29 Nov 2010 Kimmo Heinonen

City of Helsinki’s Role in Developing

Cleantech Business

26 November 2013 Mr. Kimmo Heinonen

City of Helsinki Business Development

Outline

1. Central government’s objectives regarding cleantech

2. Regional context

3. Local objectives – role of the City of Helsinki

4. Cleantech related programmes

5. Networks

6. Testbeds

1. National level: Strategic Programme for the Cleantech Business

• Cleantech business is one of Finland’s economic policy

priorities

• The Government aims to make Finland a pioneer in clean technology

• Strategic Programme for Cleantech launched in February 2012

• The programme goal is to – prompt the creation of 40 000 jobs within the cleantech sector by 2020

– double the total turnover of cleantech businesses from approximately 20 billion euros to 40 billion by 2018

1. National level: Strategic Programme for the Cleantech Business

• Strengths of the Finnish cleantech sector: production of clean energy, energy-efficiency of manufacturing and buildings, resource-efficient industrial processes, water treatment and waste management and recycling.

• The focus areas for the Strategic Programme for Cleantech are:

– Embedding cleantech across the administration – support for the cleantech sector’s growth through the State’s corporate steering

– Creating the best domestic markets for cleantech companies aiming at international markets

– Spurring business growth through internationalisation

1. National level: Government Decision-in-Principle on the Promotion of Cleantech Solutions in Public Procurement

• The goal of the decision-in-principle: – to promote the creation and implementation of cleantech solutions as

first references. First references are new or essentially improved cleantech solutions.

• Recommendations: – Government administration as the example setter in environmental

management

– Establish a sustainable procurement advisory service

– Improve the systematic approach to cleantech solution procurement

– Encourage municipalities be forerunners in the promotion of cleantech solutions

– Development of economic and other incentives for the promotion of innovations through public procurements

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Cleantech Finland -brand • Finland has created comprehensive cleantech nation-branding efforts.

• Cleantech Finland is a national program that aims to support growth in Finnish companies that operate in the environmental technology sector.

• The brand is also an umbrella for Cleantech cluster and it’s regional Centres of Expertise.

• The Cleantech Finland brand is owned by the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK. Marketing and communications activities are handled by Finpro.

2. Regional Context – Uusimaa programme

• Cleantech one of the growth priorities in the programme

• Focus in energy efficiency

• Other focus areas within cleantech

– Recycling and waste management

– Water management

– Sustainable transport

• Strengths

– Company base – High level research – Consumer base

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2. Cleantech innovation ecosystem in Uusimaa (Helsinki) region

3. The City of Helsinki Strategy Programme 2013 – 2016

Cleantech related priorities and objectives

• Environmental business / cleantech as one of the five key sectors

• Development of campus areas as innovation and business hubs

• Helsinki as internationally renowned testbed for new products and services (incl. cleantech related)

• Attractive location for cleantech business

• Climate friendly green & smart city

• Energy efficient urban structure

• Reduction of CO2 emissions by 30 per cent by 2020 (from 1990 level)

• Reduction of energy production emissions by 20 per cent by 2020

• Share of renewable energy sources 20 per cent by 2020

3. Investments

• Investment policies are drafted on local and national levels in Finland

• City of Helsinki makes (cleantech related) investments e.g. in connection with:

- New city districts (e.g. waste management, smart grids, energy efficiency)

- Environmentally sustainable renovation of existing urban infranstructure

- Energy production

- Public transport

• Implementation of innovative public procurement

4. Cleantech related programmes

• Innovative Cities (INKA) 2014-2020

– Smart City priority includes measures related to energy efficiency, wood construction, public transport, air quality, etc.

• Open and Agile Cities (ITI) 2014-2020 – Open innovation environments, open data, open access for

the citizens

Targeted EU, national, and local funding

5. Networks

Case: Climate Partners

Climate Partners

Cooperation between the City of Helsinki

and businesses

Climate Partners

• Started in 2012, 45 partners

• The idea of network is that companies that join Climate

Partners sign the Climate Commitment together with the

Mayor of Helsinki.

• Each company specifies its own environmental goals.

• Deputy Mayor Pekka Sauri serves as Chairperson of the

network, it is coordinated by the City of Helsinki

Environment Centre together with the City of Helsinki

Economic Development.

The objective of Climate Partners

• Network aims to reduce emissions in Helsinki

metropolitan area by creating a platform to new ideas

and start concrete projects together.

• To companies network is also a way to make them more

competitive and increase the coverage of their

environmental work.

• Network share knowledge on best possible practices.

Alma Media

Forum Virium

Elisa

Helsinki Region

Chamber of Commerce

Kesko

Tapiola Real Estate

Lassila & Tikanoja

Lemminkäinen

CGI

Martela

NCC

Nordea

Paulig

Siemens

Skanska

Sponda

Stockmann

VR Group

VVO

YIT

University of Helsinki

Aalto University

ABB

Itella

Yle

HOK -elanto

Metropolia

Bring Express

Green Net Finland

Kämp

Finnish Environmental centre

Sitra

Gaia Consulting

Nordic Off Set

SATO Oyj

Ami-säätiö

Makery

HYY

Tallink Silja Oy

ISS services Oy

Bukowskis Market

UFF

Ramirent Finland Oy

FMI

Examples of Climate Commitments Skanska

• Skanska commits to implement its own office projects with an energy

efficiency level of 25% above the energy efficiency norms and to develop

sustainable, energy-efficient and comfortable residential areas and houses.

Sponda

• To decrease Sponda's real estate-based comparable energy consumption by

10% by 2016.

• To increase Sponda's real estate waste recycling rates to 70% by 2014.

Stockmann

• The amount of domestic waste will be less than 10% by 2015.

VR Group

• At least 50% of all energy used by the VR group is renewable.

Nordea

• By reference to the 2008 level, by 2016 we will reduce energy consumption by

15% (MWh/fte), travelling by 30% (journeys/fte)

6. Testbeds

Case: Kalasatama

Agile Smart City Living Lab

The City has a remarkable role in

delivering new innovations to

everyday lives of the people.

It is the key gatekeeper in innovations

related to living, energy use,

transport, education, healthcare and

services for the elderly and children.

From a harbour to

residential and office district Sörnäinen harbour

1863-2008 Kalasatama 2010

Kalasatama February 2013

Kalasatama 2030

Smart & Agile already

Waste collection tubes – vacuum technology area-wide tubes, separated

paper, cardboard, bio and mixed trash underground pipeline system

Electric Car & Biogas Car Charging Stations

Electricity temporal storage

District heat & cooling

Public Transport real-time open data and APIs have created an

ecosystem of mobile navigation aid apps

Citizen ID cards (NFC) for public transport, pilots in other services

Open data has created variety of new urban service innovations like

Restaurantday.org

Temporal experimentation with public space, street use

+ much more

Chosen challenges to which

solutions are developed

Energy behaviour

Citizens as co-

designers

Planning new urban life

Quality of construction

Thank you!

kimmo.o.heinonen@hel.fi

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