News & Newsletter

Last month, the EU Business and Biodiversity Platform released a new report on “Business Models and Investments for Nature” for financial institutions, presenting six existing practises of investments for nature. We are now launching a summary report on this document. Download it here!

The Biodiversity Measurement Approaches Guide is back with its fourth edition. This new edition expands on the work laid by its previous editions, offering information and assistance to financial institutions in understanding the existing approaches for measuring their interactions with biodiversity

The "Biodiversity in Food Supply Chains" conference (13–14 Nov 2024) saw collaboration between industry and policy experts to tackle biodiversity challenges in food systems. Take this opportunity to learn about the EU B&B Platform’s session on the main barriers in the retail sector.

Yann Verstraeten has been one of the driving forces behind the EU Business & Biodiversity Platform over the last ten years. After a decade of passionate and tremendous work with the Platform, Yann has decided to start a new adventure. Let’s wish him luck!

OP16 started earlier this week on Monday, 21 October 2024. As a global coalition, Business for Nature (BfN) and its partner organisations will bring together leading businesses at COP16. Check out the BfN website to find out more!

Faced with multiple approaches and based on requests from its members, the EU B&B Platform started a critical and constructive assessment of a of biodiversity measurement approaches in 2018. The Fifth Edition of the Report will be launched at COP16 on 26 October 2024

Aligning financial flows with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is crucial for addressing harmful financial practices while upscaling finance that positively impacts biodiversity. This new report presents six existing practices of investments for nature. Find out more!

Aligning financial flows with the GBF is crucial for upscaling finance that positively impacts biodiversity. As part of the EU Business & Biodiversity Platform’s webinar series on COP16, we present to you a new webinar. Join us on September 25th from 14:00 – 15:00 CEST to learn more.  

The year 2024 builds on the existing momentum on biodiversity and calls for growing transformative action from business. The EU B&B Platform welcomes the organisation of the second edition of the European Business & Biodiversity Forum led by the WWF in Brussels and online on September 19th.