A better tomorrow starts from respecting the environment and the climate. We develop our operations to reduce our climate impacts and increase the energy and material efficiency of our production and logistics. Promoting the circular economy is one of our key objectives. Let’s take care of nature.
| Main targets 2023-2025 | Achievements in 2024 |
| Our Science Based Targets will be approved within the agreed timeframe. We will reduce our emissions in our own operations and in our value chain in line with our targets.
Main targets (2030 vs 2021): |
We received approval for our SBTi emission reduction targets. The targets also include FLAG emissions related to land use. Emissions have developed as follows: Scope 1, 2024 vs. 2021: -13% Scope 2, 2024 vs. 2021: -10% (market-based emissions) Scope 2, 2024 vs. 2021: -53% (location-based emissions) Scope 3, 2024 vs. 2021: -17% Scope 3, FLAG, 2024 vs. 2021 +3%. |
| We reduce the environmental impact of production by increasing the efficiency of material use and separate waste collection. |
The amount of waste decreased in the Group: in 2024, 129 tonnes less waste was generated than in 2023. In 2024, 100 tonnes more materials were directed to recycling or reuse than in 2023. |
| We investigate our impacts and dependencies on biodiversity and set targets to reduce impacts. | Possible biodiversity benefits of regenerative agriculture were examined in 2024 through expert interviews as part of a thesis conducted for Berner Ltd. In 2025, the work will continue to investigate impacts and dependencies and to set targets for reducing impacts. |
| We will improve material efficiency by increasing yields and directing side streams to our own production. | The amount of recycled side streams was 183,759 tonnes in 2024. The total amount in 2023 and 2024 is 317,759 tonnes. |
ClIMATE WORK AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
The development of emission reductions and energy efficiency at Berner Group is primarily guided by the environmental policy and environmental management system in accordance with ISO 14001 and the Science Based Targets climate initiative.
Material efficiency & CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Our material efficiency is guided by our environmental policy. Our goal is to continuously improve material efficiency, as resource wisdom has a direct impact on both our emissions and other impacts on nature. We
aim to avoid material waste by evaluating our material balances more accurately than before.
Promoting the circular economy is one of our key strategic objectives; through it, we aim to help mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss. The circular economy is reflected in our business particularly through the utilization of industrial by-products: we help channel by-products generated in industrial production processes into beneficial use and further employ them either as raw materials for industry or on farms, for example as fertilizers or feed components. By-products arise, for instance, in the feed and mining industries. The amount of recycled by-products in our industrial and agricultural business areas was 183,759 tonnes in 2024. The total amount for 2023 and 2024 combined was 317,759 tonnes.
Biodiversity
In 2023, a pilot project investigated the impacts and dependencies on biodiversity concerning the Heinävesi
production plant in Finland, as well as some contract manufacturing plants, raw material and product suppliers’ production facilities, and production processes. As part of the project, the presence of biodiversity-sensitive areas near some production plants was examined, as the facilities may have an impact on them.
However, comprehensive study of the impacts of these plants on these areas has not yet been conducted. All production plants that require environmental permits have valid permits, and we continuously monitor that the plants operate in compliance with their granted environmental permits. In 2025, the work to explore impacts and dependencies will continue, along with the setting of targets to reduce harmful impacts