COP16

Taking place in Colombia, 21 October - 1 November, COP16 is the first biodiversity COP since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) at COP15 in 2022.

As a non-lobby organization with UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) observer status, Ipieca has attended UN CBD COP events since the first one in 1994.

Ipieca and its members are committed to supporting the aims of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the governing body of COP16.

While governments are primarily responsible for delivering the targets set by the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), the regulations and strategies they set to do so will affect every sector. Successful implementation of the GBF will require businesses to mainstream biodiversity.

Ipieca convenes biodiversity and social performance experts from member companies with those from UN, NGO, civil society and academic organizations to share knowledge and develop guidance and toolkits.