Presentation made by Stefan Hoermann and Marion Hammerl, European Business and Biodiversity Campaign, during the Seminar + Workshop "Preserving Natural Capital - Role and action by food retail sector"

1. Business and Biodiversity Workshop PRESERVING NATURAL CAPITAL Food Retail Stefan Hörmann Global Nature Fund Marion Hammerl Lake Constance Foundation European Business and Biodiversity Campaign supported by the EU LIFE+ Programme

5. Communikation www.business-biodiversity.eu Biodiversity-Specials in Forum CSR international / Nachhaltig Wirtschaften

6. Natural Capital – What do the others say? “ Nature’s beauty and richness is the capital of tourism. The TUI AG is therefore committed to biodiversity as part of its core business.” TUI AG “ Our goal is to have a ‘net positive impact’ on biodiversity.” Rio Tinto „ Ensure vulnerable raw materials come from sources that don’t contribute to deforestation.“ Marks and Spencer

7. Biodiversity = Complex issue

9. Biodiversity Check Corporate Departments: - Procurement - Production - Logistics - Marketing - Sales - Public Relations - Human Ressource - Management Fields of operation: - Sites and facilities - Supply chain - Production - Transport / Logistics - Promotion - Communication…. Provides a first overview – but is not an impact assessment How it works? - Desk research and questions to the company - Phone Interviews - Round table with heads of departments - Report

10. Biodiversity Check for Companies Tourism Automotive Airport Operator Outdoor / Sports Food Retail … ..

11. Global -World Business Council for Sustainable Development (Membership) - Initiative „Biodiversity in Good Company“ (Membership) European - European Business and Biodiversity Campaign (no Membership) - European Business @ Biodiversity Platform (Sign up) National - Nordic Countries - Portugal’s B&B Initiative => Identify the most appropriate Initiative(s) for your company Business and Biodiversity Initiatives

13. Biodiversity in the food production and food retail Examples

15. ALDI Austria – Biological Footprint More Biodiversity: 26% more nature diversity than with conventional milk

16. REWE – One of Germany biggest food retailer created “Pro Planet” products PRO PLANET – Apples from Lake Constance – contributing to biodiversity

17. PRO PLANET – Biodiversity friendly apples from Lake Constance Cooperation between Obst vom Bodensee, REWE and Lake Constance Foundation. Duration 5 years Objectives: - Implement biodiversity measures into intensive fruit production: min. 50 % of the farmers – covering 80 % of the cultivation surface - Main focus: Insects depending on flowers, e.g. bees - Include biodiversity criteria /requirements into environmental and/or quality management of fruit farmers and fruit distributers - Implement environmental management in 10 bigger fruit producers -Establish long term monitoring on impact of biodiversity

18. PRO PLANET – Biodiversity friendly apples from Lake Constance

20. PRO PLANET – Biodiversity friendly apples from Lake Constance Fotos

21. PRO PLANET – Biodiversity friendly apples from Lake Constance Perspectives: Transfer to other fruit production regions, e.g. Neckar region Biodiversity Initiative for other products, e.g. vegetables (measures, integration into environmental/quality management ) Include biodiversity measures into quality management and quality certification Training for quality management assessors and certifiers

22. Contact Marion Hammerl Marion.hammerl@ bodensee-stiftung.org Global Nature Fund (GNF) Stefan Hörmann hoermann@ globalnature.org This time without you!