Ecoacsa joins the business call to action “Land and Sea: A Vital Connection for a Prosperous and Resilient Economy”

En un llamamiento a la acción empresarial conjunta, más de 70 empresas y organizaciones de 25 países, incluyendo 50 compañías que representan más de 600 000 millones de euros en facturación y 2 millones de empleados, instan urgentemente tanto a los responsables de la toma de decisiones privados como públicos a fortalecer la cooperación global y acelerar la acción para conservar y utilizar de manera sostenible el océano.

Driven by an unprecedented group of leading business networks, this call comes ahead of the upcoming United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice. It builds on the proven experience of leading businesses and organisations already championing a sustainable blue economy. It underscores the vital, interconnected role of land and sea, in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The Business Call to Action is directed at all economic actors, whether directly or indirectly connected to the ocean. It includes:

• • A call to businesses to accelerate action on maintaining ocean health through various business initiatives, such as contributions to ocean science, monitoring and reducing environmental impacts, incorporating ocean considerations into their climate and nature roadmaps and investing in blue solutions.

• • A call to policy makers to pursue ambitious science-driven policies and measures that stimulate sustainable business action and to jointly address land and ocean for enhanced global resilience.

     

With this Business Call to Action, companies and business networks urge policymakers to:

• • Agree on, adopt and implement international agreements: champion strong, sustainable outcomes for existing and upcoming ocean-related agreements. promover resultados sólidos y sostenibles para los acuerdos existentes y futuros relacionados con el océano.

• • Invest in ocean science and support strong science-policy interfaces.

• • Acknowledge and embed into policies the links between ocean, nature and climate.

• • Help all actors to collectively adapt to sea-level rise.

• • Develop robust and innovative finance mechanisms.

• • Raise awareness to encourage all actors to care for the ocean, even those based on land.

     

The Business Call to Action is convened by global and leading business networks including International Chamber of Commerce (ICC),United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), el World Economic Forum We Mean Business Coalition (WMB), Business for Nature (BfN), Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF), the UN Global Compact Network France and Association française des Entreprises pour l’Environnement (EpE).

Ecoacsa is proud signatory of the Business Call to Action, rallying global leaders to safeguard our ocean.