Our sustainable handprint
Partner in Change
"In the midst of current global changes, we want to be a leading partner in implementing environmental sustainablity and improving productivity. We focus our expertise and innovation efforts on these areas to help our clients make leaps in sustainability and productivity in their projects."
Our Equal Work Community
We maintain and develop an equal work community where everyone can be themselves. The majority of our built environment designers, experts, and project professionals feel that people are treated fairly and with respect.
An important enabler is the praised supervisor work, which we want to develop even further. We also have room to grow.
We take a comprehensive approach to supporting wellbeing
We support the wellbeing of our staff comprehensively with comprehensive insurance and extensive occupational health services, including mental wellbeing services.
Come as you are
The vast majority of our staff feel that equality is well achieved in our units. We carried out a salary comparison between men and women, which showed that our pay is equal for jobs of the same level.
Our sustainable handprint
As experts in the built environment, we make our biggest impact on the environment in our client projects and in collaboration with our clients and partners.
We measure our project-specific environmental handprint in assignments over €15,000 to increase the handprint of our experts every year. We estimated the environmental handprint for 1,400 client projects in 2024.
Towards circular intelligence
Every one of our experts and consultants is part of the circular economy solution. We are committed to the Circular Economy Green Deal. We lead and verify our circular economy commitment with our environmental handprint index.
We call the expertise that implements the circular economy transition in the built environment circular intelligence.
Reducing our own greenhouse gas emissions
Our own actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are guided by science-based targets that will help limit global warming to 1.5 ºC. The international Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) approved our targets in 2024.
Key measures to reduce our emissions relate to energy use and space utilisation in premises; forms of employee travel to, from and for work; purchasing; and subcontracting.
We are a Climate Partner of three of Finland's largest cities. In addition to our collaboration with Helsinki and Tampere, we helped Espoo in 2023 to address its challenges and make use of city’s opportunities in its climate work.
Our near-term emission reduction target has been approved by the SBTi.
We are committed to a strategic agreement to reduce our use of natural resources.
Ethical business throughout the supply chain
We promote ethical business practices throughout our value chain, from purchasing and subcontracting to our clients' projects.
In 2024, we developed management systems for our suppliers, including our subcontractors. The development of supply chain management will continue.
Building a strong culture of information security
Through continuous development and vigilance in information security, we also meet stringent security requirements in our clients' projects.
Our information security system includes regular audits, active training of staff and continuous response to cyber threats.
We blow the whistle when necessary
We have implemented a whistleblowing channel, as required by law, which our staff and stakeholders can use to report suspected misconduct. The reports can be made anonymously.
In my work, the environmental handprint is part of everything I do. It is also closely linked to building health and safety.
sustainable construction expert, AINS Group
It is important to take breaks and holidays from work, doing things you enjoy. The human body also requires different things.
engineering director, AINS Group
Read our Sustainability Report 2023
Our experts
Liisa Jäätvuori
executive vice president, corporate development and sustainabilityFinland
Kari Kauniskangas
CEO
+358 40 570 3801 (assistentti) kari.kauniskangas@ains.fi Espoo
Silja Sarkamo
communications director