{"value":{"id":1385196,"askingMemberId":4178,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-12-06T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-12-20T00:00:00","uin":"HL4728","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government who are the representatives from the business and finance sector on the business advisory group set up under the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework; and what is the group's remit.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4062,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-12-20T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>In pursuit of high ambition outcomes for CBD COP15, Defra engages with a range of UK stakeholders including representatives from academia, the private sector, NGOs, and other interested parties, to gain valuable input from a wide range of sources.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this engagement, a business advisory group has met several times to consider the draft global biodiversity framework, its implementation across the private sector, and the role of business in mainstreaming biodiversity.</p><p> </p><p>Representatives of the business advisory group are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Biodiversity Consultancy</li><li>BP (independently but also on behalf of the UK Business and Biodiversity Forum, UKBBF)</li><li>Business for Nature coalition</li><li>Danone (independently but also on behalf of the One Planet Business for Biodiversity coalition, OP2B)</li><li>The Environment Bank</li><li>Firmenich (independently but also on behalf of the One Planet Business for Biodiversity coalition, OP2B)</li><li>FNZ UK</li><li>JP Morgan</li><li>National Hair and Beauty Federation (NHBF)</li><li>Scottish and Southern Electricity</li><li>Sound and Fair</li><li>Standard Charter</li><li>Tengri</li><li>Unilever</li><li>World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)</li><li>World Ocean Council</li><li>WSP</li></ul>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Convention on Biological Diversity: Business","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1385196","method":"GET"}]}