¿Qué dice el Marco Mundial de la Diversidad Biológica sobre la reglamentación de las grandes empresas?

The fact sheet analyzes the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), specifically Targets 4, 15, and 16. It highlights the positive call to integrate biodiversity into all regulatory processes (Target 4) and the goal to reduce negative corporate impacts (Target 15). However, it criticizes the framework for favoring voluntary 'encouragement' over mandatory regulation, relying on corporate self-reporting through platforms like the TNFD, and omitting human rights protections from Target 15. The author urges civil society to use the GBF to challenge inadequate government policies and to advocate for a binding UN Treaty on TNCs and Human Rights.

• Target 4 of the Global Biodiversity Framework calls for the full integration of biodiversity into all regulatory processes across all government levels and sectors, including environmental impact assessments, national accounts, and poverty eradication strategies. It further requires that all public and private activities, as well as financial and fiscal flows, align with the framework.
• Target 15 aims to reduce negative biodiversity impacts and promote sustainable production, but the document argues the methods are insufficient because governments are only asked to 'encourage and enable' companies rather than impose mandatory regulations. The reliance on self-reporting via the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is criticized as 'greenwashing' because it prioritizes financial risks to companies over the companies' actual impacts on biodiversity and does not require disclosure of activity locations, financing, or human rights abuses.
• Target 16 focuses on promoting sustainable consumption and reducing the global consumption footprint by 2030, including halving food waste. However, the document claims this shifts responsibility to consumers based on unreliable corporate labeling rather than holding corporations accountable.
• The framework is criticized for a significant gap in human rights protections; specifically, references to human rights were removed from the final negotiation text of Target 15, despite frequent violations by TNCs against Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

APA

Marien, N. (2024). ¿Qué dice el Marco Mundial de la Diversidad Biológica sobre la reglamentación de las grandes empresas? Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ES-GBF-Factsheet-regulacion.pdf

Chicago

Marien, Nele. ¿Qué dice el Marco Mundial de la Diversidad Biológica sobre la reglamentación de las grandes empresas? Friends of the Earth International, 2024. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ES-GBF-Factsheet-regulacion.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{marien2024dice, author = {Marien, Nele}, title = {{¿Qué dice el Marco Mundial de la Diversidad Biológica sobre la reglamentación de las grandes empresas?}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2024}, month = mar, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ES-GBF-Factsheet-regulacion.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }