Provide a detailed account of the processes your company employs to identify and evaluate material impacts, risks, dependencies, and opportunities related to biodiversity and ecosystems. Specifically, disclose whether and how your company has engaged in consultations with affected communities regarding sustainability assessments of shared biological resources and ecosystems. Include information on instances where a site, raw material production, or sourcing is likely to adversely affect biodiversity and ecosystems, and identify the specific sites, raw materials production, or sourcing activities that have negative or potentially negative impacts on these communities.

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Affected communities were not consulted or involved in the materiality assessment. We have not identified any material negative impacts on priority ecosystem services of relevance to affected communities in our overall analysis. For more information about our approach to biodiversity, see pages 83-85.
Though geospatial data corroborates the proximity of our factories to biodiversity-sensitive areas such as Natura 2000[1] areas. None of our facilities located near biodiversity-sensitive areas have been assessed to lead to material deterioration or disturbance of natural habitats or the habitats of species.

Vestas Wind Systems

ESRS disclosure: E4.IRO-1_06

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