Companies are increasingly taking steps to integrate environmental – and specifically biodiversity – considerations in their business agendas. To be most effective, it is important for businesses to adopt a strategic approach; the first step of which is to define a biodiversity policy. This…
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ and the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) have been working together on mining, biodiversity and related issues since 2001. The relationship was first formalised in 2003.
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) was initiated in 2012 to foster greater sustainability and transparency throughout the industry. In December 2014, leaders from the aluminium value chain unveiled a new comprehensive standard that aims to improve the industry’s environmental, social and…
This report jointly commissioned by the International Council on Mining and Metals and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and prepared by the Biodiversity Consultancy, provides an overview of the current and key issues regarding biodiversity offsets. These are ways to…
This report sets out the results of a review of progress made in managing biodiversity among International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM) members from 2003 to 2013. The report was jointly commissioned by ICMM and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ under their 2011 Memorandum of Understanding, which aims to influence and…
The objective of this paper, a collaboration between Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ and Holcim, is to present a concept for the development and implementation of biodiversity-based microenterprises projects. Micro-enterprise development has been identified as an opportunity to secure livelihoods, improve nutrition and…
This document summarises the three guidance documents that Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ has produced for the cement and aggregates sector: Integrated Biodiversity Management System guide, Biodiversity Indicator and Reporting System guide, and the guide to Regulatory Tools.Â
Fashion and biodiversity are linked. The risks and opportunities of this relationship can have a significant impact for biodiversity as well as for business. Watch Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥'s Giulia Carbone, Deputy Director, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme interviewed on Green Views.
What is natural capital and why is it important? Watch Gerard Bos, Director, Director – Global Business & Biodiversity Programme interviewed on Green Views
The report by EcoAgriculture Partners, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, SAI Platform and Sustainable Food Lab under the auspices of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, outlines an action agenda with concrete steps that business, as well as finance institutions, governments and landscape programme…