Responsibility programme

Responsible operations are part of our strategic outlook. The sentence that sums up our strategy is: we create decisive power to strengthen competitiveness and contribute to a better tomorrow. This includes all the elements of responsibility: financial, social and environmental responsibility.

Our responsibility is based on the aspects that are the most important for our operations and our company values: skilfully, reliably, together. The key aspects by responsibility theme are:

Sustainability themes and key aspects in our sustainability programme 2024-2027

We promote the UN’s sustainable development goals in our operations. We have chosen four goals that we influence equally.

GoalGeneral description of the goal
Ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services
Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Read more about our sustainable development goals.

Our operations are guided by responsibility policies (Code of Conduct) approved by the Pohjolan Voima Board of Directors.

Gold medal at the Ecovadis sustainability assessment

Ecovadis has rewarded Pohjolan Voima with a gold medal in assesment conducted at the turn of the year 2023-2024. We participated in the rassessment for the third time. We have improved our performance significantly each year, as in the assesment rating we received a pronze and a silver medal.

Ecovadis is the world’s largest provider of business sustainability ratings. The evaluation is based on four themes: The environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.

Cooperation within the FIBS network

We are a member of the FIBS (Finnish Business & Society) corporate responsibility network.

Contacts:

Riitta Larnimaa, Excecutive Vice President, Public Affairs and Sustainability, riitta.larnimaa@pvo.fi

Katja Permanto, Manager, Sustainability, Environment and Safety, katja.permanto@pvo.fi