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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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

In early November, the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) travelled to the Vohimana Experimental Nature Reserve in Madagascar to further explore the use of biocultural community protocols as a means to enhance the relationship of UEBT members with indigenous and … Continue reading →

The Union for Ethical BioTrade will be in Paris next week at the Food Ingredients Europe tradeshow, in order to award the winners of the Biodiversity in Food Awards. This is the second year of the awards, which are designed … Continue reading →

The first draft of the IUCN Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) will be presented at a meeting in Montreal on November 10, 2011. The IUCN Guide, which is being drafted by a team of experts, including … Continue reading →

Weleda, a world-leading manufacturer of natural and organic cosmetics and pharmaceuticals for anthroposophic therapy, has joined the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT), a non-profit organisation that promotes the ‘Sourcing with Respect’ of ingredients from biodiversity.   In becoming a member … Continue reading →

The Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) explored the importance of biodiversity for the cosmetics industry, as well as consumer’s awareness of the issue, at this year’s Natural Beauty Summit held in Paris.   As the inspiration for many new products … Continue reading →

Last week, UEBT was in Cajamarca, Peru to visit UEBT-member Villa Andina as part of a project to improve benefit sharing practices of UEBT members. The aim of the project is to increase awareness of benefit sharing, learn more about … Continue reading →

The next European edition of this executive summit takes place in Paris on 28-30th November. Major themes of this sixth edition are marketing & distribution innovations and the growing use of sustainable ingredients in cosmetics. With marketing conditions rapidly changing, … Continue reading →

On August 18, 2011, the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The MOU seeks to contribute to the implementation of the CBD Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 … Continue reading →