Welcome to the Global Platform on Business and Biodiversity

6 September 2018

Agenda announced for the 2018 COP 14 Business and Biodiversity Forum: Investing in Biodiversity for People and Planet. Exchanging lessons learned and catalysing action within the business sector for safeguarding biodiversity

19 July 2018

Keidanren, one of the Japanese member initiatives of the Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity, has launched a Sustianable Development Goals (SDGs) website on delivering on the goals

20 June 2018

New surveys of more than 5,000 consumers in five countries indicate that the majority (79 per cent) feel that “companies have a moral obligation” to have a positive impact on people and biodiversity in their sourcing of natural ingredients, but only 37 per cent feel “confident that companies pay serious attention” to these issues.

14 November 2018 - 15 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Business and Biodiversity Forum

The Global Platform for Business and Biodiversity supports the business engagement activities of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity including the Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity.

Here you will find a variety resources designed to inform Parties to the Convention and other stakeholders about the business engagement activities as well as information and tools for businesses wishing to better understand their impacts and dependencies on biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, and take action to address these issues.

	Business Case for Biodiversity These pages provide an overview of the business case for biodiversity, including a discussion of dependencies and impacts of business upon biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, and an assessment of risks and opportunities for business in this area
	CBD and Business Engagement These pages provide an overview of the CBD's business engagement activities including links to previous business decisions and sections on related topics including Access and Benefits Sharing (ABS), and Biosafety
	Meetings and Events These pages provide details of current CBD business meetings (agenda and other information) as well as a full record of previous meetings. In addition, a calendar of business and biodiversity - related events is available
	Projects and Major Issues These pages outline and provide support to several of the major business-related initiatives that the CBD Secretariat has been tasked with undertaking, including on Commodities, Reporting, the Business Case for the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, and Natural Capital
	Database and Resources These pages contain a database of tools and mechanisms, case studies, and best practices designed to help businesses understand and mainstream biodiversity. Archives of the business.2020 newsletters, links to partners, and other items of interest are also available
	Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity This section is devoted to the Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity. The pages outline the history and structure of this programme and provides links to the component national and regional initiatives

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