Case Study

Biodiversity Check

Community

European Biodiversity Summit

Taster Workshop

First Taster Workshop in the Construction Sector

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Two Dutch Companies Perform Biodiversity Checks to Reduce Their Impacts on Environment
The Trappist brewery Koningshoeven and Noldus Information Technology perform the first European Business & Biodiversity Campaign Biodiversity Check in the Netherlands to reduce their ecological footprint and their impacts on biodiversity. The discharging of water and compensation of CO2-emissions are Dutch companies’ main drivers of their participation in biodiversity protection.

Leaders for Nature: The Success Story of a Leading Business & Biodiversity Network
In 2006 the Dutch sustainability landscape changed as the business sector took the lead. That year 90 business leaders including many captains of industry signed a letter to the Dutch government asking for more focus on nature in sustainability policy. This sparked an entirely new dialogue on biodiversity and ecosystems between government, NGOs and the private sector. IUCN NL’s Leaders for Nature was born.

Wind of Change - Model of Best Practice to Connect Wind Energy with Biodiversity and Communities
With the European Union’s ambitious 2020 and 2050 targets propelling the need for the increased deployment of renewable energy production, conflict often arises between the global drive for development and the increasing awareness of local communities of environmental concerns. The project GP WIND represents a model for the wider development and dissemination of good practice. The lessons from the project will be of particular importance to the European Union as it takes forward its ambitious proposals for energy infrastructure.