UEBT

UEBT is a non-profit #association that promotes the '#Sourcing with #Respect' of ingredients that come from #biodiversity.

[UEBT @EthicalBioTrade]

300 people at day 1 of #BSR2019 in Paris - thank you to ⁦@absinitiative⁩ ⁦@Helvetas⁩ ⁦@UNCTAD⁩ ⁦@Weleda⁩ ⁦@Naturacosmetica⁩ ⁦@SymriseAG⁩ ⁦@Loreal⁩ ⁦@LVMH⁩ #biodiversity #ethicalsourcing

[Pure Beauty @PureBeautyMag]

Asian consumers are now more aware of biodiversity than their American or European counterparts, according to a new survey by the @EthicalBioTrade.

https://t.co/U6VCbntrho

[ABSint @abs_int]

#BSR2019 day 2 starts with due diligence discussions. We see that the number of countries that have ABS obligations keep increasing.

[ITC Sustainability @ITC_sustainable]

#ethical sourcing exchange session at #BSR2019 Conf. #UEBT2019:

Mutually beneficial business partnerships along biotrade #valuchains must build:

🤝Sector dialogue
👩🏼‍🌾Local business competitiveness
⚖️Equitable trade & local dev.
🐝Sustainable farming & wild collection

[Helvetas @Helvetas]

Helveras partners exporting sustainably produced natural ingredients that promote #biodiversity presenting their companies and products at #UEBT2019. Thanks to the generous support and foresight of #SECO, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs for making this possible!

[European Business & Biodiversity Campaign 🌱 @ProBiodiversity]

Presenting the #BiodiversityActionPlan as a tool to enhance #biodiversity in the food supply chain at #BSR2019 @EthicalBioTrade

[Kate A Larsen 李可婷 @katieAL]

Wonderful hearing @EthicalBioTrade conf Paris on efforts to source by ”Wild Collection” to protect Amazon & other Rainforest. Buy certified Wild Collected herbal teas etc from @NaturaBA #Agrifaso #Parceval #MartinBauerTeas . Well done UEBT & @RnfrstAlliance to certify.

[UEBT @EthicalBioTrade]

⁦@RnfrstAlliance⁩ Catherine de Liagre Bohl presents the new UEBT/RA partnership in herbs and spices at #BSR2019 conference in Paris today. Built from and expanding upon successful previous work in herbal teas covering 250+ products in 17 countries.

[UEBT @EthicalBioTrade]

Thank you to ⁦@Helvetas⁩ and ⁦@BioTradeGroup⁩ for supporting the delegation today in Paris from Southeast Asia including local suppliers of new ingredients like Thanaka, from a tree found in Myanmar. #biotrade #abs #BSR2019 #ethicalsourcing

[UEBT @EthicalBioTrade]

“The private sector is best poised to fill the gap” of 300B USD needed to conserve biodiversity. 88T to be invested, 500B now in impact investments & 52B of this in conservation — “it should be doable” ⁦@EcoEnterprises⁩ #BSR2019 ⁦@UNBiodiversity⁩

[UEBT @EthicalBioTrade]

UEBT’s own Xiaoou Zheng, an environmental lawyer and expert on access and benefit sharing talks about evolving rules on ABS in China at the #BSR2019 exchange in Paris.

[UEBT @EthicalBioTrade]

"Complexity should not be an excuse for inaction". Sasha Liese, Symrise about Access and Benefit Sharing. @EthicalBioTrade @absinitiative #ABS #UEBT2019 #BSR2019

[UEBT @EthicalBioTrade]

“Everyone can do a project in a technical way but it’s important to understand the local cultural and have patience and passion.” Bas Schneiders from ⁦@Weleda⁩ opens day 2 at #BSR2019 sharing a project in Moldavia in #biodynamic lavender ⁦@UNCTAD⁩

[UEBT @EthicalBioTrade]

Technical exchanges of the 2019 UEBT Beauty of Sourcing conference are now starting. #UEBT2019 #BSR2019 #ABS @EthicalBioTrade @absinitiative

[UEBT @EthicalBioTrade]

⁦@SymriseAG⁩ gives update on Bergamot work in Calabria and work to bridge gen gap in farming with ⁦@giz_gmbh⁩ — Hamish Taylor: “if we don’t make farming interesting for young people we won’t be able to feed 2 mil more mouths in 2050.” #BSR2019

[UEBT @EthicalBioTrade]

@TheBodyShop international sustainable sourcing mgr Heather Ducharme at #BSR2019 on work on a benefit sharing agreement for the Clanwilliam cedar in South Africa. “We have to be skilled in partnerships. We can’t do #ethicalsourcing without it - if we are to survive as a species”

[UEBT @EthicalBioTrade]

#BSR2019 opening panel discusses consumer insights from Asia. Miyabi Kumagai from @Shiseido_FR: “Nature is already in our DNA” sharing her perspectives from Japan - joined by @Guerlain @Weleda

[UEBT @EthicalBioTrade]

‘From story telling to story proving’ @SandrineSommer of @Guerlain shares the new Bee Respect Platform at @EthicalBioTrade #BSR2019 in Paris. Shows traceability of 400 supply chains in 65 products.

[UEBT @EthicalBioTrade]

#biodiversitybarometer report just unveiled in Paris at #BSR2019 this morning - awareness of #biodiversity is higher in Asia than in the UK, US or Germany. Huge opportunity for companies to show Asian consumers they are protecting it ⁦@UNBiodiversity⁩

[UEBT @EthicalBioTrade]

“It’s still lip service” in most businesses, says Rik Kutsch Lojenga from UEBT as he opens #BSR2019 in Paris today, invoking the groundbreaking ⁦@IPBES⁩ report and businesses must take more action to save the million species endangered.