Corporate Responsibility in Metsähallitus

Metsähallitus’ responsibility work is guided by legislation, the state’s ownership steering and the responsibility policy. Responsibility objectives are integrated into our strategy, management and development of operations, and they are implemented as part of our daily work.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

We are committed to promoting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, Agenda 2030). We have identified nine goals that are central for our activities and our stakeholders and on which we can have a particular impact. These SDGs are 5 Gender Equality, 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities, 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, 13 Climate Action, 14 Life Below Water, 15 Life On Land, 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, and 17 Partnerships For The Goals.

Material sustainability topics

In our responsibility work, we focus on the sustainability topics that we have identified as the most material for us. They were determined by means of a so-called double materiality analysis, which assessed the positive and negative impacts of our activities on the environment, people and society as well as our risks and opportunities associated with sustainability. Our aim is to reduce the negative impacts and enhance the positive ones. We also manage sustainability risks and tap sustainability-related opportunities. The double materiality analysis was conducted in 2025, applying the EU framework for sustainability reporting.

Metsähallitus’ material sustainability topics:

• Climate change
• Emissions into soil and water
• Biodiversity and ecosystems
• Our workers
• Workers in the value chain
• Impacted communities
• Consumers and end users
• Good corporate governance
  

Focus areas of responsibility

Our responsibility work is based on understanding the impacts of our activities and the needs of our stakeholders. It has three focus areas:

• Environmental responsibility
  We work systematically to protect the environment and to promote sustainable use of natural resources. We foster biodiversity and promote climate change mitigation and adaptation by implementing Metsähallitus’ climate programme.
• Social responsibility
  We respect human rights and promote fairness and equal treatment in our cooperation with personnel, customers, partners and other stakeholders. In the Sámi Homeland, we take into account the preconditions for practising Sámi culture in our activities in accordance with legislation.
• Good governance
  We practise good governance in keeping with the state’s ownership steering principles. Guidelines, training, monitoring and reporting channels support compliance, ethical practices and non-discrimination.