Our key targets for enhancing biodiversity:
- We will enhance biodiversity by restoring former peat production areas through re-wetting or afforestation in collaboration with local stakeholders, covering 1,000 hectares between 2025 and 2030
- Our target is for responsibly produced (RPP) peat to account for over 80% by 2030.
Neova Group is committed to enhancing biodiversity and have set ambitious targets to convert closed energy peat production to next land use and to implement restoration measures through wetlands and afforestation at selected sites.
Biodiversity programme
We have established a Neova Group biodiversity programme aiming to increase biodiversity by restoring (re-wetting or afforestation) 1,000 hectares by 2030 in collaboration with local stakeholders.
Progress in targets
In 2024, we continued our dedicated work to promote biodiversity. We have established over 3,300 hectares of wetlands and biodiversity areas on decommissioned peat production sites, spread across approximately 120 locations throughout Finland.
Wetlands are a cornerstone of our biodiversity efforts. The average size of these wetlands is around 20 hectares, with some exceeding 100 hectares.
We also enhanced the recreational value of our biodiversity areas by building structures such as birdwatching towers and shelters, ensuring the areas serve both nature and people.
One of the highlights of 2024 was the completion of Ropolansuo biodiversity area. Designed in collaboration with stakeholders, the area includes nesting islands for birds and preserves open landscapes.
Sustainability certifications
In Kekkilä-BVB business, we are committed to improve biodiversity and use Responsible Produced Peat (RPP) certification scheme as one of the tools to demonstrate our commitment.
In 2024, we continued to advance responsible peat production through RPP certification. RPP (Responsibly Produced Peat) ensures that peat is harvested from ecologically degraded areas and that future land use is planned and implemented responsibly.
We applied for RPP certification for six new sites in Finland and three in Sweden. Currently, we have a total of 21 RPP-certified production sites: 9 in Finland, 7 in Estonia, and 5 in Sweden. Our goal is to continue increasing this number and ensure that a growing share of the peat we use is responsibly produced.