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At the 2022 World Economic Forum, the Capitals Coalition, WBCSD, SBTN, Business for Nature, TNFD and WWF launched a set of high-level business actions (Assess, Commit, Transform...

Questions and Answers about biodiversity loss, nature protection, and the EU strategy for nature, in the context of the COP15 global biodiversity conference.

This comprehensive document provides detailed guidance to businesses on managing biodiversity aspects within the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS). The guidance is process-oriented and covers a wide range...

A ground-breaking Pilot study has shed new light on corporate biodiversity impacts, revealing a that a short list of top 250 high-impact companies on the MSCI World Index...

In the face of unprecedented biodiversity loss, 196 countries adopted in December 2022 the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) providing a global framework to halt and reverse nature...

The Align project has published recommendations bringing more clarity on ‘what’ elements of biodiversity to measure and ‘how’ to assess impacts and dependencies on biodiversity in a business context. This document...

This study by external experts (commissioned by DG ENV) takes stock of knowledge relevant for identifying commodities imported into the EU with significant negative impacts (direct or indirect) on biodiversity...

This is a DG ENV guidance tool prepared by an expert team under IUCN supervision in order to improve understanding of the importance of specific alien species' pathways, seen as critical...

The fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15) will be the biggest biodiversity conference in a decade. World leaders are expected to agree on a new...

The second edition of the "Guide on biodiversity measurement approaches" provides a comprehensive overview of seven tools currently in use by financial institutions to measure the biodiversity impact of their activities...