Save the date! UEBT announces the 12th April for its international conference

1 February 2012

Union for Ethical BioTrade in the press @ CosmeticsDesign-Europe.

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UEBT’s Standard Revision process is now closed

11 January 2012

The second phase of UEBT’s standard revision process was concluded on December 5. The Secretariat received record participation in this second phase, which will be valuable in shaping the improvements to the Ethical BioTrade Standard. UEBT would like to thank all those who have participated in this process. For more information on this process, please click here.

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La Corée du sud consciente de la biodiversité

5 January 2012

Union for Ethical BioTrade in the press @ Beyond Beauty Blog.

“L’Union pour Ethical BioTrade a organisé auprès de sept pays un sondage, une étude portant sur des questions importantes comme le nombre de personnes pouvant correctement définir ce qu’est la biodiversité ou encore la perception des consommateurs quant aux entreprises  la respectant…” To read more please click here.

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Guayapi, prix d’Innovation 2011

5 January 2012

UEBT in the press @ Beyond Beauty Blog.

“Guayapi, marque de cosmétique et produits alimentaires naturels, a remporté le prix Innovation décerné par l’Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) le 29 Novembre dernier à Paris….” To read more please click here.

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Lotus Foods et Guayapi lauréats des Biodiversity Awards

20 December 2011

“Lotus Food et Guayapi ont remporté les Biodiversity Awards 2011, remis par l’ONG Union for Ethical BioTrade, à Paris fin novembre. Ces trophées récompensent les sociétés du secteur agroalimentaire dont les activités promeuvent la préservation de la biodiversité ainsi que le partage équitable des bénéfices le long de la chaîne d’approvisionnement. Le postulat est que les consommateurs devenant plus attentifs aux problématiques de la biodiversité, leurs attentes sont grandissantes vis-à-vis des modes d’approvisionnement en ingrédients naturels.”

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Consumers demand more from companies and their sourcing practices

20 December 2011

Union for Ethical BioTrade in the press @ CSR Forum.

“Consumer awareness of biodiversity and related notions is going up. As consumers become ever more informed their expectations towards the private sector become more stringent. Recent research that tracks biodiversity awareness illustrates that consumers want to know more about how companies source from biodiversity and are willing to boycott a brand if they are not acting in an ethical way.” 

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To access the CSR forum website, please click here.

 

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Biodiversity awareness high among South Korean consumers

13 December 2011

Biodiversity awareness is particularly high among South Korean consumers, according to recent results from the Union for Ethical BioTrade’s (UEBT) consumer awareness survey, the Biodiversity Barometer.

UEBT’s Biodiversity Barometer is a consumer awareness study focusing on a number of important questions, such as how many people can correctly define biodiversity and how consumers view companies who are sourcing from it.

The survey has been performed in a total of 7 countries over the last few years (France, Germany, the UK, the US, Brazil, South Korea and Japan) and the latest results from South Korea highlight a country well informed about biodiversity and keen to know more about how companies are sourcing their natural ingredients.

To find out more about these results please click here.

For the press release, please click here.

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Biodiversity awards winners

5 December 2011

Union for Ethical BioTrade in the press @ the FI Daily.

“Lotus Foods and Guayapi were named winners of this year’s Biodiversity Awards at FiE. Now in their second year the Union for Ethical BioTrade’s (UEBT) Biodiversity Awards were established to recognise companies who are promoting conservation and sustainability in their supply chains….”

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Consumer pressure over biodiversity in food chain growing, says UEBT

5 December 2011

Union for Ethical BioTrade in the press @ FoodNavigator.com.

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“Companies that have been championing biodiversity in their supply chain were recognised at the BioDiversity Awards at the FIE trade show in Paris this week, with an ethical biotrade organisation claiming that only 39% of consumers it polled are confident that the food industry pays serious attention to ethical sourcing.”

To view the video please click here.

Filming the video for FoodNavigator.com at FiE in Paris.

 

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Union for Ethical BioTrade announces Biodiversity Award Winners

30 November 2011

The Union for Ethical BioTrade announced the winners of its Biodiversity Awards at a ceremony held in Paris as part of the FiE trade show on November 29. The awards recognise companies in the food sector whose activities promote the conservation of biodiversity as well as the equitable sharing of benefits throughout the supply chain.

For Rik Kutsch Lojenga, Executive Director for the Union for Ethical BioTrade, the awards and its winners illustrate the importance of biodiversity to the food industry as well as providing examples of how ethical sourcing practices can be put in place.

For more information please click here.

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