Date: 10.3.2026

Time: 13.00-16.00 EET (including coffee served at the event site from 15.15)

Location: Finlandia hall, Veranda 3 hall (Mannerheimintie 13e, Helsinki) + live stream

Language: Finnish

Join us for the launch of the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Report, a landmark global assessment on how businesses and financial institutions depend on and impact biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people.

The report is the result of nearly three years of work by 80 leading experts from science, business, and Indigenous Peoples and local communities across 35 countries. It provides practical insights and options to help companies and investors better manage nature-related risks, seize opportunities, and drive positive outcomes for biodiversity.

This event, organized together with the Ministry of the Environment, the Finnish Nature Panel and the Finnish Envionement Institute (SYKE), will highlight the report’s key findings and discuss how they can be applied in corporate strategy, finance, and policy to support more resilient, nature-positive business models.

Agenda

• 13:00 Opening of the event
• The connections between business and nature
  • Key messages from the IPBES report on business and nature
  • Recommendations from the Nature Panel
• Discussions with business representatives and decision-makers
  • How does nature loss affect the financial sector and businesses?
  • What do the key messages of the IPBES report mean for businesses
  • What opportunities does taking nature into account in business open up for companies?
  • How can political decision-makers create an operating environment that enables companies to take action to protect nature?
• 15:15 Closing remarks and coffee
• 16:00 End of event

The event will include remarks by Eeva Primmer, member of the IPBES Governing Body and Research Director at the Finnish Environment Institute, and Janne Kotiaho, Chair of the Finnish Nature Panel. Discussions are be led by Tuuli Kaskinen, CEO of CLC, Emma Kari, partner at One Planet, and Leif Schulman, Director General of the Finnish Environment Institute.

Please register for the event via the provided link. Finlandia Hall can accommodate 100 participants, and places will be filled in the order of registration. Registered participants can also watch a live stream of the event remotely. This is an open event so please feel free to share the invitation.