Table 8.
Environmental management/CSR
| Title | Short description | Primarily involved stages of the value chain | Financing | Mechanism |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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SHOWCASE SHOWCASing synergies between agriculture, biodiversity and ecosystem services to help farmers capitalizing on native biodiversity https://showcase-project.eu/ |
The research project is testing incentive models to encourage better management of biodiversity on farms. | Production | no direct financing/ no monetary valorization |
valuation: quantification of biodiversity and ES valorization: EU GAP 2nd pillar funding, considering labeling in the future |
| BIODIVERSITY IN STANDARDS AND LABELS FOR THE FOOD SECTOR https://www.business-biodiversity.eu/en/welcome | The European Business and Biodiversity Campaign (EBBC) is a partner consortium which supports companies from all industries in integrating biodiversity into their corporate management. The key project LIFE Food & Biodiversity, funded by the EU LIFE program, aims to improve the biodiversity performance of standards and labels within the food industry. | Standard-setting organizations, retail and processing are the main focus | no direct financing/ no monetary valorization |
valuation: defining relevant criteria JOE valorization: improving the performance of standards and labels |
| ENTERPRISE BIODIVERSITY 2020 (UNTERNEHMEN BIOLOGISCHE VIELFALT 2020) http://www.biologischevielfalt.de/fileadmin/NBS/documents/UBI/UBi-Basispapier_NF5_barrierefrei.pdf | Provides a forum for environmental ministries, NGOs, and companies to network and cooperate with the goal to give companies advice on how to reduce their impacts on biodiversity. | Entire value chain (minus consumers, plus standard-setting organizations and finance) | no direct financing/ no monetary valorization |
valuation: specific to each company valorization: awareness raising and networking between enterprises |
| BIODIVERSITY PERFORMANCE TOOL https://bpt.biodiversity-performance.eu/ | The objective is to identify and assess the state of biodiversity potential on a farm in order to propose an action plan to reduce the impact on the production system, conserve and enhance biodiversity by proposing sustainable measures. | Production | no direct financing/ no monetary valorization |
valuation: sustainability assessment valorization: awareness raising for the farmers and promotion of sustainable measures on farm |
| SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF FARMING AND THE ENVIRONMENT (SAFE) FRAMEWORK http://www.trifolium.org/beratung/beratung-von-unternehmen-organisationen/selbstbewertung-nachhaltigkeitschecks/safe-sustainability-assessment-for-enterprises.html | This tool proposes a consistent and comprehensive framework of principles, criteria and indicators for sustainability assessment of agricultural systems. Three spatial levels (parcel level, farm level and a higher spatial level like the landscape, the region or the state) can be assessed. | Production | no direct financing/ no monetary valorization |
valuation: sustainability assessment valorization: awareness raising and promotion of sustainable measures on farm |
| SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS (SAFA) https://www.fao.org/nr/sustainability/sustainability-assessments-safa/en/ | This tool is an universal framework for Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture systems developed by the FAO. The SAFA guidelines, indicators and tool and the app are free to use. | supplier, production, processing, distribution, retail | no direct financing/ no monetary valorization |
valuation: sustainability assessment valorization: awareness raising and promotion of sustainable measures on farm/enterprise |
| BIODIVERSITY IN GOOD COMPANY BUSINESS AND BIODIVERSITY INITIATIVE https://www.business-and-biodiversity.de/ | In the initiative, companies from numerous industries have joined forces to work together to protect and sustainably use global biodiversity. In doing so, they contribute to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The aim is to halt the dramatic loss of ecosystems, species and genetic diversity. | Integration of biodiversity and ecosystem services into the sustainability management of Companies | no direct financing/ no monetary valorization |
valuation: actions and aims are set individually by the companies, assessment depending on the options valorization: awareness raising |