Fortum receives high rating for climate actions in CDP 2017 results

FORTUM CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE 30 October 2017

Fortum was ranked in category A- and one of the top companies in the utilities

sector in the annual CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) rating 2017. The

CDP Climate Change 2017 results, analysing climate related data disclosed by

companies, were released on 24 October 2017.



Fortum scored A- (scale from D- to A, A being the highest score), which means

that the company represents best practices in environmental stewardship,

understands risks and opportunities related to climate change, and implements

strategies and approaches to mitigate and accommodate these risks and

opportunities. Fortum has been participating in the CDP since 2005. Fortum

previously scored A- in the CDP rating for 2016.



In 2016, 96% of Fortum’s electricity production in the EU area and 62% of our

total electricity production was carbon dioxide-free. Fortum's specific

emissions from power production have been about 10% of average specific

emissions of major European utilities. Fortum has also achieved energy

efficiency improvements of almost 1,400 GWh/a compared to 2012.





Fortum Corporation

Group Communications





Further information:

Måns Holmberg, Acting Head of Investor Relations and Financial Communication,

+358 44 518 1518

Ulla Rehell, Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, +358 50 3839 426





About CDP

CDP, formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, is an international, not-for-profit

organisation providing the only global system for companies and cities to

measure, disclose, manage and share vital environmental information in order to

motivate companies to disclose their impacts on the environment and natural

resources and take action to reduce them. CDP represents 827 institutional

investor with US$ 100 trillion in assets under management. CDP’s disclosure

platform empowers companies to report their environmental performance

transparently and reliably, and to engage with others across their value

chains. The investor community uses the scoring to assess corporate

preparedness for changes in the global operating environment, market demands

and emissions regulation.

www.cdp.net www.cdp.net - External link



Fortum

Fortum is a leading clean-energy company that provides its customers with

electricity, heating and cooling as well as smart solutions to improve resource

efficiency. We want to engage our customers and society to join the change for

a cleaner world. We employ some 9,000 professionals in the Nordic and Baltic

countries, Russia, Poland and India, and 62% of our electricity generation is

CO2 free. In 2016, our sales were EUR 3.6 billion. Fortum's share is listed on

Nasdaq Helsinki.

www.fortum.com