Biodiversity
Biodiversity: A Critical Challenge for Our Planet
Biodiversity loss is one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time. Healthy ecosystems are essential for life on Earth, supporting processes such as soil fertility, water regulation, and climate balance. However, global assessments reveal a continuous decline in species and habitats, increasing systemic risks for economies and societies. Preserving biodiversity is therefore fundamental to resilience and sustainable development.
Our Commitment at EDP
Recognizing the vital role of ecosystems and biodiversity in sustaining life cycles, EDP’s renewable energy generation is our most significant contribution to reducing biodiversity loss. Beyond this, our commitment drives us to actively protect wildlife, and conserve and enhance ecosystems, ensuring that our operations align with global sustainability goals.
Aligned with its new Business Plan 2026-2028, EDP has defined the following commitments:
Our commitments by 2028
All new projects (1) include a biodiversity risk analysis & action plan
1. Projects subject to the Investment Committee’s approval
Pilot projects to test and align with Biodiversity No Net Loss & Net Gain
TNFD adopter
Nature Management Approach Report
Following the TNFD adoption, EDP has published its Nature Management Approach, where describes how integrates Nature into daily operations through its AMAT guiding framework. This framework places a strong emphasis on biodiversity and it is deployed following TNFD (Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures) LEAP (Locate, Evaluate, Assess, Prepare) approach.
Biodiversity Initiatives
At EDP, our initiatives are designed to integrate nature into decision‑making and operations, ensuring that energy transition and nature protection advance hand in hand.
Our approach is grounded in the mitigation hierarchy — avoid, minimize, restore and compensate — applied consistently across the asset lifecycle, with the clear ambition of achieving a positive balance for biodiversity over the long term.
This framework guides our efforts to reduce impacts at source and to go beyond compliance, embedding nature considerations from early project design.
Building on this foundation, EDP is progressively advancing transformative solutions that rethink how energy infrastructure interacts with land and ecosystems. Innovative approaches such as floating solar, agrivoltaics or repowering wind farms help reduce land take, promote dual land use and extend the value of existing
In parallel, EDP is scaling up the integration of nature‑based solutions, recognizing their potential to strengthen climate adaptation while protecting and restoring ecosystems.