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23.5.2024

The Finnish Climate Fund ceases its operations

According to Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s government program, the state’s capital investment activity will be enhanced by centralising it under Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd). As a part of the…

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23.5.2024

Finnish Climate Fund: €7 million capital loan to Enifer for the construction of a mycoprotein factory

The Climate Fund has decided on a capital loan of €7 million to eniferBio Oy for the construction of their commercial-scale factory in Kirkkonummi to produce Pekilo fungi-based protein. New…

Uutinen

16.4.2024

Vihreän siirtymän investointisuunnitelmissa selkeää kasvua – hankkeiden etenemisessä kuitenkin suurta sektorikohtaista vaihtelua

Vihreän siirtymän investointiaikeet Suomessa ovat kasvaneet noin 260 miljardiin euroon – hankkeista toteutus- tai investointipäätösvaiheeseen on edennyt noin viisi prosenttia. Ilmastorahaston tilaama ja AFRYn tuottama tilannekuva vihreän siirtymän investointien etenemisen…

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15.4.2024

Finnish Climate Fund lends €6.8 million to Meriaura for the expansion of low-carbon technologies in shipping

The Climate Fund has decided on a junior loan of €6.8 million to the shipping company Meriaura for their fleet renewal programme to support the adoption of low-carbon shipping solutions.…

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10.4.2024

Legislative proposals enabling the merging of the State’s capital investment and business financing activities sent out for public consultation

In line with the Government Programme of the Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, the State’s capital investment and business financing activities will be optimised by merging Business Finland Venture Capital…

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22.3.2024

Finnish Climate Fund in 2023: investment decisions totalling EUR 53.5 million and a portfolio with an emissions reduction potential of up to 270 Mt CO2-eq

In 2023, the Climate Fund made six investment decisions totalling EUR 53.5 million. The Climate Fund reviewed the emissions reduction potential of its 2021 investment targets for the first time,…

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20.3.2024

Double materiality assessment of the Finnish Climate Fund

In spring 2023, the Finnish Climate Fund carried out a double materiality assessment with the company’s own experts and members of the management team. Positive climate and environmental impacts are…

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13.3.2024

The Finnish Climate Fund has decided on a EUR 4 million to scale up Filtrabit’s industrial dust extraction system

The Climate Fund has decided on a capital loan of EUR 4 million to Filtrabit, a Finnish manufacturer of industrial-scale dust extraction systems. Filtrabit’s solution effectively extracts industrial dust-containing gas…

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1.2.2024

Working at the Finnish Climate Fund: Cindy and Juho share their experiences as interns

The Finnish Climate Fund’s internship programme continued in autumn 2023 with two analyst trainees. The internship gave Cindy Miettinen and Juho Tarvainen memorable experiences working as part of the Climate…

News, Uutinen

16.1.2024

Theme article: Energy and material solutions have a key role in the reduction of emissions from the built environment

The reduction of emissions from the built environment is a crucial part of climate change mitigation. Buildings generate emissions both at the construction stage and when they are used through…

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11.1.2024

The Finnish Climate Fund: EUR 5 million investment into smart energy storage systems Cactos’s infrastructure fund

The Finnish Climate Fund has decided on a EUR 5 million investment into the Cactos Fleet Finland infrastructure fund to speed up the deployment of smart energy storage systems. The…

News, Uutinen

4.12.2023

Theme article: Circular economy as the stepping stone to a sustainable society

Circular economy helps save natural resources by extending the life cycle of raw materials before they are disposed of as waste. In Finland, the consumption of raw materials is still…