Sectors

Building local plant nurseries for the rehabilitation of quarries

Biodiversity conservation through quarry rehabilitation

Holcim, headquartered in Switzerland, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of cement and construction materials. The Holcim Group has a market presence in over 70 countries on all continents. In Canada, Holcim operates 2 cement plants with the annual capacity to produce 2.7 million tonnes of Portland Cement and 500,000 tonnes of GranCem (a cement substitute with lower carbon intensity); 25 quarries and pits that produce more than 18 million tonnes per year of crushed stone, gravel and sand; 50 concrete plants and 2 construction companies specializing in major infrastructure projects. Holcim employs approximately 90,000 people worldwide and about 2,900 people in Canada. The Canadian Head Office is located in Concord, Ontario.

Sustaining our Great Lakes

ArcelorMittal, owning operations within the Great Lakes basin, manages its business risk and supports critical public resources through a unique partnership dedicated to the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes ecosystem.

Testing the first habitat banking project in Europe

New market mechanisms targeting biodiversity conservation are emerging worldwide, and among others, the biodiversity offset market size is expected to increase in the coming years. The French company CDC Biodiversité has seized this opportunity and is testing the first habitat banking project in Europe.

Conserving a unique transboundary ecosystem

As part of its corporate responsibility, CEMEX has long recognized the importance of protecting the biodiversity of our planet. It has therefore conducted a multistakeholder, long-term transboundary conservation initiative along the Mexico and US border over ten years, thus helping to protect the region’s biodiversity.

The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC)

http://www.responsiblejewellery.com/

The RJC is an international, not-for-profit organisation established to reinforce consumer confidence in the jewellery industry by advancing responsible business practices throughout all facets of the diamond, gold and platinum group metals jewellery supply chain.  It seeks to work with a wide range of stakeholders in defining and implementing responsible jewellery practices through the RJC’s certification system, which contains principles and codes of practice on environmental performance that include references to the preservation of biodiversity.

Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI)

http://www.wbcsdcement.org/

The CSI is a global effort by 24 major cement producers with operations in more than 100 countries who believe there is a strong business case for the pursuit of sustainable development. Collectively these companies account for about one third of the world’s cement production and range in size from very large multinationals to smaller local producers.

The purpose of the Initiative is to:

• Explore what sustainable development means for the cement industry.
• Identify actions and facilitate steps cement companies can take, individually and as a group, to accelerate progress toward sustainable development.
• Provide a framework for other cement companies to become involved.
• Create the content and context for further stakeholder engagement.

Global Organic Textile Standard

http://www.global-standard.org/

Produced by the International Working Group on GOTS, this international standard harmonises those of national and regional trade associations. Based on the IFOAM criteria, this standard defines requirements to ensure organic status of textiles, from harvesting of raw materials, through manufacture, to labelling.

Ecosystem services guidance: Biodiversity and ecosystem services guide and checklists

http://www.ipieca.org/publication/ecosystem-servic...

This document was prepared by the IPIECA/OGP Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services Task Force, under the auspices of the IPIECA/OGP Biodiversity Working Group.

The aim of this guide is threefold:

• Firstly, it explains the relationship between biodiversity, ecosystem services, and the oil and gas industry.
• Secondly, it provides a set of checklists to help identify the main ecosystem service dependencies and impacts of oil and gas developments.
• Thirdly, it highlights key associated risks and opportunities for oil and gas companies, and provides guidance on potential measures for managing them. The checklists covering the five stages of the oil and gas life cycle for six generic habitat types, onshore and offshore, can be accessed online or via a CD-ROM which will be enclosed within the printed guide.

Green Development Initiative Certification

http://gdi.earthmind.net/certification/

The Green Development Initiative (GDI) is an international response to the 10th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP10), particularly with respect to the strategies for resource mobilisation and business engagement. It aims to establish an international green development certification scheme for land management. Such a scheme will enable land managers to be recognised for their efforts to conserve biodiversity and use biological resources sustainably and equitably. In so doing, the GDI intends to stimulate new market-based financing of conservation and development on the ground.