conservation and biodiversity advisory services founded 2010 founder francis vorhies headquarters divonne les bains france number of locations gland switzerland website http earthmind.org earthmind is a small business based in divonne les bains . its sister organization is an ngo which maintains an office at the iucn conservation centre in gland switzerland . the french business was founded in 2010 and the swiss ngo in 2006 . 1 earthmind brings together a network of independent professional associates and consultants who operate in the field of sustainable development and biodiversity conservation . earthmind works with clients and partners in the private public and ngo sectors on various projects promoting sustainability solutions primarily with respect to biodiversity . contents 1 mission 2 programmes 2.1 biodiversity advisory services 2.2 verified conservation areas 2.3 wild trade 3 associates 4 references 5 external links mission edit earthmind s mission is caring for our planet . 2 its efforts seek to achieve a sustainable balance between the natural environment and human activity . by working with and assisting private companies public organisations and non profit groups earthmind seeks to evolve economic and social practices by promoting the concept of a synergistic balance between people and nature . programmes edit earthmind s work is organised under three broad programmes biodiversity advisory services edit in partnering with various private companies ngo s and governmental organisations earthmind seeks to find the common ground between business and biodiversity . initiatives have included co authoring a joint iucn shell oil company study on building biodiversity business 3 supporting the unctad biotrade initiative 4 and the eu business and support to the biodiversity platform . 5 recent assignments have included lender audits of corporate biodiversity assessments and plans with respect to performance standard 6 of the international finance corporation . verified conservation areas edit earthmind has developed a new approach to recognising and supporting area based conservation . known as the verified conservation area vca approach it promotes conservation where we live and work . more information is available on the vca approach website http conserveareas.org . wild trade edit earthmind newest programme focuses on the sustainable trade in wild goods and services in support of the un sustainable development goals . more information is available at http wildtrade.org . associates edit a network of associates undertake earthmind work on a contractual or voluntary basis . they help to organise and contribute to earthmind s projects and also advise on new directions for earthmind s areas of work . the network includes experienced senior associates academic research associates and junior associates interns . references edit activecms by devinitiv gbr 2011 www.devinitiv.de . dr francis vorhies . business biodiversity.eu . retrieved 2012 01 28 . tierram rica . tierramerica.info . retrieved 2012 01 28 . working with biodiversity experts environment & society . shell.com . 2009 05 05 . retrieved 2012 01 28 . biotrade initiative unctad . biotrade.org . retrieved 2012 01 28 . the eu business biodiversity platform home . ec.europa.eu . retrieved 2012 01 28 . external links edit earthmind website earthmind retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title earthmind & oldid 736779462 categories sustainability organisationsorganisations based in genevahidden categories articles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 august 2016 at 20 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view