OFB – French Office for Biodiversity

The French Biodiversity Office (OFB) is a public body dedicated to protecting and restoring biodiversity in mainland France and the French overseas territories, under the supervision of the Ministries of Ecology and Agriculture.

The aim of the “Entreprises engagées pour la nature” (Companies committed to nature) program is to get companies to commit to biodiversity. Its aim is to encourage the emergence, recognition and promotion of corporate action plans. It is aimed at companies of all sizes and in all sectors, whether or not they are new to biodiversity, and who want to make a concrete commitment.

In 2023, ECT became a Company Committed to Nature. Based on an analysis of the impact of its activities, ECT has made a commitment to the OFB to achieve specific objectives for the protection and enhancement of biodiversity on its sites, during the construction and development phases.

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11/05/2023

World Endangered Species Day: our commitment to “ordinary” biodiversity

On the occasion of World Endangered Species Day, Guillaume Lemoine, ECT’s biodiversity advisor, highlights the importance of preserving “ordinary” biodiversity, which is also under threat. Are we suffering from environmental amnesia? In 1962, Rachel Carson’s famous book Silent Spring was published. It made the general public and elected representatives in North America and Europe aware of the ravages of DDT use, which emptied our countryside of its birds, both by poisoning them and altering their reproduction. DDT was subsequently banned. The climate crisis, which is just as serious, overshadows the collapse of biodiversity, even though healthy ecosystems and soils would make our regions more resilient. Today’s situation is far…

27/02/2023

3 questions for Guillaume Lemoine, land development manager for the Hauts-de-France region and ECT biodiversity consultant

5 months after you joined the company, what biodiversity issues might an ecologist discover on ECT sites? I joined a company that was already concerned about biodiversity. It’s a pleasure to discover and support colleagues who are integrating this issue into their work. Biodiversity is thus an integral part of our entire production and value chain: At the outset of projects, in site surveys. The sites we work on can have their own biodiversity. When building the project with soil inputs. Particular attention is paid to the management of invasive exotic species, the restoration of soil fertility and the traceability of land brought in. In the creation of the…

04/01/2023

Biodiversity: 5 priority actions to combat invasive alien species

In this article, Aurélie Vedel, ECT’s landscaping and green spaces manager, explains her plan to combat IAS. A global biodiversity issue, a local battle for ECT Invasive alien species (IAS) are a recognized threat to natural environments, and represent the 4th leading cause of biodiversity loss worldwide. Their presence causes exorbitant agricultural, piscicultural, ecological and sanitary damage. In March 2021, CNRS researchers published a summary of the economic costs of IAS worldwide. Between 1870 and 2017, the loss amounted to US$1,288 billion. Neglected sites favour the presence of IAS The initial neglect of most of the sites where ECT operates encourages the presence and even the proliferation of IAS….

OFB – French Office for Biodiversity

Partnership life

World Endangered Species Day: our commitment to “ordinary” biodiversity

3 questions for Guillaume Lemoine, land development manager for the Hauts-de-France region and ECT biodiversity consultant

Biodiversity: 5 priority actions to combat invasive alien species

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