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Environmental agenda
Public sector organisations, such as the Finnish Tax Administration, have a significant role to play in mitigating climate change within their own operations.
The Finnish Tax Administration is committed to reducing the environmental impacts of its activities and to increasing environmental awareness among its staff. This work includes long‑term efforts to identify and reduce environmental impacts, which have formed part of the organisation’s environmental responsibility work since 2010. Environmental objectives and sustainability themes are considered important by staff and are implemented in everyday work in line with the organisation’s strategy.
The Finnish Tax Administration operates in several locations as part of the Government’s shared workplace concept promoted by Senate Properties. When several public authorities operate in the same premises, space utilisation improves and environmental impacts per employee are reduced. Procurement is carried out in accordance with the responsible procurement principles of Hansel Ltd, the central purchasing body for the Finnish Government.
Digital services help reduce CO₂ emissions
The Finnish Tax Administration’s digital services support sustainable development and reduce environmental impacts. Paperless taxation, digital services and electronic official communications reduce carbon dioxide emissions arising from printing, distribution and logistics. At the same time, electronic services reduce paper consumption and promote the efficient use of resources.
The most significant environmental impacts of the Tax Administration’s operations are related to paper and energy consumption as well as emissions from travel. Increasing the use of digital services is a key means of reducing these impacts while making official transactions smoother and more environmentally friendly.
Suomi.fi Messages support paperless communication
Suomi.fi Messages is a secure, shared government service through which customers are notified of official correspondence received electronically. When Suomi.fi Messages are activated, messages from several public authorities are delivered electronically instead of by post, reducing the need for paper mail and supporting environmentally responsible communication.
Decisions and letters issued by the Finnish Tax Administration are delivered to the MyTax service, and customers are notified via Suomi.fi Messages when new information is available. This ensures that important matters can be accessed easily, regardless of time or location, without the need for paper correspondence.
Suomi.fi messages and electronically provided tax mail – individual taxpayers
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Timeline of actions to conserve the environment:
| 2025 |
Sustainability efforts were implemented in a more practical manner as part of everyday operations. Digital services and changes to the service and facilities network supported environmental responsibility. In 2025, the State Treasury repealed its separate guidance on sustainability reporting. As a result, the Finnish Tax Administration’s review for 2025 no longer included the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals framework. |
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| 2024 | We continued to promote the Government’s premises strategy, with several shared-use facilities projects underway across Finland. Data related to properties in the sustainability report, such as electricity consumption and waste volumes, are obtained directly from our partner, Senate Properties. The Green Office agreement was terminated in September 2024. |
| 2023 | We have developed our sustainability reporting and activities based on the State Treasury’s guidelines and good practices. We made sustainability an even more visible part of the Finnish Tax Administration’s strategic goals. |
| 2012 | The Tax Administration and other agencies of the central government arranged an afternoon event on 18 December 2012 called ”The administration's role in the fight against climate change — Valtionhallinnon rooli ilmastonmuutoksen torjunnassa”. The objective of the afternoon session was to strengthen the network of cooperation. The network will exchange information between its members, will work together, and ensure that the government's environmental responsibility is made more visible. |
| 2011 | Tax Administration, the Ministry of Finance and WWF arranged a media conference in June to promote the Tax Administration's corporate image as a responsible public entity prepare to take action in terms of protecting the environment. The newly created office bicycle scheme was presented, in which the employer lends free bicycles to tax officials working at the Haapaniemenkatu office who need to visit other units in Helsinki. |
| 2010 |
All offices of the Finnish Tax Administration join the Green Office project. The Finnish Tax Administration made a commitment to Baltic Sea Action Group. Director-General Laitinen participated in the Baltic Sea Action Summit in Helsinki with the objective to protect the Baltic Sea. The World Wildlife Fund performed an audit in November 2010 at tax offices and granted the rights to use the Green Office logo. |
| 2009 | Green Office logo and diploma are granted to Regional Tax Office of Northern Finland, Large Taxpayers’ Office, and the central office. |
| 2008 | WWF and the Finnish Tax Administration agree on the Green Office project. |