Social responsibility
Metsähallitus respects human rights and ensures that our activities and the way we treat our staff, customers, partners and stakeholders are fair and equitable. We do not tolerate any form of harassment, bullying or discrimination in our activities, services, work community or value chain.
We recognise existing or potential impacts on human rights in Metsähallitus’ activities. We do not accept any form of child labour, forced labour, trafficking in human beings or any other form of modern slavery in our own activities or our value chains. The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP) are one of the central elements in our responsibility policy. We also require our procurement and contracting partners to address social responsibility considerations as set out in our Code of Conduct.
We promote diversity, equality and non-discrimination
Diversity, equality and non-discrimination plan
Diversity, equality and non-discrimination plan of Metsähallitus 2023–2026
The measures in Metsähallitus’ Diversity, equality and non-discrimination plan aim for an increasingly diverse work community in which we can all be our individual selves at work, and for eliminating discrimination in both our role as an employer and in services for our customers, partners, citizens and stakeholders. We develop the accessibility of our services and take care of our personnel’s and customers’ safety. The plan also outlines measures for safeguarding the equality of the Sámi.
We reconcile different needs in state-owned land and water areas
Our work is based on successfully reconciling a wide range of needs and wishes in collaboration with our stakeholders. Our activities in state-owned land and water areas are based on natural resource plans drafted in cooperation with local communities, customers and other stakeholders. These plans outline the long-term use of land and water areas owned by the state and ensure the economic, ecological, social and cultural sustainability of the activities across generations. We work to promote people’s health and well-being in Finland.
We safeguard preconditions for practising the Sámi culture
Metsähallitus safeguards the preconditions for practising the Sámi culture when managing, using and protecting the natural resources under its stewardship in the Sámi Homeland. We secure the Sámi people’s right to maintain their language and culture through agreements and negotiation procedures and by supporting Sámi-language communication. We rely on the Akwé: Kon operating model in all significant projects, including natural resource planning and planning the management of nature and wilderness reserves.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In the focus area of social responsibility, our work can have a particular impact on objectives 5: Gender Equality and 8: Decent Work and Economic growth.
