Our business model is to develop, construct, operate, and own renewable assets, and we are committed to doing this in an environmentally and socially sustainable way. However, we recognise that expanding our operations also implies a greater pressure on natural ecosystems. Therefore, protecting and restoring these ecosystems must be part of the solution, and we remain fully committed to effectively manage our impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems. Biodiversity management is an integral part of our business model and decision-making processes throughout the full life cycle of our projects. This ranges from early-stage site selection and planning, over project design, construction, operations, and eventually to decommissioning.

Building on the momentum of the launch of our framework, we have worked with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to launch the Responsible Renewables Infrastructure initiative (RRI). This initiative aims to bring together the renewable energy industry to build a collective approach for assessing the industry’s impacts on biodiversity and local communities.