The Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, through the Spanish Business and Biodiversity Initiative, participates in the fifth meeting of the Business and Biodiversity Partnership, which takes place in Helsinki (Finland) on 11 and 12 November.

During the two days, the decisions taken at the last World Summit on Biodiversity held last year in South Korea will be discussed. This event tries to bring together experiences and strategies that help companies find solutions and incorporate issues related to biodiversity and sustainability in their business management.

Thus, different government representatives, third sector, companies and other organizations will work on specific areas of work such as the importance of Natural Capital; the role of biodiversity in procurement and supply chain management; Finance and Biodiversity; and how to obtain inputs for the formulation ofrecommendations to be considered by parties related to the business and biodiversity issue, at the next COP13 in Mexico.
 
The Spanish Business and Biodiversity Initiative, a project of which 21 Spanish companies are already part, promotes economic development compatible with the conservation of biodiversity. The adhesion of the companies that want to be part of the Initiative is done through the signing of the Pact for Biodiversity, a document that incorporates the principles of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, and through which the company’s commitment is visualized.