The one-day conference takes place on 5 May in Paris.

A morning session is about biodiversity. Consumers increasingly want to know:

Is your product made in respect of biodiversity?

The session will provide insights into how to communicate ethical practices.


The rest of the programme is dedicated to benefit sharing.

What is it about?

Let’s take a practical example. Say you visit the Amazon and you learn about a plant that has amazing benefits.

This plant is unknown outside Brazil but the local’s know it well and show you how they harvest and use it.

Say you use this knowledge for a new product and make money with it:

Under the United Nations’ biodiversity convention you have to give some of your earnings back to Brazil – for example by a payment to the local Government.

The rules on benefit sharing are technical and complex but it’s important for companies to understand them.

The conference takes a look at the rules and how they apply to practical examples including Argan Oil.

More details and the conference programme are available here on the UEBT website.