Green values
The municipality of South Karelia is a part of the Towards Carbon Neutral Municipalities network HINKU that is committed to an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2007 levels by 2030. The HINKU network brings together those who are committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and aim for climate change mitigation. In Finnish, HINKU is short for ‘hiilineutraali kunta’ which translates to a carbon neutral municipality.
Lappeenranta received the European Commission’s European Green Leaf 2021 Award in recognition of the city’s environmental efforts. The award was presented in 2021.
In Imatra climate work is taken into account in various sectors. Some examples aiming at carbon neutral activity are the electric buses used in public transportation and the school centre of Mansikkala that is built from wood.
LUT University’s Lappeenranta campus has implemented environmental and energy solutions, including solar power generation. The university previously set a goal of becoming carbon negative by 2024. Progress towards this goal will be reported based on verified monitoring data.
Read more about goSaimaa and their aims to work towards sustainability.
Sources (read 30th September 2021) and additional information:
hiilineutraalisuomi.fi
greenreality.fi
imatra.fi
lut.fi
