Gaia Silva Gaede Advogados completes 10 years of LIFE Certification

Gaia Silva Gaede Advogados completes 10 years of LIFE Certification

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.

Roberto Klabin becomes president of LIFE Institute

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. 

LIFE Coalition for Business & Biodiversity is launched at COP 15 in Montreal

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.

Neocert is officially a LIFE Accredited Certifying Body able to carry out the LIFE Certification process!

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. 

Launched the Public Summary of LIFE Standard on Sustainable Territorial Management

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.

LIFE Certification Attributes

#1 Focus on Biodiversity: The LIFE Certification combines business and biodiversity, creating an opportunity to invest in a strategic action to maintain the balance of ecosystems and the conservation of biodiversity, reducing the biodiversity-related risks to your business.