We are accelerating sustainable growth for individuals, businesses and society.
We believe that growth is achieved when everyone has the freedom and opportunity to make choices at the right time and in the right place where they matter most. That’s why we want to nurture human inner curiosity and be there to help with life’s various choices. We do this by bringing the most meaningful content and services within reach for everyone.
We strive to maximize the positive impact of our actions on society and minimize our environmental footprint. Our impact comes from the reach and relevance of our services and content. We enable sustainable choices in work and leisure. We offer reliable and unbiased information in our media.
We are accelerating the transition to a low-carbon society
Marketplaces enable consumers to make sustainable choices
Alma’s marketplaces enable users to make sustainable choices by offering environmentally-oriented search criteria for listing targets and information on the sustainability of service providers.
Aluepuntari and Asuntopuntari provide banks with the necessary information to support responsible lending decisions
Banks play a significant role as lenders for low-emission property targets. Alma’s Asuntopuntari and Aluepuntari provide the financial sector with the necessary information for the assessment of collateral targets in real-time and from a single source.
Alma Carbon Footprint Calculator reports the emissions of digital advertising
We report the greenhouse gas emissions generated by advertising published in our advertising network on a campaign-specific basis as part of the reporting of campaigns to our advertiser clients.
DIAS enables the execution of housing and real estate transactions independently of time and place
Digital housing transactions reduce driven kilometers, the use of paper documents, and help various industry players achieve sustainability goals.
We strengthen democracy and better working life
Media as a prerequisite for a functioning democracy
Responsible journalism provides truthful information about what is happening in the world so that people have the right to form their opinions based on reliable information.
Iltalehti
Kauppalehti
Talouselämä
Arvopaperi
Uusi Suomi
Mikrobitti
Tivi
Tekniikka & Talous
Mediuutiset
A better world of work for everyone
Our leading recruitment services in European countries work for an equal and inclusive working life.
TET.fi and Kesätyö.fi services offer young people their first working life experiences
In Finland Alma is Alma is involved in developing the Children and Youth Foundation’s TET.fi and Kesätyö.fi services, which offer young people more equal and easier opportunities to enter working life.
Through the collaboration, we want to ensure that all students and young people, i.e. future job seekers, have equal and diverse opportunities to get acquainted with and eventually enter working life.
Profesia Lab for workplace inclusion
Originating from Slovakia, Profesia Lab is a collaboration model launched in 2022 for employers, organizations, schools, and HR professionals, aiming to increase the employment of partially able workers in competitive labor markets.
We enable profitable growth and ethically sustainable business
DOKS® ensures good governance and management of governance risks
Through the DOKS® service, customers receive high-quality tools for implementing good governance, managing governance risks, and ensuring compliance with ethical business principles.
Business information for different stages of business
Alma’s Business Information entity offers services for prospecting, customer monitoring, company analysis, and updating customer registers. The service includes essential business and decision-maker data for different stages of business.
Legal services – the latest information based on legislation
Legislation defines numerous obligations for companies. Alma’s content for experts in law, financial administration, taxation, employment relationships and rights includes up-to-date reference works, information services, and professional literature.
Objectives of Alma Media’s sustainability programme
Alma Media’s sustainability targets are criteria for the remuneration of personnel, including senior management.
Environment
2026
Maintain CO₂ emissions of own operations on the level of the previous fiskal year.
2030
Reducing GHG emissions in own operations by 52% and in supply chain by 14%.
Social responsibility
2026
Maximum of 5 condemnatory decisions imposed on Alma’s media by the Council of Mass Media.
No complaints concerning advertising that violates the guidelines of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Advertising Ethics Council.
Quality of working life, Employee Peakon Engagement: Alma index at the level of the adjusted Tech Industry Index.
Governance
2026
100% of the company’s own employees have completed Code of Conduct training.
90% of significant suppliers have completed Alma Supplier Code of Conduct (SCoC) training.
Continous
There are no serious personal data breaches in the services for which the authorities would impose a fine.
Sustainability as part of Alma Media’s strategy
Alma Media’s business consists of digital marketplaces, media, and digital services. The company’s purpose is to accelerate sustainable growth for individuals, businesses, and society. The strategic cornerstones affecting sustainability are the company’s carbon footprint‑reducing digital transformation, the growth and scalability of digital services. Key success factors are a broad common audience, data, technology, and centralized media sales.
Sustainability is a central part of Alma Media’s strategy and value creation for stakeholders. For business customers, sustainability is particularly evident in reliable, transparent, and responsible services that help meet regulatory, responsibility expectations, and market requirements. For consumers and the public, sustainability is realised through reliable information dissemination, pluralistic journalism, and services that support responsible choices in everyday life, such as housing, driving, and job searching.
Alma identifies and assesses material impacts, risks, and opportunities through a double materiality analysis as part of the group’s risk management process. The goal is to identify and prioritise the factors that are material for both the implementation of the company’s strategy and financial value, as well as for the environment, society, and people. The process is updated annually in conjunction with risk management, and a full materiality analysis is conducted at least every three years.
Based on the double materiality analysis, key sustainability topics for Alma Media are:
Own Workforce, Training, and Skill Development
Impacts on Consumer and End-User Data: Privacy
Business Management – Corporate Culture
Relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals for Alma Media
We focus on the competence development of our employees and support personal career development by providing many kinds of training and coaching. Our selection of publications and training enables the development of skills required in working life.
Our media increase understanding of the importance of equal working life in society. We offer equal opportunities for development and require gender equality and the development of diversity and sense of inclusion in our work community.
Our financial and professional media focus on the promotion of sustainable financial growth. Our cooperation with various parties aims to support young people and those suffering from reduced working capacity. Alma is an employer and a taxpayer in 11 European countries.
Our media raise awareness about innovations for sustainable development, the financial and non-financial results of companies and solutions to mitigate climate change. We also encourage innovation in our organisation.
We bring together supply and demand as well as service providers and consumers and offer sustainable options for housing, mobility, working life and recruitment.
Our media publish news about the environmental impacts of different industries and increase awareness of sustainable consumption. We seek to maximise the positive environmental impacts of our operations and inspire to make sustainable choices.
The carbon footprint of our operations was halved within the past seven years. We set an example for our industry in the transition to a low-carbon society. We minimise the CO2 emissions of our own operations and those of our subcontracting chain.
Reliable and independent journalism is a precondition for functional democracy in society. Our media cherish peace and fairness, examine the ethically sustainable operations of those in power and do not hesitate to reveal any injustices.
Our media and services are widely connected with business and society and through numerous sustainable projects in our 11 European countries. We carefully select our partners and require ethically sustainable business.
Management and governance of sustainability topics at Alma Media
The Sustainability Statement included in the Report by the Board of Directors in the Annual Report 2025 complies with the requirements of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.
Read the annual report
Milestones in Alma Media’s sustainability path
2025
First CSRD compliant Sustainability Statement
The Sustainability Statement included in the Report by the Board of Directors in the Annual Report 2024 complies with the requirements of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.
2023
Carbon footprint calculation of digital advertising
As the first media company in Finland, Alma Media enables its customers to calculate the carbon footprint of digital advertising.
2022
Digital revenue rate exceeds 80 %
Alma Media’s digital revenue rate exceeds 80 %.
2022
New electric car policy
Alma formulates a new electric car policy.
2023
Tampere premises to mission-free, long-distance cooling system
The size of Tampere Finland facilities halved, and the premises transitioned to an emission-free, long-distance cooling system.
2022
Digital revenue rate exceeds 80 %
Alma Media’s digital revenue rate exceeds 80 %.
2022
New SBT targets
STB (The Science Based Targets iniative) organization validate Alma’s 2030 climate targets > 50%/14%.
2022
New electric car policy
Alma formulates a new electric car policy.
2022
Sustainability targets for personnel
Sustainability targets for the incentive goals of the Alma personnel.
2021
Whistleblowing for third parties
Anonymous whistleblowing channel (Whistleblow) also for third parties.
2020
HQ on renewable energy
Heating and cooling based on renewable energy for the headquarter Alma house in Helsinki Finland.
2021
SBT targets reached
The 2016 STB targets achieved ahead of schedule. Alma Media sets new SBT targets.
2021
Whistleblowing for third parties
Anonymous whistleblowing channel (Whistleblow) also for third parties.
2020
First carbon-neutral journalistic print publication
Talouselämä as the first carbon-neutral journalistic print publication in Finland/Europe.
2020
HQ on renewable energy
Heating and cooling based on renewable energy for the headquarter Alma house in Helsinki Finland.
2019
Hydropower energy
Alma Media is switching to the use of emission-free renewable (hydropower) energy in its Finnish operations.
2018
SBT-targets as the 3rd media company in the world
As the 3rd media company in the world, Alma Media sets science-based targets for 2025 validated by SBT organization.
2013
Digital business revenue exceeds 50 %
Alma Media’s business digital level exceeds the magical 50% limit.
2010
Research on corporate responsibility in the media sector.
Alma Media is the first in Finland to publish a research report on corporate responsibility in the media sector.
2015
Commitment to Paris Declaration
Alma Media commits to the Paris Declaration to achieve climate targets.
2013
Digital business revenue exceeds 50 %
Alma Media’s business digital level exceeds the magical 50% limit.
2012
Research on environmental impacts of print and digital
Alma Media explores the environmental impacts of print and digital together with VTT and Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan.
2010
Research on corporate responsibility in the media sector.
Alma Media is the first in Finland to publish a research report on corporate responsibility in the media sector.
2010
Start of CDP reporting
Alma Media starts CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) reporting.
Working together
We observe the principles of the UN Global Compact initiative, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and other essential international human rights conventions and recommendations.
We adhere to the principles of ethical and transparent business management and don’t accept unethical business practices from our employees or suppliers. The ethical principles are included in Alma Media’s Code of Conduct, which form the basis of the company’s responsible business operations.
Our efforts to develop our corporate responsibility are supported by a group of reliable long-term partners. We also participate in a number of corporate responsibility networks and cooperation bodies that serve as our antennas towards the field of corporate responsibility in general.
Our most significant partnerships and memberships are presented below.
Further information
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Elina Kukkonen
EVP, Communications and Brand
Tel. 010 665 2333
elina.kukkonen(at)almamedia.fi -
Minna Kemppainen
Brand and Sustainability Manager
Tel. 0106656545
minna.kemppainen(at)almamedia.fi
