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- Provide a detailed explanation of how your company's strategy and business model will be adjusted to enhance and ultimately achieve alignment with pertinent local, national, and global public policy goals and targets concerning biodiversity and ecosystems. This should include alignment with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, Directive 2009/147/EC, Council Directive 92/43/EEC (the EU Birds and Habitats Directives), and relevant planetary boundaries related to biosphere integrity and land-system change.
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Question Id: E4-1_08
Transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewable energy is fundamental to solving the biodiversity crisis, as climate change is a main driver of biodiversity loss. The space required for the renewable energy transition is significant, and, with a nature in crisis, it is vital that we make sure our energy projects benefit nature. In 2024, we continued taking action to deliver on our ambition to achieve a net-positive biodiversity impact from all new renewable energy projects from 2030.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 50%
- Provide a detailed account of the processes your organization employs to identify and evaluate material impacts, risks, dependencies, and opportunities related to biodiversity and ecosystems. Specifically, elucidate whether and how consultations with affected communities were conducted concerning sustainability assessments of shared biological resources and ecosystems. In relation to your operations, specify how negative impacts on ecosystem services relevant to these communities may be avoided. If avoidance is not feasible, outline your plans to minimize such impacts and describe any mitigation measures intended to preserve the value and functionality of priority services.
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Question Id: E4.IRO-1_08
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.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 60%