2022 was the year that NordGen moved to a new main office and knowledge center in Alnarp, Sweden. The new building, which is generously financed by the Swedish Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, is built for the future and will be of great importance for the general operations with a positive impact on the work environment. The premises provide new opportunities to support NordGen as the Nordic joint knowledge center for genetic resources and as genebank for agricultural and horticultural plants.
This building has a Nordic expression that fits NordGen's high sustainability goals – a wooden building including features such as sedum roof promoting local biodiversity and solar panels for more sustainable energy production. Recycled building material has been used as much as possible and the house is classified as gold, the highest standard in the environmental certification system for buildings in Sweden.
Strategy
NordGen is in the strategic period 2020-2022, and in 2022, continuing efforts with conservation activities was emphasized with a high fulfillment of strategic goals. Special attention has been paid on the project "No regeneration backlog by 2024" and the safety back-up facility in Denmark.
The year 2022 also accelerated the work with utilization of the genetic resources within documentation, characterization and evaluation of the genetic resources.