Special biodiversity CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) training
The degradation of ecosystems and the loss of biodiversity lead to dramatic consequences for our environment and society. Faced with this situation, it is urgent to act and implement concrete actions to preserve biodiversity.
The special biodiversity CSR training is a concrete response to this crucial issue. It allows companies to integrate biodiversity into their CSR strategy and to contribute to the preservation of biodiversity, while ensuring their economic development, to develop responsibly and to become actors of positive change.
Biodiversity is a major issue for all economic and social actors. Companies are increasingly aware of their impact on the environment and their societal responsibility. Integrating biodiversity into their CSR strategy has therefore become essential. But how to implement an effective CSR strategy that includes biodiversity? How to measure and value the actions undertaken for biodiversity? This is where the CSR and biodiversity training offered by Biotope comes in.
What is a CSR strategy?
CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) is an approach that involves integrating sustainable development challenges into a company’s activities. This translates into taking into account the social, environmental, and economic impact of its activities. Therefore, the CSR strategy aims to ensure the overall performance of the company by considering social and environmental issues.
Why is a company concerned with biodiversity?
CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) is an approach that involves integrating sustainable development challenges into a company’s activities. This translates into taking into account the social, environmental, and economic impact of its activities. Therefore, the CSR strategy aims to ensure the overall performance of the company by considering social and environmental issues.
How to integrate biodiversity into your CSR strategy?
Integrating biodiversity into your CSR strategy requires a comprehensive and structured approach. The company must take into account the challenges related to the preservation of biodiversity throughout its activity and its value chain. This includes identifying the impacts of its activity on biodiversity, implementing actions to reduce these impacts, promoting the restoration and conservation of natural habitats and species, as well as raising awareness among internal and external stakeholders about the importance of biodiversity. It is also important to integrate biodiversity into the company’s governance and to measure and communicate transparently the actions taken in favor of biodiversity. This integration not only addresses environmental challenges but also improves the company’s economic performance and image among stakeholders.
What are the benefits for a company to integrate biodiversity into its CSR strategy?
Integrating biodiversity into its CSR strategy offers numerous benefits for the company. It allows to:
- Reduce the environmental impact of its activities
- Reduce operational risks
- Promote innovation
- Improve the company’s image among stakeholders
- Improve the quality of products and services – Facilitate access to new markets
- Strengthen the trust of customers and partners Contribute to the preservation of biodiversity – Comply with current environmental standards and regulations
What does the CSR and biodiversity training course include?
The training program covers the different stages of the CSR approach, including understanding environmental and social issues, identifying stakeholders, and implementing an effective CSR policy.
Our training sessions also include a presentation of international standards related to CSR and biodiversity, as well as a discussion on the benefits for companies of integrating these standards into their strategy. We also explain how to integrate biodiversity into business and the design of a continuous improvement plan, and how to promote the company’s approach to internal and external stakeholders.
Training duration
The training lasts 2 days, or 14 hours in total.
Programme de la formation
1. The challenges of biodiversity - Presentation and exchanges
- Fundamentals and trajectories
- The major biodiversity issues (local, national, international)
- The factors of biodiversity erosion
- The regulatory context related to biodiversity
2. What methods and tools to start with?
- • Workshops with business cases
- The key notions to start with: Reference state, habitats, species, biodiversity footprint, ecosystem services
- Existing reference frameworks and tools (EEN, NFX 32-001, SBTN, …)
- The expected benefits of a biodiversity approach: feedback
3. Biodiversity applied to my company
- Identify the current practices of my company (individual work) Identify my stakeholders and their issues (group work)
- Biodiversity and business projects
- Map the levers of action for my company (impact mitigation, compensation, net gain, …)
- Measurement tools, integration of biodiversity into existing reporting tools
- Integration of biodiversity actions into the CSR strategy
4. How to take action?
- Success factors and pitfalls to avoid
- Biodiversity integrated into trades (HR, marketing, purchasing …)
- Start my continuous improvement action plan in biodiversity
- Identify the actors and committed networks
- Promote my approach internally and externally
Our training sessions
Dates and location:
March 21-22, 2023, Paris
June 13-14, 2023, Paris
October 17-18, 2023, Paris
We also conduct intra-company sessions outside of these sessions, if you are interested please contact us via the form.