The Action Plan for
Nature Positive

June 1st, 2023
Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation

Background
１．Keidanren has set “Realization of Sustainable Capitalism" as its activity policy, promoting
Green Transformation (GX), Circular Economy (CE), and Nature Positive (NP) in integrated
manner.
２．In the field of biodiversity, the “Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework (GBF)” was adopted
as an international target by 2030 at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on
Biological Diversity in December 2022. Based on the GBF, “the National Biodiversity Strategyand Action Plan 2023-2030” was announced by Japanese Government in March 2023, ahead ofthe world.
３．Target 15 out of 23 targets in the GBF focuses on private sectors and refers to implementationof assessing and monitoring of biodiversity-related risks, dependencies and impacts onbiodiversity. The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan also emphasizes “promotion fornature positive management”. In addition, the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosure(TNFD) is scheduled to be published in September 2023.
４．The loss of the world's biodiversity is becoming more and more serious, and following climatechange, biodiversity loss has been identified as one of the most serious global risks in the next
decade.
５．Therefore, Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation formulates the action plan with theaim of expanding the range of companies working on biodiversity issues, enhancing theirpractices, and creating an action model that can lead the international community.
６．The purpose of the action plan is to contribute to the achievement of nature positive by 2030. It
includes: ① contribution through the Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund, ② promotion for
nature positive management, ③ facilitation of the environment for nature positive management,④ collecting the latest trends overseas and dissemination of efforts by Japanese business and,
⑤ implementation of the PDCA cycle.
7． Intermediate stocktaking will be conducted.

The Action Plan for Nature Positive
Intermediate Stocktake (2026)

１(1) Support for NGOs projects that contribute to achieve the GBF targets(2) Fund for Community Development and Knowledge Management
for the SATOYAMA Initiative (COMDEKS)(3) Monitor the progress of the grant projects including on site
monitoring

Promotion for
nature positivemanagement(1) Revise Keidanren Declaration for Biodiversity and promote Keidanren
Initiative for Biodiversity Conservation in response to the GBF(2) Mainstream disclosure such as nature-related financial information(3) Call out for corporate efforts that contribute to the GBF and National
Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan such as OECM and NbS(4) Provide information and raise awareness through symposiums, etc.

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3Facilitation of theenvironment
for nature positivemanagement(1) Make policy recommendation to facilitate nature positivemanagement(2) Improve soft and hard infrastructure to assess dependencies andimpacts on biodiversity including supply chain(3) Input for appropriate disclosure framework including TNFD, etc.
(4) Work on providing incentives related to OECM

4・Collecting the latest
trends overseas
・Dissemination of efforts
by Japanese businesses

PDCA

Information
dissemination(1) Dispatch missions to survey overseas trends (Europe, etc.)(2) Organize the Business 7 biodiversity workshop(3) Disseminate company’s efforts through Business for the GBF Project2023

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Information
gathering

Information
dissemination

Information
gathering

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

(1) Monitoring the progress of the action plan and implementation ofimprovement measures based on progress results(2) Intermediate evaluation for a global stocktake at the 16 th COP

Contribution to Nature Positive by 2030

Contribution
through theKeidanren Nature
Conservation Fund