Natural capital is a wealth we all share and depend on. It is essential that we protect, sustainably manage, and nurture it.
A healthy natural ecosystem plays a vital role in tackling climate change, with land and oceans absorbing and storing carbon from the atmosphere.
Our new biodiversity ambitions for 2022 strengthen our commitment to change.
The four pillars of biodiversity
We collectively depend on soil, land, forests, and water, which provide resources and services critical to human existence.
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Halting deforestation
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Managing water responsibly
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Reducing waste
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Preserving natural ecosystems
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Sustainable Workplace: PMI is working on a zero emissions office
My name is Frederic Voegele.
My current position is Manager Engineering Department,
here in Neuchâtel at PMP SA factory.
Every day I'm pleased to discover new things that are happening here at PMP SA.
Last year we were proud to receive the carbon-neutral factory label.
In order to run a facility like our facility, you mainly need electricity,
you need heat, and you need steam.
For the electricity, we are using green power.
It's a sustainable source of electricity.
Then, for the cold, we make use
of our beautiful location beside the lake so we are pumping the lake water
at 60-meter depth at 6 degrees to cool our entire facility.
The cool water that we use to cool down our installation is being heated.
So prior to ejecting it in the lake, we re-use the calories in that water.
We are able to heat our entire facility without burning natural gasses anymore.
The last source of energy where we need to burn natural gas is to generate steam.
This project is there
to use our organic waste, paper, wood, cigarettes, tobacco, to convert them into combustible gas
that will be used to generate steam, instead of using natural gas.
With those two projects, more or less nine million investment,
we'll be in a position not only to be certified carbon-neutral,
but to really have zero emission.
As a big company we have to pioneer and show the way for others to follow.
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As our new ambitions demonstrate, PMI understands that decarbonization, biodiversity protection, forestry management, and water stewardship are deeply connected. We aspire to lead by example in the responsible and sustainable management of natural resources that can allow the promotion and protection of natural ecosystems. It is important to recognize the linkages between biodiversity loss and vulnerability to climate change, and how these could exacerbate poverty and inequality. Adaptation strategies that promote the protection, preservation, and efficient use of natural resources help us build preparedness to manage potential environmental impacts that could affect our business.Jennifer Motles Chief Sustainability Officer
Today’s accelerated rate of biodiversity loss poses extraordinary risks for society and business: Taking action to reverse this trend is of paramount importance and everyone has a role to play. As a global player with a large-scale value chain, we recognize our key role in taking actions to reverse biodiversity losses. In doing so, we will leverage positive changes we are continuing to implement in our own operations and across our value chain together with our business partners. PMI’s strategy on biodiversity and water consolidates existing targets and actions to address impacts of our business on nature, while also updating our directional ambition for 2033 and expressing longer-term goals for 2050, to contribute to a nature-positive future in line with the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.Massimo Andolina Senior Vice President, Operations
Claudia Berardi Director, Environmental Sustainability, PMI OperationsPMI’s ambition on biodiversity and water gives us renewed energy to carry forward and increase the impact of our programs to preserve nature. We believe that a constant effort at the landscape level is key to transforming the relationship we have with ecosystems and local stakeholders in the mutual goal of protecting nature and the resulting ecosystem services generated by it. We are on track to a deforestation-free supply chain. Our updated strategy looks rigorously at the most relevant pressures on nature with focus on ecosystem use and use change including sustainable management and protection of water resources across our value chain, in alignment with the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and leveraging guidance from the Science Based Targets for Nature. We will publish our first value chain report on biodiversity footprint and dependencies by 2025. We aim to achieve no net loss at 2033, meaning that we will protect the integrity of natural ecosystems connected with PMI and its business partners, and we extend our ambition to 2050 to contribute towards a nature positive future.
