{"id":5421,"date":"2026-07-02T11:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/food-biodiversity.de\/?p=5421"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:12:17","slug":"biodiversity-responsible-procurement-needs-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food-biodiversity.de\/en\/biodiversity-responsible-procurement-needs-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodiversity-Responsible Procurement Needs Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;80&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;175239&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;191315&#8243;]Ten standards engaged at Food for Biodiversity already meet more than 70% of the criteria in the core set of biodiversity criteria that are relevant to them. In doing so, they make a significant contribution to the protection of biodiversity and provide companies with guidance and planning certainty in their procurement activities.<\/p>\n<p>Based on this, Food for Biodiversity recommends the following standards for biodiversity-responsible procurement:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Donau Soja<\/strong> (Guidelines, January 2024)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISCC PLUS<\/strong> (Version 3.4.2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Naturland<\/strong> (Production Guidelines, as of May 2024, as well as supplementary biodiversity measures)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bioland<\/strong> (Guidelines, adopted on November 18\/19, 2024)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecoland <\/strong>(Guidelines, as of January 2024)<\/li>\n<li><strong>On the Way to PlanetProof<\/strong> (Plant Products, Version 5)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ECOVIN<\/strong> (Guidelines, 17th Edition dated April 8, 2024)<\/li>\n<li><strong>GLOBALG.A.P. IFA v6<\/strong> (Version 6 Smart)<\/li>\n<li><strong>BioDiversity Grow<\/strong> (Standard, Version 14, November 2025)<\/li>\n<li><strong>UEBT \u2013 Sourcing with Respect<\/strong> (2020 Standard and associated Field Checklists)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Basic Set of Biodiversity Criteria<\/h3>\n<p>The biodiversity criteria in the Basic Set Europe were systematically compared with the requirements of the member standards. The Basic Set serves as a technical reference framework for the food industry and helps companies and standards assess, further develop, and enhance the effectiveness of existing biodiversity requirements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The criteria focus in particular on agricultural production and cover key areas of action, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Development and implementation of Biodiversity Action Plans at the farm level<\/li>\n<li>Measures to promote and connect near-natural habitats<\/li>\n<li>Requirements for soil management and plant protection<\/li>\n<li>Training and continuing education in the field of biodiversity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Objectives<\/h3>\n<p>With its Basic Set, Food for Biodiversity is not seeking to introduce a new label. Instead, the focus is on further developing and strengthening existing standards in order to achieve the broadest possible impact on biodiversity in the food sector\u2019s supply chains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten standards engaged at Food for Biodiversity already meet more than 70% of the criteria in the core set of biodiversity criteria that are relevant to them. Based on this, Food for Biodiversity recommends the following standards for biodiversity-responsible procurement:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":5424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/food-biodiversity.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/food-biodiversity.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/food-biodiversity.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food-biodiversity.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food-biodiversity.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5421"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/food-biodiversity.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5427,"href":"https:\/\/food-biodiversity.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5421\/revisions\/5427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food-biodiversity.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/food-biodiversity.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food-biodiversity.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food-biodiversity.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}