National Biodiversity and Business Network
Website
https://nbbnbdp.org/
The National Biodiversity and Business Network (NBBN), coordinated by the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), is an inclusive, cross-sectoral platform established in 2013 to support South African businesses in integrating biodiversity into core strategies and operations. Recognising that biodiversity underpins economic resilience, the NBBN brings together business, government, and civil society to reduce business impacts on nature and unlock opportunities for nature-positive development. It aligns private sector action with global frameworks like the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), Target 15, and national policy instruments such as the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). The NBBN helps companies measure and manage their biodiversity footprint, provides tools and guidelines to mainstream biodiversity, and hosts capacity-building events that foster collaboration and knowledge sharing for sustainable business growth.
Vision
The National Biodiversity and Business Network envisions a future where South African businesses actively contribute to a nature-positive economy by integrating biodiversity into core strategies, decisions, and operations.
Mission
The mission of the National Biodiversity and Business Network is to support and enable South African businesses to mainstream biodiversity into their strategies and practices through collaboration, capacity building, biodiversity footprinting, and alignment with national and global biodiversity goals.
Objectives
- Mainstream biodiversity into business strategies, operations, and decision-making processes.
- Support companies in assessing, reducing, and disclosing their biodiversity footprints.
- Build capacity through training, resources, and tools tailored to different sectors.
- Facilitate dialogue between business, government, and civil society on biodiversity-related issues.
- Promote alignment with national priorities (e.g. NBSAP) and global frameworks (e.g. Global Biodiversity Framework, Target 15).
- Encourage corporate commitments to measurable biodiversity actions and nature-positive outcomes.
- Showcase best practices and foster peer learning across sectors.
- Drive policy engagement by providing business perspectives to inform biodiversity policy and regulation.
- Organise events and forums to raise awareness, share knowledge, and build networks.
- Enable access to science-based methodologies for biodiversity impact measurement and reporting.
Contact Information Endangered Wildlife Trust
Private Bag X11, Modderfontein, 1609, Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel: +27 11 372 3600 ext 64
Fax: +27 11 6084682
ewt@ewt.org.za
Contact Person Mr. Brad Nelson
Biodiversity and Business Unit Manager
bradn@ewt.org
Annual Reports
Please see the link below for progress reports on this initiative
2025
