CircHive Resources

Below is a collection of reports and project outputs developed by the CircHive team. Some of the resources are still in draft but they are all publicly available to download.

The Ideal Framework for Food & Biodiversity – A Guide for Standards and Sourcing Rules

Food standards are one of the key tools used by food companies to ensure a certain level of quality and sustainability in agricultural production.

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D1.1│Biodiversity Databases

The goal of this report is to define key definitions and concepts around biodiversity, report on the existing data...

D2.1│Synthesizing landscape of approaches for natural capital accounting & biodiversity footprinting for private & public sectors

The report is divided into six main chapters. The report starts with three background chapters, providing the reader an overview of terms and definitions...

D3.1.1│Review and recommendations for existing and upcoming corporate NC & BD reporting standards

The goal of this report is to review the landscape of current and upcoming ESG market practice around biodiversity...

D3.1.2│Review of inclusion of NC & BD criteria in labelling and certification schemes, development of “ideal framework”

This report focuses on voluntary standards and makes a review of their criteria with regards to biodiversity.

D3.1.3│Review uptake of EU Taxonomy and Substantial BD Contribution, Reporting Practice Under CSRD and Green Investment Practice. Development of BD-centric Investment Criteria Based on Learnings

This document explores the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and outlines the contributions to the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance in the areas of natural capital throughout 2023 and 2024.

D3.4│Review and Recommendations for Mainstreaming of Biodiversity in EU Policy

This report is the first draft of a living document that will be updated throughout the CircHive project.

D5.4│Standardization Landscape

This document gives an Overview on existing standards and standardization activities in the field of biodiversity footprinting...