IBBI
Promote sharing & learning, leading to mainstreaming sustainable management of biological diversity.
Promote sharing & learning, leading to mainstreaming sustainable management of biological diversity.
Promote sharing & learning, leading to mainstreaming sustainable management of biological diversity.
To guide and mentor business organisations in India on conservation and sustainable use, the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development launched the India Business & Biodiversity Initiative (IBBI). This business-led initiative serves as a national platform for business, to promote sharing and learning, and will ultimately lead to mainstreaming sustainable management of biological diversity by business. IBBI was initiated by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India
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The ‘Biodiversity in Good Company’ Initiative and India Business & Biodiversity Initiative (IBBI) organised a joint session at CBD COP 13, Mexico to share the experience on biodiversity mainstreaming practices by the German and Indian Businesses.
During the United Nations Summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, held in September 2015, Member States agreed on a global agenda, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, with the overarching goal of eradicating poverty and achieving sustainable development.
International Day for Biological Diversity is celebrated every year on 22 May to raise awareness about the value of biodiversity. This year's theme, "Our Solutions are in Nature", highlights that biodiversity is the key to unlock a more sustainable future. Considering this theme, the session on 'Working in Harmony with Nature' was organised to showcase different measures taken by IBBI business members to adopt nature-based solutions and their future action areas to work in harmony with nature.
The 1st workshop on ‘Stakeholder Engagement on Biological Diversity Act Implementation in Maharashtra’ was organised jointly by Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board (MSBB), GIZ and CII. The focus of the workshop was to bring together leading actors from biodiversity boards, businesses and civil societies at the state level for an exchange of dialogue and identifying challenges and solutions with respect to implementation of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (BD Act). The workshop was attended by 27 participants including government, business, NGOs and legal advisors.
The 1st workshop on ‘Stakeholder Engagement on Biological Diversity Act Implementation in Uttarakhand’ was organised jointly by Uttarakhand Biodiversity Board (UKBB), GIZ and CII. The focus of the workshop was to bring together leading actors from biodiversity boards, businesses and civil societies at the state level for an exchange of dialogue and identifying challenges and solutions with respect to implementation of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (BD Act). The workshop was attended by 43 participants including government, business, research institutes, NGOs and legal advisors.
To sensitise, guide and mentor Indian business organisations in biodiversity conservation and sustainable use related to their operations, across their value chain and beyond towards conservation of India’s biodiversity.
Understanding the linkage and impacts of business operations on biodiversity
Advocacy on the need for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use
Identifying and partnering with Government, Non-Governmental Organisations and local communities to create synergies in biodiversity conservation
Documenting and sharing of local and global best practices in biodiversity conservation and sustainable use
Adoption of replicable local and global best practices.
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IBBI Guidance Document for Biodiversity Disclosure
Biodiversity and ecosystem services are critical to businesses, for achieving sustainable development. Businesses are faced with challenges and risks of over-exploitation of natural resources, land-use change, habitat diversion, climate change and pollution which are leading to loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystem services. The IBBI declaration helps organisations to map their business linkages with biodiversity and ecosystem services and to identify the risks and opportunities across their value chain. The effective biennial biodiversity reporting, which includes regular mapping of biodiversity and ecosystem aspects across their businesses adds value in several areas. This guidance document provides guidance to Indian businesses to develop disclosures on natural capital and enable businesses to effectively communicate about biodiversity and ecosystem services by providing standardised data and showcasing the achieved positive outcomes.
A guidebook for biodiversity management
This publication provides insights on biodiversity and its links with businesses, maps seven major sectors for its impacts and dependencies on biodiversity and benchmarks best practices on biodiversity management globally in those sectors. At the end it provides a detailed and informative roadmap for implementing biodiversity management in any company. The publication promotes biodiversity, not as a problem, but as an opportunity to help decision-making processes and achieve broad social and economic goals.
Guidebook for Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Indian AgricultureSector
India is an agrarian economy with the agriculture sector as a key contributor to GDP. India is one of the centres of origin for many valuable crops and is considered as a global agriculture powerhouse. Operations within the entire agriculture value chain- production, processing, distribution, consumption and waste, not only have impacts on biodiversity but these impacts pose a threat to businesses. The ‘Guidebook for Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Indian Agriculture Sector’ provides insights into inter-linkages of Indian agri-business and biodiversity as well as the relevant National Biodiversity Targets (NBTs).
Guidebook for Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Indian Forestry Sector
India is one of the mega biodiversity countries supporting major forest types varying from alpine pastures in Himalayas to temperate, sub-tropical, tropical forests and mangroves in coastal areas. The forestry sector in India covers industries like Wood & Furniture, Pulp & Paper, Non-wood Forest Produce (NWFPs), Fuelwood, etc. The major source of raw material is forest, farm forestry and social forestry. Each industry in the forestry sector has its own implications with respect to its dependency and impact on biodiversity. The ‘Guidebook for Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Indian Forestry Sector’ provides insights into inter-linkages of Indian business operating in the forestry sector and biodiversity as well as the relevant National Biodiversity Targets (NBTs).
IBBI Guidance Document for Biodiversity Disclosure
Biodiversity and ecosystem services are critical to businesses, for achieving sustainable development. Businesses are faced with challenges and risks of over-exploitation of natural resources, land-use change, habitat diversion, climate change and pollution which are leading to loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystem services. The IBBI declaration helps organisations to map their business linkages with biodiversity and ecosystem services and to identify the risks and opportunities across their value chain. The effective biennial biodiversity reporting, which includes regular mapping of biodiversity and ecosystem aspects across their businesses adds value in several areas. This guidance document provides guidance to Indian businesses to develop disclosures on natural capital and enable businesses to effectively communicate about biodiversity and ecosystem services by providing standardised data and showcasing the achieved positive outcomes.
India Business & Biodiversity Initiative
A guidebook for biodiversity management
This publication provides insights on biodiversity and its links with businesses, maps seven major sectors for its impacts and dependencies on biodiversity and benchmarks best practices on biodiversity management globally in those sectors. At the end it provides a detailed and informative roadmap for implementing biodiversity management in any company. The publication promotes biodiversity, not as a problem, but as an opportunity to help decision-making processes and achieve broad social and economic goals.
Guidebook for Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Indian AgricultureSector
India is an agrarian economy with the agriculture sector as a key contributor to GDP. India is one of the centres of origin for many valuable crops and is considered as a global agriculture powerhouse. Operations within the entire agriculture value chain- production, processing, distribution, consumption and waste, not only have impacts on biodiversity but these impacts pose a threat to businesses. The ‘Guidebook for Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Indian Agriculture Sector’ provides insights into inter-linkages of Indian agri-business and biodiversity as well as the relevant National Biodiversity Targets (NBTs).
Guidebook for Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Indian Forestry Sector
India is one of the mega biodiversity countries supporting major forest types varying from alpine pastures in Himalayas to temperate, sub-tropical, tropical forests and mangroves in coastal areas. The forestry sector in India covers industries like Wood & Furniture, Pulp & Paper, Non-wood Forest Produce (NWFPs), Fuelwood, etc. The major source of raw material is forest, farm forestry and social forestry. Each industry in the forestry sector has its own implications with respect to its dependency and impact on biodiversity. The ‘Guidebook for Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Indian Forestry Sector’ provides insights into inter-linkages of Indian business operating in the forestry sector and biodiversity as well as the relevant National Biodiversity Targets (NBTs).
