{"id":76232,"date":"2026-03-20T12:55:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/?p=76232"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:08:54","slug":"sweco-has-calculated-the-biodiversity-footprint-of-its-operations-in-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/insight\/press-releases\/sweco-has-calculated-the-biodiversity-footprint-of-its-operations-in-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweco has calculated the biodiversity footprint of its operations in Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sweco has calculated the biodiversity footprint of its operations in Finland \u2013 the results highlight the specific nature impacts of knowledge work<\/h1>\n

Published: 19 March 2026<\/p>\n

Sweco has carried out, for the first time, a comprehensive biodiversity footprint calculation for its operations in Finland. The calculation provides new and detailed information on how the company\u2019s activities affect biodiversity and complements Sweco\u2019s emissions accounting. The biodiversity footprint calculation helps to identify key areas where improvements to environmental impacts can be made: Sweco\u2019s largest nature impact arises from purchased goods and services. The biodiversity footprint opens up a new perspective for measuring and managing the environmental responsibility of knowledge work.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMeasuring the biodiversity footprint<\/a> alongside greenhouse gas emissions gives us a much more accurate picture of how our own operations impact the environment. The biodiversity footprint also helps us identify those impacts that do not show up in emissions accounting. With the results<\/a> we can target measures specifically at the factors that most affect biodiversity. At the same time, this strengthens Sweco\u2019s position as a forerunner in sustainability,\u201d says Sweco\u2019s Chief Sustainability Officer Iida Vakkuri<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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Greatest nature impacts come from procurement and travel, 64% of impacts are driven by climate change and 32% by water consumption<\/h2>\n

Sweco\u2019s biodiversity footprint<\/a> for 2025 amounts to 9.4 \u00d7 10\u207b\u2078 PDF\u00b7yr<\/b>. The PDF unit (Potentially Disappeared Fraction of species) describes the share of global species that are at risk of disappearing if activities continued unchanged. In other words, the result means that 0.0000094%, roughly one species out of the approximately 8 million species currently known, would be at risk of extinction.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy calculating our own biodiversity footprint, we have made visible that knowledge work can also weaken biodiversity. The biodiversity footprint of a single engineering, architecture and consulting company may look small in absolute numbers, but what is essential is understanding what drives it up. That information is what guides us to target measures most effectively,\u201d Vakkuri says.<\/p>\n

Sweco\u2019s biodiversity footprint calculation covered several different categories, including purchased goods and services, business travel, commuting between home and work, energy use in offices, fuel use in vehicles, direct water consumption and direct land use.<\/p>\n

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