping them down to maximize his short-term gains.

News Headlines
#126369
2020-12-21

Why Impact Asset Managment screens its portfolio for deforestation exposure

Julie Gorte is senior vice president for sustainable investing at Impax Asset Management LLC and Pax World Funds. She oversees environmental, social and governance-related research on prospective and current investments as well as the firm’s shareholder engagement and public policy advocacy.

News Headlines
#125362
2020-05-01

Where fashion’s transparency falls short

The resounding message from Fashion Revolution’s annual Transparency Index: many apparel brands are becoming more transparent, considered by many to be a proxy for how aggressive their sustainability efforts are.

News Headlines
#126027
2020-12-07

When it comes to biodiversity, businesses are at a loss

You’ve heard it called the "nature crisis," an "ecological collapse" or the "sixth mass extinction." Regardless of the label, there is no doubt that the accelerating decline of biological diversity will have dangerous repercussions for ecological resilience and human health and security.

News Headlines
#132934
2022-02-03

What’s the best way to tackle COVID and climate change? Anthropology, says the woman who predicted the global financial crisis

In 2005, Gillian Tett wrote her colleagues at the Financial Times a memo arguing that the paper should devote more time to covering those submerged parts of the ‘Financial Iceberg’, such as credit and derivatives.

News Headlines
#121363
2019-06-20

What is the role of business in tackling the climate crisis?

We can't reach the Paris Agreement climate goals without business on board. Some companies are taking the lead, but big polluters still fall way behind.

News Headlines
#134501
2022-05-17

What happened at the biodiversity COP, and why it matters to business

We’re nearly halfway through 2022 but are already seeing a world on fire, both literally and figuratively. Climate change is causing heatwaves, challenging food production, disrupting supply chains and threatening livelihoods. The demands on business are compounded by the escalating conflict in ...

News Headlines
#124072
2020-02-03

What Is Blockchain For? Helping Oil Companies Meet Their New Green Targets

Pressure is growing on the sector to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions - and campaigners will want to see evidence that companies are doing what they claim

Side Event
#2222
COP 10
2010-10-26

Well being, Bioenterprises and Endogenous Development

Concepts of well being are defined differently in different worldviews, although they eventually aim to reach a level of welfare. Building on research and practices undertaken by the different partners, the side event will focus on the development and roles of bio-enterprises through endogenous ...

Notification
#2091
2013-09-27
News Headlines
#127062
2021-02-12

We need to talk about consumption

I know, it’s not the most popular of subjects. But on the heels of last week’s GreenBiz 21 conference, the annual gathering of corporate sustainability professionals, I can’t help but address the elephant in the room. (Or as the World Resources Institute appropriately dubbed it, the latest eleph ...

News Headlines
#123931
2020-01-24

WEF and PwC Report Makes the Business Case for Nature

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released the first in a series of three New Nature Economy (NNE) reports to be published this year. The series will make the case for why the nature crisis is crucial to business and the economy; identify a set of priority socioeconomic systems for transformati ...

News Headlines
#133400
2022-02-21

Vinexposium announces detailed plans for Bordeaux Wine Week

In a press conference held during last week’s Paris show, Vinexposium revealed plans for a sharp focus on sustainability and technology during the upcoming Bordeaux Wine Week.

News Headlines
#119868
2019-02-08

Verizon closes on U.S. telecom industry’s first Green Bond to fund environmental initiatives

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today announced the close of the U.S. telecommunications industry’s first Green Bond.An amount equal to the net proceeds of the $1 billion offering will be used to fund a variety of new and existing green investments made during the two years prior ...

Meeting
#3029

Uso Sustenable de la Biotecnologia (ASDMAS)

11 - 12 September 2008, Tingo Maria, Peru

News Headlines
#125184
2020-04-21

Uptick for renewable electricity generation in 2019

While the ongoing health, political, economic and social impacts of the coronavirus pandemic continue to preoccupy people across the world, as recovery plans are discussed and taking shape, decision makers are encouraged to use this as an opportunity to set our societies on a more sustainable de ...

Notification
#2376
2015-09-09

Upcoming Regional and Global Business and Biodiversity Events

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/DS/DI/84993 (2015-104)
To: CBD National Focal Points

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News Headlines
#122555
2019-10-07

Unilever to halve use of new plastic

Anglo-Dutch commercial giant Unilever said Monday it will cut its use of new plastic by half by 2025 as pressure grows on multinational companies to do more for the environment.

Meeting Document
#99587
2014-06-10

UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/INF/15

Report on Progress Related to Decision XI/7 on Business Engagement

Meeting Document
#98987
2014-05-07

UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/11

Stakeholder Engagement

Meeting Document
#98887
2014-05-01

UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/10

Report on Progress Related to Business Engagement

Meeting Document
#86854
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/4/9

Engagement with Business

Meeting Document
#68903
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/3/2/ADD2

Engagement of Business

Meeting Document
#45278
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/29

Biodiversity Offsets and the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP)

Meeting Document
#46069
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/21/REV1

Cooperation with Other Conventions, International Organizations and Initiatives And Engagement of Stakeholders: Revised note by the Executive Secretary

Meeting Document
#44688
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/21/ADD1

Cooperation with Other Conventions, International Organizations and Initiatives And Engagement of Stakeholders (Addendum - Engagement of Business)

Meeting Document
#19232
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/8/25/ADD1

Engagement of the private sector

Meeting Document
#100826
2014-09-09

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/24

Cooperation with Other Conventions, International Organizations and Stakeholders’ Engagement, Including Business

Meeting Document
#89913
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/11/18/ADD1

Engagement with Business

Meeting Document
#74091
2013-07-17

UNEP/CBD/COP/10/INF/27

Biodiversity Offsets: A Tool for CBD Parties to Consider, and a Briefing on the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme

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