3. ENVIRONMENT 3.4 Biodiversity Biodiversity encompasses all forms of life on our planet, including species diversity, ecosystem diversity, and genetic diversity within species. It also includes all the interactions between these ecosystems, species and individuals. Biodiversity is the source of many goods and services that humans rely on in their daily lives. Although issues relating to terrestrial and marine biodiversity were not identifi ed as material in the double materiality analysis (see section 2.3 Double materiality analysis), GEODIS is concerned about issues relating to biodiversity and the pressure exerted on it by human activities. Wishing to fully incorporate biodiversity into its environmental strategy, GEODIS carried out a study of its entire value chain in 2024 with the help of external experts, assessing its impacts, dependencies and associated risks. The results of this diagnosis identify a number of biodiversity-related priorities on which the Group can base the development of its strategy: ● pollution (air, water and soil): GEODIS’s transport activities emit pollutants into the air, water and soil, principally through tire microparticles and emissions of NOx, SOx and fi ne particles; ● Invasive Alien Species (IAS): there is a high risk of introducing IAS, particularly via maritime transport (ballast water, containers) and road transport; ● greenhouse gas emissions: through its activities, the Group emits GHGs that contribute to global warming, which has an impact on biodiversity and ecosystems; ● concreting over and fragmenting habitats through the selection and construction of new warehouses; ● risk of collisions with wildlife along roadsides and in shipping lanes; ● destruction of wildlife and plant habitats resulting from the extraction of metals (manufacture of vehicles, storage racks), rare earths (electric batteries) and raw materials for packaging and biofuels. This fi rst phase will enable the Group to defi ne an action plan for 2025 and integrate biodiversity into its roadmap, to pay closer attention to the preservation of biodiversity at sites close to vulnerable areas, and to implement action plans to reduce the impact of its activities on wildlife and plant life. 60 - 2024 ACTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
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