Sustainability
Our sustainability work is guided by the Group’s strategy and framed by
the City of Vantaa’s ownership steering. The VAV Group holds the Finnish Ekokompassi environmental certificate.
Key figures
We publish an annual sustainability report that brings together the concrete actions we have taken in the areas of environmental responsibility, social responsibility and good governance.
2025
98.5%
Utilisation rate
Target 98.5%
2025
7.9
Customer satisfaction with property management, customer service and lettings.
On a scale of 1–10
VAV Partner Survey 2025
3.7
How responsible is VAV as an organisation?
On a scale of 1–4
2025
34,448
Total carbon footprint (tCO2e)
Change from the previous year: -28 per cent.
We promote these SDG targets
Our sustainability work is closely linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are central to our operations. The UN Sustainable Development Goals came into force at the start of 2016.
Goal 10: Reducing inequalities
Reducing inequality is directly linked to VAV’s core activities. We combat segregation, provide affordable housing and offer support in challenging housing situations.
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
VAV develops and maintains its existing property portfolio and strives for sustainable, low-emission new-build projects. We enable and encourage our residents to live more sustainably.
Goal 13: Climate action
As part of our climate action, we are systematically reducing our emissions. By 2030, we will switch to sourcing renewable energy, continuously improve our energy efficiency and aim for significant emissions reductions across our value chain.
Goal 15: Life on land
VAV supports Vantaa’s ‘Nature-Positive 2030’ goal. The systematic development of VAV’s green spaces to increase their biodiversity strengthens regional biodiversity.
Goal 17: Cooperation and partnership
The Sustainable Development Goals are achieved through collaboration. We aim to promote responsibility within our partner network, and we contribute to society through organisations such as Kova ry and Rakli, amongst others.
Our climate roadmap targets
We will continue our emission reduction measures in line with our climate roadmap. Our target for 2030 is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from our own direct emissions, as well as from purchased energy and indirect emissions in the value chain, from the 2024 baseline.
VAV Group’s energy-saving targets
We are making systematic progress towards our energy-saving targets.
Energy-related policies and measures were also the main reason why our carbon footprint was 28 per cent lower in 2025 compared with the previous year.
VAV has signed up to the VAETS agreement for the period 2026–2035. The targets for the previous VAETS period (the energy efficiency agreement for rental housing associations in the property sector) were achieved ahead of schedule. At the end of 2025, our actual performance in relation to our target was 188 per cent.
Through the VAETS agreement, we are continuing our work to improve energy efficiency and reduce our climate impact. Our ETJ+ energy management system guides our energy efficiency measures, and we will have the ETJ+ energy management system certified by 2027 at the latest.
