About the Union
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Launched in October 2007, the Union is the flagship association for the Ethical BioTrade movement. Members are from a wide range of industries, including cosmetics and personal care products, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, complementary medicine, and fashion and accessories.
Why join the Union?
We give our trading members the tools to set themselves apart in the global market. Through the Union’s verification framework, you can compare your practices with Ethical BioTrade practices. You then develop a work-plan to reach full compliance within five years.
The Union also provides a networking platform for non-business organisations and private sector actors that are leading the way to putting corporate social responsibility into practice.<More>
Our vision
Increased trade in biological resources actively contributes to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, as well as to other sustainable development goals.
Our mission
To bring together actors committed to Ethical BioTrade and to promote, facilitate and recognise ethical trade practices in goods that meet the sustainable development goals in the Convention of Biological Diversity.
Financing the Union
The functioning of the Secretariat of the Union will ultimately be financed through membership fees. In the short term, membership fees will need to be supplemented through grant funding and other sources of revenue.