Who we are
LIFE Institute
Founded in 2009, the LIFE Institute is a non-profit technical organization specializing in Business and Biodiversity. As a developer of biodiversity standards and metrics, the Institute is responsible for managing the LIFE System, which provides smart solutions to help businesses and the economy integrate biodiversity into their strategies and decision-making.
Since 2010, when it first participated in the Biodiversity COP held in Nagoya, Japan, the LIFE Institute has maintained a presence at every Biodiversity COP. Its mission is to engage businesses in integrating the commitments of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD/UN), contributing to conservation while transforming investments into measurable positive biodiversity performance. This work is based on the understanding that the influence and leadership of companies and their value chains can become powerful drivers of engagement, promoting positive and lasting change for nature.
As one of the founding institutions of the Brazilian Business and Biodiversity Initiative (IBNBio), the LIFE Institute is also a member of the Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity, participates in the ALIGN Project – Aligning Accounting Approaches for Nature of the European Business & Biodiversity Platform, and is a member of the Biodiversity Credit Alliance Forum.
Today, the LIFE System operates throughout the European Union and Latin America, while its implementation is currently being consolidated across Africa.
Get in touch with the LIFE Institute to discover how your organization can become part of this movement.
LIFE Coalition for Business and Biodiversity
Launched on December 15, 2022 during the COP -15 on Biodiversity in Montreal, Canada, the LIFE Coalition for Business and Biodiversity is formed by a group of companies committed to accelerating the insertion of biodiversity into business strategy, through concrete actions and transformative solutions proposed by the LIFE Institute.
As a member of the LIFE Coalition, the company becomes a protagonist in the transformation of business models, including biodiversity as a response to the global environmental emergency and mitigation of the effects of climate change.
Engage in this groundbreaking movement, join this initiative of visionary leaders that connects business and biodiversity.
Business and Biodiversity
The LIFE Methodology for Business and Biodiversity is an instrument that enables a clear and objective analysis of pressure, impacts (positive and negative), risks, dependencies and opportunities in business’ relationship with biodiversity.
LIFE Biodiversity Credits
LIFE Biodiversity Credits represent the Nature Positive balance of an organization discounting its pressure on biodiversity, being a tangible and traceable record of the net result of positive actions for biodiversity in an area.
Investors, financial analysts and investment funds are seeking companies that have outstanding practices in the environmental (E), social (S), and governance (G) areas.
Having robust and reliable parameters is necessary to obtain concrete answers and highlight your company in the current global demands for corporate strategic positioning.
More than 50% of the global economy depends on natural resources. The consequences of biodiversity loss directly influence social and economic indicators. Without biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides, the costs of business operations would become unfeasible.
LIFE Key consolidates the indices of greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, land use and occupation, energy consumption, waste generated and waste recycled. In addition to these basic environmental management parameters, LIFE Key offers LIFE metrics on biodiversity performance, which reflect the balance between the pressure exerted by the company’s activities and the implemented conservation actions.
LIFE Key provides a solid base for implementing ESG environmental parameters. It substantiates the organization’s genuine commitment to the 2030 ONU Agenda.
In addition, it assists in decision making and the optimization of investments by measuring the “biodiversity balance”, evaluating the results of conservation projects and their capacity to compensate or even surpass the company’s pressure on biodiversity. Additionally, when the company is “nature positive” in this balance, it can be recognized through LIFE Certification (granted by a third party audit).
This is the perfect timing for companies to become protagonists in the implementation of concrete and effective biodiversity conservation actions to guarantee the longevity of their businesses, reduce risks to operations and stand out in the global market.
LIFE Key guides companies on this journey, optimizing decisions and investments, enabling transparency in communication and data disclosure and facilitating communication with stakeholders.
ESG
Positioning your brand on ESG themes generates value and increases consumers and stakeholders trust in your organization.
Energy efficiency, use of natural resources, waste management, climate change and biodiversity are some of the criteria considered in the environmental (E) aspect of the ESG.
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