The European Commission believes that businesses have a strong role to play in halting the loss of biodiversity. We therefore propose to work with the EU business community to launch a new phase (2017-2019) of the European Business and Biodiversity Platform (EU B@B Platform). We aim to strengthen our mutual engagement in the integration of natural capital and biodiversity into business practices. At the same time we are keen to improve the relevance of the Platform to its members, thereby helping businesses to tackle the most pressing challenges they face when trying to integrate biodiversity into their decision making.