{"id":134679,"date":"2024-10-17T07:35:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T04:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/businesses-and-ngos-call-for-global-certification-to-stop-greenwashing-biodiversity-schemes\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T07:35:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T04:35:31","slug":"businesses-and-ngos-call-for-global-certification-to-stop-greenwashing-biodiversity-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/businesses-and-ngos-call-for-global-certification-to-stop-greenwashing-biodiversity-schemes\/","title":{"rendered":"Businesses and NGOs call for global certification to stop greenwashing biodiversity schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134679\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>More than 100 non-profits, academics and businesses worldwide are calling for the adoption of a new independent certification aimed at verifying the effectiveness of nature-based solutions for biodiversity conservation.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses and NGOs call for global certification to stop greenwashing biodiversity schemes<br \/>\nThe Global Biodiversity Standard (TGBS) is set to issue its first certifications during the upcoming UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) later this month in Cali, Colombia. TGBS has been developed by an international coalition of experts to align with the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which was established at COP15 in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is based on decades of research, several years of testing across more than 120 sites globally, and input from hundreds of biodiversity scientists spanning six continents. Today (16 October), an open letter supporting TGBS has been signed by various organisations, including Waitrose, the Wildlife Conservation Trust, the University of S\u00e3o Paulo, the University of Cambridge and the Royal Botanic Gardens.<\/p>\n<p>The letter highlights concerns about the current state of biodiversity and suggests TGBS as a promising tool for addressing and reversing biodiversity loss. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)\u2019s director general Dr Grethel Aguilar said: \u201cIUCN welcomes the TGBS as a tool to assess the impacts of tree planting and other nature-based initiatives on biodiversity and ecosystem integrity, providing assurance to financiers and policymakers, as well as assistance to practitioners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to research from the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), one in three tree species globally is at risk of extinction. The recent WWF Living Planet report found that wildlife population sizes have plummeted by an average of 73% over the past 50 years and the world is fast approaching dangerous, irreversible tipping points for climate and nature. Despite efforts in nature-based solutions like tree planting, many initiatives have failed to include these at-risk species or adequately track their impact.<\/p>\n<p>Studies reveal that 90% of the world\u2019s largest corporations involved in ecosystem restoration projects do not report ecological outcomes, and none quantify social or economic impacts on local communities or traditional owners. BGCI\u2019s secretary-general Paul Smith said: \u201cFor years, we have watched as well-intended nature-based solutions have failed to effectively restore our declining ecosystems. This standard will change that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has the backing of hundreds of global experts, including from countries that are facing significant biodiversity loss \u2013 like Kenya and Madagascar. \u201cIt provides a hope that nature-based schemes can be a solution to the biodiversity crisis. That we can reverse the decline and restore our natural world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edie.net\/businesses-and-ngos-call-for-global-certification-to-stop-greenwashing-biodiversity-schemes\/\">edie.net<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/businesses-and-ngos-call-for-global-certification-to-stop-greenwashing-biodiversity-schemes\/\">Businesses and NGOs call for global certification to stop greenwashing biodiversity schemes<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[16527,555,16528,16529],"class_list":["post-134679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-biodiversity-schemes","tag-csr-news-en","tag-global-certification","tag-to-stop-greenwashing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}