MONDI COMMITTED TO CONSERVATION

Mondi’s 256 000 ha of landholdings contains a diverse set of ecosystems comprising grasslands, wetlands and indigenous forests. The company contributes to the conservation of high biodiversity value areas.

Over the years, its research collaboration with Stellenbosch University’s Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology has been instrumental in shaping its approach to biodiversity conservation, promoting ecological networks known as conservation corridors. This has safeguarded local biodiversity and enhanced ecosystem resilience.

Mondi collaborates with the World Wildlife Fund, scientists, the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and government, to map biodiversity footprints in its forestry operations. It rehabilitates wetlands and maintains freshwater ecosystems and services at the landscape level.

The partnership with EWT includes a pilot assessment of the biodiversity footprint of Mondi’s operations in South Africa, using the EWT’s biological diversity protocol. This is an accounting framework that consolidates site-based biodiversity data to calculate a company’s negative and positive biodiversity footprints.

Through its sustainability framework MAP2030, Mondi has committed to conduct biodiversity assessments at its mills and forestry operations by 2025.

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