How the Agri-food Sector can Contribute to the GBF Vision and a Nature-positive Future
UPDATE: THIS EVENT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE IN THE BLUE ZONE - Nature Positive Pavilion, Small Room
Agri-food is one of the sectors with the highest impacts and dependencies on biodiversity and ecosystem services. It is also one of the most essential to human life and the wellbeing of our societies. We need to collectively better understand where the greatest pressures are along the value chain, in which specific industries, through which pressures & commodities - and work together to address them. Leading corporates and organizations are already assessing their impacts and dependencies in line with the GBF’s target 15, and translating these assessments into relevant actions to reduce and avoid negative impacts and also to deliver biodiversity gains on the ground, while balancing critical trade-offs vis-a-vis food security and nutrition, farmer livelihoods and IPLCs needs.
For this side event, panelists will illustrate full value chain perspectives linking the ACT-D framework to tangible action and results. Specifically we will zoom-in on collaborative work ongoing around outcomes and metrics alignment, with an example that connects along the full agri-food value chain and stages of ACT-D, including required and voluntary disclosures: nutrient use efficiency (NUE) as a pressure metric contributing to reduced water pollution and GHG emissions on the farm. Featuring: WBCSD, CDC-Biodiversite, World Benchmarking Alliance, Yara International, TNFD and other companies and partners TBC.
Speakers:
Arthur Campredon, Director of Biodiversity Footprint at CDC Biodiversité, previously member of the European delegation at the COP 15, negotiator for Target 15
Matt Inbusch, Senior Manager Nature and Land use at The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Anke Kwast, VP Regenerative Agriculture - Climate Frameworks, Yara International
Ethan Soloviev, Chief Innovation Officer @ HowGood