Sustainability report

In our sustainability report you can find the most important highlights of our sustainability. We publish a new report every year in March.

Sustainability Report 2022

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Sustainability report 2021

Sustanability report 2021

The sustainability report describes sustainability in the entire Helen Group, as well as its management and key events during 2021.

Our report is based on the core level of the GRI framework of the international Global Reporting Initiative.

The contents of the report are based on the materiality analysis updated in 2021 and on the sustainability programme. The sustainability programme is based on the key themes in terms of Helen’s key impacts, stakeholder expectations and business targets.

Sustainability report 2021 (pdf)

We create value responsibly

We create value for our customers and for society, as well as for our owner, the City of Helsinki. By utilising capital in an efficient and responsible way, we offer competitive energy and a good digitalising customer experience and support our customers in energy efficiency and meeting the carbon neutrality targets.

Capital

Employees

1,015 energy professionals

Energy sources

Coal
Biomass
Natural gas
Water
Sun
Wind
Geothermal heat
Uranium
Waste heat

Economical

Investmeents in carbon-neutral energy EUR 184 mill.
Total purchases EUR 985 mill.
Balance sheet EUR 3,115 mill.

Infrastructure

Power plants and heating plants
Electricity netrwork
District heating network
Cooling network
Energy storage

Partner network

Fuel suppliers, contractors and service providers
Cooperation and joint development with project partners and growth companies

Intellectual capital

Strong brand
Active product development
Certified environmental and safety systems
Corporate culture

Business operations

We will be a carbon-neutral energy company in 2030.

Strategy

  • Bolder and more agile
  • Higher return
  • Strenghtening the solution business
  • Towards carbon-neutral energy

Values

  • World-class expertise
  • From people to people
  • Champions of cooperation
  • Make it happen

Outputs and impacts

Customers

More than 550,000 customers
Customer experience (EPSI rating)
Average outage time/customer: electricity 4.7 min, district heat 2.54 h, cooling 1.79 h
Security of supply: 99,9991 %
Financial impacts
Turnover: EUR 1,318 mill.
Operating profit: EUR 82 mill.
Total wages and salaries paid EUR 64.1 mill.
Taxes paid: EUR 155 mill.

Social impacts

Lost-time incident frequency
eNPS and employee engagement
Supporting the start-up network
Social influencing in the energy transition

Products and services

Produced electricity 5,834 GWh
Distributed electricity 4,473 GWh
District heat 7,490 GWh
Cooling 200 GWh
E-mobility
Sun and wind
New solutions
Smart real estate

Environmental impacts

CO2 emissions
Direct emissions from own production (Scope 1) total 2.78 mill. tCO2
Specific emissions 284 CO2 eqv./kWh
Share of carbon-neutral energy: 32 %