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Union For Ethical BioTrade

Union For Ethical BioTrade. Towards active private sector engagement. UEBT. Vision: Increased trade in biological resources actively contributes to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, as well as other sustainable development goals. Mission:

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Union For Ethical BioTrade

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  1. Union For Ethical BioTrade Towards active private sector engagement

  2. UEBT Vision: • Increased trade in biological resources actively contributes to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, as well as other sustainable development goals. Mission: • To bring together actors committed to ethical biotrade, • To promote, facilitate, and recognise trade practices in biological goods to meet the objectives of the CBD

  3. UEBT set-up • Membership based organisation. Drivers are private sector companies, with support of NGOs, National BioTrade Programmes, other interested organisations. • All members commit to working towards compliance with the internal UEBT standard which responds to CBD objectives • UEBT thus seeks to actively engage business in the implementation of the CBD and other conventions • First area of emphasis will be health ingredients sectors like the cosmetics and function foods

  4. Private sector Aldivia (France) Candela (Peru) Cocoamarket (Ecuador) Fitofarma (Peru) Labfarve (Colombia) Natura Cosmetics SA (Brazil) Organic Partners (UK) Peruvian Nature Peru) Nativa (Colombia) PhytoTrade Africa Affiliates CORPEI (Ecuador) PromPeru (Peru) UEPB (Uganda) IUCN IFC UNF Pi Environmental consulting Sustainway Advisor UNCTAD UEBT Founding members

  5. Why the UEBT? • Because biodiversity and therewith compliance with the CBD is becoming important for industry. • Because few mechanisms exist to effectively engage private sector in this sector into CBD. • Because bigger market recognition is required for companies that work towards such compliance following the UEBT standard. • Because private sector requires best-practices, guidance and sharing of experiences on issue like conservation, sustainable use and benefit sharing are.

  6. Meeting with private sector in Madrid (CphI, 2005) Business round-table in Curitiva (CBD COP8, 2006) Business round-table in Geneva (Vitafoods, 2006) Private sector steering group (Paris, 2006) Founding member meeting (Geneva, 2007) Private sector consultations on UEBT.

  7. UEBT Functions • Outreach and market development • Company partnerships • Promote concept of BioTrade in the market • Business development support • Support business transformation efforts • Administration of a verification system • No label (no certification) • B2B communication tool • Cooperate with existing labelling schemes

  8. UEBT Scope • Recognise • Verification of compliance with UEBT internal standard • Promote • Business partnerships • Market up-take • Facilitate • Assistance & guidance to reach compliance with BT P&C

  9. UEBT, business and MEAs • UEBT responds to COP VII/17 decision on private sector • UEBT works in line with objectives of MEAs like CBD, CITES, UNCCD, Ramsar • UEBT is interested in engaging with Conventions to encourage private sector to actively work in line with conventions’ objectives • UEBT is interested in cooperating with CDB on business and biodiversity in the running-up to CBD COP9

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