The world’s first International Standard dedicated to helping organizations take action on biodiversity launched in Rwanda

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has launched the world’s first International Standard dedicated to supporting organizations globally to take action on biodiversity, during its Annual Meeting 2025 (AM25) in Kigali, Rwanda.  ISO 17298: Biodiversity for organizations – Guidelines and Requirements is a new standard providing, for the first time, a practical, scalable framework to help organizations assess their biodiversity impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities.   Biodiversity – the variety of life on Earth – is essential to the health of ecosystems, economies, and communities. As nature loss accelerates, ISO’s new…

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