ORIT Biodiversity: From Energy to Ecology  

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ORIT actively enhances biodiversity across its project/asset sites, surrounding communities and wider geographies by embedding nature-positive practices into its renewable energy projects and funding initiatives aligned with its impact objectives. Through a combination of on-site initiatives, local biodiversity efforts, and community engagement, ORIT aims to create lasting environmental benefits while integrating renewable infrastructure with the natural landscape.

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Overview of Initiatives

We work with like-minded contractors to enhance biodiversity across our renewable energy sites. For information on relevant case studies, please see: 

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- Greening the Portfolio with Grasslands

- Enhancing Biodiversity through Tree Works at Westerfield

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We also work with organisations to implement initiatives that enhance the environment and communities in which ORIT's assets operate (our "Impact Partners"). For more information on our Impact Partners and initiatives:

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Why is Biodiversity important to ORIT?

• Biodiversity is 1 of the 4 ORIT key impact themes
• One of the environmental objectives of the EU Taxonomy
• Biodiversity is a topic that is included in our pre-investment ESG due diligence
• Contributes to performance and directly correlates with the land's ability to absorb into its soil (e.g., undistributed grasslands, high biodiversity)
• Alignment with the Investment Managers Biodiversity Mission Statement