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.

achievements in 2025 

• Our  Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) emissions reduction targets were approved at the turn of 2024/2025,. The targets also include FLAG emissions related to land use. Emissions developed as follows: Scope 1&2 (market-based), 2025 vs. 2021: -12 %; Scope 3, 2025 vs. 2021: -14 %; Scope 3, FLAG, 2025 vs. 2021 -3 %: Scope 3.11a, 2025 vs. 2021: -10 %
• Waste volumes have decreased in certain Group companies. In addition, across the Group, waste volumes have been reduced when adjusted for the impact of business growth on waste generation. In 2025, more waste (by tonnes) was diverted to recycling than in 2024.
• In 2025, we mapped the environmental impacts and capabilities of our most important suppliers and identified biodiversity sensitive areas near our own sites.
• The volume of recycled side streams was 173,596 tonnes in 2025.The total for 2023–2025 was 491,355 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.

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