Sustainability
Impactfully sustainable - Pihlajalinna
Sustainibility in Pihlajalinna
Pihlajalinna is a reformer in the healthcare sector. The company plays a significant societal role in providing social and healthcare services to citizens — as a partner to wellbeing services counties, through occupational health and insurance company collaboration, and via services offered to private customers. In practice, this means taking responsibility for health and wellbeing by providing a comprehensive range of services across Finland with a focus on quality, impact, sustainability and patient safety.
Our sustainability efforts are included in our Annual Report. Pihlajalinna’s sustainability report complies with the requirements of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).
Sustainability programme
The programme outlines the key themes, metrics and goals of sustainability at Pihlajalinna.
Our sustainability programme Impactfully sustainable Pihlajalinna focuses on three main themes:
1. Impactful health
High-quality and cost-effective healthcare services accessible to everyone. Clinical quality and impact are Pihlajalinna’s key strategic priorities.
Impactful healthcare services
Patient safety
Strengthening wellbeing
2. Pihlajalinna professionals with a high level of wellbeing
Meaningful work in a well-managed work community with a high level of wellbeing. At Pihlajalinna, professionals are treated equally and fairly, and their personal and professional development is ensured.
Personnel wellbeing
Diversity, equity and inclusion
Highly skilled professionals
3. Sustainable business
Sustainably produced healthcare services. Investing in sustainable development promotes the wellbeing of customers, professionals and the environment.
Climate change mitigation
Sustainable supply chain
Ethical operating practices
Sustainable development goals
Demonstrating its commitment to sustainable business, Pihlajalinna joined the UN Global Compact initiative in autumn 2022. In accordance with the principles of UN Global Compact, Pihlajalinna undertakes to embrace, support and implement the baseline values related to human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption activities within its scope of influence.
Pihlajalinna is committed to upholding the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in its activities. Pihlajalinna has identified the SDGs that are most relevant for its operations according to its sustainability programme updated in 2024:
Good Health and Wellbeing
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Climate Action.
Read the 2024 report and progress description here: Annual report for 2024
Sustainable business
Pihlajalinna Group's sustainability programme outlines the key themes and measures of promoting environmental and climate goals. In addition, our environmental policy compiles the policies for environmental management and practices, such as identifying the environmental impacts of our operations and the continuous development of our operations.
Pihlajalinna’s private healthcare services: private clinics, occupational healthcare services and hospitals, are certified under the ISO 14001 environmental management standard.
Our environmental efforts are monitored through audits, quality management, feedback, incident reports and self-monitoring, for instance. Pihlajalinna is committed to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and to setting its science-based emissions reduction targets according to the global warming limit of 1.5 degrees as outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement.
These targets cover the reduction of emissions in our own operations (Scope 1 & 2) as well as our entire supply chain (Scope 3), and they will be submitted to SBTi for approval by April 2027.