Akademiska Hus: mapping according to SBTN for biodiversity
Together with Akademiska Hus, Ecogain has conducted a current situation analysis and mapping of the impact of the business on biodiversity according to Science Based Target for Nature (SBTN).
Akademiska Hus has ambitious goals for its sustainability work, which also includes biodiversity. This was very helpful when they were about to start a mapping exercise according to the SBTN framework.
Ecogain's environmental experts began by conducting a baseline analysis of the impact Akademiska Hus has on biodiversity in its operations today. An investigation according to the SBTN framework formed the basis for the analysis. This is a standardized way of mapping the impact from direct operations, as well as upstream and downstream in the value chain. The starting point was the drivers of biodiversity loss identified by IPBES (United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Biological Diversity).
Mapping based on SBTN and in line with CSRD and ESRS
In the next step, Ecogain carried out a mapping exercise based on the SBTN, and also in line with Akademiska Hus' focus on biodiversity. Based on workshops and in close cooperation with sustainability experts and project managers at Akademiska Hus, we helped them to develop the map:
A baseline analysis of Akademiska Hus' impact on biodiversity in its direct operations and throughout the value chain.
Conduct the survey in accordance with SBTs for Nature step 1A.
Link the results to future EU requirements for sustainability reporting on biodiversity aspects under CSRD/ESRS.
The assignment gave Akademiska Hus a better understanding of the impact of the business in the value chain, knowledge of SBTN and how the framework can be used for continued work in biodiversity. The results have also provided good help in the dual materiality analysis that Akademiska Hus is currently conducting.
Based on Akademiska Hus' work on how to manage biodiversity in our operations, an analysis has been made based on SBTN step 1a. It has been very rewarding and opened our eyes to the parts of the business that have a major impact on biodiversity. This analysis has led us to initiate a strategy for how we will manage biodiversity throughout our operations and really work to achieve a better status for biodiversity.
Alice Bocké, Sustainability Strategist Akademiska Hus