OUTOKUMPU – reliable sustainability data for internal management and different stakeholder needs

Outokumpu is one of the world’s largest producers of stainless steel and among the industry forerunners in corporate sustainability. In 2008, Outokumpu decided to replace its existing manual in-house data solution for environmental data collection in desire for efficient, accurate and transparent corporate-wide environmental performance management as well as introducing carbon footprint reporting. Tofuture´s Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM) system was chosen as the replacing solution after careful review of different solutions available on the market. The implementation was carried out throughout the global organization with the help of Tofuture specialists and was proved to be fast and easy. With the CSM tool, different data analyses and reports on all organizational levels became effortless to take and send to different stakeholder groups whenever and wherever they are needed. One of the key issues of the system selection was to make sure, that the data is reliable and auditable and the system always leaves an audit trail to follow back to the source of the data.

HUHTAMÄKI – improving business performance through non-financial key performance indicators

Huhtamäki Oyj is a global consumer and specialty packaging company aiming to realize business benefits from sustainability performance. In Huhtamäki, internal performance benchmarking and bringing non-financial indicators as an integrated part of everyday management is a continuous development process. Also, the ever increasing need for more transparent and faster reporting to investors is pushing Huhtamäki to develop its non-financial management process even further. To facilitate the process Huhtamäki is utilizing Tofuture’s Corporate Sustainability Management system and Hyperion joint sustainability software. This allows efficient, reliable and accurate data management and stakeholder reporting according international guidelines such as the GRI reporting guidelines. Also, managing key performance indicators in the system such as energy efficiency, waste management and occupational health and safety has contributed successfully to Huhtamäki’s business performance.

VAPO – comparable and reliable data for sustainability reporting and authorities’ registers

Vapo is the leading supplier of local and renewable fuels, bioelectricity and bioheat, and environmental business solutions in the Baltic Sea region. Vapo’s focus on sustainability agenda is on environmental management, particularly on the climate change. Vapo implemented Tofuture´s leading Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM) system for management and reporting of its environmental performance during 2008. Currently the system is used in all operations comprising more than 500 entities. For Vapo the benefits of CSM arise from easy and controlled data collection, analysis and reporting, which at the same time meets the requirements for mandatory environmental data disclosed to Finnish authorities (VAHTI register).

METSO – Efficient group-wide sustainability management in a global corporation

Metso Corporation is a global supplier of technology and services for process industries. In Metso, group-wide management of sustainability performance is considered an integral part of good business management. Metso has been using Tofuture’s Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM) system for all sustainability data management and reporting globally since 2005. As a hosted solution CSM enabled an easy implementation to over 50 country locations without any major investment costs. After its introduction in Metso, the ease of consolidated data collection and reporting has increased significantly and CSM is has become part of the quarterly and yearly reporting throughout the organization.

ITELLA – Carbon footprint calculation with the help of Tofuture

Itella is a service business whose core competency lies in information and product flow management. One of the key issues on Itella´s responsibility agenda is the carbon footprint of its service products, e.g. letters, parcels, unaddressed mail, magazine delivery and hybrid mail services. Tofuture helped Itella to introduce systematic carbon footprint calculation by developing a system that makes it possible to model the mail delivery process, that is calculate significant environmental effects for different process phases. Thereby, Itella is able to calculate its carbon footprint per product category, per product type and per single product delivered. All this information is used for customer reporting, product development and directing customers to more efficient and responsible solutions of mail delivery.

Itella is the winner of the Postal Technology International Awards 2011. Read more about the environmental achievement of the year.

KESKO – Industry Leader in Sustainability Reporting

Kesko is the most versatile provider of trading sector services in the Baltic Sea area and has operations on in the Nordic countries, the Baltic countries and Russia. Kesko implemented Tofuture’s Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM) system to improve the efficiency and consistency of sustainability data collection and reporting. The CSM system gave Kesko a possibility have data collection module as well as analysis and reporting tools in one solution, which could be modified according Kesko’s unique organizational structure and industry specific reporting requirements as well as integrated into the sourcing systems. Both data collection and reporting has become more streamlined after introduction of the CSM and Kesko has been able to link sustainability performance indicators into day-to-day decision-making and management systems. Through continuous improvement of sustainability performance and further development of CSM system together with Tofuture, Kesko has earned the place as the industry leader in sustainability management and reporting.