Meeting of The Global Platform For Business and Biodiversity

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1 Meeting of The Global Platform For Business and Biodiversity W World Business Council for Sustainable Development W / Ecosystems FACT Takeshi Takagi, Co-chair, Hitachi December 16 th, 2011

2 What is the W? A global CEO-led organization of forward-thinking companies that galvanizes the global business community to create a sustainable future for business, society and the environment. Membership comprises 200 companies from 35 countries and 22 sectors, collectively representing an estimated: 15 million employees 7 USD trillion annual revenues 6 USD trillion market capitalization 2

3 Who are the members? 3

4 Regional The Network Regional partners Network We also benefit from a Regional Network: 60 independent national and regional partner organizations involving thousands of business leaders two-thirds in developing countries and emerging economies.

5 Regional The Network Regional partners Network United States Mexico El Salvador AED (Costa Rica) Colombia unirse (Nicaragua) Excel Partnership (Canada) Ecuador Peru 2021 CGLI (Canada/USA) CentraRSE Guatemala Acción RSE (Chile) United Kingdom Argentina EpE (France) FFA (Spain) FE Spain Portugal Honduras Business Europe Croatia SumaRSE (Panama) Curaçao Bolivia Brazil Paraguay DERES (Uruguay) econsense (Germany) NHO (Norway) SEV- Greece APEQUE (Algeria) Danish Zimbabwe NBI (South Africa) Hungary Turkey AEEC (Egypt) RBF (Poland) Pakistan Sri Lanka FEMA Mozambique respact Austria UAE Vernadsky Foundation (Russia) Kazakhstan CII (India) TERI India Thailand China Vietnam Mongolia Indonesia Malaysia Korea BEC (Hong Kong) Taiwan PBE (Philippines) BCA (Australia) New Zealand Nippon Keidanren (Japan) 5

6 What do we What work do on? we work on? Focus Areas The Business Role Projects - Vision Water - Buildings - Forest Products - Cement - Electricity Utilities -Tires - Mobility - Mining - Eco Patent Commons Development Energy and Climate Systems Solutions Urban Infrastructure Urban Sustainable Infrastructure Value Chains Sustainable Consumption and Value Chains Food, Water & Land Use (scoping phase) Ecosystems - GHG Protocol - Sustainable Development Management Institute Joint Ventures

7 W has been working on Ecosystems for 15 years: THE business voice on ecosystems IUCN collaboration Input to Millennium Ecosystem Assessment World Conservation Congress E.g. Barcelona (2008): organized, supported or provided presentations at over 100 Forum events CBD COP 10 Organized a day long dialogue with IUCN and Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation + 2 side events

8 2012 a busy year for ecosystems W: global business voice at CBD COP11 Objectives: Feature business solutions Advocate for SMART public policy Cooperation essential: CBD secretariat Indian host Government Indian business sector/cii Other business and biodiversity groups e.g. ICMM We are here now W: the major business sponsor organization Among other activities planned: 1 day W/ IUCN Biz & Eco Dialogue Business & Ecosystems Think Tank 4 event submissions W member sessions

9 W 2012 Action Plan Capacity Building Implementation Public Policy Outputs Increase member companies understanding of the issue at all levels, and increase uptake of W tools (Measure, Value, Manage and Mitigate) Develop & communicate on tools to help companies measure, value, manage & mitigate their impacts and dependencies Demonstrate effectiveness of policy and regulatory options that leverage market forces and level the playing field Activities Launch of a comprehensive capacity building program (Business Ecosystems Training) Program roll out (focus: Korea and India) Increase Corporate Ecosystems Valuation awareness and uptake Develop company case studies demonstrating company actions in support of CBD Aichi biodiversity targets Leverage 2012 key advocacy events (WCC & CBD COP11) to communicate on public policy options Update Policy Paper on effective policy and regulation with best practice policy case studies 9 9

10 Biodiversity & ecosystem business impacts & dependence Business impacts on ecosystems and ecosystem services Ecosystem change creates business risks and opportunities Business depends on ecosystems and ecosystem services 10

11 Biodiversity & ecosystem risks & opportunities Operational (e.g. increased scarcity and cost of raw materials) Regulatory and legal (e.g. public policies like taxes and moratoria on extractive activities) Reputational (e.g. relationships and image from media and NGOs) Market and product (e.g. consumer preferences) Financing (e.g. availability of capital) 11

12 How can business respond to their ecosystem-related issues? 1. Measure, manage and mitigate risks and impacts 2. Improve decision-making by undertaking corporate ecosystem valuation to quantify business risks and opportunities 3. Innovate and help develop new markets for ecosystem services and eco-efficient goods, services & technologies 4. Encourage suppliers & purchasers to adopt best practices 5. Enter into local partnerships to address on-the-ground issues 6. Promote smart ecosystem regulation that leverages market forces and business solutions that halt degradation and levels the playing field for all 12

13 Business Commitment Business commits to support biodiversity conservation, sustainable use and sharing of benefits Because W believes business cannot operate where society fails 13

14 Thank you very much Welcome questions, but not difficult ones 14