New sustainability programme approved
Otava launched new sustainability efforts in autumn 2021, and the Group’s Management Team approved the sustainability programme in spring 2022.
Gaia Consulting was our partner in drawing up the sustainability programme, calculating our carbon footprint and creating a foundation for the Group’s sustainability action. People from all across the Group were also involved in this work. We began calculating the Group’s carbon footprint in the spring,and a Group-level sustainability organisation was established in autumn 2022.
The organisation appointed a sustainability owner, a sustainability manager, a sustainability steering group consisting of representatives from different business functions, and business-specific sustainability coordinators.
We began calculating our carbon footprint in spring 2022:
The calculation was done in accordance with GHG protocol and calculated scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions (that is, emissions from both our own and our value chain).
A carbon roadmap was drawn up on the basis of this calculation. For the entire value chain, we set an emissions reduction target of 40 per cent of total emissions in 2021 to be achieved by 2030.
The calculation was validated by Gaia Consulting.
In autumn 2022, we also carried out a materiality analysis on the basis of stakeholder interviews and surveys, and this helped us to prioritise our sustainability action. We used the materiality analysis to identify our key sustainability-related projects and activities, and to describe and schedule them in our sustainability roadmap. This roadmap shows what we are doing both now and in the future with regards to sustainability.
Otava’s codes of conduct for personnel and partners were also updated. Ethical guidelines and training for personnel in each business function were drawn up on the basis of these codes of conduct.
Otava’s first sustainability report will be published during the first half of 2023, and we will report on our sustainability using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework.
The Group’s sustainability themes were validated by stakeholders
- Corporate social responsibility: We promote knowledge, creativity and development, and lay the foundations for a pluralistic and democratic society.
- Environmental responsibility: We minimise harmful environmental impacts in all of our operations.
- Financial responsibility: We create economic wellbeing through forward-looking and profitable business activities.
- Social responsibility: We are a good employer, partner and customer. We promote equality and diversity.