UN Sustainable Development Goals

Vaisala and UN Sustainable Development Goals

We have identified the most relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals for Vaisala. Solutions that are beneficial for society and the environment have always been at the core of our business. By integrating the goals to our strategy work, we can better assess our impacts on sustainable development and get inspiration for developing new business and sustainable business practices. Here we introduce how Vaisala realizes these goals in its solutions as well as in its own sustainable business practices.

Sustainable solutions

SDG 9 Sustainable infrastructure

Most relevant SDG targets for Vaisala:

9.4 By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes.

Vaisala’s solutions:

Improving resource efficiency with industrial measurement solutions


SDG 13 climate action

Most relevant SDG targets for Vaisala:

13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries.
13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising, and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction, and early warning.

Vaisala’s solutions:

Increasing understanding of climate change and enabling adaptation to extreme weather
 


SDG Clean energy

Most relevant SDG targets for Vaisala:

7.2 By 2030, increase the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix substantially.
7.3 By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency

Vaisala’s solutions:

Improving energy efficiency in buildings and industrial processes
Optimizing wind and solar power production
Optimizing the production and upgrading process of biogas


SDG 3 Health and well-being

Most relevant SDG targets for Vaisala:

3.8 Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services, and access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.

Vaisala’s solutions:

Monitoring development and manufacturing in regulated industries like life science

 

 


SDG 11 Clean energy

Most relevant SDG targets for Vaisala:

11.2 By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible, and sustainable transport systems for all.
11.6 By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality.

Vaisala’s solutions:

Improving the safety and sustainability of transport systems
Monitoring ambient air quality

Environmentally sustainable business practices

SDG 12 Responsible production

Most relevant UN SDG targets for Vaisala:

12.2 By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
12.4 Achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water, and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
12.5 By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling, and reuse

Vaisala's business practices:

Design for environment andlong product life cycles
Increasing the recycling rate


SDG Clean energy

Most relevant UN SDG targets for Vaisala:

7.2 By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix
7.3 By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency

Vaisala's business practices:

Using renewable electricity
Improving energy efficiency in our facilities
Designing energy efficient products


SDG 13 climate action

Most relevant UN SDG targets for Vaisala:

13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising, and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction, and early warning

Vaisala's business practices:

Reducing emissions
Encouraging employees’ climate-friendly choices

Socially and economically sustainable business practices

SDG 8 Decent work

Most relevant UN SDG targets for Vaisala:

8.1 Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances
8.7 Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery, and human trafficking and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms
8.8 Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers

Vaisala's business practices:

Positive economic impact on communities through direct employment and taxes, as well as through the supply chain
Upholding labor standards and occupational health and safety as well as managing human rights risks in our own operations and partner network


SDG 10 Reduced inequalities

Most relevant UN SDG targets for Vaisala:

10.3 Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies, and action in this regard

Vaisala's business practices:

Promoting diversity and providing equal opportunities, for example, in recruitment and career development


SDG 16 Strong institutions

Most relevant UN SDG targets for Vaisala:

16.5 Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms

Vaisala's business practices:

Ensuring compliance with our International Anti-Corruption Policy