Organization for Biodiversity Certificates
Acronym: OBC
General Information
Identification Code: 577618553153-31
Website: www.obiocert.org
Entity Form: Association loi 1901
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 3/6/2024
Mission & Interests
Goals: $700 billion a year between now and 2030… According to the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), this is the finance gap we have to fill to start building “a world of living in harmony with nature where, by 2050, biodiversity is valued, conserved, restored and wisely used, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a healthy planet and delivering benefits essential for all people.”
Some urgent actions must in fact be implemented by 2030, including,
- Restore 30% of all Degraded Ecosystems (Target 2 of the GBF)
- Conserve 30% of Land, Waters and Seas (Target 3)
- Reduce Pollution to Levels That Are Not Harmful to Biodiversity (Target 7)
- Enhance Biodiversity and Sustainability in Agriculture, Aquaculture, Fisheries, and Forestry (Target 10).
Some of them have been included in the European regulation on nature restoration and the China National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for instance.
Biodiversity/nature certificates/credits are today considered a promising tool t (...)
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Climate action
- Environment
- International co-operation and development
Levels of Interest:
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Regulation on the Restoration of Nature
Biodiversity Strategy
Carbon Certification Removal Framework
CSRD (ESRS 4 - EFRAG)
Communication Activities: LinkedIn posts
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: 4, square Claude Debussy
Post Code: 75017
City: Paris
Country: FRANCE
Phone:
Indic Phone: 33
Phone Number: 0622853985
EU Office
Address: 4, square Claude Debussy
Post Code: 75017
City: Paris
Country: FRANCE
Phone:
Indic Phone: 33
Phone Number: 0622853985
Financial Data
Closed Year:
Start Date:
End Date:
Funding Sources:
- Member's contributions
Contributions:
Total Budget: 94167
Grants:
Current Year:
Grants:
Complementary Information: In 2022/2023, we only received 10 000€ from the Lemarchand Foundation, to fund the work of the OBC Methodological Consortium (who is independant from us - organized around the French National Museum of Natural History)
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 2
Members: 2
Members F T E: 0.20000000298023224
Info Members: The OBC Bureau is made of volunteers from member companies and I am the only one specialized on public affairs. This explains the very low number indicated.
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://www.obiocert.com/our-members/
+ EcoAct and Reforest'Action
Organisation Members: Biodiversity Credit Alliance - https://www.biodiversitycreditalliance.org/
International Advisory Panel for Biodiversity credits - https://iapbiocredits.org/
Current Job Opportunities
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