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Volvo's Bold Step Towards Biodiversity: A Lesson for Manufacturers Volvo Group is leading the charge in corporate nature ambitions, offering valuable insights for automakers and manufacturers alike. Despite scaling back EV targets, their nature strategy remains robust and forward-thinking. Key takeaways from Volvo's approach: Data-Driven Decision Making: Utilising 2021 production and sales data, Volvo conducted a lifecycle impact assessment using the ReCiPe model. This approach demonstrates the importance of acting on available data rather than waiting for perfection. Prioritising High-Impact Areas: 64% of Volvo's biodiversity impacts come from vehicles on the road, with 34% in the upstream value chain. By identifying these hotspots, Volvo can focus its efforts where they matter most. Addressing the EV Dilemma: Volvo acknowledges the potential biodiversity impact of increased mining for EV batteries, calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining. This highlights the need for holistic thinking in sustainability efforts. Following the Mitigation Hierarchy: Volvo's commitment to avoiding, reducing, and finally offsetting impacts shows a comprehensive approach to biodiversity conservation. Localised Conservation Efforts: By focusing on landscapes directly affected by their business, Volvo ensures their restoration efforts have meaningful impact. At Green Work Solution, we believe Volvo's strategy offers valuable lessons for businesses looking to enhance their sustainability efforts. How is your company addressing biodiversity in its operations and supply chain? Image - (The ReCiPe Model for Measuring Biodiversity Impacts) #Sustainability #Biodiversity #CorporateResponsibility #GreenBusiness

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Have you thought about biodiversity as part of sustainability initiatives? As this report from Capgemini shows, only 24% of organizations have a strategy around biodiversity. Conversations around corporate sustainability often focus on things like carbon emissions, but biodiversity offers significant environmental benefits and is worth protecting. AI can help ramp up efforts by making it easier to analyze field data. An example I found fascinating is the use of AI and robotics to create a “jellyfish-bot” that can inspect coral reefs as well as collect waste particles as it swims. There’s a lot of interesting stuff in the report, both from a technology perspective and an environmental perspective. It’s worth the read! https://ow.ly/rZJ450QGHuT  #Biodiversity #Sustainability #TechForGood

Many companies want to diminish their impact on biodiversity but don’t quite know how to do it effectively. 🤔 📗The “Circular Solutions for Nature” handbook by Sitra presents a comprehensive guide for businesses aiming to integrate circular business models into their operations to effectively address biodiversity loss. It provides an overview of the interconnection between circularity and nature, followed by a three-step approach for action based on: 1️⃣ Identifying critical biodiversity impacts in the value chain 2️⃣ Using circular solutions to tackle these impacts 3️⃣ Designing the circular transformation journey You can view and download the handbook here ⬇ https://lnkd.in/gKGTXMc7 #Circulareconomy #WCEF2024 #WCEF2025

🤔 Biodiversity vs. carbon While corporate climate action is established in many ways (with its strengths and flaws), companies struggle to grasp the complex topic of biodiversity. Biodiversity and carbon are in many ways similar, but in some aspects they are fundamentally different. For example: 🏭 Carbon - One global, agreed-upon unit/metric (CO2e) - Relatively easy and cheap to measure - Good data availability (not always scope 3) - GHG gases are global - Existing compliance and voluntary carbon markets - No value considerations 🌿 Biodiversity: - No single, agreed-upon metric/unit - Difficult and costly to measure  - Poor data availability  - Biodiversity is local - Immature markets are only emerging - Value considerations necessary (e.g. value of species, ecosystems and ecosystem services; religious & spiritual values) My takes: 👉 Climate approaches cannot be copied for biodiversity action as such. With a topic as complex as biodiversity, we must tolerate more ambiguity and assumptions. 👉 Biodiversity data is – and will always be – far from perfect. But we don’t have time to wait for perfect ecological data. Luckily, meaningful action is possible without it.  👉 Don’t let labels block action! Circular business models, resource-efficient products and services, recycling, reuse, and recommerce can effectively halt biodiversity loss, although often discussed under the title of circularity. What are you thoughts on this?

It's awesome to work for a company that not only works in sustainability, but is often driving the field forward! Some of my colleagues have recently partnered with NatureServe to develop a new (and FREE) tool for evaluating biodiversity in North America. It helps make a pretty "fuzzy" topic quantifiable and understandable, and I'm excited to see how companies leverage this in their biodiversity work to better measure their process in restoring nature! Check out some information on the tool below, and I'd love to hear thoughts on whether something like this would be useful to you if you work in sustainability or biodiversity! https://lnkd.in/gP74gpDA

Did you know that the forest cleared for Tesla’s factory was planted, not natural? 🌲 These areas, primarily used for timber cultivation, have less biodiversity than native forests. Additionally, Tesla committed to planting three times more trees to offset the environmental impact. 🌍 Another controversial point: the factory has implemented measures like water harvesting systems and renewable energy to reduce its ecological footprint. But is that enough to balance the initial damage? The debate continues, and initiatives like this spark essential discussions about the future of sustainability. #Sustainability #Tesla #GreenInnovation #EnvironmentalImpact #GreenFuture

Forests are at the heart of our fight for #sustainability, but their degradation continues at an alarming rate. That’s why today I’m happy to share the story of The Sustainability Warriors, a Capgemini team using #data-driven innovation to plant 2,030 urban forests by 2030 in partnership with Omstilling Nu. Read the inspiring story of our #Tech4PositiveFutures winners here: https://bit.ly/4aoodaM #ForestDay

My colleague Dario Piselli teamed up with R-evolution to write this interesting report discussing the importance of biodiversity data for companies and the challenges businesses face in navigating the landscape of biodiversity measurement tools and metrics. The report also highlights how digital twins can be seen as an opportunity to enhance the availability and quality of information, aiding in regulatory compliance, strategic decision-making, and sustainability reporting. Highly recommend giving it a read!

We’re celebrating #WorldAquaticAnimalDay at SeaAhead by showcasing the conservation work of startups that directly benefit aquatic creatures. Our shareholder pool is inclusive of individuals with fins, scales, and shells. 🔵 Conservation efforts to save the endangered right whale are often inhibited by challenges in processing ocean data. Bluemvmt’s Blue/AI can rapidly analyze data from any sensor and dataset, accelerating scientists’ abilities to make data-driven decisions. 🔵 All kinds of organisms are at risk of ingesting plastic particles that are detrimental to their health. CIRT’s software tools help companies reduce their packaging footprint and recirculate materials to reduce waste. USEFULL offers universities and organizations an entirely plastic-free tech-enabled takeout system to be used in dining halls and cafeterias. We need circular solutions that divert plastic away from our oceans and landfills and eventually negate the need for plastics entirely. 🔵 We know that ocean acidification weakens coral reefs and negatively impacts their ability to support the aquatic animals that rely on them. Vycarb’s system has the potential to mitigate ocean acidification by performing fully measured removal and storage of carbon in water. 🔵 Hitchhiking aquatic organisms threaten native wildlife and upset balanced ecosystems. Berkeley Marine Robotics Inc. is engineering autonomous robot swarms that can mitigate biofouling and monitor ship hulls, reducing the spread of invasive species. We are proud to support bluetech innovation that complements marine conservation efforts. How are you celebrating Aquatic Animal Day? Let us know in the comments!