Environmental matters are one of the key focal points of Alma Media's Sustainable Media corporate responsibility programme. Alma Media's environmental responsibility is based on three principles:
 
• efficient operations,
• responsible supply chain and
• increasing environmental awareness.
 
The company aims to prevent and minimise negative environmental impacts by following these three principles.
 
The people in key roles in environmental matters in Alma Media's corporate responsibility network work on environmental issues on a cooperative basis. These key people, such as the Quality and Environmental Manager of Alma Manu, the printing and distribution unit, help setting environmental responsibility objectives for Alma Media and implement environmental actions through their own roles in property management and printing operations.
 
Environmental responsibility in construction projects

The most significant environmental impacts of Alma Media's and its business units' operations are related to printing and distribution, properties (including the electricity consumption of computers and server rooms) and travel. Alma Media's new Helsinki office in Töölönlahti and the new printing facility in Tampere, set to begin operations in 2013, will start a new era in the company's environmental responsibility. Environmental impacts during construction as well as use are minimised in both projects. This helps reduce the Group's environmental impacts in the operations in which they are the highest. LEED environmental certification will be sought for both the printing facility and the office building in Töölönlahti.