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🌿International Day for Biodiversity Protecting biodiversity is a vital element in the value chain of Orkla’s portfolio companies. We understand that healthy ecosystems are crucial to produce many raw materials, and the loss of biodiversity poses significant risks to the environment and thus also the operations of our portfolio companies. Our companies are dedicated to: 🍀 Reducing Pressure on Nature: Ensuring operations do not contribute to deforestation or the conversion of natural ecosystems. 🍀 Collaborating for Conservation: Working with partners and suppliers to foster increased biodiversity through innovative approaches. 🍀 Setting Clear Targets: Developing robust plans, policies, and actions aligned with Orkla’s sustainability ambitions. 🍀 Ensuring Certification: Achieving certifications for raw materials with high environmental risk. 🍀 Restoration and Regeneration: Actively restoring and regenerating nature in line with Science-based Target Network (SBTN) guidelines.   Orkla companies work with suppliers through certifications and other programs to promote a more sustainable agriculture, forestry, and fishing. Several Orkla companies also work actively to increase the proportion of plant-based food which require considerably less agricultural land than meat and dairy products and thus leave more space for natural areas. As a part of the biodiversity journey of our companies, we are proud to be part of the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, BIOPATH collaboration project, alongside leading institutions such as Lund and Göteborg Universities. This initiative helps to understand nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks, and opportunities. We aim to set meaningful targets and prepare for comprehensive biodiversity and ecosystem reporting. #BiodiversityDay #Sustainability #EnvironmentalProtection #Orkla #Biodiversity #SBTN #TNFD #ZeroDeforestation #BusinessSustainability #EcosystemRestoration #BIOPATH

🌍🌿 Today is International Biodiversity Day! This year’s theme, 'Be a part of the plan', calls on all stakeholders to support the biodiversity plan aimed at halting/reversing biodiversity loss and preserving soil health. FEAD welcomes the EU's objective to achieve healthy soils by 2050. The waste sector contributes to both: 📍Soils quality and supply of nutrients and organic matter (through sewage sludge, composting, biowaste treatment, production of fertiliser), which is recognised as a good carbon farming practice in the Commission’s communication on ‘sustainable carbon cycles’ under the item ‘enhancing soil organic carbon on degraded arable land’; 📍Removal of hazardous substances and protection of human health through remediation of contaminated sites. FEAD also believes that national legislation must be guaranteed when undertaking soil measurements to ensure effective implementation. Let's all be a part of the plan to safeguard our planet's biodiversity! 🌱✨

The Netherlands, as many countries, is busy writing their National #Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan. One of the agreed upon targets focus is on reducing the global footprint of consumption, one of the major cause of biodiversity loss. The Netherlands is committed to reducing her footprint in the Netherlands as well as abroad.   The recent report released by Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina (WWF) highlighted the intricate relationship between Argentina's agricultural prowess and the pressing environmental challenges posed by deforestation and unsustainable production practices. #argentina | Inge Horstmeier | Ignacio Elena |#SustainableAgriculture | #BiodiversityConservation https://lnkd.in/eGZU6xHb

🌍 🐞 The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) describes biodiversity as “the diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems, including plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi. These three levels work together to create life on Earth in all its complexity.”  🌱 At ProFound, we see regenerative agriculture and the implementation, management, and creation of sustainable practices as the path forward in agriculture that can also stop biodiversity loss and help nature recover. 🌳 ♨ 👩🌾 One of the projects that comes to mind while commemorating the International Day for Biodiversity is the Tea Garden project we worked with in Sri Lanka some while ago. On that occasion, together with Both ENDS and Rainforest Rescue, we supported a private tea estate and a tea cooperative to produce tea in a forest garden system! Such an exciting project. 🙌 “Together with ProFound, we transformed a tea plantation into a forest garden production (...) providing food and income to communities, improving soils and the quality of the tea.” Shared Ranil Senanayake (Rainforest Rescue International) after the culmination of the project. 🐝 🐛 Over the past thirty years, we’ve worked with farmers, agri-entrepreneurs, non-government organizations, and actors in the value chain who share our beliefs. We are confident that, if action is taken, biodiversity loss can decrease. This is partly the inspiration behind the soon-to-be movement, ReGen55!, which we are developing in partnership with AGREA Agricultural Systems . #ThisIsProFound #AdvisersInDevelopment #ReGen55! #BiodiversityDay #BePartOfThePlan #SustainableFuture #UnEnviromentProgramme #BiodiversityPlan  

This week is BIO WEEK… Not the bio on your LinkedIn profile, but the biodiversity surrounding us. Or, well… not surrounding us. 🐝 More than 80% of European habitats are in poor shape. It is even worse in Denmark, as we are living in one of the world's most cultivated countries, where two-thirds of the land is used for farming. … and why is that a problem? Farms look so pretty, right? 🌾🌾🌾 Yeah, but farming poses several challenges for nature. Besides the obvious use of pesticides, it’s a problem growing only ONE type of crop over large areas as it offers limited types of food for wildlife, impacting insects that rely on a variety of plants. Same applies to your freshly mowed green lawn. Imagine a diet where you eat only ONE food! 😲 My guess is that you would die… which unfortunately is happening to many insects that we need to grow anything at all… So… the good news? This week, the European Parliament adopted a new Nature Restoration Law saying that EU countries must restore at least 30% of habitats in poor condition by 2030, 60% by 2040, and 90% by 2050. It is no easy quick-fix task, but it is a hopeful step. And hey, if your company has not yet addressed biodiversity as part of its sustainability strategy, here is your sign. 💌 #biodiversity #agriculture #eu #naturerestoration

How Can a Business Measure its Impact on Biodiversity? In this week's publication, we look at: - Interesting perspectives from The Guardian Newspaper's most recent Sustainability Report. - 3 actions a company can take to measure its impact on biodiversity. - Native re-wilding across the United Kingdom & Ireland with Irish Trees Limited Read here (2 minute reading time): https://lnkd.in/e4BiuQCw

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞! Interested in increasing #sustainability of the #palmoil sector? In the SustainPalm project, researchers and implementers from the Netherlands and Indonesia work together on strategies to achieve a more sustainable palm oil sector. We explore opportunities for land sparing, biodiversity protection, and increasing circularity. Follow this page to find out more about intercropping, livestock integration, circular use of oil palm residues, and increasing sustainability in carbon- and biodiversity rich landscapes, including peat. Also see http://sustainpalm.org

🌍 Celebrate World Biodiversity Day with Eléphant Vert! 🌿 Today, on #WorldBiodiversityDay, we celebrate the incredible variety of life on Earth! Biodiversity is the foundation of a healthy planet, providing us with clean air, water, food, and countless other benefits. 🌱🌸 But biodiversity is facing unprecedented threats. That's why Eléphant Vert is committed to being a part of the solution. 💪 We believe in promoting a healthy and sustainable agricultural model that respects the environment and preserves biodiversity. Our innovative biosolutions are designed to: 🔹 Reduce reliance on traditional pesticides and fertilizers: This helps protect beneficial insects and soil microorganisms that are crucial for healthy ecosystems. 🐝🐞 🔹 Improve soil health: Healthy soil plays a vital role in supporting biodiversity by providing a habitat for a wide variety of organisms. 🌾🌻 🔹 Increase crop yields: Sustainable practices not only benefit the environment but can also lead to more productive and resilient crops. 🌽🍅 Together, we can make a difference! Let's all work towards a future where agriculture coexists with a thriving natural world. 🌳💚 #WorldBiodiversityDay #SustainableAgriculture #Biosolutions

Humanity is faced with interacting socio-environmental challenges such as securing food while the climate changes and biodiversity declines. These global crises are partly caused by major land-use change arising from deforestation and agriculture, and are exacerbated by the high demand for resource-intensive foods from populations in the Global North, which are increasingly concentrated in urban centres.    Read the new article by Filippo Oncini, Steffen Hirth and Jo Mylan from The Sustainable Consumption Institute: "Where the Wild Things Are: How urban foraging and food forests can contribute to sustainable cities in the Global North" on ScienceDirect. https://lnkd.in/eZpmeWNa