Build your Biodiversity Strategy
Biodiversity is disappearing, and you can feel it: higher risks, scarce resources, less resilience. More and more Belgian companies are turning the tide by investing in nature to avoid loss and create value. In this community of practice, you will work with fellow companies and biodiversity experts to put biodiversity on your corporate agenda – right at the heart of your activities – and build a strategy that drives real, structured progress.
Why participate?
Biodiversity loss is weakening our natural resources, disrupting ecosystems, and threatening long-term prosperity. Every business, in every sector, is feeling the impact: less reliable water supplies, depleted soils, rising operational risks, and growing pressure from customers, investors and policymakers. And while nature provides essential services we rely on every day, its capacity is shrinking, leaving organisations more exposed than they often realise.
The reality is simple: doing business today means operating within ecosystems that no longer function as a given. At the same time, expectations are rising for companies to help lead the way towards nature restoration. In that tension lies an opportunity. Organisations that embed biodiversity at the heart of their activities strengthen their resilience, reduce risks, and contribute to an economy that doesn’t undermine nature, but enables it to flourish again.
What to expect?
Together with colleagues from other sectors, experts and decision-makers, we broaden our view and help each other ask the right questions. We create a safe environment that encourages to share experiences, struggles and best practices.
The itinerary is part of the official It’s Now for Nature Accelerator Program of Business for Nature. As a result, you are sure to be in line with international standards.
We go beyond advice: the practical tools, exercises and strategies covered allow real change to be initiated. Towards a solid biodiversity strategy.
What participants say
The transition towards a nature-positive future is not only about our footprint, it is also about our mindprint. We want to help shape a generation of professionals who understand that every sector, every organization, and every decision has an influence on the living systems around us.
Programme
This programme gives you the time and space to embed biodiversity at the heart of your organisation. Across seven carefully designed sessions, you explore how to move, step by step, towards a credible, nature-positive strategy. You work hands-on with peers from other organisations tackling the same questions, alongside experts who broaden your perspective and help deepen your approach.
The programme is bilingual: everyone speaks the language they feel most comfortable in, while presentations are delivered in English. This creates an open, accessible learning environment where knowledge-sharing is central – and where every organisation, regardless of sector or maturity, can make tangible progress.
| #1 | 03/03/2026 | Launch and reporting | Maturity assessment and first networking opportunity. Key reporting standards and guidelines It's Now For Nature from Business for Nature. |
| #2 | 02/04/2026 | Materiality | Measure and evaluate impacts and dependencies with respect to nature. |
| #3 | 21/05/2026 | Risk management | Assessment of risks and opportunities, including consideration of climate and people. |
| #4 | 25/06/2026 | Ambitions | Goal setting. Intervision workshop (with peers). |
| #5 | 08/09/2026 | Implementation | Advice and testimonials to reduce, regenerate and restore. |
| #6 | 15/10/2026 | Governance | Nature in corporate governance. Interview workshop (with peers) and exchange of good practices. |
| #7 | 24/11/2026 | Reputation | Credibility and reporting. |
Impact stories
Three members of The Shift, Ardo, Elia and Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, are opening up about how they are putting biodiversity on the agenda in a structured, lasting way.
Carmeuse backs biodiversity
What if biodiversity is the key to economic stability and innovation? Carmeuse, producer of lime and construction materials, shows us how small steps lead to ambitious projects.
Biodiversity in every link
At Vandemoortele, Sustainability Officer Laura Iacobelli works on a chain that respects nature. No loose initiatives, but a well thought-out strategy that connects business and biodiversity.
At Degroof Petercam, nature gets a place in investment policy
Jo Wuytack (Degroof Petercam) is working on an investment strategy that anchors biodiversity and links economic value to responsibility for nature.
These organisations already participated
Who is this for?
This programme is for organisations that want to embed biodiversity strategically in how they operate. Participants get the most from the journey when they’re open to collaboration, willing to learn from peers, and ready to translate insights into action within their own organisation.
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What we stand for
Members of The Shift put in place strategies to protect biodiversity in accordance with international standards. They align their activities with global biodiversity targets established in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, identify potential risks, set measurable targets and take concrete steps towards nature restoration and conservation. The ultimate goal is to become ‘nature-positive’.
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