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 brings together companies that recognize biodiversity as a strategic asset. These companies demonstrate their commitment through concrete actions to mitigate their impacts, minimize risks associated with biodiversity loss, and offset them through a positive conservation agenda.
By identifying their dependencies and implementing LIFE metrics, companies gain access to a tool that allows them to assess their relationship with biodiversity, manage their impacts more effectively based on these measurements, and strategically guide the implementation of biodiversity-related programs and actions.
The LIFE Coalition member companies benefit from exclusive meetings to share biodiversity strategies, network on best practices with sector leaders, and seize opportunities to participate in key international Business and Biodiversity events.
As a member of the LIFE Coalition for Business & Biodiversity, a company becomes a key player in transforming business models, integrating biodiversity as a strategic response to the global environmental emergency and mitigating the effects of climate change.
Biodiversity in Corporate Strategy: explore the LIFE Coalition’s Statement, officially launched at COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia.
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LIFE Coalition Meetings
From Metrics to Strategy: Biodiversity as a Business Priority
Date: October 24, 2026
COP17 on Biodiversity – Yerevan, Armenia.
At COP17, the LIFE Business and Biodiversity Coalition convened business leaders, financial institutions, and international organizations to explore how standardized biodiversity metrics can support corporate strategy, management, and reporting. The discussion underscored the need to translate data into actionable business decisions and enhance the private sector’s contribution to implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), concluding with the official launch of the LIFE Coalition Position Statement.
4th Business and Biodiversity Meeting – LIFE Coalition
Date: April 27- 29, 2026
Bela Vista Refuge – Itaipu Binacional – Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná.
The High-Level Leadership Meeting, followed by the 4th LIFE Coalition Business & Biodiversity meeting, brought together business leaders, experts, and government representatives for discussions on oceans, climate, and biodiversity, as well as global trends shaping private sector engagement, the integration of natural capital into corporate strategies, and financial instruments for nature. The event also enabled an in-depth discussion of the opportunities and challenges associated with the biodiversity credits market.
3rd Business and Biodiversity Meeting – LIFE Coalition
Date: June 3–5, 2025
Vale Natural Reserve – Linhares, Espírito Santo.
The meeting brought together business leaders, experts, and government representatives to discuss the integration of biodiversity conservation and business opportunities. The program included strategic meetings with the Coalition’s leadership, panels on global and national climate and biodiversity agendas, marine conservation, and the Biodiversity Credits market. The event fostered networking and exchange of experiences, concluding with a field visit.
2nd Business and Biodiversity Meeting – LIFE Coalition
Date: June 17-19, 2024
Monte Alegre Farm – Klabin headquarters – Telêmaco Borba, Paraná.
The meeting gathered companies, experts, and representatives from various institutions to discuss strategies and opportunities that integrate environmental conservation and economic development. The event aimed to address the potential of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework for the Brazilian business sector, highlight the role of the LIFE Coalition in maintaining and expanding biodiversity corridors, and explore the emerging Biodiversity Credits market.
1st Business and Biodiversity Meeting – LIFE Coalition
Date: August 15, 2023 – BRDE Cultural Center – Palacete dos Leões – Curitiba, Paraná.
The meeting brought together representatives from companies and institutions to share experiences and strategies focused on nature conservation. The program featured presentations from affiliated organizations, followed by a roundtable discussion on the role of the LIFE Coalition in transforming business models. During the event, BRDE’s membership in the LIFE Coalition, formalized in April 2023, was highlighted, making it the first bank to join the initiative and to incorporate LIFE metrics into its management. The meeting strengthened private sector engagement and underscored the potential of sustainable practices and investments in advancing the conservation agenda.
LIFE Coalition: Business leaders integrating biodiversity for business transformation
Date: October 25, 2024 – COP 16 on Biodiversity – Cali, Colombia.
On October 25, during COP16, the LIFE Institute hosted the session “Business Leaders Integrating Biodiversity for Business Transformation”, in partnership with the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. The meeting brought together leaders from LIFE Coalition member companies, who shared experiences and progress toward the Global Biodiversity Framework, with emphasis on Target 15. Presentations addressed the use of metrics, certifications, and impact reports as tools to strengthen transparency and the private sector’s commitment to conservation.