Through our double materiality assessment (DMA), we have identified material biodiversity-related impacts and an opportunity in our business, both in our own operations and in our value chain. Identifying and assessing these impacts help us to understand how we can continue to strengthen resilience across our operations, which we also assess using the methodology of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

For several of our biodiversity pilot projects, we engage with local communities in our biodiversity- and ecosystems-related actions. This was for example the case with our Humber Estuary restoration project in the UK, which we completed in collaboration with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. The restoration of the Humber Estuary is an example of coastal ecosystem restoration, a nature-based solution that contributes to the sequestration of carbon, while also restoring the natural habitat to improve biodiversity. We have not yet incorporated indigenous knowledge into our actions; however, this is integrated in our new ‘Biodiversity measurement framework’ and will be done going forward.