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This is a funded project in which we are participating. It is about the conservation of biodiversity:
"Climb is a collaboration between Skanska, Vattenfall, LKAB, Boliden, Cementa, SCA, Skellefteå Kraft, Specialfastigheter, Svenska Kraftnät, Talga, Swemin, SBMI and Ecogain. The aim is to establish the tool as a useful and widely accepted biodiversity assessment model.
The project was funded by Swedish Mining Innovation and Vinnova and supported by the Energy Agency and Formas.
About biodiversity
The term biodiversity stands for the millions of species that exist on our planet and how they interact with each other. Many plants and animals are now under threat and biodiversity is declining at an accelerating rate.
The biggest threats to biodiversity are changing land uses such as deforestation or urbanisation, but also climate change, pollution and invasive species that are being pushed out of their natural environment."
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Växter och djur utrotas i allt snabbare takt. Climb är ett verktyg som ska hjälpa företag att göra rätt åtgärder för den biologiska mångfalden.
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"Book release: "The role of business in strengthening biodiversity"
Along with climate change, the loss of biodiversity is one of the biggest challenges of our time. In order to increase knowledge among companies in business and to bring about a more focused work on increasing biological diversity, Swedish Business has launched a book on the subject. Climate and Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari was one of those who participated in the launch seminar.
Participated in the Swedish Business Association's panel discussion on biological diversity (from v). Robert Thorburn, moderator, Swedish business, Romina Pourmokhtari (L), climate and environment minister, Margareta Renström Linde, expert Biodiversity and Business WWF, John Tumpane, department head environment Formas and Sara Carlsén, coordinator for biodiversity Boliden.
Book release: "The role of business in strengthening biodiversity"
Along with climate change, the loss of biodiversity is one of the biggest challenges of our time. In order to increase knowledge among companies in business and to bring about a more focused work on increasing biological diversity, Swedish Business has launched a book on the subject. Climate and Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari was one of those who participated in the launch seminar.
Participated in the Swedish Business Association's panel discussion on biological diversity (from v). Robert Thorburn, moderator, Swedish business, Romina Pourmokhtari (L), climate and environment minister, Margareta Renström Linde, expert Biodiversity and Business WWF, John Tumpane, department head environment Formas and Sara Carlsén, coordinator for biodiversity Boliden. Photo: Gustav Henschen Ingvar.
For more than ten years, the iron and steel industry has worked actively to integrate ecosystem services into operations and use nature-based solutions at the facilities.
Today, more than 50 percent of the world's total GDP depends on nature, and the World Economic Forum assesses the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem collapse to be one of the fastest growing global risks in the coming decade. This makes the problem essential for business and something that will need to be actively worked on in the future.
Many companies are interested and are already working to a great extent to increase biological diversity, but at the same time there are many companies that have not understood the issue and its importance.
On 22 May, on
International Biodiversity Day, the book "The role of business in strengthening biological diversity" was launched. The book is meant to increase knowledge and aims to spur companies' work to protect and increase biodiversity, by illustrating how important it is is for the climate and social sustainability.
- It is positive that the entire Swedish business community is taking an active approach to the issue and we trade organizations have been involved and contributed with different perspectives. More and more people are realizing that there is a great business benefit in integrating biodiversity into companies' operations, says
Sophie Carler, adviser on environmental issues at Jernkontoret.
The seminar was attended by Climate and Environment Minister
Romina Pourmokhtari , who together with researchers and representatives from companies and interest organizations discussed why it is necessary for the business world to include the work of protecting and increasing biological diversity, what challenges exist and how we together take advantage of the opportunities .
The seminar was recorded and can be viewed afterwards .
Photo: Gustav Henschen Ingvar
In connection with the seminar, a new Swedish-developed measurement tool was also presented – CLIMB, Changing Land Use Impact on Biodiversity. The model is used to calculate the positive and negative impact on biological diversity in case of land use change and thus strengthen sustainable social development. CLIMB can, among other things, be applied to:
- compare localizations and layouts
- overview and evaluate different effects of investments
- increase predictability in environmental testing
- enable follow-up against targets
- develop new key figures for biodiversity
- The tool is long-awaited and an inspiration to take the next step in our work among the iron and steel companies. We have the ambition to adapt the tool to the companies' industrial areas and are eagerly awaiting the manual, says Jernkontoret's Sophie Carler.
The model for making a CLIMB calculation will be available from 1 September 2023, but already during this inventory season it is possible to prepare and produce input data for the calculation for projects.
More about CLIMB:
Behind CLIMB are eight Swedish companies from four industries that have joined together in one project. These are; Svenska kraftnät, Specialfastigheter, Vattenfall, LKAB, Talga, Cementa, Skanska, Skellefteå Kraft and Boliden. The venture is financed by the strategic innovation program Swedish Mining Innovation, a joint venture of Vinnova, Formas, and the Swedish Energy Agency. CLIMB is led by Ecogain.
The project took off and was founded on the fact that the companies use a lot of land in their respective operations in different ways and have all identified biodiversity as an essential issue for both sustainability work and business. CLIMB will contribute with relevant data and analysis data that will facilitate decision-makers at all levels. Biodiversity measures will also be more effective, as the valuation tool enables companies to focus where the greatest environmental benefit can be achieved.
See also:
The iron and steel industry works to integrate ecosystem services into the operations and in many places in the industry there are activities aimed at increasing biodiversity, see Ecosystem services and biodiversity ."
https://www.jernkontoret.se/sv/publicerat/nytt-fran-jernkontoret/nyheter/2023/bokslapp-naringslivets-roll-i-att-starka-biologisk-mangfald/
https://climb.ecogain.se/
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"Green conversion threatens the lands
On April 5, the verdict came: According to the Land and Environmental Court, the company Talga is allowed to start a graphite mine in Nunasvaara just one mile from Vittangi. The Sami villages concerned have appealed, as have nature conservation organizations and private individuals. And just a little to the south, the Gällivare forest community risks having several hundred wind turbines on its land.
The hunting master student and reindeer owner E. E. in Gällivare forest community hopes to form a strong opinion against the planned wind power plants on the village's land.
If Vattenfall is allowed to build the 373 power plants that the company has applied for, the possibilities for a traditional reindeer husbandry are largely destroyed. H. R. in Vittangi and E. E. in Gällivare skogssameby both state that the so-called green transition is now being used to get more exploitations through. But they do not give up the fight for the chips."
https://www.jernkontoret.se/sv/publ...slivets-roll-i-att-starka-biologisk-mangfald/