We build bridges for biodiversity.
Between science
and business. For leaders in both sectors.
and business. For leaders in both sectors.
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People
Biodiversity Bridge brings together experts from the natural sciences, economics, nature conservation and business.
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Projects
Biodiversity Bridge runs and supports projects at the interface of biodiversity and business – science-based, pragmatic, and impact-focused.
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Offers
Biodiversity Bridge provides business and science leaders with a platform, network and expertise to positively influence biodiversity.
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This is not some kind of bee-loving, tree-hugging exercise – this is core economics.
Frank Elderson
Member of the Executive Board, ECB
Member of the Executive Board, ECB
We build bridges
Science and business must join forces to
solve the global biodiversity crisis.
solve the global biodiversity crisis.
Together we can create positive impact and make science-based solutions work.
Biodiversity Bridge provides business and science leaders with a platform, network and expertise to positively influence biodiversity.
We offer knowledge transfer, carry out cooperation projects and provide advisory services. We focus on the opportunities of nature-positive transformation. To reduce footprint, increase handprint and create a heartprint. Together with you, we build bridges.
Our offers
Knowledge transfer
We bring relevant biodiversity knowledge to corporate management and discuss practical issues with the scientific community.
In direct exchanges with board members, for example, we help to answer three questions:
- Why is biodiversity important for my company?
- Why is it important for me as a board member?
- Why is it important now?
Cooperation projects
We carry out joint biodiversity projects with scientists and practitioners.
Decision-makers in companies, for example, can participate, benefit and network on three levels:
- With key stakeholders: Science, politics and NGOs.
- Along the value chain: Suppliers, customers and competitors.
- With the biodiversity community: Biodiversity initiatives worldwide
Advisory services
We support decision-makers in companies during the transformation.
As a sparring partner, we help them to develop, classify and evaluate:
- Strategies (nature and climate agenda)
- Communication (internal and external)
- Action (footprint, handprint, heartprint measures)
Our transformation approach
Footprint
Companies can reduce their negative impact on nature by avoiding harmful practices such as deforestation and pollution, and by reducing the overexploitation of natural capital, e.g. of land, water, and raw materials. The imperative is: Do no harm!
Handprint
Companies can increase their positive impact on nature by helping to improve the state of nature, e.g. through conservation and restoration measures, and by transforming to circular, regenerative, and nature-positive business practices. The imperative is: Do good!
Heartprint
Companies can create transformative impact by winning people over for the cause of nature. Communicating positive narratives, sharing success stories, learning from best-practice examples, setting incentives for nature-positive action, and facilitating collaboration in the global supply chain are measures that can be started immediately. The imperative is: Win hearts for biodiversity!
We build bridges
Science and business must join forces to
solve the global biodiversity crisis.
solve the global biodiversity crisis.
Together we can create positive impact and make science-based solutions work.
Die Brücke für Biodiversität ist ein gemeinnütziger Verein, der von renommierten Forschungs- und Naturschutzorganisationen getragen wird.
Die Idee geht zurück auf die Frankfurter Erklärung vom November 2022. Anlässlich der Weltnaturkonferenz COP15 in Montreal / Kanada hatten führende deutsche Biodiversitätsakteure zu einem Schulterschluss von Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft, Politik und Zivilgesellschaft aufgerufen.
Neben Forderungen an die Politik wurden dabei auch Angebote formuliert, wie Natur- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wege aus der globalen Biodiversitätskrise aufzeigen können. Die Brücke für Biodiversität macht der Wirtschaft nun ein konkretes Angebot zur Unterstützung.
BMW Foundation
BMW Foundation
Leibnitz Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels
Leibnitz Institut
Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin
Museum für Naturkunde
SUN Institute
SUN Institute
Value Balancing Alliance
Value Balancing Alliance
Nature Wealth
Nature Wealth
We build bridges
Science and business must join forces to
solve the global biodiversity crisis.
solve the global biodiversity crisis.
Together we can create positive impact and make science-based solutions work.
Biodiversity Bridge runs and supports projects at the interface of biodiversity and business – science-based, pragmatic, and impact-focused.
We work with academics and practitioners on issues that are relevant to both and to which both can contribute. We closely involve the partner organizations of Biodiversity Bridge as well as other stakeholders. Together with our partners, we build bridges.
exploration
Biodiversity Narratives
We explore new ways of framing biodiversity communication by going beyond the classic "nature narrative" and incorporating elements of an "economic narrative" and a ‘business narrative’ on biodiversity.
In collaboration with various partners, including BMW Foundation.
workshop series
Biodiversity Business Cases
Together with sustainability experts from key industries, we develop biodiversity measures that benefit both nature and business.
In collaboration with several DAX40 companies.
new platform
Advance Market Commitment
Following the example of the Symbiosis initiative in the USA, we are helping to build a platform that advances the biodiversity market.
In collaboration with various partners, including Nature Wealth and goodcarbon.
research
Biodiversity and Inflation
We are investigating the impact of biodiversity on consumers’ inflation expectations.
In collaboration with Deutsche Bundesbank.
research
Biodiversity Research Synthesis
We analyze recent biodiversity research results from the natural and economic sciences for their relevance to business practice.
In collaboration with the BMBF Research Initiative for the Conservation of Biodiversity.
advisory
Biodiversity Strategy Advisory
We organize meetings and workshops in support of corporate biodiversity efforts.
study
Biodiversity Advantage
In collaboration with FERI Institute and Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, we have explored the benefits of corporate biodiversity action and compiled solutions and investment opportunities that have a positive impact on biodiversity.
Download study (pdf)
collaboration
Climate, Biodiversity and Nature
In cooperation with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the Frankfurt Zoological Society (ZGF) and Conservation International (CI), we provided insights into the connections between climate, biodiversity and nature during a workshop at the Baden-Baden Entrepreneur Talks (BBUG) 2024.
panel
Biodiversity Pathways
At the inaugural DLD Nature conference in Munich, we shared insights from our roundtable discussion with more than 30 managers from the fields of sustainability and biodiversity.
In collaboration with BMW Foundation, Nature Wealth and goodcarbon.
Watch panel on YouTube
insights
Biodiversity on the Corporate Agenda
In keynotes at conferences and corporate events, we have provided analyses and examples why biodiversity is important for companies and what corporate leaders can do.
Watch keynote on YouTube
We build bridges
Science and business must join forces to
solve the global biodiversity crisis.
solve the global biodiversity crisis.
Together we can create positive impact and make science-based solutions work.
Biodiversity Bridge brings together experts from the natural sciences, economics, nature conservation and business.
We are a diverse and committed group of people who speak the language of both science and business. We help shape the topic of biodiversity in our respective organizations and beyond. Together as a team, we build bridges.
Christoph Heinrich
Executive Director, Ecologic Institute
Jürgen Kern
Chief Sustainability Officer, KfW Group
Eva Meyer
Chief Sustainability Officer and Member of the Group Management Board, BNP Paribas Germany
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof
Director, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB)
Prof. Dr. Volker Mosbrugger
Director General emer., Senckenberg Society for Nature Research
Dr. Tobias Raffel
Managing Director, Biodiversity Bridge
Dr. Tim Steinecke
Program Lead, BBUG
Prof. Dr. Klement Tockner
Director General, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research and Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt
Prof. Johannes Vogel, Ph.D.
Director General, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Lydia von Krosigk
Sector Economist for Biodiversity, KfW Development Bank
Ulrich Wilhelm
Member of the Senckenberg Board of Trustees and former State Secretary
Dr. Stefan Wörner
Partner, Fichtner Management Consulting
Prof. Dr. Volker Mosbrugger (chairman)
Prof. Johannes Vogel, Ph.D. (deputy chairman)
Dr. Stefan Wörner (treasurer)
Lydia von Krosigk
Prof. Johannes Vogel, Ph.D. (deputy chairman)
Dr. Stefan Wörner (treasurer)
Lydia von Krosigk
Dr. Tobias Raffel
We build bridges
Science and business must join forces to
solve the global biodiversity crisis.
solve the global biodiversity crisis.
Together we can create positive impact and make science-based solutions work.
Biodiversity Bridge e.V.
Berlin, Germany
Dr. Tobias Raffel
Phone +49 163 3789117
tobias.raffel@biodiversity-bridge.org
www.biodiversity-bridge.org
Berlin, Germany
Dr. Tobias Raffel
Phone +49 163 3789117
tobias.raffel@biodiversity-bridge.org
www.biodiversity-bridge.org
Biodiversity Bridge e.V.
Ilsensteinweg 26a
14129 Berlin
Represented by: Prof. Dr. Volker Mosbrugger (Chairman of the Board), Dr. Tobias Raffel (CEO), Dr. Stefan Wörner (CFO)
Contact: info@biodiversity-bridge.org
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Register of Associations: VR 41378 B
Registration Court: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, Amtsgerichtsplatz 1, 14057 Berlin, Germany
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Ilsensteinweg 26a
14129 Berlin
Represented by: Prof. Dr. Volker Mosbrugger (Chairman of the Board), Dr. Tobias Raffel (CEO), Dr. Stefan Wörner (CFO)
Contact: info@biodiversity-bridge.org
Responsible for the content according to § 18 MStV: Dr. Tobias Raffel
Register of Associations: VR 41378 B
Registration Court: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, Amtsgerichtsplatz 1, 14057 Berlin, Germany
Copyright © 2024 Biodiversity Bridge e.V. All rights reserved.
No part of this website may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express written permission of Biodiversity Bridge e.V..
The Biodiversity Bridge e.V. retains the right to modify or supplement information without prior notice.
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Data protection
Data protection information in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)1. Responsible body
Biodiversity Bridge e.V.
Ilsensteinweg 26a
14129 Berlin
Email: info@biodiversity-bridge.org
Register court: Charlottenburg district court
Register of Associations: VR 41378 B
Contact: Dr. Tobias Raffel, CEO
Email: tobias.raffel@biodiversity-bridge.org
2. Data protection at a glance
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information can be found below. What data do we collect from you and why? Data is automatically collected by our IT systems as soon as you visit this site. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). Some of this data is important to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior. What rights do you have with regard to your data? You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the rectification of this data and, under certain conditions, the restriction of processing or erasure. You also have the right to data portability. You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time. In all cases, please contact us informally (see contact above or legal notice).
3. General information
The protection of personal data is an important concern of Biodiversity Bridge e.V. and our legal obligation. We handle your data with care and only pass it on to third parties with the appropriate legal basis or with your consent. It is also important for us to point out that, as a non-profit organization, we do not use your data for commercial advertising or other commercial activities. Unless otherwise stated below, no personal data is collected, processed or used when you use our website. If personal data is collected via the website, this is done on a voluntary basis and in accordance with the principle of data minimization. We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Together with contractors, we implement technical and organizational security measures to protect your data. Our measures are continuously improved in line with technical developments. Our privacy policy will be updated as necessary and adapted to new requirements. We therefore recommend that you read this privacy policy again regularly.
4. Lawfulness of data processing
We process personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if the data subject has given their consent to this processing for one or more specific purposes. In particular in the case of membership in our association, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR also forms the legal basis, as the processing of contact persons' data is necessary for admission as a member, the fulfillment of the legal obligation, the pursuit of the association's objectives and the support of members. We keep an association archive - partly electronically and partly as a paper file (see the explanations below on “Duration of processing or duration of data storage”). The storage is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on a legitimate interest in an association chronicle and proof of our activities.
5. Processing purposes of data use
Informational use of our website: If you visit our website purely for informational purposes, without registering for special purposes or providing us with information in any other way, we only collect the personal data that your web browser automatically transmits to our provider's server. The so-called access logs of the web servers record which pages have been accessed and when. This data is technically necessary to enable you to view our website and to ensure stability and security. The following data is recorded: IP, directory protection user, date, time, pages accessed, logs, status code, data volume, referrer (website from which you accessed our website), user agent, host name accessed. The IP addresses are stored anonymously. The last three digits are removed for this purpose. IPv6 addresses are also anonymized. Information on the directory protection user used is anonymized after one day. The aforementioned data is not stored together with other personal data about you. When using this general data and information, no conclusions are drawn about the data subject.
6. Recipients or categories of recipients of the data
By default, data is processed on a day-to-day basis by a small number of authorized employees of the association's head office. The Executive Board also has access as a body of the association. The log files that your web browser automatically transmits when you visit the site are briefly stored on the server of our internet provider. We have integrated YouTube videos on our website. These are embedded in the so-called extended data protection mode. This means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to our website unless they watch the video. When you watch a video, device-related information, log data and possibly other data are automatically transmitted to Google Inc (Mountainview, CA/USA). We have no influence over this. Further information can be found in the Google/YouTube privacy policy at http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_at_youtube
7. Duration of processing or duration of data storage
Biodiversity Bridge e.V. will not process and store your data for longer than is necessary for the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy. IP addresses are only stored for the duration of the visit to our website and are deleted when the session has ended. Error logs, which record incorrect page views, are deleted after seven days. In addition to the error messages, these contain the accessing IP address and, depending on the error, the website accessed. We keep - partly electronically, partly as a paper file - an association archive. The storage is based on a legitimate interest in a club chronicle and proof of our activities. The archive may also contain personal data that is no longer required for active use (e.g. archived lists of participants, names of contact persons in connection with past activities, archived applications for competitions). Access to this data is restricted to the association's board of directors and a small group of authorized employees of the office.
8. Right of access, right to rectification, right to restriction of processing and right to erasure, right to data portability
You have a right of access free of charge, a right to rectification and, under certain conditions, a right to restriction of processing and erasure of your personal data. You also have the right to data portability. Please contact us at any time if you would like to find out what personal data we store about you. Please also contact us if you wish to have data corrected, deleted or transferred or if you wish to exercise your right to restrict processing (see point 1 above for the responsible body).
9. Right of revocation
You have the right to withdraw your consent to data processing at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
10. Right to object
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time. Please contact us for this purpose (see point 1 above for the responsible body).
11. Right to lodge a complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.