Increased attention to biodiversity should be profitable. Not only for nature but also for business. This is what Svemin claims and is now the first industry organization, in collaboration with Ecogain, to develop a roadmap for how this should be done.

Svemin's new project Mining with Nature will create a comprehensive picture of the biodiversity issues that are relevant to the mining industry, both internationally and in Sweden. The goal is to make it easier for the industry and individual companies to understand risks and opportunities and to set goals for their organization-specific work.
- The mining industry in Sweden has the ambition to be a pioneer in sustainable mining and now it is time to take the next step. We want to go beyond fossil freedom and take even greater responsibility for biodiversity, says Maria Sunér Fleming, CEO of the mining industry organization Svemin, project owner and initiator of the initiative.

Moreover, the issue of biodiversity will soon be moving forward internationally. At the planned UN COP15 Biodiversity conference in China in October 2020, a new strategic plan for the Convention on Biological Diversity will be decided.

- Biodiversity will become an increasingly important issue in the business community's sustainability work, just as it has been with the climate issue, and in light of this it feels particularly good that we are already working on this particular project.
- Maria Sunér Fleming, CEO of the mining industry organization Svemin, project owner and initiator of the initiative.

- It's really great to work with Svemin and the mining companies who are pioneers in this field. We notice that the loss of biodiversity is becoming increasingly business critical and the issue is as important to humanity as the climate. Therefore, it feels important to drive the work on a roadmap together with the mining industry.
- Tove Hägglund, project manager at Ecogain and responsible for the work.

She points out that functioning ecosystems help reduce the effects of climate change, such as floods and droughts. These are examples of ecosystem services that nature provides for free. Other examples of ecosystem services include food, fresh air and clean water. For nature to deliver ecosystem services to our society, we need to preserve biodiversity, i.e. the diversity of plants and animals and their habitats.

The mines' biodiversity roadmap may well become a model for others.

- I am convinced that even more companies and sectors than the mining industry will soon see the need to develop biodiversity strategies in the same way as they do for climate change.
- Tove Hägglund.

Read more about the project: https://www.svemin.se/projekt-mining-with-nature/

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