GRI index
| CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY GRI INDICATORS | |||||||||||||
| GENERAL STANDARD DISCLOSURES | |||||||||||||
| Designation | GRI content | Location | Additional information | Global Compact | |||||||||
| Strategy and analysis | |||||||||||||
| G4-1 | Statement by the President & CEO | Review by the President & CEO | |||||||||||
| G4-2 | Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities | Strategy and management system Operating environment Governance Report of the Board of Directors |
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| Organisational profile | |||||||||||||
| G4-3 | Name of the reporting organisation | Fingrid Oyj | |||||||||||
| G4-4 | Primary brands, products and services | Fingrid in brief | |||||||||||
| G4-5 | Location of the organisation’s headquarters | Fingrid’s headquarters are located in Helsinki. | |||||||||||
| G4-6 | Number of countries where the organisation operates, and names of countries where either the organisation has operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability topics covered in the report. | Fingrid in brief | |||||||||||
| G4-7 | Nature of ownership and legal form of the organisation | Fingrid in brief | |||||||||||
| G4-8 | Markets served | Fingrid in brief | |||||||||||
| G4-9 | Scale of the organisation | Fingrid in brief | |||||||||||
| G4-10 | Number of employees by employment type and employment contract, by region and by gender | 6 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES | |||||||||
| 2016 | Men | Women | 2015 | Men | Women | 2014 | Men | Women | |
| Permanent | 291 | 220 | 71 | 280 | 211 | 69 | 282 | 215 | 67 |
| 87 % | 76 % | 24 % | 89 % | 75 % | 25 % | 90 % | 76 % | 24 % | |
| Temporary | 43 | 30 | 13 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 5 |
| 13 % | 70 % | 30 % | 11 % | 77 % | 23 % | 10 % | 84 % | 16 % | |
| Full-time | 302 | 226 | 76 | 293 | 220 | 73 | 290 | 222 | 68 |
| 90 % | 75 % | 25 % | 93 % | 75 % | 25 % | 93 % | 77 % | 23 % | |
| Part-time | 32 | 24 | 8 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 4 |
| 10 % | 75 % | 25 % | 7 % | 82 % | 18 % | 7 % | 83 % | 17 % | |
| Total | 334 | 250 | 84 | 315 | 313 | ||||
| Average | 336 | 318.9 | 305.3 | ||||||
| PERSONNEL BY LOCATION | |||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Helsinki | 285 | 267 | 260 |
| Hämeenlinna | 16 | 15 | 17 |
| Oulunsalo | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Petäjävesi | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Rovaniemi | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Varkaus | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| G4-10 (add.) | Number of contractors’ employees by employment type, contract and region | Reporting covers the service providers’ working hours included in Fingrid’s internal monitoring. In 2016, grid building and maintenance operations amounted to 976,650 work hours, equalling 575 man-years. | 6 | ||||||||||
| PERSONNEL AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, MAN-YEARS | |||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Man-years, Fingrid’s personnel | 300 | 287 | 275 |
| Man-years, service providers | 575 | 593 | 533 |
| Man-years total | 876 | 880 | 808 |
| G4-11 | Personnel covered by collective bargaining agreements | Fingrid complies with the collective labour agreement for salaried employees and senior professional employees in the energy industry. These agreements cover the entire personnel excluding top management. | 3 | ||||||||||
| G4-11 (add.) | Fingrid’s contractors’ personnel covered by the collective labour agreements by country | According to the Act on the Contractor's Obligations and Liability when Work is Contracted Out, the entire chain of contractors at Fingrid’s work sites is obligated to operate in compliance with applicable Finnish collective labour agreements both regarding Finnish and non-Finnish workforce. | |||||||||||
| G4-12 | Organisation’s supply chain | Fingrid requires that its service and goods suppliers commit to Fingrid’s Supplier Code of Conduct or with their own similar code. The Code covers issues such as business practices, human rights, labour rights, occupational safety and the environment. The Supplier Code of Conduct is applied for procurements worth at least EUR 30,000 and they are linked, e.g., to material, equipment or ICT purchase agreements. Fulfilment of the requirements is monitored on a risk basis. The Code of Conduct is a condition for being included in supplier registers used in recurring substation and power line procurements. In addition, contractual partners are subject to separate contract conditions related to the use of subcontractors and workforce, and to occupational safety and environmental matters. Building work on the grid is carried out on a project basis, in separate substation and transmission line projects as well as in turn-key contracts. The main contractor, acting in the role of Fingrid’s contractual counterparty, is in charge of the detailed design, the procurement of material and equipment as well as building and installations until commissioning. The main contractor on a specific project may have several subcontractors. The qualifications of the contractors and service suppliers carrying out grid construction and maintenance are verified primarily by means of various supplier registers and shortlisting procedures. A validation system to ensure the proper qualifications of employees for performing basic maintenance on power lines and substations is also in place. Fingrid has around 60 direct contractual partners, 12 of which account for roughly 90 per cent of the total financial value of the procurements. There are two companies with regional contracts on transmission line maintenance and four companies with regional substation maintenance contracts. Both the contractors’ and subcontractors’ use mostly Finnish workforce for grid building work. A substantial number of non-Finnish workers, hailing from countries such as Poland, Croatia, the Baltics, Germany and Italy work mainly on transmission line work sites. Grid maintenance suppliers and their suppliers use Finnish workforce. Some non-Finnish personnel is used in vegetation trimming at transmission lines and in areas requiring special expertise. |
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| G4-13 | Significant changes regarding the organisation’s size, structure, ownership, or its supply chain during the reporting period | Report of the Board of Directors | No significant changes | ||||||||||
| EU-1 | Installed capacity, broken down by primary energy source and by regulatory regime | Not applicable to Fingrid. Fingrid does not produce its own energy. | |||||||||||
| EU-2 | Net energy output broken down by primary energy source and by regulatory regime | Not applicable to Fingrid. Fingrid does not produce its own energy. | |||||||||||
| EU-3 | Number of residential, industrial, institutional and commercial customer accounts | ||||||||||||
| CUSTOMERS CONNECTED TO THE GRID | ||||||
| December 2016 | December 2015 | December 2014 | ||||
| Customers | Connection points | Customers | Connection points | Customers | Connection points | |
| Distribution networks | 62 | 412 | 62 | 414 | 60 | 409 |
| Production | 32 | 56 | 29 | 54 | 25 | 50 |
| Industry | 24 | 48 | 25 | 49 | 28 | 40 |
| Institutional customers | 1 | 43 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 44 |
| Total | 119 | 559 | 117 | 561 | 114 | 543 |
| EU-4 | Length of above and underground transmission and distribution lines | The transmission grid owned by Fingrid encompasses approx. 14,600 kilometres of 400, 220 and 110 kilovolt transmission lines, plus 118 substations and four HVDC substations. | |||||||||||
| EU-5 | Allocation of CO2e emissions allowances or equivalent, broken down by carbon trading framework | Report of the Board of Directors | Fingrid’s reserve power plants are included in the European Union's emissions trading system. The accuracy of the measuring and reporting systems for fuel consumption is verified by an accredited emissions trading verifier. A total of 10,326 (6,697) units (tCO2) of emission allowances were returned, all of which consisted of acquired emission rights units. Fingrid has not been granted free-of-charge emission rights for the emissions trade period 2013–2020. No emissions rights were purchased in 2016. Emissions trading had minor financial significance for Fingrid. | ||||||||||
| G4-14 | Whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organisation | The precautionary principle is included in Fingrid’s Code of Conduct and the UN’s Global Compact initiative, which Fingrid has committed to. The environmental impacts of new transmission line projects are analysed through an environmental impact assessment (EIA) or an environmental study in compliance with the Electricity Market Act. Fingrid’s reserve power plants are subject to an environmental permit. | |||||||||||
| G4-15 | Externally developed economic, environmental and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organisation subscribes or which it endorses | Global Compact initiative Energy efficiency agreement of Finnish industries 2008–2016 and 2017–2025 |
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| G4-16 | Memberships in associations and advocacy organisations | ENTSO-E (European Network of Transmission System Operators – Electricity), Finnish Energy Industries, Cigré (International Council on Large Electric Systems), FIBS Corporate Responsibility Network, Association for Finnish Work | |||||||||||
| Identified material aspects and boundaries | |||||||||||||
| G4-17 | Entities included in the organisation’s consolidated financial statements or equivalent documents | Contents of the annual report and reporting principles | |||||||||||
| G4-18 | Process for defining the report content | An assessment of the substantial financial, social and environmental impacts of Fingrid’s operations, as well as the impacts on stakeholders’ decision-making was updated in 2016, taking into account the strong connection between sustainability and strategy and business and its impact on Fingrid’s ability to create value, as well as the requirements of the GRI reporting guidelines, which extend throughout the value chain. The starting point for the update was a thorough materiality analysis conducted in 2014, which included a broad background analysis, meetings attended by dozens of experts from Fingrid, and a stakeholder survey sent out to roughly 700 individuals. In 2016, the need to update the materiality analysis was evaluated by Fingrid’s development managers and the executive management group confirmed the most important issues concerning Fingrid’s operations as well as the adequacy of how such issues are managed. | |||||||||||
| G4-19 | Material aspects identified in the process for defining report content | Operating environment | The matters prioritised for Fingrid as being key issues and their corresponding GRI G4 reporting aspects are presented in the section ‘Operating environment’ and in the GRI Content Index. | ||||||||||
| G4-20 | Aspect boundary within the organisation for each material aspect | Contents of the annual report and reporting principles | |||||||||||
| G4-21 | Aspect boundary outside the organisation for each material aspect | Contents of the annual report and reporting principles | |||||||||||
| G4-22 | Effect of any restatements of information provided in previous reports | Significant changes to information from previous reports are stated in connection with the relevant information. | |||||||||||
| G4-23 | Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope and aspect boundaries | There are no significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope and aspect boundaries. | |||||||||||
| Stakeholder engagement | |||||||||||||
| G4-24 | List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organisation | Stakeholder engagement | |||||||||||
| G4-25 | Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders | Stakeholder engagement | |||||||||||
| G4-26 | Organisation’s approach to stakeholder engagement | Stakeholder engagement | |||||||||||
| G4-27 | Key topics and concerns raised through stakeholder engagement | Customers Corporate responsibility Environment |
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| Report profile | |||||||||||||
| G4-28 | Reporting period | The reporting period covers the financial period 1 January to 31 December 2016. | |||||||||||
| G4-29 | Date of most recent previous report | The previous annual report was published on 6 April 2016. | |||||||||||
| G4-30 | Reporting cycle | The annual report is published every year. | |||||||||||
| G4-31 | Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents | Feedback and questions about the annual report and Fingrid’s corporate responsibility can be sent to viestinta@fingrid.fi. | |||||||||||
| G4-32 | GRI content index | Corporate responsibility GRI indicators | Fingrid’s corporate responsibility reporting is realised in accordance with the Core requirements of the GRI guidelines. | ||||||||||
| G4-33 | Organisation’s policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report | Corporate responsibility information has not been assured externally except for the account for carbon dioxide emissions which has been assured by an external emissions trading verifier. | |||||||||||
| Governance | |||||||||||||
| G4-34 | Governance structure and governance committees | Corporate Governance Statement | |||||||||||
| G4-35 | Process for delegating authority | Corporate Governance Statement Corporate responsibility |
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| G4-36 | Positions with responsibility | Corporate responsibility | |||||||||||
| G4-38 | Composition of the Board of Directors | Corporate Governance Statement | The report includes the composition of the Board of Directors and independence of Board members. | ||||||||||
| G4-39 | Position of the Chair of the Board | Corporate Governance Statement | |||||||||||
| G4-40 | Nomination and selection processes for the Board of Directors | Corporate Governance Statement | The report accounts for the selection of Board members and the related criteria. | ||||||||||
| G4-41 | Avoidance of conflicts of interest | Corporate Governance Statement | The report accounts for the selection of Board members and the related criteria. | ||||||||||
| G4-42 | Board of Directors’ role in the formulation of the organisation’s purpose, values and strategy | Corporate Governance Statement Corporate responsibility |
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| G4-45 | The Board of Directors’ role in the identification and management of risks | Corporate Governance Statement Report of the Board of Directors |
Describes the Board of Directors’ responsibilities in the arrangement of risk management. | ||||||||||
| G4-46 | Review of the effectiveness of the organisation’s risk management | Corporate Governance Statement Report of the Board of Directors |
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| G4-47 | Frequency of risk reviews | Corporate Governance Statement Report of the Board of Directors |
Describes the Board of Directors’ role in the approval of risk management principles and in the definition of risks and their management measures as well as implementation. | ||||||||||
| G4-51 | Remuneration policies for the Board of Directors and senior executives | Remuneration statement | Describes the principles of remuneration policies and systems for the Board of Directors and senior executives. | ||||||||||
| G4-52 | Remuneration systems | Remuneration statement | The report describes the approval process of remuneration systems and forms of remuneration. | ||||||||||
| Ethics and integrity | |||||||||||||
| G4-56 | Values and codes of conduct | Fingrid’s vision and values Corporate responsibility |
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| G4-57 | Mechanisms for seeking advice on ethical and lawful behaviour | Fingrid’s employees can receive advice in applying Fingrid’s Code of Conduct from the company’s legal services. | 1-10 | ||||||||||
| G4-58 | Mechanisms for reporting concerns about unethical or unlawful behaviour | Report of the Board of Directors Corporate responsibility |
Suspicions of behaviour that goes against Fingrid’s Code of Conduct must be reported to a supervisor, Fingrid’s management or internal audit without delay. An independent so-called whistleblowing channel is also in use. No reports were made via the whistleblowing channel during the year. Suspected breaches are investigated with confidentiality and discretion, ensuring that no negative consequences befall the person reporting the behaviour. Behaviour that goes against the Code of Conduct will lead to a discussion with the supervisor and, if necessary, other disciplinary measures. | 1-10 | |||||||||
| Material aspects | |||||||||||||
| MATERIAL TOPICS FOR FINGRID | FINGRID’S MANAGEMENT APPROACH (G4 DMA) | FINGRID’S MANAGEMENT INDICATORS | MATERIAL GRI ASPECT FOR FINGRID’S OPERATIONS | MATERIAL GRI INDICATOR FOR FINGRID’S OPERATIONS |
| Reliability of the electricity system | Principles for managing system security Reserve policy Preparedness policy for managing system security |
Grid disturbances: financial harm to customers Operational efficiency: ranked in international operational benchmarks |
Indirect economic impacts Electricity availability and transmission reliability Demand-side management System efficiency Availability Research and development: R&D and expenses related to electricity supply Energy consumption Emissions |
G4-EC8 Significant indirect economic impacts and their extent EU12 Transmission and distribution losses EU28 Power outage frequency EU29 Average power outage duration G4 EN3 and G4 EN4 Energy consumption EU5 Allocation of CO2e emissions allowances or equivalent, broken down by carbon trading framework G4-EN15 Direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 1) G4-EN16 Indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 2) G4-EN17 Other indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 3) G4-EN21 NOx, SOx and other significant air emissions EU12 Transmission and distribution losses EU28 Power outage frequency EU29 Average power outage duration G4 EN3 and G4 EN4 Energy consumption EU5 Allocation of CO2e emissions allowances or equivalent, broken down by carbon trading framework G4-EN15 Direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 1) G4-EN16 Indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 2) G4-EN17 Other indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 3) G4-EN21 NOx, SOx and other significant air emissions |
| Stakeholder engagement | Fingrid’s Code of Conduct Land use and environment policy Communications policy |
Customer survey grade ENTSO-E: ranked in price level comparisons Landowner survey grade |
Stakeholder engagement Product and service labelling Local communities |
G4-26 Organisation’s approach to stakeholder engagement G4-27 Key topics and concerns raised through stakeholder engagement G4-PR5 Results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction EU22 Number of people physically or economically displaced and/or compensation broken down by type of project |
| Financial result | Management principles Corporate Finance and Financing Principles Financing policy |
Credit rating Dividend payout capacity Cost-effectiveness |
Economic performance | G4-EC1 Direct economic value generated and distributed G4-EC4 Financial assistance received from government |
| Procurement practices | Fingrid’s corporate responsibility requirements for suppliers Procurement policy |
Deviations or problems in contractor obligation or employment relationship matters | Procurement practices | G4-12 Description of the supply chain Fingrid’s own indicator: Deviations in contractor obligation or employment relationship matters |
| Development and safety of the transmission grid | Main grid development and maintenance management principles System security management policy Company security policy Grid planning, construction, maintenance management policies |
Implementation of capital investments Maintenance efficiency: ranked in international benchmarks (ITOMS, ITAMS) LTIF Environmental deviations |
Occupational health and safety Employment Customer health and safety Compliance (environment) Biodiversity Waste |
G4-LA6 Accidents and lost days EU18 Proportion of suppliers’ and contractors’ employees who have taken part in occupational safety training EU25 Number of injuries and fatalities to the public involving company assets, including legal judgments, settlements and pending legal cases of diseases Fingrid’s own indicator Environmental deviations G4-EN29 Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations G4-EN11 Operational sites owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas G4-EN23 Waste |
| Well-functioning electricity market | Principles for promoting the electricity market Loss power procurement policy Transmission capacity allocation and congestion management policy |
Implementation of key electricity market development projects and services | Customer privacy | G4-PR8 Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data |
| An open, collaborative, renewing and target-oriented work community | Management principles HR policy Equal opportunity and non-discrimination plan |
Workplace atmosphere: result of personnel survey Management: ranked in the Great Place to Work Finland survey |
Employment Education/Training Diversity and equal opportunities |
G4-10 Number of employees and contractors by employment type and employment contract, by region and by gender, including EU17 G4-11 Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements G4-LA1 Total number and rates of new employee hires and employee turnover by age group, gender and region EU15 Percentage of employees retiring within the next 5 and 10 years G4-LA9 Average hours of training per year per employee by gender, and by employee category G4-LA10 Programmes for skills management and lifelong learning G4-LA11 Performance and career development reviews G4-LA12 Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per employee category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity |
| The company’s Code of Conduct | Fingrid’s Code of Conduct Management principles Internal control and risk management principles HR policy Data security policy |
Passing the online Code of Conduct training | Business ethics Non-discrimination Anti-corruption and anti-bribery Public policy Anti-competitive behaviour Compliance (society) |
G4-56 Values and codes of conduct G4-57 Mechanisms for seeking advice on ethical and lawful behaviour G4-58 Reporting concerns about unethical or unlawful behaviour G4-HR3 Total number of incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken G4-SO5 Confirmed incidents of corruption and actions taken G4-SO6 Total value of political contributions by country and recipient/beneficiary G4-SO7 Total number of legal actions for anti-competitive behaviour, anti-trust, and monopoly practices and their outcomes G4-SO8 Significant fines and non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations |
| SPECIFIC STANDARD DISCLOSURES | |||||||||||||
| Designation | GRI content | Location | Additional information | ||||||||||
| Management approach | |||||||||||||
| G4-DMA | Disclosures on Management Approach | Strategy Fingrid’s strategic targets and indicators Personnel Corporate responsibility Environment Corporate Governance Statement Report of the Board of Directors |
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| ECONOMIC RESPONSIBILITY | |||||||||||||
| Economic impacts | |||||||||||||
| G4-EC1 | Direct economic value generated and distributed, € | ||||||||||||
| Income from customers | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||
| Turnover | 586,119,500 | 600,224,476 | 567,155,225 | ||
| Other operating income | 12,688,847 | 5,199,164 | 4,619,211 | ||
| Contributions received | -282,023 | -199,475 | -199,534 | ||
| Dividend income | 564,840 | 555,518 | 345,805 | ||
| Income from investments and loans | 688,991 | 623,881 | 1,035,098 | ||
| Total | 599,780,155 | 606,403,565 | 572,955,805 | ||
| Payments to suppliers | |||||
| Purchases, materials and services | 248,358,502 | 240,642,741 | 264,304,258 | ||
| Electricity tax on auxiliary power | -18,978 | -9,858 | -9,766 | ||
| Other costs | 30,585,523 | 82,287,655 | 48,148,708 | ||
| Changes in fair value | 35,444,373 | -24,275,675 | 6,171,081 | ||
| Voluntary additional personnel expenses and compensation for expenses (excl. training) | -1,533,407 | -1,406,409 | -1,323,771 | ||
| Real estate tax | -409,145 | -393,259 | -427,408 | ||
| Contributions | -32,424 | -79,538 | -190,656 | ||
| Total | 312,394,445 | 296,765,659 | 316,672,447 | ||
| Remuneration to personnel | |||||
| Salaries, remunerations, social security contributions | 28,597,902 | 25,804,350 | 24,992,709 | ||
| Voluntary additional personnel expenses and compensation for expenses (excl. training) | 1,533,407 | 1,406,409 | 1,323,771 | ||
| Total | 30,131,309 | 27,210,758 | 26,316,480 | ||
| Remuneration to financers and shareholders | |||||
| Dividend* | 97,999,992 | 90,000,004 | 65,000,001 | ||
| Finance costs | 21,058,652 | 22,738,413 | 24,021,610 | ||
| Total | 21,058,652 | 112,738,417 | 89,021,611 | ||
| Support in public interest and taxes | |||||
| Income tax for the financial year | 25,780,172 | 30,807,079 | 20,202,952 | ||
| Real estate tax | 409,145 | 393,259 | 427,408 | ||
| Electricity tax on auxiliary power | 18,978 | 9,858 | 9,766 | ||
| Contributions and sponsoring | 32,424 | 79,538 | 190,656 | ||
| Total | 26,240,719 | 31,289,733 | 20,830,781 | ||
| Undistributed added value for developing Fingrid’s operations | 209,955,030 | 138,398,998 | 120,114,486 | ||
| *The dividend for 2016 is the Board of Directors’ proposal to the Annual General Meeting | |||||
| G4-EC4 | Financial assistance received from government | Financial statements, note 2, other operating income, Financial statements, consolidated cash flow statement |
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| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Tekes | 75,714 | 34,475 | 66,181 |
| National Emergency Supply Agency | 145,000 | 145,000 | 130,000 |
| Real-Smart (EU) | 3,353 | ||
| EU investment grant | 15,000,000 | 19,935,000 | |
| Other financial assistance | |||
| Total | 262,023 | 15,179,475 | 20,134,539 |
| Indirect economic impacts | |||||||||||||
| G4-EC8 | Significant indirect economic impacts and their extent | Power system | |||||||||||
| Procurement practices | |||||||||||||
| G4-DMA | Report of the Board of Directors Strategy Corporate responsibility Corporate responsibility GRI indicators |
See G4-12. | |||||||||||
| Electricity availability and transmission reliability | |||||||||||||
| G4-DMA | Grid development and maintenance | ||||||||||||
| Demand-side management | |||||||||||||
| G4-DMA | Power system Electricity market |
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| Research and development | |||||||||||||
| G4-DMA | Research, development and innovation | ||||||||||||
| System efficiency | |||||||||||||
| EU12 | Transmission and distribution losses | Power system | See also G4-EN4. | ||||||||||
| ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS | |||||||||||||
| Energy | |||||||||||||
| G4-EN3 and G4-EN4 | Energy consumption within and outside of the organisation | 7, 8 | |||||||||||
| ENERGY CONSUMPTION | ||||
| Direct | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Light fuel oil | t | 3,217 | 2,068 | 3,289 |
| GJ | 138,320 | 88,905 | 140,757 | |
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| Electricity transmission energy losses | GWh | 1,270 | 1,380 | 1,266 |
| GJ | 4,572,000 | 4,968,431 | 4,558,700 | |
| Fast disturbance reserve electricity procured | GWh | 1.3 | 3.4 | 0.5 |
| GJ | 4,676 | 12,700 | 1,937 | |
| Reserve power plants’ auxiliary energy | GWh | 9.9 | 9.4 | 9.2 |
| GJ | 35,724 | 33,719 | 33,195 | |
| Reserve power plants’ district heating | GWh | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| GJ | 2,319 | 2,242 | 2,610 | |
| Fingrid’s environmental data reporting encompasses the entire company except for the data on substation electricity consumption, electricity and heating for premises, and the related carbon dioxide emissions. The compilation of this data will be developed in the coming years. Reporting does not include emissions data from transportation carried out by service providers. Fingrid does not own any motor vehicles. | ||||
| Biodiversity | |||||||||||||
| G4-EN11 | Operational sites owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||
| Grid transmission lines in protected areas and Natura sites1 | km | 257 | 260 | 240 |
| Reported transmission line kilometres in protected and Natura areas. | ||||
| 1 Approx. 2% of Fingrid’s transmission lines are located in nature reserves or Natura sites. Protected areas amounted to around 9 per cent of Finland’s total area in 2016. | ||||
| Emissions | |||||||||||||
| G4-EN15 | Direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 1) | 7, 8 | |||||||||||
| Direct emissions (Scope 1) |
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| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||
| Reserve power plant fuels, tCO2 | 10,326 | 6,502 | 10,660 | |
| Substations’ sulphur hexafluoride, tCO2e |
479 | 1,459 | 342 | |
| Total, tCO2e1 | 10,805 | 7,961 | 11,000 | |
| 1 According to Statistics Finland, the total CO2 equivalent emissions in Finland in 2015 were 55.6 million carbon dioxide tonnes. Fingrid’s share of all Finnish CO2 emissions amounted to approximately 0.1‰ in 2015. Fingrid’s carbon dioxide emissions calculations are based on the EU emissions trading system (EU-ETS) and on the international Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol standards. The emission factors used in Fingrid’s CO2 calculations are based on the latest factors from Statistics Finland, the average emission factors of electricity procurement and district heat production for Finland, and IPCC 2007 (AR4) Global Warming Potentials (GWPs). The calculation of electricity CO2 emissions applies a rolling average of the last five years recorded in statistics. Emissions in 2016 were calculated using Statistics Finland’s emissions factor of 209 kg CO2/MWh. District heating CO2 emissions were calculated using the emissions factor of 183 kg CO2/MWh published by the Finnish Energy Industries for the last three statistical years. |
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| G4-EN16 | Indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 2) | 7, 8 | |||||||||||
| Indirect emissions (Scope 2) | ||||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||
| Transmission losses, tCO2-e | 265,430 | 303,626 | 354,800 | |
| Fast disturbance reserve electricity procured, tCO2-e | 775 | 897 | 122 | |
| Reserve power plants’ auxiliary energy, tCO2e |
2,074 | 2,061 | 2,096 | |
| Reserve power plants’ district heating, tCO2-e | 118 | 116 | 152 | |
| Total, tCO2e | 268,397 | 306,700 | 357,170 | |
| 1 2015 calculation includes CH4 and N2O emissions. | ||||
| G4-EN17 | Other indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 3) | 7, 8 | |||||||||||
| Other indirect emissions (Scope 3) | ||||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||
| Business travel (flights and kilometre-reimbursed business trips), tCO2-e | 694 | 752 | 552 | |
| Total, tCO2e | 694 | 7521) | 552 | |
| 1 2015 calculation includes CH4 and N2O emissions. | ||||
| G4-EN21 | NOx, SOx and other significant air emissions | 8 | |||||||||||
| Reserve power plants’ sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions | ||||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||
| tonnes | tonnes | tonnes | ||
| Sulphur dioxide, SO2 | 0.80 | 0.48 | 1.45 | |
| Nitrogen oxide, NOx | 61 | 40 | 62 | |
| Effluents and waste | |||||||||||||
| G4-EN23 | Total weight of waste by type and disposal method | 8 | |||||||||||
| Total weight of waste by type and disposal method | |||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| tonnes | tonnes | tonnes | |
| Total waste volume | 7,397 | 6,052 | 3,678 |
| Hazardous waste | 481 | 333 | 412 |
| Recycling and reuse | 5,275 | 4,770 | 3,128 |
| Other utilisation, e.g. for civil engineering | 1,195 | 955 | 430 |
| Combustion in a power plant | 40 | 37 | 3 |
| Final disposal, e.g. landfill | 887 | 290 | 117 |
| G4-EN24 | Total number and volume of significant spills | Report of the Board of Directors Environment |
One major environment-related deviation occurred in the company’s operations during the year | ||||||||||
| Compliance | 8 | ||||||||||||
| G4-EN29 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations | No fines or sanctions during the reporting period. | |||||||||||
| SOCIAL IMPACTS, LABOUR PRACTICES AND DECENT WORK | |||||||||||||
| Employment | 6 | ||||||||||||
| G4-LA1 | Total number and rates of new employee hires and employee turnover by age group, gender and region | ||||||||||||
| TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT | |||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| New permanent employment contracts | 15 | 10 | 23 |
| Number of expired employment contracts | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Retired | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Average retirement age | 65 | 65 | 63 |
| Average length of employment* (y) | 10.3 | 8.3 | 8.9 |
| Number of persons made redundant | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incoming turnover rate | 5.15% | 3.57% | 8.16% |
| Outgoing turnover rate | 3.44% | 4.64% | 2.84% |
| Incoming and outgoing turnover rates not reported by age group and gender. The report accounts for absolute values; percentage rates not reported due to a low turnover rate. | |||
| *Fingrid was established in 1996 and its operations started in 1997. The personnel were transferred to the company as serving employees. | |||
| NEW, PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS, BY AGE GROUP | |||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| No. of people | No. of people | No. of people | |
| Under 29 yrs. | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 30–39 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 40–49 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 50–59 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 60–69 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NUMBER OF EXPIRED PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS BY AGE GROUP | |||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| henkilöä | henkilöä | henkilöä | |
| Under 29 yrs. | 1 | 0 | |
| 30–39 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 40–49 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 50–59 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 60–69 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| EU15 | Percentage of employees retiring within the next 5 and 10 years | Percentage of employees retiring within the next 5 years, %: | 13 % | Salaried employees | 3 % | Senior salaried employees | 97 % | ||||||
| Percentage of employees retiring within the next 10 years, %: | 24 % | Salaried employees | 4 % | Senior salaried employees | 96 % | ||||||||
| *The estimate is based on the lowest age that one can retire on old-age pension according to the statutory pension system. | |||||||||||||
| EU17 | Days worked by contractor and subcontractor employees involved in constuction, operation & maintenance activities. | The report accounts for the total working hours of service providers. See G4-10 (add). | |||||||||||
| EU18 | Percentage of contractor and subontractor employees that have undergone relevant health and safety training. | Grid development and maintenance | The source of the report is the OHS development project. | ||||||||||
| Occupational health and safety | 6 | ||||||||||||
| G4-LA6 | Type of injury and rates of injury (LTIF), occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and total number of work-related fatalities, by region and by gender | Grid development and maintenance Personnel Report of the Board of Directors |
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| NUMBER OF OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS AND ABSENCES DUE TO ILLNESS | ||||||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||
| Absences due to illness | 1% (3.4 days/person) | 2% (3.6 days/person) | 2% (3.6 days/person) | |||
| Workplace | Business trip | Workplace | Business trip | Workplace | Business trip | |
| Accidents resulting in absence from work | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accidents not resulting in absence from work | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| LTIF (accidents/million work hours)* | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Work-related fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Occupational diseases | No cases | No cases | No cases | |||
| *LTIF in line with Zero Accidents criteria. | ||||||
| No occupational diseases diagnosed in 2016. The report accounts for the number of accidents, LTIF, fatalities and percentage of absences due to illness. | ||||||
| G4-LA6 (add.) | Contractors’ and suppliers’ OHS-related performance | Grid development and maintenance | The report accounts for the number and seriousness of accidents, LTIF and fatalities. | ||||||||||
| Training and education | 6 | ||||||||||||
| G4-LA9 | Average hours of training per year per employee by gender, and by employee category | ||||||||||||
| NUMBER OF TRAINING HOURS BY PERSONNEL GROUP AND GENDER | |||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| h | h | h | |
| Number of training hours by gender, Women | 40 | 32 | 31 |
| Number of training hours by gender, Men | 34 | 40 | 32 |
| Number of training hours by employee group, salaried employees | 21 | 23 | 26 |
| Number of training hours by employee group, senior salaried employees | 38 | 40 | 32 |
| PERFORMANCE REVIEWS | |||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Basic and secondary education | 21 | 21 | 24 |
| Lowest level of tertiary education | 34 | 33 | 34 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 104 | 101 | 102 |
| Master’s degree | 123 | 116 | 114 |
| Second stage of tertiary education | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Training days per person | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| G4-LA10 | Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings | 6 | |||||||||||
| G4-LA11 | Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews | ||||||||||||
| PERFORMANCE REVIEWS | |||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| % who participated | 99 | 99 | 99 |
| Performance reviews apply to all permanent employees. Performance reviews conducted twice a year include a discussion on personal goals and results as well as an individual long-term and short-term development plan. Total percentage reported. | |||
| Diversity and equal opportunities | 6 | ||||||||||||
| G4-LA12 | Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per employee category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity | Corporate Governance Statement | |||||||||||
| AGE DISTRIBUTION OF PERMANENT PERSONNEL | |||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Under 29 yrs. | 25 | 22 | 19 |
| 30–39 | 80 | 81 | 86 |
| 40–49 | 91 | 86 | 83 |
| 50–59 | 76 | 75 | 75 |
| 60–69 | 19 | 16 | 19 |
| Average age | 44 | 44 | 44 |
| GENDER DISTRIBUTION BY EMPLOYEE GROUP | ||||||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Board of Directors | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Management | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Senior salaried employees | 213 | 57 | 203 | 56 | 207 | 54 |
| Salaried employees | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
| The Board of Directors and personnel groups reported by gender. The age distribution of permanent personnel reported. (number of people) | ||||||
| SOCIAL IMPACTS, HUMAN RIGHTS | |||||||||||||
| Non-discrimination | 6 | ||||||||||||
| G4-HR3 | Total number of incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken | No incidents of discrimination during the reporting period. | |||||||||||
| SOCIAL IMPACTS, SOCIETY | |||||||||||||
| Local communities | 1 | ||||||||||||
| EU22 | Number of people physically or economically displaced and/or compensation broken down by type of project | A residential property was purchased in order to ensure appropriate transmission line planning. | |||||||||||
| Anti-corruption | 10 | ||||||||||||
| G4-SO5 | Confirmed incidents of corruption and actions taken | No incidents of corruption during the reporting period. | |||||||||||
| Public policy | 10 | ||||||||||||
| G4-SO6 | Total value of political contributions by country and recipient/beneficiary | Fingrid does not provide any direct or indirect support, including non-monetary support, to religious or political activities. | |||||||||||
| Anti-competitive behaviour | |||||||||||||
| G4-SO7 | Total number of legal actions for anti-competitive behaviour, anti-trust, and monopoly practices and their outcomes | No legal actions regarding anti-competitive behaviour during the reporting period. | |||||||||||
| Compliance | |||||||||||||
| G4-SO8 | Significant fines and non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations | No fines or sanctions during the reporting period. | |||||||||||
| SOCIAL IMPACTS, PRODUCT RESPONSIBILITY | |||||||||||||
| Customer health and safety | |||||||||||||
| EU25 | Number of injuries and fatalities to the public involving company assets, including legal judgments, settlements and pending legal cases of diseases | Power system | Two known cases of damage during the reporting period. | ||||||||||
| Access | |||||||||||||
| EU28 | Power outage frequency | Power system | |||||||||||
| EU29 | Average power outage duration | Power system | |||||||||||
| Product and service labelling | |||||||||||||
| G4-PR5 | Results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction | Customers | |||||||||||
| Customer privacy | |||||||||||||
| G4-PR8 | Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data | No fines or sanctions during the reporting period. | |||||||||||
