Towards
UK Biodiversity Targets
Your company can contribute to UK Biodiversity targets:
• As a landowner: by managing habitats and species to enhance
and conserve biodiversity value through a site
Biodiversity Action Plan or planting species of conservation
value.
• As a purchaser of raw materials or manufactured products:
by managing your supply chain to
minimise upstream impacts on biodiversity
• As a lender or insurer: by setting minimum standards of
environmental responsibility for your customers
• As an operator: by minimising the environmental impacts
associated with any emissions to air, land or water, and the production
of waste. View other initiatives
page.
• As a user of energy: by implementing energy efficiency measures
which reduces greenhouse gas emissions and the rate of depletion
of natural resources
• As an employer: by raising
staff awareness of biodiversity issues; by encouraging staff
to get involved in biodiversity initiatives via local conservation
organisations; by seconding staff to biodiversity projects within
local authorities or conservation organisations; by holding team-building
days which contribute to practical conservation plans
• As a Corporate funder: by providing finance for the conservation
of one of the species or habitats listed in UK's Biodiversity Action
Plan under the UK Government championing scheme, or becoming a Corporate
Member of a conservation organisation, often at very low cost. View
Supporting other initiatives page.
Each of the Government's Species and Habitat Action Plans has a
"Lead Partner" responsible for co-ordinating its implementation.
There are over 50 Lead Partners, most of which are conservation
charities or government agencies. By working with these organisations
your Company can make a real contribution to safeguarding biodiversity.
You may wish to become a Corporate member of one of these organisations
- starting from around £50 - or sponsor a species which requires
greater financial input and a commitment typically of around three
years. Other possible initiatives include volunteering, staff secondments
to these organisations or attending the employee team building days
that some of them run. For more information on biodiversity championing
see Supporting External Initiatives.
For details of the initiatives with lead partners see
Local Biodiversity Action Plans and for contact details of a
wide range of organisations see the Organisations
page.
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