India Business & Biodiversity Initiative
Website
https://sustainabledevelopment.in/alliances/ibbi/ On invitation by the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CII) is hosting India Business & Biodiversity Initiative (IBBI) with the support of German Development Cooperation through GIZ. Launched on the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity in 2014 in New Delhi, the IBBI serves as a national platform of business and its stakeholders for dialogue, sharing and learning, ultimately leading to mainstreaming sustainable management of biological diversity into business.
Vision
Indian businesses value, conserve, restore and wisely use biodiversity, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a healthy planet, and delivering benefits essential for all people.
Mission
- Encourage businesses to measure, monitor, and reduce nature and biodiversity related risks, dependencies and impacts along their operations, supply and value chains, and portfolios.
- Facilitating collaboration among businesses, governments, and stakeholders to promote an ecosystem-based approach for nature and biodiversity conservation.
- Support Government of India in meeting global and national commitments on biodiversity conservation.
- Showcasing business champions and best practices on biodiversity conservation
- Developing enabling policy and financing mechanisms for the implementation of ecosystem-based approaches and biodiversity conservation by businesses
Objectives
Business partnership for implementing Global Biodiversity Framework and addressing nature-related risk.
Contact Information CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development
2nd floor, Thapar House, 124 Janpath
New Delhi 110 001, India
Tel: +91 11 4150 2301/02
Fax: +91 11 4150 1924/25
Website:
www.sustainabledevelopment.in
Contact Person Ms. Seema Arora
Deputy Director, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development
Mr. Shikhar Jain
Executive Director, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development
Dr. Pravir Deshmukh
Senior Counsellor, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development
Annual Reports
Please see the link below for progress reports on this initiative
2025