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📅 Save the date!  📅 InTent is heading back to Davos during the World Economic Forum annual meeting. Find us at the SDG Tent from the 20th until the 23rd of January 2025. As the world faces mounting environmental, social, and economic challenges, #Davos remains a key convening point for catalysing meaningful action. InTent is proud to present a compelling programme at the SDG Tent, bringing together global leaders, innovators, and changemakers to accelerate progress toward a just and sustainable future. Stay tuned: more info on the venue, programme and speakers will be out soon! #Davos #NaureIsEveryonesBusiness #NaturePositive

The New Nature of Business - Reinventing Business Models for a Sustainable Future Join InTent at Building Bridges for a panel with Katell. Le Goulven, PhD, Sandrine Dixson-Declève, André Hoffmann Barend van Bergen and Peter Vanham on The New Nature of Business, exploring how companies can thrive by aligning profitability with sustainability. 🎟️ Spaces are limited: register now to secure your spot! https://lnkd.in/eWvRKjwJ 📅 Monday, 10th December from 17:30 to 18:30 📍Rue de Varembé 17, Geneva, Switzerland What we’ll talk about: 👉The evolution of business goals:  Explore how forward-thinking companies are redefining success by integrating sustainability into their core strategies. 👉Leadership for a sustainable future:  Discover the role of transformative leadership in driving sustainable practices. Hear from experts how leaders can foster a culture of innovation and responsibility. 👉Successful sustainable models:  Learn about real cases of businesses applying sustainable business models in real-world scenarios, bridging the gap between traditional business models and sustainable development. #BusinessForGood #NatureIsEveryonesBusiness

Building Bridges full programme is out! Join InTent during the Building Bridges Action days and dive into a world of #finance that supports climate resilience, nature regeneration and social equity. From expert-led discussions to networking opportunities, here are 4 impactful events to attend : Building Bridges Summit 🔹 Nature Finance: How to make nature count in portfolios 📅 Monday, December 9
 | 15:45  Our co-founder André Hoffmann will take the stage alongside esteemed speakers to explore how finance must tackle today’s climate and biodiversity challenges.  👉 This event is by invite only, but you can follow the livestream: https://lnkd.in/e8J9AqpR Building Bridges Action Days  🔹 The new nature of business: reinventing business models for a sustainable future 📅 Tuesday, December 10 | 17:30 – 18:30 Katell. Le Goulven, PhD will lead a discussion with André Hoffmann Peter Vanham and Sandrine Dixson-Declève on how companies can transcend profit goals to create prosperity with purpose, challenging current business practices and showcasing profitability through sustainability.  👉 Space is limited ! Register now to attend and secure your spot: https://lnkd.in/dbZGB4mR 🔹Intergenerational perspectives: our duties to the future 📅 Tuesday, December 10 | 18:45 – 19:45 Intergenerational leaders will explore bridging divides and leveraging foresight and science for planetary stewardship and climate equity. 👉 Register now to attend and secure your spot: https://lnkd.in/d3kNTKiK 🔹 Followed by an evening cocktail Hosted by InTent, this informal gathering is an opportunity to connect and share ideas. 📅 Tuesday, December 10 | 20:00 – 21:30 Following #COP16 and #COP29, Building Bridges 2024 is a great opportunity to advance the financial agenda on sustainability and nature-positive strategies. Join the conversation at Building Bridges 2024 and take part in the movement! 📍 Rue de Varembé 17, Geneva, Switzerland 🎟️ Register now to attend : https://lnkd.in/eWvRKjwJ #ItsNowForNature #ProtectWhatWeLove #SustainableFinance #BusinessForGood #BusinessForSDGs

🌿 Finance - the catalyst for a nature-positive future 🌿 Following the COP16 negotiations and the lack of success to align on a global finance roadmap for #nature, Building Bridges 2024 arrives at a pivotal moment. Can finance evolve to support, rather than undermine, the ecosystems all lives depend on? By most measures*, populations of plants and animals are collapsing, and they have been for decades. Coral reefs are disappearing, as are tropical forests. Animals are going extinct. It’s bleak. The Centre for Sustainable Finance and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) calls for finance that regenerates, moving beyond "business as usual" by embedding the true value of natural capital into investment practices. Shifting away from the $1.8 trillion in harmful subsidies that continue to support unsustainable sectors** is fundamental to narrow the biodiversity finance gap. But many other financial mechanisms must be implemented. Building Bridges is an opportunity to move into practical steps, making finance a catalyst for a sustainable, nature-positive future. 🔗 To prepare for the summit, read the case of the @Cambridge Institute for Sustainability leadership: “Scaling Finance for Nature: Barrier Breakdown” https://lnkd.in/eF3RUqUw Building Bridges 2024 📍Rue de Varembé 17, Geneva, Switzerland 📅10.12.24 to 12.12.24 🎟️Register now to attend : https://lnkd.in/eWvRKjwJ #NaturePositive #FinanceForNature #sustainableinvestment #Biodiversity #finance #NatureIsEveryonesBusiness *https://lnkd.in/dzaVK3Ah ** https://lnkd.in/gJNqvwYJ 

📚 The real impact of academic research: a wind of change on business schools benches 📚 How do we anticipate challenges and come up with the best solutions to our problems? Short answer is: research. We gather data, we assess, we compare, and we make enlightened decisions based on results. There is no “building a better world” without studies and research. But what is the point of research if it has no impact on the world it studies and remains confined to academic circles? InTent has been supporting the latest Financial Times report on business institutions, which explores the impact of individual academics’ work and, by extension, their institutions. This unique ranking of business schools tracks academic rigour, explores resonance beyond academia and assesses the influence of academic research on learning. By valuing research that truly impacts the most pressing global issues, we move closer to facing them. Read the report now.  🔗 https://lnkd.in/ey9Hjked More insights on the topic: 🔗https://lnkd.in/decgGUHY #education #businessSchool #Data #report #impact #research

Stories drive change. At InTent, we believe that by diversifying narratives and highlighting the intersections between economy, nature and humanity, we can reshape our perspectives and inspire solutions to global challenges. Since 2023, we have been capturing stories of people who use the transformative power of #business to build a more sustainable and prosperous future for people and planet. From Italy to Portugal, from agriculture to footwear, their stories are not only empowering calls to action, they are also new narratives of success that transform our collective imagination. Watch InTent short documentaries now: 🐝 Outside the box 🔗https://lnkd.in/dHaAgH74 👟One Step at a Time 🔗https://lnkd.in/dZVFqFRw 🪻Essentielles 🔗https://lnkd.in/dePfJnhk  #documentary #NaturePositive #lavender #agriculture #SystemChange #BusinessForGood

🎥 Watch “Essentielles” - InTent’s newest short doc, in collaboration with the Givaudan Foundation. 🌱Climate change paired with recent regulations and restrictions in farming practices are challenging the lavender producers of Provence to make ends meet. In this context, some farmers are implementing nature-based solutions, leveraging nature-inspired ecosystems to increase their crops resilience. Patrice is one of them. He’s been experimenting with crop canopies long before regulations pushed him to do so. 🤝In “Essentielles”, we witness a promising transformation at play in lavender fields, which is made possible by a resilient network of collaborations between farmers, scientists and the perfume industry. A collective story of success is in writing. Watch the film now!  👉 https://lnkd.in/d4Ukgetj #documentary #NaturePositive #lavender #agriculture #SystemChange #BusinessForGood #NatureIsEveryonesBusiness

🚨Release radar : a new InTent short documentary is coming out tomorrow! 🚨 To implement and accelerate the system change on which the future of all lives on our planet depends, we need #ideas, we need #solutions, we need #collaborations, and we need … inspirational #stories that unite us.   Since 2023, InTent has been capturing such stories: short documentaries that portray impact entrepreneurs who challenge the status-quo of their sector and act for a nature-positive world. In “Essentielles” – InTent’s newest short doc, in collaboration with the Givaudan Foundation – we explore the changes at play in the small yet fascinating world of lavender, an emblematic fragrance of the cosmetic industry. We hope these stories inspire you to share your own—because it’s through diversifying narratives that we can collectively shift our paradigms. #documentary #NaturePositive #lavender #agriculture #SystemChange #NatureIsEveryonesBusiness #BusinessForGood

📅 Save the date for Building Bridges 2024! 📅 On December 10th, join InTent during 2024 Building Bridges #Action Days and discuss how finance can better align with a sustainable future. 💰Closing the finance gap It is estimated that at least $200 billion are needed annually by 2030 to protect and restore ecosystems worldwide. Despite great efforts from negotiators during the recent #COP16 discussions in Colombia, progress on the matter stalled. Some countries advocated for a new fund, while others expressed concerns about fragmentation given the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund already exists. No decisions were reached as the COP16 meeting was suspended due to the lack of quorum. ⚠️ Environmentally-harmful subsidies Much more needs to happen on the reform of environmentally harmful subsidies estimated at $2.6 trillion / year. One key barrier to corporate action is that the economic system rewards short-term profit over long-term value creation – therefore unintentionally incentivizing and rewarding businesses to over-exploit instead of using those resources to support the transition. #Business and #finance must be part of the efforts to move away from environmentally harmful subsidies that skew resource allocation and distort prices. Like governments, they need to identify which subsidies they benefit from and engage with key stakeholders to develop a roadmap to redirect resources to the right places. Following COP16, Building Bridges 2024 in a great opportunity to continue the discussions on this pressing financial agenda and align finance with #sustainability. Register to Building Bridges 2024 and take part in the movement! 📍 Rue de Varembé 17, Geneva, Switzerland 📅 Monday, 9th December to Thursday, 12th December  🎟️ https://lnkd.in/eWvRKjwJ #BuildingBridges24 #naturepositive #biodiversity #COP16 #sustainability #ItsNowForNature #NatureIsEveryonesBusiness

Now more than ever, political leadership is crucial in halting and reversing nature loss. As we return from the UN Biodiversity #COP16 in Cali, we know the ultimate success of the Global Biodiversity Framework lies in the national and regional implementation of its goals and targets.   Next week’s parliamentary vote on the EU Deforestation Regulation (#EUDR) will be a pivotal moment to demonstrate the #EU’s commitment to the agenda. There is significant support from companies for this regulation (including Michelin, Tony's Chocolonely, Mars, Danone, the Cocoa coalition that includes Nestlé, Unilever, Ferrero and many more - see comment below).   Yet after years of preparation, it is concerning to now witness the option of delaying its implementation, and even potentially reopening the content of the regulation.   Today, I’m joining many others to urge Members of the European Parliament not to sign off on these proposals.   Global #deforestation has been estimated at 10 million hectares each year. Land-use change is the main driver of biodiversity loss worldwide, with 75% of the world’s land surface already significantly altered. The EUDR is an important tool to ensure that nature protection, climate change mitigation and human rights protection become the new business as usual for companies. Binding due diligence legislation is urgently needed to eliminate legal and illegal deforestation and conversion of natural ecosystems across key forest-risk commodities as foreseen in the #EUDR. Find out more about binding due diligence legislation here: https://lnkd.in/ewBUdN3g   Many companies have been preparing for the EUDR and have invested in compliance audits, supplier engagement and advanced traceability technologies to build deforestation-free supply chains. Delaying the regulation would create an uneven playing field: the businesses that acted responsibly would be disadvantaged, while those that delayed action would benefit.   It would also send the wrong message about the EU’s commitment, create confusion and affect the credibility of adopted EU legislations, at a time when businesses need policy certainty and clarity.  An enabling environment coupled with regulatory certainty will foster innovation, transform business models, mobilize investment and ensure companies are held accountable for their actions and performance.   Ahead of #COP16, 230 leading businesses called on the EU and governments around the world to demonstrate immediate leadership to strengthen – not weaken – the policies, incentives and legislation that will drive the necessary business action to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. Find out more about the 230 leading businesses calling on the EU and governments around the world here: https://bit.ly/Bizstament   Businesses are asking for political leadership, and this means maintaining the EUDR in its current form and with the originally intended implementation dates.   We are counting on you! Manfred Weber Peter Liese