Business for Nature is a global coalition driving credible business action and policy ambition to achieve a nature-positive economy.
#NatureIsEveryonesBusiness
As
@COP16Oficial
commences, which policies can help drive effective business action on
#Nature
? 🌱
More than 230 businesses are calling on governments to accelerate the implementation of the
#GlobalBiodiversityFramework
.
🔗:
🔗:
📢BREAKING: World spends $1.8tn/year on subsidies that harm environment
@CFigueres
: "Harmful subsidies must be redirected, rather than financing our own extinction."
#COP15
provides critical moment to catalyze action on
#SubsidyReform
.
@guardian
▶️
On the same day as the UN General Assembly adopts its 75th Declaration to protect
#nature
, 560 companies, with revenues of US$4 trillion urge governments to adopt policies now to reverse nature loss in this decade.
#natureiseveryonesbusiness
Business for Nature is a Coalition of leading global organizations who have joined forces to elevate the business call to protect and restore the natural world on which we all depend for our wellbeing & prosperity.
#BusinessforNature
.
Today
@BfNCoalition
announces 5 new bold actions on
#nature
at
#WEF2020
. We've engaged hundreds of companies and developed a united policy position on nature. We hope these recommendations help resolve the current
#climate
and
#nature
crisis.
Curious what steps your company can take to help reverse
#natureloss
?
Together with our partners,
@BfNCoalition
has created four high-level and accessible steps for businesses on their journey to becoming nature-positive.
🌱
We need integrated strategies to meet
#biodiversity
,
#climate
, and
#water
objectives.
Strategically managing 30% of land could safeguard 70% of terrestrial species, according to a Nature Map Consortium study.
📄More information via
@unepwcmc
:
World leaders have a unique opportunity in 2020 to forge an international agreement to reverse
#nature
loss like the 2015 Paris Agreement on
#ClimateChange
. We will bring a united
#business
voice to the negotiations, calling on governments to adopt a new deal for nature & people.
🌿 The loss of
#biodiversity
is already putting our planet at huge risk.
Nature restoration goes hand in hand with economic growth. We look forward to the new
@EU_Commission
Restoration Law being published this Wednesday 22 June - a step in the right direction
#ForNature
.
🚨🌿 BREAKING!
The historic new deal
#ForNature
agreed at
#COP15
has answered calls from business to change the economic game for nature. The focus now moves to implementation, and companies now stand ready and committed to support these efforts.
👉
🚨 Calling all policymakers!
CBD COP15 is the best chance to set an ambitious Target 15 that will
#MakeItMandatory
for businesses to assess and disclose their impacts on nature.
At
#COP15
#MakeItMandatory
👇
Are you interested in learning more about the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)?
Join us on 28 Jan for a CBD info session, and learn why it’s critical that businesses engage ahead of COP15 ➡️
#natureiseveryonesbusiness
#biodiversity
We encourage all
#businesses
to take part in our consultation survey, launched today. It will help us to develop detailed policy recommendations for governments to address the
#nature
crisis at key events in 2020. Ensure your voice is heard:
There is a growing movement toward nature-based solutions, which harness ecosystem services to mitigate the
#climatecrisis
, unsustainable food systems & other enviro challenges. Some co's are protecting
#nature
and supporting indigenous communities.
Today is
#EarthDay
. In a few months, our world has changed dramatically. As we emerge from this crisis we must strengthen the
#resilience
of our systems and address
#nature
,
#climate
and
#health
together.
We’re reflecting on what it takes to create a healthier planet, are you?
Companies around the world are calling for ambitious and collective action on nature by signing up to Business for Nature's Call to Action. Join them. Sign up now:
#natureiseveryonesbusiness
Ministers, CEOs and researchers have come together to demand a Green Recovery from Covid-19.🌱
Relaunching the global economy to one built on
#climate
neutrality and
#biodiversity
protection could deliver
#jobs
, improve quality of life, and build more
#resilient
societies.
We are launching today at my initiative the European alliance for a green recovery with 180 ministers, MEPs, CEOs, NGOs & Trade Unions. We will come out of this historic crisis stronger :
#greenrecovery
#Covid
-19
Banks have an important role to play in safeguarding
#biodiversity
&
@UNBiodiversity
is seeking their support ahead of COP15, to discuss how to “mainstream biodiversity in financial sector decision-making."
@climate
's
@AlastairJMarsh
➡️ ($)
📣 New report by
@CapsCoalition
- "Natural Capital for Biodiversity Policy: What, Why and How?"
Informing leaders, policymakers and decision-makers that are negotiating a new deal
#ForNature
and people at
@UNBiodiversity
#COP15
.
Read the full report:
Join
@mremae
at our global virtual event next Monday, where she will share knowledge gained from over 20 years experience working with
@UNEP
and her expertise on environmental law. Register now:
#natureiseveryonesbusiness
How can we use technology to protect
#biodiversity
?
As we monitor biodiversity loss, technology is becoming an essential asset to ensure we act
#ForNature
.
@TheEconomist
🌿 ($)
🌍
#Nature
is at a tipping point and time is against us. The race is on to reverse nature loss by 2030.
@UNBiodiversity
#COP15
is our best chance to adopt a Paris-style global framework
#ForNature
.
@BfNCoalition
's recommendations for the Framework:
There is a lot happening in September!
We've pulled together a summary of all the events that
@BfNCoalition
is involved in and where we're demonstrating
#business
momentum on
#nature
. Don't hesitate to register & share with your networks.
#natureiseveryonesbusiness
Anne Larigauderie: from the most vulnerable to the most privileged,
#biodiversityloss
is having underappreciated impacts on people around the world. Nearly half of all people globally are already impacted by the degradation of Earth’s lands.
#ForNature
🚨 Calling business leaders!
🌍 Nature is declining at unprecedented rates – we can only manage what we measure.
#COP15
is our last chance to
#MakeItMandatory
for businesses to assess and disclose their impact on nature.
Sign the business statement:
Urgent action is needed to reduce negative impacts across business value chains and redirect investments towards restoring and protecting
#nature
.
Read the latest discussion paper on what
#NaturePositive
means for business and finance. 👇
93 French & international
#businessleaders
call to put the
#environment
at the core of economic growth post Covid-19. 'This crisis has revealed the vulnerability of global value chains. We need more resilient businesses & a more circular /local economy.
#Nature
has more than just aesthetic value - to businesses, it’s a “critical asset which underpins their continued growth and success.” That’s why we’re calling on
#governments
to enact ambitious
#policy
for nature.
Thank you
@Mark_Gough
&
@NatCapCoalition
for your support 🌿
Join
@BfNCoalition
@Cap_Coalition
&
@WWF
on 25 Feb for a special event on the
#DasguptaReview
➡️
Professor Dasgupta, alongside leading business & political figures, will highlight the urgent action needed to put the global economy on a sustainable path.
How can we assess the
#biodiversity
footprint of companies and financial assets using the Global Biodiversity Score (GBS)?
Join the CDC Biodiversité webinar to find out.
🗓️Tomorrow, 25 January
Register and learn more about the event:
📣 More than 1,100 businesses calling on governments at
#COP15
to adopt a global goal and reverse
#NatureLoss
by 2030. We need a nature-equivalent to 1.5°C for climate. 🌍
➡️
@BfNCoalition
's position:
📝 Sign the CTA:
💡
#EarthHour
happening now at
@UNBiodiversity
OEWG in Geneva! The Plenary turned the lights off for two minutes to support the global movement. Will you join us and millions around the world to turn off non-essential lights and
#Connect2Earth
?
#ForNature
#COP15
❗Did you know $1.8 trillion of public finance is spent each year on destroying nature?
This must stop! Join us today at
#COP15
to show how government and business can create a
#NaturePositive
economy through
#SubsidyReform
.
⏰ Today, 10:15 EST
📍 The Auditorium, Place Québec
#BusinessforNature
will leverage 2020
@UNBiodiversity
negotiations to help halt the deterioration of the natural world, the decline of life on Earth, & the loss of the natural capital & ecosystem services that underpin human wellbeing & the global economy.
A Global Goal for Nature would commit governments to becoming
#NaturePositive
by 2030.
We need to halt and reverse
#natureloss
so that within the next decade nature is visibly and measurably on the path of recovery.
🌱Find out more here:
We have just heard from some inspirational global leaders on why we must start building nature in to our business decision making. Sign up now and take the first step:
#natureiseveryonesbusiness
Join
@WeValueNature
's 10-Day Challenge from 11-24 March 2021, for a series of practical sessions and challenges spread across 10 days to help you take the next steps on your nature journey.
Interested in hosting a session? Submit a proposal by 31 Jan 👉
📣Join
@WWF
for the launch of a new report with
@TheEIU
measuring global awareness, engagement and action for nature, in particular the rising concern about
#nature
destruction in emerging markets.
Round table TODAY 🗓️ 18 May 3-4pm CEST
#EcoWakening
"Companies planning on being successful in the future are starting to realize that financial performance is irrelevant on a dead planet."
@EvaZabey1
If you're a company, feel to get in touch:
“Just as diversity within a portfolio of financial assets reduces risk and uncertainty, diversity within a portfolio of natural assets increases
#nature
’s resilience in withstanding shocks.”
- Prof Dasgupta at the launch of the
#DasguptaReview
🌱
🌿 Our whole economy depends on
#Nature
.
Through radical public-private sector collaboration,
#SubsidyReform
could boost business and investment opportunities, create jobs and help reverse nature loss.
More in this brief by
@BfNCoalition
,
@thebteamhq
:
Protecting biodiversity and reversing nature loss don't have to come at the expense of economic growth. Building a resilient business relies on protecting nature. Find out more:
#natureiseveryonesbusiness
#NatureBasedSolutions
Investing in
#nature
makes sense. New article from
@washingtonpost
explains why scientists, engineers, and policymakers are calling for govts to restore nature as infrastructure investments to curb the damage of natural disasters and
#ClimateChange
.
➡️
Yesterday we talked to Humberto Delgado Rosa, Director Nat Capital
@EU_ENV
, Stefan Leiner, Head of
#Biodiversity
and Lars Müller, Director of the EU Commission Business and Biodiversity Platform on how we can assess biodiversity in decision making and disclosure.
A good day!
❗
#NatureLoss
is putting half of global GDP at risk.
The business community must act now and call for ambitious global nature policy.
Learn how your company can engage in the
@UNBiodiversity
process:
In the midst a global pandemic, a review on the economics of biodiversity is timely.
#Nature
must be seen as an asset & we're failing to manage it efficiently. We need planetary limits & to change our understanding of sustainable economic growth.
🚨
@wef
Global Risks Report 2023 shows risks may evolve into a “polycrisis” centred around natural resource shortages by 2030, making the need to address
#NatureLoss
ever more urgent.
Read the full report here:
📣CEOs are sending a bold statement to governments at
#COP15
, urging them to:
🚫 Eliminate and redirect harmful subsidies
💰 Align financial flows towards a nature-positive world
🌳 Embed nature in decision making and disclosure
World health leaders: 'Human activity to blame for diseases like COVID-19'.
@WWF
's clear report calls for governments, companies, civil society and the public to act urgently to heal our broken relationship with nature.
Read the full report here:
A collapsing ecosystem is the biggest challenge facing global economies.
🌡 Climate action failure
💨 Extreme weather
🐅 Biodiversity loss
are ranked by business, government, and society leaders as the top global risks this decade.
➡
@wef
#risks22
💧Freshwater
#biodiversity
is in peril - over the past 50 years, populations of freshwater species have declined by 83%. More from
@WWF
:
If you’re a business and
#biodiversity
is on your agenda, connect with us at .
#NatureNow
📣NEWS: Delayed COP15 conference dates confirmed: 5 - 17 December 2022 in Montréal, Canada.
Statement:
We want to see a framework that sends a strong signal to business and finance to go further, faster.
➡️Read our position:
Decisions based on a narrow set of market values of nature underpin the global
#biodiversity
crisis.
More than 50 methods & approaches exist to make visible the diverse values of nature.
Read more in
@IPBES
#ValuesAssessment
:
"As long as we continue destroying
#nature
we're putting our own health at risk. This is why I call on all
#government
and business leaders to step up their investment and help create the sustainable jobs and economy we need."
-Frans Timmermans,
@EU_Commission
#NatureForLife
How and why should your business engage with the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) & Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework?
Join us this Thurs 28 Jan for a CBD info session 🌍
#natureiseveryonesbusiness
#biodiversity
@UNBiodiversity
📣
@ipbes
released a critical assessment on
#nature
, including the following topics:
🌱 Status and trends of the natural world
🌱 Social implications of these trends
🌱 Direct/indirect causes
🌱 Actions to ensure a better future for all
Full report:
💬
#Climate
discussions can no longer take place without considering
#nature
.
@TNFD_
Co-Chairs
@davidwicraig
and
@mremae
highlight five key nature-related developments and trends for the year ahead.
Take a look:
Nature is at a tipping point. Businesses must act now and send a powerful signal that nature is a priority. Sign up to our Call to Action now and take the first step:
#natureiseveryonesbusiness
🚨 📢 URGENT action is needed to reduce negative impacts across business value chains and redirect investments towards restoring and protecting
#nature
.
Read our latest discussion paper on what
#NaturePositive
means for business and finance.
👉
We're delighted to welcome
@unepwcmc
, as a
@BfNCoalition
partner. Their work with scientists and policy makers to put biodiversity at the heart of environment decision-making is hugely positive addition to our coalition.
#NatureNow
#2020superyear
📣IN THE NEWS:
"What governments need to hear is the economic imperative, that every financial bottom line depends on the planet's health."
@EvaZabey1
speaking to
@makower
from
@GreenBiz
🌿More here:
"Billions of pounds of environmentally harmful government subsidies must be redirected to benefit nature" says head of UN CBD,
@mremae
in the
@guardianeco
at the restart of negotiations to agree a new global agreement on
#nature
.
@pgreenfielduk
👉
"
@Unilever
brands will invest €1 billion in a new climate and nature fund. Over the next 10 years we will put €1 billion into high-impact project initiatives. This includes landscape restoration, carbon, and wildlife protection." -
@alanjope
#natureiseveryonesbusiness
Join
@BfNCoalition
@WWF
and
@Cap_Coalition
TOMORROW for a special event on the
#DasguptaReview
➡️
Professor Dasgupta, alongside leading business & political figures, will highlight the urgent action needed to put the global economy on a sustainable path.
"Leading businesses are asking you to be ambitious and to use the GBF to send a clear signal that business-as-usual is over." -
@EvaZabey1
,
@BfNCoalition
's Executive Director delivered statement at
@UNBiodiversity
OEWG closing plenary.
Our full position:
What does
#business
need from
#policy
to make
#nature
more material? Have you responded to our survey yet?
This is your chance to influence the
#2020SuperYear
.
We need ambitious polices & to ground and test them with as many businesses as possible:
We want to hear from you! Last week
@BfNCoalition
launched an online consultation on the latest draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
Complete by 13 Nov to make your voice heard 🌱➡️
#natureiseveryonesbusiness
🎉 Happy New Year! 🎉
2022 came to a close with the adoption of a new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at
#COP15
- a historic agreement to halt and reverse
#NatureLoss
by 2030.
In 2023, it’s vital we maintain this momentum
#ForNature
👇