Biodiversity
Protecting biodiversity for a sustainable future
Biodiversity is a critical element of our planet’s natural systems, providing essential ecosystem services. It forms the basis of life for every living thing on Earth, from people to animals and plants. Biodiversity loss has accelerated greatly in recent years, leading many scientists to warn that we are experiencing a sixth mass extinction. More than 90% of biodiversity loss is caused by five drivers: land degradation and habitat destruction, resource exploitation, climate change, pollution, and invasive species. These developments have a negative impact on supporting, regulating, provisioning and cultural ecosystem services.
Projects and measures to protect our ecosystems
The impacts of our business activities on biodiversity and ecosystems are currently being assessed. This involves differentiating between construction processes, corporate properties and production sites. The aim is to establish a comprehensive biodiversity management system and to gradually implement measures to promote biodiversity. This assessment also includes the identification of shortfalls in terms of regulatory requirements and voluntary standards.
Biodiversity covers a wide range of topics, including species diversity, genetic diversity and ecosystem diversity. As a leading construction technology group, we are aware that our activities impact biodiversity in a variety of ways. We believe that with a proactive approach we can contribute to protecting biodiversity. With proper planning and design, material sourcing, low-impact construction practices, post-construction activities, ecological compensation measures and awareness raising, we can promote biodiversity during and after construction. These efforts require the collaboration of all stakeholders, including clients, the authorities that specify or approve biodiversity requirements, subcontractors and local communities. We also see enormous potential for developing solutions jointly in collaboration with our stakeholders, including governments, non-governmental organisations and local communities.