In this FIBS Practice training series you will
- Deepen your understanding about biodiversity impacts and dependencies of businesses’ upstream value chains
- Get guidance on nature impact management in a practical manner
- Hear examples of how other companies have started their nature orientated work.
- Get an opportunity to connect with other sustainability professionals.
Different business sectors are either directly or indirectly dependent on ecosystem services. Stopping nature loss and ensuring biodiversity is crucial for maintaining those ecosystem services now and in the future. Clients, policy makers and the finance sector are becoming more interested in corporate impacts and dependencies on nature.
How should biodiversity be considered in the value chain? How do we manage the company’s nature impacts and dependencies? What is the responsibility of my organization managing the value chain and upstream nature impacts?
Biodiversity and nature loss is a global issue which can only be solved with location specific actions. Current, long-value chain businesses are even more dependable on natural assets and ecosystem services found globally. To decrease the business biodiversity impacts and to gain nature positive solutions it is necessary to consider the global value chain nature impacts.
Participating in this autumn 2023 training module will give you knowledge on corporate value chain biodiversity impacts and dependencies. In the training you will learn and get tools for the value chain biodiversity management, which helps businesses reduce biodiversity related risks and will bring up new opportunities for sustainable business.
This training module includes two sessions (25.10. and 29.11.) and by signing up you enroll yourself in both sessions at the same time.
Program
9.00 Welcoming words from FIBS and Ramboll
Introduction to value chain assessment and frameworks
Biodiversity measurement navigation: Decision tree
Break
Workshop: Navigation questions
Workshop: Choosing the right tool
Break
Biodiversity measurement: LCA based tool presentation
12.00 The event ends
Speakers
Senior Environmental Consultant Gary Noble works as an ecologist and environmental consultant within Ramboll’s ecological services team. Gary’s background comes from working on large Environmental Impact Assessment projects completing the biodiversity impact sections. Gary has also been involved in using biodiversity metrics to increase biodiversity on sites and more recently working on corporate biodiversity strategies with various companies.
Environmental Consultant Linda Uusihakala works as a nature and biodiversity expert in the Impact Assessment unit of Ramboll’s Environment & Health division. Her responsibilities include Environmental Impact Assessment in various land-use projects, nature surveys, developing computational methods for assessing biodiversity, and assisting companies in assessing biodiversity impacts along value chains.
Ramboll’s nature experts and strategic sustainability consultancy experts will speak and facilitate the trainings.
For whom
- For businesses who have already started, and are working, on nature impact and dependency assessments.
- Some prior knowledge on biodiversity and value chain nature impact assessment is recommended. (The training series has been designed to be the most useful for professionals and organizations who have already started and are working on this theme.)
- For professionals interested in the value chain assessment from the point of view of biodiversity and nature impact management
- For people who want to connect with other sustainability professionals and learn from their peers by examples
Execution method
- First training session 25.19.2023 from 9 am to 12 pm
- Second training session on 29.11.2023 from 9 am to 12 pm.
Participation fees
The event is included in FIBS Pro service fee.
Cancelling participation
Participation can be cancelled free of charge via the link in the registration confirmation message up to 48 hours before the event begins. You can find further information about ”FIBS event policies and cancellation terms” via the link at the end of the registration form.
A fee of €150 + VAT/event is charged for failure to cancel (no show) unless otherwise stated in the event announcement. 50 % from the charged fee will cover the costs of the event venue and catering, and the other 50 % will be donated to the charity. The cancellation fee is not charged in the event of illness or force-majeure circumstances for the participant, if FIBS is notified before the event.
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Further information
fibs@fibsry.fi, 040 865 1285
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