We are actively present in the everyday lives of our customers and partners, and our operations have a broad handprint on society. Through our stakeholder cooperation, we aim to support the effectiveness of Posti’s regulatory and business environment and to strengthen the development of Posti’s social profile.
Public affairs
Posti maintains close contact with a wide range of stakeholders through dialogue and cooperation. Regular interaction is important to us, as it helps us to identify the needs of different parties and meet the expectations of our stakeholders. We also want to provide our various stakeholders with up-to-date information about Posti as a company and our business environment, which is undergoing a major transformation driven by forces such as digitalization, climate change and biodiversity loss. Active dialogue with stakeholders is an essential part of sustainable business and part of the reporting contents of the Global Reporting Initiative standard. The upcoming CSRD regulations and ESRS obligations also affect our reporting on how we exercise influence in society. In 2023, we began preparing for the transparency register regulations that entered into force in Finland in 2024. We act according to our values reliably, respectfully and progressively.
Posti exercises active influence through various organizations. We are a member of Service Sector Employers PALTA, the Confederation of Finnish Industries, the Employers’ Federation of Road Transport, the Climate Leadership Coalition, the Central Chamber of Commerce, regional Chambers of Commerce and International Chamber of Commerce ICC Finland, Finnish Transport and Logistics SKAL, the Data & Marketing Association of Finland and Finnish Property Owners Rakli, among other organizations. Posti Palvelut Oy is a member of the Finnish Media Federation and Transval Solutions Oy is a member of Technology Industries of Finland. Through Transval, we exercise influence in the Finnish Association of Purchasing and Logistics LOGY and LIMOWA ry. We are one of the founding members of Digital Commerce Finland Oy, which started its operations in 2023. Digital Commerce Finland is a societal and collaborative company that helps digital commerce grow faster. We also engage in regular cooperation with the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the International Post Corporation (IPC) and PostEurop.
The themes of our influence activities are closely linked to Posti’s strategy. We exercise active influence in the reform of postal regulations and regulations that accelerate eCommerce. We also exercise influence to promote society’s consistent progress toward emission-free logistics, in which goods and parcels are transported fossil-free. In order to reach the emission targets for transport, we support the expansion of the charging and distribution network for new propulsion systems and the extension of procurement subsidies from electric cars to other propulsion systems. Sufficient financing for the maintenance of transport networks will ensure the smooth movement of people and goods and prevent an increase in the repair backlog. In 2023, we engaged in active dialogue on the themes of our influence activities with parliamentary parties and candidates. We were also heard in the government negotiations on the subject of reducing logistics emissions.
We also meet with municipal representatives on a regular basis. We believe that urban planning and zoning that takes urban logistics into consideration will create better conditions for delivery services and more functional services for citizens.
Close cooperation and the exchange of ideas with the third sector is important to Posti, and we actively met with non-governmental organizations in 2023. We started a three-year cooperation with HelsinkiMissio to reduce loneliness in school communities. Through the Postal Museum Foundation, we participate annually in the financing and maintenance of the operations of the Postal Museum. The Postal Museum studies phenomena related to postal operations and logistics, maintains the historical collections owned by Posti and preserves the cultural heritage of the field. In 2023, we also continued to support Ukraine in Finnish and international transports of humanitarian aid and by providing warehousing space for donations of goods awaiting delivery to Ukraine.