Innovation Showcase: Tools to Support Biodiversity Net Gain
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) aims to safeguard and improve the well-being of natural and urban ecosystems in the UK by mitigating against the potential adverse effects of new development; seeking to ensure that the future state of these ecosystems is in a superior condition and quality than their present state.
Under the UK government’s 25-year Environment Plan, new legislation within England will require all new development to provide a biodiversity uplift of a minimum of 10%, with use of the Defra BNG metric. This legislation is expected to come into force in November 2023, and will need to be considered by all stakeholders in the built environment from designers and architects to financial institutions and property consultants.
UKGBC believes the protection and enhancement of nature is an essential and has therefore formed a cross-industry task group of experts to support the creation of new outputs related to Biodiversity Net Gain. This has so far resulted in the publications of key definitions and factsheets.
In addition to this, UKGBC also has a Solutions & Innovation workstream which seeks to identify and share solutions to common sustainability challenges in the built environment. This has lead to the formation of UKGBC’s Solutions Library and our ever-expanding community of innovative start-up members.
These two teams are collaborating on this webinar to showcase some of the innovative tools available to support built environment practitioners in achieving BNG on projects. A list of these tolls and the agenda will be released nearer the time.
Why attend?
- Understand some of the BNG Tools available that can help support you on projects
- Have the opportunity to ask follow-up questions directly to solution providers
- Learn about BNG and some of the considerations required
Who should attend?
Built environment professionals looking to understand tools available for helping support BNG on projects. You do not need to be an expert on BNG to attend.
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