Seminário Sociedade Civil, Empresas e Biodiversidade Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian 26 de Setembro de 2007

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1 Seminário Sociedade Civil, Empresas e Biodiversidade Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian 26 de Setembro de 2007

2 Biodiversity loss is recognized by the private sector in the early 90 s Earth Summit Rio de Janeiro World Business Council for Sustainable Development was created EDP Founding Member BCSD- Portugal Johannesburg Summit EDP is invited to the Presidency of BCSD- Portugal Changing Course: A global Business Perspective on the development and the Environment Publication WBCSD/UICN Business and Biodiversity A Guide for the Private Sector Private sector/edp initiatives International initiatives New edition of WBCSD/UICN Business and Biodiversity A Guide for the Private Sector WBCSD creates Ecosystem Focus Area Sustainability and Environmental Office 2/19

3 Why should the private sector invest in biodiversity? Supply-chain rupture Employees not motivated/loos of productivity Legal licence to operate Environmental fines Risk Assessment Risk Management Stakeholders Pressure Lower performance in the financial markets New market opportunities Cost / Opportunity Management Reputation Image damage Access to Capital Brand Value Competitiveness Sustainability and Environmental Office 3/19

4 EDP considers the Environment in its management decisions since the 80 s Portuguese Environmental Impact Assessment Law EDP Publishes its Environmental Policy and Code of Conduct EDP joins WBCSD EDP follows Guidelines GRI 1º Sust. Report EDP EDP starts EIA studies for its new big projects Private sector/edp initiatives International initiatives EDP establishes an Environmental Council EDP Publishes its 1st Environmental Report Millenium Ecosystem Assessment is published EDP s Biodiversity Policy EDP approves its Sustainability principles Sustainability and Environmental Office 4/19

5 Some of the most recent EDP initiatives EDP s Biodiversity Policy is publicly assumed EDP announces an investment of million euros, in renewables until 2010 EDP buys 4,8 million tons of CO2 Credits ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Certification of its generation hydro and thermal power plants Initiative Environment belongs to all of us Lets use energy well students and teachers worked with climate change and energy issues Best Sustainability /Environment Report award for the fourth time consecutively. GreenLight award EDP s Sustainability Principles publicly assumed Sustainability and Environmental Office 5/19

6 EDP identified the potential direct and indirect biodiversity impacts of its activities 1 Thermal Generation Direct impacts: land covered; refrigerating circuits Indirect impacts:: S02 NOx and CO2 emissions 2 Hydro Generation Changes of the river natural regime and current fluctuations. Animal and vegetation adaptation to new river conditions Migrating fish barrier flooded area 3 4 Wind Generation Distribution Fauna: Birdlife; Bats; Iberic-wolf Flora Landscape Birdlife Flora inside protecting power lines control area Sustainability and Environmental Office 6/19

7 EDP s Biodiversity Policy was published in June 2007 EDP wants to have a more active role in biodiversity promotion and conservation Our Commitments: Integrate biodiversity impact assessment in all stages of our activities Minimize biodiversity impacts and when it it not feasible, implement alternative compensation measures Report our performance in a transparent, regular and externally verified incorporate Biodiversity Into approach management decisions Global positive impact Contribute to scientific knowledge in this issue strengthens dialogue and partnerships with stakeholders Sustainability and Environmental Office 7/19

8 EDP strengthens dialogue with NGO, through an exclusive channel available in EDP web site It is now available a specific communication channel between EDP and NGO Main goals: Incorporate suggestions Maintain dialogue in a continuous way Sustainability and Environmental Office 8/19

9 EDP joined Business & Biodiversity initiative Under Business and Biodiversity EU initiative EDP agree with ICNB to assume the following voluntary commitments: Long-term initiatives: Study the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, with cost/benefits evaluation mid term act or no act strategies. Short term initiatives: identification of the main drivers for biodiversity degradation and the most effective recovering measures; Emergency recovery Plan of 3 cliff breeding birds in Parque Natural Douro Internacional: Black Stork; Egyptian Vulture and Bonelli s Eagle Plan the improvement of conservation status of migrating fish and their habitats between the mouth of River Cávado and Penide dam Sustainability and Environmental Office 9/19

10 EDP set up a Biodiversity Fund, totalizing 2,5 million euros for a 5 years period 1 What is it? Management instrument to finance projects associated with biodiversity promotion and conservation. It has to be used by independent organizations 2 How it works? Open application Selection criteria publicly available It can never be associated directly to EDP activities; 3 Who can apply for? Public or no profit entities, who demonstrates technical ability for Biodiversity issues Sustainability and Environmental Office 10/19

11 EDP s Biodiversity Policy follows an experience already in the field Sustainability and Environmental Office 11/19

12 Collaboration agreement between EDP, ICNB, Quercus and SPEA for the compatibility among overhead power lines and birdlife ( ) Develop more studies and make compatible overhead high and medium voltage power lines with birdlife in Portugal 2nd Stage ( ): 37 km overhead power line to be protected until the end of 2008 protected power lines under vigilance : 110 km observed + 65 km of control power lines Main results revealed decreasing of 50% deaths by electrocutions Two new technologies for birdlife protection being tested Fotos: EDP Sustainability and Environmental Office 12/19

13 Collaboration agreement between ICNB and Local NGO to implement an Emergency Recovery Program for cliff breeding birds in International Douro s Nature Reserve ( ) Invert the loss rate of Bonelli s Eagle; Egyptian vulture and Black stork in Douro s Nature Reserve Specific goals: Improve habitat conditions for the birds provisions Increase the populations productivity Decrease the mortality drivers Fotos: A. Monteiro, Carlos Carrapato, João Cosme, Ana Berlinger, PNAD,PNDI Increase scientific knowledge Improve the image of this species among local communities Sustainability and Environmental Office 13/19

14 ( ) Emergency Recovery Program for cliff breeding birdsin International Douro s Nature Reserve Action Plan 10 main conservation initiatives 1. Artificial feeding programs 2. Habitats improvement for preys 3. Reconstruction of pigeons traditional houses 4. Prey repopulation 5. Vulture feeding program 6. Overhead power lines protection 7. Video surveillance of nests; 8. Eagle attraction programs 9. Radio tracking using GSM 10. Local communities involvement and General divulgation of the project Status: Cars already available; Land is being acquired; seeding program being prepared; pigeon construction project concluded Fotos: A. Monteiro, Carlos Carrapato, João Cosme, Ana Berlinger, PNAD,PNDI Sustainability and Environmental Office 14/19

15 Collaboration agreement with Planeta Vivo for the recovery Plan of migrating fish communities in Douro basin ( ) Study the distribution and stock of migrating fish down Carrapatelo dam; Test captivity reproduction; test the efficiency of the fish transpose device; identify adequate habitats for nurseries 2 nd stage concluded: Eel and sea lamprey exist with stable populations Eel do not need special conservation schemes Captivity reproduction of the sea lamprey was obtained successfully and habitats adequate for nurseries identified in the river streams and shores Fotos: Planeta Vivo Fish transpose device with low efficiency. Detail studies are required Sustainability and Environmental Office 15/19

16 Partnership with Seia municipality for converting Desterro forest in Serra da Estrela in a nature reserve (2007) 136 ha were transferred for the establishment of a nature reserve Initially an agricultural area, it will be transformed in a specific vegetation spot contributing for the increasing of the local biodiversity. Local trees will grow in Setúbal power station greenhouses Fotos: C M Seia Fotos: EDP Sustainability and Environmental Office 16/19

17 Use of Setúbal power station greenhouses for growing autochthonous species ( ) Promote the plantation of 90 thousand trees grown in EDP greenhouses, under INETI scientific and technical supervision Greenhouses used to develop the germination of some rare tree species in Portugal Contributes to the reforestation of degraded areas and burned areas of the country Contributes for the reforestation of Nature reserves such as: Serra da Estrela; Serra da Arrábida; PNDI Fotos: EDP Sustainability and Environmental Office 17/19

18 Monitoring studies in our wind farms: birdlife; bats; wolf and local flora Identify best future practices, Improve scientific knowledge of some species. Wolf 12 Flora/ Habitat s 3 Birds 13 Bats 5 Nº of Wind farms with Monitoring studies, per specie Birds: Until now, Impacts with no significance. Exception made for the Bonneli s Eagle: some compensatory measures are been implemented Bats no activity nearby. Until now, Impacts with no significance. Wolf: wolf pack moved away in F Telha and A. Talefe. some compensatory measures are been implemented Fotos: EDP Sustainability and Environmental Office 18/19

19 Environmental Costs in wind farm projects 2-4 % of the project investment cost is used for environment protection This value decreases to 1% in wind farms located ouside nature protected areas All EDP wind Farms follow enviromental protection guidelines Considered in the project stage: for infra-structures, etc. Environmental following of the works Environmental requalification of the surroundings Compensatory initiatives can cost around 2% of the annual wind farm revenues Sustainability and Environmental Office 19/19