Biodiversity

Neoenergia's commitment to the preservation of biodiversity.

The degradation of ecosystems and the unprecedented decline of biological diversity entail serious environmental, economic, and social risks, requiring action to reverse the loss of biodiversity, in the unanimous view of the scientific community as being a direct consequence of the impact of human activities. The loss of biodiversity, with ecosystem collapse, was ranked as the fourth highest global risk in ten years in the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report. Released in January 2023, the document warns that this is one of the fastest-deteriorating global risks over the next decade.

Aware that the conservation of ecosystems is an essential condition for global sustainability, Neoenergia is committed to taking a leading position in the conservation and promotion of biodiversity in the sector of its activity. It also assumes to promote among its interest groups the culture that biodiversity must be valued, conserved, restored and used in a sustainable manner, maintaining ecosystem services, promoting a healthy planet and providing essential benefits for all people.

The company understands that respect for biodiversity and ecosystems must be at the forefront of its business strategy. For this reason, since 2019, it has had a Biodiversity Policy, revised in 2022, in which it undertakes to integrate the protection and conservation of biodiversity into decision-making and to develop an energy model responsible for nature as a source of sustainable development.

Global Biodiversity Plan 2030

In December 2022, the Iberdrola Group approved its 2030 Biodiversity Plan, which strengthens its commitment to nature and sets the objective of having a net positive impact on biodiversity in the year 2030, i.e., its activities must contribute to the preservation and improvement of biodiversity. The Neoenergia group began, in 2022, the structuring of its 2030 Biodiversity Plan. The objective considers the direct impacts on endangered species and ecosystems, derived from the company's activities during the life cycle of its facilities. It is based on the application of the principle of conservation hierarchy, as well as on the implementation of mechanisms for identifying and quantifying impacts and monitoring their compliance.

The Biodiversity Action Plans of the facilities consolidate the different instruments applicable to each phase of the life cycle of the facilities and are reported to stakeholders in the Global Biodiversity Report, released biennially. The Biodiversity Action Plans can be summarized in the following scheme:

The Biodiversity Action Plans of the facilities consolidate the different instruments applicable to each phase of the life cycle of the facilities and are reported to stakeholders in the Global Biodiversity Report, released biennially. The Biodiversity Action Plans are summarized in the diagram below