Mission, vision, values and responsibility

Alma Media is a dynamic media company whose best-known products are the Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti and Etuovi.com. Alma Media employs nearly 2,800 professionals. The company's net sales in 2010 totalled MEUR 311.4 with an operating margin of 13.9 per cent. Alma Media's share (ALN1V) is listed in the Mid Cap segment of the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.

Mission

For individual freedom and well-being. Alma Media’s newspapers act to promote democracy, freedom of speech and reliable communications as well as to support the well-being of their reference groups. Alma Media’s online marketplaces form neutral and efficient meeting points for the buyers and sellers of various goods and services.

Vision

Alma Media is the most exciting provider of information, service and experiences. The company sets the stage for the future of media.

Values

Freedom and pluralism of journalism

Team play
Courage

The core elements of Alma Media's responsible business are reliability, competence, interaction, communality and environment.

Alma Media

...is a trustworthy deliverer of messages, interpreter of information and provider of background information in pluralistic society.

...offers its employees a renewing and evolving work environment in which continuing and systematic development of professional skills and competencies is an essential part of the work. This is how the company carries its responsibility for maintaining the job market value of its employees and the development of the entire industry.

...is in the vanguard of open, interactive and pluralistic media. The newspapers and online services of the Group are cohesive forces in their communities and act as their most important spokesmen. Further, they promote the communities' wellbeing.

...organises its business in a way that causes a minimal environmental and climatic impact.

Page last updated 24.10.2011