The past year was another active year for us as we continued with our work to further our responsibility targets. Integrating responsibility work in our day-to-day activities is crucial and has been entrusted as the task of every Veritas employee. The year 2022 also brought about numerous changes.
January
- We attended the morning coffee hour of the Turku Environmental Team, where we gave a presentation about the responsibility aspects of the real estate managed by Veritas.
February
- We took part in the Responsible Employer campaign.
March
- We attended the Turku Environmental Coffee Hour.
- We devised our Green Office Annual Report and set our targets for 2022.
April
- We sent our asset managers an ESG survey, allowing us to survey how various responsibility factors are considered in investment activities.
- We embarked upon two engagement initiatives of the CDP organisation.
- We published our Corporate Responsibility Report for the year 2021.
May
- We organised a training session for managers concerning responsible work conduct.
- We hired our very first summer trainee to work with responsibility and communications tasks.
June
- As of the beginning of June, all of the energy utilised in Veritas’ properties is green.
- We finalised our Construction Responsibility Guidelines.
July
- Our internal biodiversity report was completed.
August
- Responsible Work Conduct training was organised for the entire personnel.
September
- Our training programme for managers concerning responsible work conduct continued.
- We held a presentation for the entire personnel concerning the responsibility aspects of the real estate owned by Veritas.
October
- We arranged a voluntary pitch-in extra work day for processing pension applications.
- Our new General Counsel commenced their work.
November
- A lecture on DEI themes (diversity, equity, inclusion) was arranged for the entire personnel.
- We participated in the energy saving week. We optimised building services engineering and arranged an energy saving bingo for the personnel.
December
- Veritas’ investment team published a video on greenwashing.
- Our new Sustainability Manager commenced their work.
Veritas’ money flows 2022
Stakeholder collaboration
Our key stakeholders comprise our customers and beneficiaries, personnel, public authorities, labour market organisations, industry organisations, media, non-governmental organisations, partners and investment objects. Typical avenues for interaction include, for instance, meetings, gatherings, training sessions, websites and social media, various publications, along with seminars and webinars.
We collaborate closely with the advocacy organizations in our field. For instance, we participate in the working groups of the Finnish Pension Alliance TELA, representing pension insurers, as well as Finance Finland (FA), representing the financial sector in Finland. We also interact with various non-governmental organisations, such as WWF Finland.
Within the sphere of responsible investment, we collaborate with other investors through various investor initiatives and communities. These are discussed in more detail in the Responsible Investment section of this report.
The cornerstone of our stakeholder collaboration is active and regular dialogue with our stakeholders and we aim to communicate with our stakeholders on corporate responsibility openly and transparently. We also conduct regular stakeholder surveys.