Introduction

The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) is an expert organisation of around 480 specialists. It focuses on the planning, development and maintenance of road, rail and maritime transport networks and on coordinating transport and land use. In addition, the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency is responsible for organising traffic control and winter navigation.

The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency maintains the service level of transport, promoting wellbeing, competitiveness, security of supply and sustainable growth in Finnish society. FTIA’s mission is to respond effectively and responsibly to customer needs stemming from changes in mobility, to underpin growth in society by maintaining safe and wellfunctioning infrastructure, and to contribute to promoting infrastructure sector development and responsible construction.

The Sustainability Report for 2023 is the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency's third report of this kind. The report is based on the guidelines for sustainability reporting in central government issued by the State Treasury in September 2021. 

Sustainable Development Goals

The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency's sustainability report was drawn up following the State Treasury’s guidelines and using the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a frame of reference.

For the basis of the Sustainability Report for 2023, the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency's management group selected three UN Sustainable Development Goals to whose achievement FTIA can particularly contribute through its work:

Valitut YK:n kestävän kehityksen tavoitteet 3, 9 ja 13.

  • Build sustainable infrastructure and promote sustainable industry and innovation

  • Take urgent action to tackle climate change and its impacts

  • Guarantee good health and wellbeing for people of all ages.

Additionally, the following targets were selected:

  • Develop quality, reliable and sustainable infrastructure

  • Upgrade infrastructure to make it sustainable, with greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies

  • Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climaterelated hazards and natural disasters

  • Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning

  • By 2030, halve the number of deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents.

These goals and targets are closely linked to the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency’ remit, and promoting their achievement is part of FTIA's core mission.