In addition to climate change, the loss of biodiversity has become a significant threat to the environment. The loss of diversity is also a threat to companies, for example through the availability of raw materials. Our goal is to take into account the factors that contribute to the preservation of diversity and the sustainable use of natural resources in our own operations and value chain.

The most significant impacts of our operations arise through the products we sell and their raw materials. In terms of biodiversity, the most significant raw materials in our selection are cotton, palm oil, wood-based materials, coffee, and fish. We take biodiversity into account in our selection work and build our selections sustainably. An example of this is our high-risk raw material policies, according to which we are committed to source the cotton, palm oil, wood-based raw materials, coffee, and fish in our own Private Label products in a more sustainable way.

With raw material policies and product certifications, our aim is to ensure biodiversity, e.g., restrain the impoverishment of species and ecosystems. We rely on certifications such as FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), Organic farming and RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil), that set requirements for the conservation and promotion of biodiversity, for example reduction of deforestation. 

We have joined amfori’s environmental assessment programme (BEPI), a business-driven initiative, aimed at improving the environmental performance throughout supply chains. In BEPI, factories assess e.g., the effects of their land use on biodiversity, water consumption and emissions to soil and water.  

Our ambitious climate goals also support preservation of biodiversity. In 2024, our Tokmanni segment achieved the emission reduction targets officially approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), according to which the company is committed to limiting the global temperature increase to a maximum of 1.5 degrees Celsius in its own operations.

During 2025, our Tokmanni Group will seek SBTi validation for its new climate targets covering the entire Group.