I have no doubt that the global community will find solutions to the climate crisis. But the biodiversity crisis is harder to solve and solutions are urgently needed. In all our development projects, we will contribute to finding new ways and making room for nature in the built environment.


We develop concrete and sustainable solutions
We are concerned that biodiversity is not just a fancy word, but translated into concrete action and sustainable solutions. Our projects should improve both biodiversity, that is, the quality of the area’s nature, and the biofactor, which measures the extent of the area’s nature.
Specifically, we aim to double the biofactor in the areas we develop. In addition, we plant one tree per home we build and plant additional trees to meet the industry standard for DGNB Gold as a minimum.
Woodland is always a theme in our development projects.
We always produce a planting plan and plant one tree per new home we build.
We make room for wild nature and aim to double the area’s biofactor in our development projects.
We design our developments with minimal paved areas, meaning fewer tiles and less concrete, but more trees and vegetation to provide habitats for wildlife and insects and create a green urban environment.
We make local rainwater management (LAR) visible and use wetlands to support biodiversity and recreational purposes.
Some 90% of the wood in our construction projects is FSC-certified. FSC-certified forests protect biodiversity and vulnerable species.
Biodiversity in practice

How we work with biodiversity in practice
In the Municipality of Gladsaxe, northwest of Copenhagen, we are developing the first urban development project where our biodiversity strategy plays a central role. The landscape and biodiversity plan for the five-hectare area around Mørkhøj Bygade has been developed in collaboration with the consultancy firm Tredje Natur. Some of the main points of the biodiversity strategy for the new neighbourhood are:
The development area includes approximately 400 new homes. For every new home, we plant a tree.
The trees are placed in a “tree nursery” on one of the building sites. Here, they will grow throughout the construction process until the new residents select a tree in the “nursery” and decide where it should be planted upon buying or renting their new home.
We preserve the existing avenues and individual trees in the areas to the greatest extent possible.We also preserve the existing nearby woodland, which we have opened up and made more accessible to residents. The woodland connects the new neighbourhood with the existing green belt, including Utterslev Marsh.
The initiatives for greater biodiversity mean that we increase the biofactor of the area, including the existing woodland, to 0.85. The requirement stipulated by the industry’s building standard for DGNB Gold for urban areas is 0.35.

We are committed to preserving and utilising the nature that already exists in the local area – and to adding to it, which improves the biodiversity.
It should always be better when we leave an area than when we arrived, and ideally, we should be able to apply knowledge and learnings to future projects.
In 2022, the Planetary Responsibility Foundation (PRF) was established by ALFA Development’s owners. PRF is financed by the profits from ALFA Development’s activities.
The foundation works to restore and protect the planet’s nature and biodiversity and to promote sustainable development. This is done through holistic thinking and mission-driven investments that can make a difference for people and nature while generating returns that are reinvested in the foundation’s work.
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With PRF, we want to give the planet’s amazing biodiversity a chance to survive. This is important for the global community, local populations – and for us personally. We are open to all ideas, solutions and project opportunities that can help make our world a better place.