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Minerals policy helps to secure national supply of raw materials In minerals policy, the aim of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is to secure Finland’s raw material supply and ensure sustainable use of national resources, internatio...

5.4.2024 | Extractive waste and other mineral waste account for three quarters of all waste generated annually in Finland. In its final report, the working group exploring ways to utilise extractive waste proposed eight measures to remove obstacles to utilisation.

9.1.2024 | Minister of Economic Affairs Wille Rydman will attend a ministerial meeting of the future minerals Forum in Saudi Arabia on 9.1.2024.The Forum offers an opportunity to present Finnish mining expertise to the Saudi Arabian, African and Asian markets. During the Forum, the Minister together with Finnish mining and mineral industry operators will attend events to promote bilateral trade and investment relations and partnership projects.

24.2.2026 | Suomi kestävän kaivannaisteollisuuden edelläkävijäksi – toimintaohjelma Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Konserni 15/2013 Suomi kestävän kaivannaisteollisuuden edelläkävijäksi – toimintaohjelma Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Konser...

Key guidelines on CSR The following internationally recognised guidelines and principles make up the backbone of corporate social responsibility: OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (published in 1976, latest update in 2023) The Guidelin...

14.4.2026 | Minerals Security Partnership (MSP): June 2023 Basic Information  Minerals are essential to the global economy and to the technologies powering the clean energy transition. Diverse, secure, and sustainable supply chains for critical energy minera...

24.2.2026 | Making Finland a leader in the sustainable extractive industry – action plan Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Concern 22/2013 Making Finland a leader in the sustainable extractive industry – action plan Publications of th...

12.3.2018 | Finland’s Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä met with Minister of Economic Affairs Mikael Damberg from Sweden in Brussels on Monday 12 March 2018. The ministers agreed that the countries will work together on preparations to create an accountability certificate concerning products in the mining industry.

24.2.2026 | Sustainable growth through material efficiency Working group proposal for a National material efficiency programme Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Concern 8/2014 Sustainable growth through material efficiency Working gro...

24.2.2026 | KYT2010 Finnish Research Programme on Nuclear Waste Management 2006–2010 Final Report Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Energy and the Climate 26/2011 KYT2010 Finnish Research Programme on Nuclear Waste Management 2006–201...

24.2.2026 | National Action Plan for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Competitiveness 46/2014 National Action Plan for the implementation of the UN Guiding ...

24.2.2026 | Manufacturing as part of a vital enterprise structure Global industrial trends, the state of Finland’s manufacturing industry and the steps for reforming Finnish manufacturing industry Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Inn...

24.2.2026 | Energy and Climate Roadmap 2050 Report of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and Climate Issues on 16 October 2014 Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Energy and the climate 50/2014 Energy and Climate Roadmap 2050 Report ...

24.2.2026 | Industrial Competitiveness Approach Means to guarantee economic growth in Finland in the 2010s Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Innovation 9/2013 Industrial Competitiveness Approach Means to guarantee economic growth in F...

31.1.2025 | 12.07.2021 1 GUIDANCE ON DUE DILIGENCE FOR EU BUSINESSES TO ADDRESS THE RISK OF FORCED LABOUR IN THEIR OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAINS1 INTRODUCTION An estimated 25 million people are in forced labour globally.2 Out of this number, 16 million are exp...

28.5.2024 | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment Helsinki 2022 Publication series of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 2022:24 Memorandum on the due diligence obligation – Review of the national corporate social responsibility act Linda P...

19.11.2025 | Energy and Climate Roadmap 2050 Report of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and Climate Issues on 16 October 2014 Publications of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Energy and the climate 50/2014 Energy and Climate Roadmap 2050 Report ...

28.10.2025 | EU/201/2025 14 March 2025 INTEGRATED REPORTING ON GREENHOUSE GAS POLICIES AND MEASURES AND ON PROJECTIONS under article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1999 of the European parliament and of the Council Decision on the Governance of the Energy Union...

19.11.2025 | Publications of the Ministry of Economic A airs and Employment Energy • 2024:30 Finland’s Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan Update Finland's Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan Update Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment o...

16.12.2021 | 1 EU principles for sustainable raw materials Legal Notice: The views expressed and information included in this report do not neces- sarily reflect the opinion or position of the European Commission and in no way commit the institution. Neither t...