“Berücksichtigung von Biodiversität in Unternehmen der deutschen Lebensmittelwirtschaft” – BioVal-White Paper published (only german)

The white paper „Berücksichtigung von Biodiversität in Unternehmen der deutschen Lebensmittelwirtschaft“ has investigated the status quo of biodiversity management in companies in the German food industry: Is biodiversity taken into account in the man-agement of companies? Which measures are implemented? How is the effectiveness measured? What are the opportunities and challenges? Which stakeholder groups are involved in the orientation of biodiversity measures? The authors Lynn Alber from fjol GmbH, Verena Timmer and Julius Wenzig from ZNU – Center for Sustainable Leadership at the University of Witten/Herdecke show that the protection of biodiversity is generally considered relevant in the German food industry. This is because food systems are highly dependent on functioning ecosystems. Nevertheless, biodiversity has not yet been prioritised, especially in operational processes, and has not been implemented using already established procurement instruments.