13.06.2022
SLA helps PensionDanmark launch Denmark’s most ambitious biodiversity strategy to date
SLA helps PensionDanmark launch Denmark’s most ambitious property development biodiversity strategy – aiming for full compliance with EU Taxonomy and a Nature Positive impact by 2030.
PensionDanmark is Denmark’s largest labor-market pension fund, with 800.000 members and more than 30 billion DKK invested in real estate in 2022.
SLA has – together with Andel and Aaen Engineering – developed PensionDanmark’s new Biodiversity Strategy, Investments for Life, covering future investments in urban areas and new constructions. The strategy is Denmark’s most ambitious property development biodiversity strategy, aiming for full compliance with EU Taxonomy and a Nature Positive impact by 2030.
The biodiversity strategy is the first of its kind to cover the entire real estate value chain: From plot acquisition, project development, and design to construction, maintenance, and evaluation.
The strategy makes biodiversity a key criterion when selecting construction sites – prioritizing areas with low natural value to minimize the potential damage to existing ecosystems.
During project development, the strategy calls for the early involvement of biologists and landscape architects to preserve and strengthen natural qualities in specific projects.
In the construction phase, the strategy stipulates separate construction budgets for landscape and nature-enhancing initiatives and prioritization of sustainable building materials with the least negative effect on biodiversity – on-site as well as off-site.
Finally, the strategy devises ways to ensure continuous data collection and evaluation of nature efforts.
PensionDanmark’s strategy also defines the four central values that biodiversity can contribute to real estate development: Biological value, social value, aesthetic value, and economic value. The strategy defines each nature value and its connected ecosystem services and how to apply them in investments and development projects.
Thus, Investments for Life shows that it is possible to combine the highest ambitions and responsibility for life on Earth with sound investments and high returns – today and in 5, 20, and 50 years.
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Alexandra Vindfeld Hansen
R&D Director, Partner, Landscape Architect MDL
10.06.2025
SLA creates 104 new neighbourhood parks in Abu Dhabi
We are happy to share that we have completed one of the largest urban greening projects to date in the UAE: 104 new neighbourhood parks across Abu Dhabi, designed to improve health, biodiversity, and the everyday quality of life for all Abu Dhabi’s residents.
01.06.2025
SLA and GHD win major design project for Ookwemin Minising
We are incredibly excited to share that we – together with our partner GHD – have won the assignment as prime consultant for Ookwemin Minising: Toronto’s new 39.6-hectare island neighborhood planned for more than 15,000 residents!
23.05.2025
SLA exhibits New Nordic City Nature at Oslo National Museum
Today, the exhibition “New Nordic – Cuisine, Aesthetics and Place” opens at the National Museum in Oslo. SLA and Dyvik Kahlen have made a specially designed pavilion for the museum square – that takes visitors from the Michelin kitchen out into the urban realm. Its roof and landscape are planted with native, edible species from Oslo’s shores and forests, and offers a taste of New Nordic City Nature.