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Biodiversity in the Green Economy Biodiversity is at the core of putting into practice the Green Economy. Through ethical sourcing, pioneer businesses working with natural ingredients embrace the full potential of biodiversity. Sustainable innovation is often considered part of their business … Continue reading →

The Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) launched the latest Biodiversity Barometer in Paris today. The 2012 biodiversity barometer finds that 76% of all respondents from around the globe were aware of sustainable development, 64% of biodiversity. Of the top 100 … Continue reading →

The Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) announces the agenda of its annual Beauty of ‘Sourcing with Respect’ Conference held on 12 April 2012 in Paris. The theme this year is ‘The Beauty industry and biodiversity in emerging markets’. ‘Emerging markets … Continue reading →

Laboratoires Expanscience, a French cosmetics and pharmaceutical company has joined the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT), a non-profit organisation that promotes the ‘Sourcing with Respect’ of ingredients from biodiversity. In becoming a member of UEBT, Laboratoires Expanscience commits to the … Continue reading →

Biodiversity awareness is particularly high among South Korean consumers, according to recent results from the Union for Ethical BioTrade’s (UEBT) consumer awareness survey, the Biodiversity Barometer. UEBT’s Biodiversity Barometer is a consumer awareness study focusing on a number of important … Continue reading →

The Union for Ethical BioTrade announced the winners of its Biodiversity Awards at a ceremony held in Paris as part of the FiE trade show on November 29. The awards recognise companies in the food sector whose activities promote the … Continue reading →

In early November, the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) travelled to the Vohimana Experimental Nature Reserve in Madagascar to further explore the use of biocultural community protocols as a means to enhance the relationship of UEBT members with indigenous and … Continue reading →

The Union for Ethical BioTrade will be in Paris next week at the Food Ingredients Europe tradeshow, in order to award the winners of the Biodiversity in Food Awards. This is the second year of the awards, which are designed … Continue reading →

The first draft of the IUCN Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) will be presented at a meeting in Montreal on November 10, 2011. The IUCN Guide, which is being drafted by a team of experts, including … Continue reading →

Weleda, a world-leading manufacturer of natural and organic cosmetics and pharmaceuticals for anthroposophic therapy, has joined the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT), a non-profit organisation that promotes the ‘Sourcing with Respect’ of ingredients from biodiversity.   In becoming a member … Continue reading →