The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) took place in Cali, Colombia, from October 21 to November 1, 2024, gathering around 23,000 participants from nearly 200 countries.

Ahead of its time, the Curitiba law firm was a pioneer in including biodiversity as part of its business and obtaining this recognition. Aiming to expand their efforts in the search for sustainability, Gaia Silva Gaede Advogados committed to enhance and qualify its performance, focusing on biodiversity conservation, by understanding the effects that its lack can cause.

We are honored to announce that as of April 2023, Roberto Klabin, founder of Refúgio Ecológico Caiman, has assumed the presidency of LIFE Institute with Malu Nunes, executive director of Fundação Grupo Boticário, as vice-president. 

On December 15th, LIFE Coalition for Business & Biodiversity was launched during side event promoted by LIFE Institute, on second part of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) that counts with196 nations signatories of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in Montreal, Canada.

To be accredited, Neocert went through an approval process which includes the assessment of requirements related to the exemption, impartiality, transparency, credibility, structure and technical capacity. In addition to following specific procedures from the Accreditation Protocol of LIFE Certifying Bodies and the trend of the best international practices related to the management of certification systems. 

The development of the Standard involved stakeholders from 15 countries, 05 workshops with working groups (environmental, economic, social and cultural) with representatives from the public and private sectores, 02 public consultations, 04 webinars of the International network on Sustainable Territorial Management, 02 Field missions, additionally to several meetings of projects’ scientific committee, LIFE Institute Permanent Technical Committee and Board of Directors.