Corporate Social Responsibility Partnerships
Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programme focuses on supporting activities promoting the common good in society. We aim to give back in an impactful way for the benefit of people and the environment. As part of the Programme, we partner with organizations on our CSR focus areas including climate change mitigation and adaptation, water, biodiversity, equality and education.
Fortum selects partners for its CSR programme based on alignment with its key focus areas. We assess initiatives for impact internally prior to selecting partners, to ensure our contributions create meaningful, long-term benefits for communities and the planet. We focus on partnerships in our main operating countries, except for emergency relief donations.
We support the following partners
Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG)
Fortum supports BSAG’s efforts to protect the Baltic Sea. At sea, BSAG nurtures marine biodiversity, protects valuable natural environments and works to promote responsible shipping. On land, they promote regenerative agriculture, as it mitigates climate change and reduces the nutrient emissions that are eutrophicating the Baltic Sea. Read more about the foundation.
Maskrosbarn
Fortum supports Maskrosbarn in Sweden to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds in their adolescence to help shape their own future. Maskrosbarn supports young people aged 13-19 by organizing, for example, camps, support talks, youth centers and chat support. They also carry out advocacy work, lectures and trainings for professionals. Read more about the organization.
Natural Heritage Foundation (Luonnonperintösäätiö): Save the Owl Forests
Fortum proudly supports the "Save the Owl Forests" campaign by the Natural Heritage Foundation, the Finnish National [Football] Team Supporters (SMJK), and the Finnish Football Association. The campaign funds are used to purchase and permanently protect forests that are home to eagle owls and Tengmalm's owls. Read more about the campaign (in Finnish).
Save the Children
Ensuring children have a safe and balanced start to life is the key objective of our partnership with Save the Children. Building on Fortum’s earlier collaboration with Save the Children in various locations, the current partnership strengthens our efforts to support Save the Children’s work more widely and longer term.
In Finland, we are supporting a programme that provides support to children and families facing challenges, by helping Save the Children fund study materials, distribute food vouchers, and arrange leisure activities. In Sweden and Norway, we are supporting initiatives ensuring that children in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas have access to meaningful leisure activities. In Poland, our support is directed at education possibilities so that Ukrainian refugee children can continue learning despite the continued war. Read more about the organization.
Sininauhasäätiö (Blue Ribbon Foundation): Activity Tuesday
Blue Ribbon Foundation's clients often face difficult challenges in their lives. Activity Tuesday is the foundation's weekly activity that supports sobriety, helps maintain a life rhythm, and promotes social rehabilitation. Activity Tuesdays offer meaningful encounters, and a sense of accomplishment and community. Activities can include going to the cinema, concerts, cooking, nature, and local trips. The activities are only made possible with donations and volunteering. Activity Tuesday has been proven to improve participants' social skills, reduce substance abuse, and to increase physical and mental well-being. Read more (available in Finnish).
Städa Sverige
Fortum and Städa Sverige arrange an annual river cleanup day called Älvstädningen with local youth sports teams along the rivers where Fortum operates 111 hydropower plants in Sweden. The sports clubs gain funding for their operations as they are compensated for their efforts and Sweden’s rivers are cleaner as a result. In the twelve years of Älvstädningen, we have collected over 300 tons of waste. Read more about Städa Sverige (in Swedish).
UN World Food Programme (WFP)
With this partnership, Fortum wants to support effective provision of food assistance in humanitarian crises.
World Food Programme uses food assistance to build peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change. WFP has a presence in over 120 countries and territories. It provides life-saving assistance in emergencies and supports sustainable and resilient livelihoods to achieve a world with zero hunger. In 2020, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of the important link between conflict and hunger and the critical role that food assistance plays in supporting the first step towards peace and stability. Read more from WFP's site.
We4You
Fortum supports the We4you charity by making a donation to provide Christmas food and gifts for severely and terminally ill children and their families in Finland. We4you supports severely ill children and young people and their families by being present in everyday life and in crisis situations. Read more about the association (info available in Finnish).