Fit for Biodiversity
Fit for Biodiversity (officially named Biodiversity Governance and Performance in the Food Sector)
Background information and challenges
Numerous studies confirm that the food sector with intensive agriculture as a main provider of raw material has a huge impact on biodiversity. Food companies are increasingly becoming aware that biodiversity loss is affecting their core business and should be addressed as a priority – together with climate change mitigation and adaptation. Furthermore, new and upcoming EU legislations force more companies to identify and evaluate their risks, impacts and dependencies to biodiversity. However, the majority of food companies still do not have biodiversity strategies or concrete biodiversity goals in place.
Planned innovations and goals
The project aims at improving the biodiversity knowledge of managers in the food sector, including information about biodiversity tools, incentives for farmers and biodiversity credit schemes for insetting projects. Auditors and accountants are trained so that they can audit biodiversity information in corporate sustainability reports. The overall goal of the project is to contribute to the improvement of the biodiversity governance and performance of the food sector in Germany and other EU countries.
Implementation
The following overview illustrates all work packages of the project. They are connected, and some provide input especially for the training modules.
Lead Partner
Der Global Nature Fund is lead partner and project coordinator.
Project Manager „Fit for Biodiversity“: Jenja Kronenbitter (Kronenbitter@globalnature.org)
JLU, Professorship of Organic Farming, is one project partner represented by Nadja Kasperczyk (Nadja.Kasperczyk(at)agrar.uni-giessen.de)
The project consortium comprises of the following partners:
Project duration
01.09.2024 – 30.08.2028
Funding
The „Fit for Biodiversity“ project is funded by the EU-LIFE funding scheme. Additional sponsors are:
