During the project development phase of all our offshore and onshore assets where we are responsible for development, we conduct early risk screenings and develop environmental impact assessments (EIAs) or equivalent plans to assess the potential impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems at the locations of potential new assets. This is then followed by the legally required impact assessment processes, providing data on the biodiversity and ecosystems present at the site location. Based on these findings, we can develop action plans to mitigate our impacts and outline restoration measures. Insights from the early risk screenings inform the biodiversity and ecosystem-related impacts, risks, dependencies, and opportunities identified and assessed in the DMA for sites in our own operations. This process highlights the importance of early assessments at the beginning of each of our projects to avoid and mitigate potential impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems.

We have not identified any material dependencies on biodiversity and ecosystems, although soil stability at our sites constitutes the most significant dependency.

Regarding our transitional and physical risks, we have mapped out our exposure and have not found significant risks from biodiversity and ecosystems that are not already covered in our mitigation processes and biodiversity action plans.

Additionally, we have not identified any systemic risks to our business model that are not addressed through our established practices or the implementation of measures to reach our biodiversity ambition.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We have also completed the first two of the five steps of SBTN’s methodology to better understand how to prioritise our efforts in managing our impacts on nature, including biodiversity. The steps are based on locating impacts on nature, including biodiversity, across our upstream value chain and on locating direct impacts.