Our views and positions

Nordic energy utilities call for swift revision of the EU 2030 climate and energy legislation

Fortum, Statkraft and Vattenfall, the three largest Nordic energy utilities welcome the EU’s revised 2030 climate target of at least -55% as a crucial step on the path towards 2050 climate neutrality.

Nordic energy companies and associations call for technology neutrality and EU sectorial legislation in climate change mitigation and adaptation

Fortum, together with other leading energy players in the Nordics, has issued a joint letter to the ambassadors of the Finnish and Swedish permanent representations in the EU. The purpose of the letter was to express a number of significant concerns in relation the recently issued draft delegated acts on climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Fortum calls for stronger enforcement and improvements of the Waste Shipment Regulation

Fortum supports the objectives of the Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) to a great extent but would suggest an extended scope and additional topics to be addressed within each objective.

Fortum calls for actions to ensure that clean high-quality recycled materials will be the future’s raw material supply in European industry

Fortum welcomes the Commission’s new circular economy action plan and supports, in particular, the initiatives on ensuring a clean circular economy and a stronger market for high-quality recycled raw materials.

Carbon removal – Imperative in combating climate change

The publication presents Fortum's proposals for integrating carbon removal into EU legislation.

Current Flowbased implementation plan - a risk for a well-functioning Nordic power market

The implementation of flow based market coupling should improve the Nordic power market as a whole taking into account the implications to all physical and financial markets.

Fortum’s response to the consultation on the EU 2030 Climate Target Plan

Reinforced and extended emissions trading system should take the main responsibility for the EU 2030 climate ambition increase.

Fortum's position on sustainable finance

Taxonomy regulation and TEG report

Open response to joint investor letter

Fortum's President and CEO has sent a reply to the joint investor letter of 17 March 2020.

Carbon border adjustment in the power sector

Fortum’s position on carbon border adjustment in the power sector discusses carbon leakage and various options to establish a carbon border adjustment mechanism for the EU power sector.

Fortum's view on the Nordic TSOs' proposal for Nordic bidding zone review

Fortum welcomes the Nordic bidding zone review, which has possibilities to further increase the Nordic power market efficiency.

Towards a European Green Deal and Climate Neutrality

Fortum’s views on the future of the EU climate policy

Fortum's messages to the EU institutions (2019-2024)

In the face of irreversible climate change, setting Europe on a path towards implementation of the Paris Agreement should be the number one priority of the next legislature of EU institutions.

Towards a sustainable battery business: Fortum calls for the EU to ensure used batteries are recycled for the raw materials supply in Europe

Fortum welcomes the Strategic Action Plan on Batteries and the European Commission’s work to set minimum sustainability requirements for batteries.

Fortum’s preliminary view on the Nordic TSOs’ proposal for Nordic bidding zone review