IUCN BUSINESS AND BIODIVERSITY PROGRAM

Members •1,156 Members worldwide from over 160 countries: States: 87 Govt. agencies: 117 National NGOs: 818 Int. NGOs: 101 Affiliates: 33

•Over 60 Regional and National Committees

Secretariat Regional Programmes • Asia • West Asia • Europe • West and Central Africa • Southern and Eastern Africa • Meso America • South America • Oceania • North Africa

Director General & Corporate Functions

Global Programmes Biodiversity Conservation: • • • •

Species & KBA TRAFFIC Protected Areas World Heritage

Commissions •11,000+ voluntary experts in 6 thematic groups:

Nature-based Solutions & Rights: • • • • • • • •

Forest & Climate Change Marine and Polar Water & Food Security Ecosystem Based Adaptation Economics Business and Biodiversity Gender Social Policy

Policy, Programme & Capacity Development: • • • •

Environmental Law Policy Science & KM Planning, M&E

IUCN Programme 2013-16: International Union for (i) Valuing and conserving biodiversity; (ii) Governing nature’s use and sharing itsConservation benefits; of Nature (iii) Deploying nature-based solutions to climate, food and economy.

THE 2013-16 PROGRAMME

International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN Business Engagement Strategy

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Mainstreaming environmental economic approaches to private & public sector decision-making 1. Recognizing value: a feature of all human societies and communities 2. Demonstrating value: in economic terms, to support decision making 3. Capturing value: introduce mechanisms that incorporate the values of ecosystems into decision making International Union for Conservation of Nature

ID, Q, & Capture: Approach •

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Ecosystem Services: – MEA demonstrates broad view of environment.

– ES are the basis of value.

Economic valuation: – Helps to see the opportunity from the ES stewardship.

– Is not new.

Linking ES to EV identifies opportunity: – Linking environmental services with economic value to customers (broadly conceived) is our challenge.

– Where the business case fails, the public good case may succeed.

Biodiversity business improves the bottom line: – Less waste = more benefit.

– New products = more benefit.

– Broad thinking = new opportunity.

– Dynamism, flexibility, adaptability, information and innovation are key.

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Building “biodiversity positive” businesses Adding biodiversity and ecosystem services to existing business • Agriculture • Biodiversity mgmt services • Cosmetics • Extractive industries • Finance • Fisheries • Forestry • Garments New markets for biodiversity • Handicrafts • Bio-carbon & REDD • Pharmaceuticals • Biodiversity -certified land • Retail management • Tourism • Biodiversity banking • Enabling policy & tools International Union for Conservation of Nature

International Union for Conservation of Nature

International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN & Business: Recent collaboration • • • • • • • • • • • •

Mercuria Activities: Holcim • Technical advice Rio Tinto • Capacity building Danone • Pilot projects in the field Royal Dutch Shell • Sharing lessons on partnership Sakhalin Energy • Guidelines and training materials Nestle Nespresso • Fundraising and sponsorship Thames Water • Platforms for debate Cadbury Unilever Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) International Union for Conservation of Nature