EBBC - Newsletter September 2017
Recently our website www.business-biodiversity.eu has been shining in new "green" and informs with new content about Business & Biodiversity.
We are particularly pleased to welcome, next to the LIFE Programme of the European Commission, the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt as a new sponsor of the project "Biodiversity Criteria in the Standards and Labels of the Food Industry". The task of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (German Federal Environmental Foundation), to promote projects to protect the environment with a special focus on small and medium-sized businesses, fits perfectly with our Business & Biodiversity Campaign.
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Global Conference stresses importance of biodiversity for sustainable food value chains
The Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Programme held its first global conference on 21-23 June, 2017, in Pretoria, South Africa. The Global Nature Fund (GNF) participated in the Conference and, together with its partners, presented the relevance of biodiversity for SFS. Read more...
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Key insights on circular water management solutions
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released eight deep-dive case studies on circular water management, designed to help companies implement water reuse through WBCSD’s Business Guide to Circular Water Management. Read more ...
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Lo ecológico y lo de más allá... llámalo biodiversidad
The organic production and beyond, let’s call it biodiversity. Read further in Spanish ...
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Publications
Pilot study: Natural Capital Assessment for trenchless Pipe Laying
In two pilot studies the Global Nature Fund (GNF) and its project partners have gained initial experience in carrying out natural capital assessments. This first pilot study describes the procedure for assessing natural capital for trenchless pipeline construction. More ...
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Private capital for nature conservation: Could impact investments be a solution?
The Tropical Forest Foundation OroVerde and the Global Nature Fund analysed the design and impact of impact investments in the means of the protection of biodiversity. To this end, five existing impact investments in Latin America were examined for their ecological and social impact as well as the associated risks, returns, impact measurement and other aspects by means of local case studies. More ...
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Follow the discussion on Twitter via the Hashtag #BBNC17.
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World Forum on Natural Capital, 27 - 28 November, Edinburgh
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2nd European Urban Green Infrastructure Conference, 29 – 30 November, Budapest
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EBBC on Twitter
EBBC twitters almost every day about actual developments and news around the topic of Business & Biodiversity. We would be happy to welcome you as a new Follower. Please feel free to retweet our news.
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