Towards carbon neutrality

We at Oulun Energia aim to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. This means that our impact on global warming would be practically neutral. We will achieve carbon neutrality by following our path to carbon neutrality.

Promoting biodiversity

We created the first biodiversity roadmap for the Oulun Energia Group in early 2024. The purpose of Oulun Energia Group’s biodiversity roadmap is to describe the objective and concrete actions with which we are responding to preventing the deteriorating state of biodiversity.

Developing of circular economy

One of Oulun Energia’s priorities is the development of circular economy solutions. Our subsidiary Syklo Oy aims to increase the amount of recyclable waste we use, and new ways are being developed to achieve this. Syklo´s vision is to grow and expand nationally and internationally, creating sustainable values for our customers and society. Read more about Syklo. 

Key figures 2024

We have already achieved major results with our sustainability efforts. We have steadily increased the share of renewable energy, reaching 77% in 2024. We have reduced our carbon footprint by 41% in the last three years, and the in-scope emissions from our own operations totalled 225,871 tonnes in 2024.

We produce district heating using various sources of energy. In our district heating production, we utilise forest industry side streams, waste that is unsuitable for recycling and surplus heat. Specific emissions of CO₂ in district heating decreased by 43% in 2024. Over the last three years, they have already come down 52%.

To improve biodiversity, we formed 97 hectares of new wetlands in 2024 alone (64 hectares in 2023) and used ash to fertilise 385 hectares of former peat production areas (1,000 hectares in 2023). A total of 836 migratory fish traversed the Merikoski fish pass (876 in 2023).