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How we work with companies

Working with the business community enables us to tackle some of the main causes of habitat and species loss. It also provides us with an opportunity to address issues collectively and draw on private sector resources such as links with the corporate sector, business acumen and expertise, and finance.

Frequently this takes the shape of working on issues which simply are not possible to tackle in isolation. A key part of our approach involves working with the private sector to enable it to understand and manage its impacts on biodiversity.

We offer companies the opportunity to take a long, hard look at the impacts of their operations and work with us to reduce the negative impacts of their operations where they exist. We offer:

• Advice on biodiversity policy and strategy: Acting as a sounding board for our corporate partners, such as Rio Tinto, British American Tobacco, Lafarge and ENI and advising them on emerging issues and ways to respond to them.
• Biodiversity risk assessment: Helping companies understand how and where they are impacting on biodiversity and the environment - a first step in being better equipped to avoid and minimise impacts on biodiversity.
• Biodiversity action plans: Supporting the development and implementation of action plans to prevent the loss of biodiversity. We offer tools and guidance and mentor key staff as they review existing approaches to biodiversity action planning and implement more effective and inclusive approaches.
• Capacity building: Identifying staff in key environmental management roles and helping them build their understanding and awareness of biodiversity.
• Communications: Enhancing internal and external communications on biodiversity and environmental responsibility through innovative projects such as Fonebak and the UK government-supported Flagship Species Fund.

View Fauna & Flora International’s corporate engagement position for further information about our principles of engagement.