Connecting Nature Enterprise Platform(CNEP)
The demand for nature-based solutions has increased over the last few years. These types of solutions could contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation, and to healthier, cleaner and greener cities. As cities all over the world demand more nature-based solutions, a new challenge has emerged: How to find skilled suppliers of NBS?
We developed the Connecting Nature Enterprise Platform (CNEP) with the aim to connect market demand with the supply of NBS by organisations and enterprises, and to support the transition to the nature positive economy.
The platform has 10 different communities of practice, each of which is led by a nature-based enterprise, an industry leader in their field. These ambassadors are driving the growth of the platform and its communities and are creating opportunities for others to exchange best practices, network and collaborate. For example, together with the team at Horizon Nua, CNEP ambassadors have organised over 30 webinars for 3000+ participants from all over the world.
Let’s hear from some of our ambassadors about the why they joined the platform:
‘’From our participation in Connecting Nature, we have realised how our products and services are linked to nature and how they can be implemented in the transition towards nature-based solutions, and to nature-based cities. We have understood the value of our products and services better, specifically in terms of nature conservation and this has definitely increased our market competitiveness and our position as a business in this field.’’
Gerardo Gonzalez, BIOAZUL srl
‘’It has been a joy to be part of the platform as the Sustainable Tourism Ambassador. I think for us the biggest impact was really having a platform to highlight environmental NBS solutions in sustainable tourism and really giving a platform to our community to express the solutions that they have. So we’ve had successful webinars in environmental solutions looking at biomimicry in sustainable tourism, and in community engagement and how they can boost NBS in the sector.’’- Ally Dragozet, Founder and CEO of SeaGoingGreen
‘’It’s been a great experience being the ambassador on Health & Wellbeing for the platform for the last year. I got to connect with other nature-based businesses internationally, and I’ve had the chance to grow my European and international network. This resulted in possible partnerships and I’ve also won some more local and government tenders and I think this is because my credibility has been enhanced through the platform. So overall it’s been absolutely fantastic - I’ve got great exposure, support and inspiration from everything that has been done.‘’ - Shirley Gleeson, Ecowellness Consulting
With over 2100 users and 350 enterprises, we believe that the platform serves a real need. Come join the movement towards a nature positive economy - sign up for the Connecting Nature Enterprise Platform!