Our future wellbeing is made with global carbon handprint
The goal of the mission is to significantly increase Finland's carbon handprint in the world. This goal can be reached by actively bringing global developments to the awareness of Finnish companies and guiding innovations to solve the challenges of the future. With the mission, we also want to accelerate the international growth of companies and connect Finnish companies to new value chains emerging in the world.
About mission
Finland’s future competitiveness and success of exports and international industries depends highly how well Finland’s research, development and innovation as well as business transform and renew to provide technologies, solutions and services for the global markets evolving from the transition. Additionally, the existence of life in the present form is closely linked to decarbonization actions. Finland can have a larger role than her actual size in climate change mitigation and adaptation hence creating a large and impactful carbon handprint.
Global carbon handprint can be achieved by speeding and scaling-up new innovations and creating long-term business opportunities globally. We do this by enhancing global networks and partnerships. Finland’s superpower is to link digitalization and circularity into these segments and operate cross-sectorally and holistically.
Focus areas
Energy transition in industries
- New innovations for sustainable and flexible energy systems created and implemented for global growth
- Finnish hydrogen and batteries ecosystem is globally recognized and investments realized in Finland
- New innovations created for high carbon-emitting industries for value-add business
Goal: Zero carbon energy based new high-value industries created
Energy transition in transport and mobility
- Transition enabling solutions and services developed for passenger, rail & road transportation, maritime and aviation
- Carbon handprint created especially in electrification, grid development, EV charging, batteries, e-fuels, digitalization fields
Goal: Key enabling technologies & solutions decarbonize transport & mobility sector
Energy transition in built environment
- International partner cities reached their targets via jointly developed and tested solutions in energy and transportation
- Increased EU funding to Finland (EU 100 cities mission)
Goal: Portfolio of unique city solutions generate new export
Future opportunities for Finland
Business Finland's missions are targeted actions addressing global change themes to accelerate transformation and help solve global mega-challenges.Through these missions, we aim to bring broad benefits to society and seek significant future market and business opportunities for Finnish companies. We also strive to enhance the ability of Finnish companies to capitalize on these opportunities more effectively.
The missions combine long-term strategic foresight with support for businesses in the present. Business Finland's program activities are strongly focused on both current and future missions.
Contact us
Mission Lead, Zero Carbon Future
Helena Sarén
helena.saren (at) businessfinland.fi
+358 40 343 3324
Helena's thoughts in different publications:
- Importance of Advisory Board
- Investment firms’ carbon targets and their alignment with power and utility assets - A portfolio view to energy transition strategy
Advisory board
The Advisory Board consists of experts from various fields. Its' task is to bring expertise from their respective sectors and societal perspectives to Business Finland's missions.
Members of the advisory board for Zero Carbon Future mission (until August 2024):
Valmet Automotive, Jaana Hänninen
LUT, Jero Ahola
Meruspower, Kari Tuomala
Kiilto, Raija Polvinen
Teknologiateollisuus, Helena Soimakallio
NCSU, Marko Hakovirta
SITRA, Jyri Arponen
