A sustainable option for daily choices
At Tampere Tramway Ltd, managing the environmental impact of our operations is incorporated in the management of our organization. Thus, it is part of our everyday life. We offer people a sustainable option for their daily choices.
We have been calculating the carbon footprint of our operations since 2022, and as the accessibility of CO2 emission data keeps improving, our calculations are expanding year by year. This helps us find ways to develop our operations for the benefit of the environment.
We acquire carbon dioxide free electricity, and we are constantly looking for new possibilities to save energy.
Environmental responsibility in our company
- Our company is part of the Tampere City Group that sets annual goals to us. Tampere is aspiring to become a climate neutral city by 2030, a goal that is supported by the Climate Neutral Tampere 2030 Roadmap. The steps set for Tampere Tramway in the Roadmap include constructing the first three phases of the tramway, planning the regional expansion of the tramway, and using renewable energy in the tramway system.
- We monitor the energy we use by emission source, and the ratio of renewable energy to non-renewable energy.
- The progress of the Roadmap is followed by the city of Tampere at Tampere Climate and Eniviroment Watch (link in Finnish), to which we report the progress of the steps set for us.
- We calculate our own greenhouse emissions as well as those of our service providers.
- We systematically develop our company’s environmental management
- In the beginning of 2025, we hired a Chief of EHSQ to advance this cause
- During 2025, we started to build an EcoCompass environmental management system, and we aim to obtain certification for it during 2026.
- We follow the water consumption of the Tampere Tramway operations
- In 2025, the Key Result Areas defined for Tampere Tramway’s Maintenance Alliance, the entity responsible for the maintenance of tramway infrastructure, include an incentive to reduce tap water consumption
- We work towards achieving the goals set in Tampere City Group’s Tampere Biodiversity Programme by committing sustainability actions on our construction projects, and by concentrating on urban biodiversity
- We emphasize life cycle approach in all our acquisitions and procurements. Our terms of procurement are set to advance circular economy and sustainable material choices.
- In 2024, one of the goals set for Tampere Tramway’s Maintenance Alliance was to monitor and document the recycling rate of its operational waste volume
- In 2025, the Maintenance Alliance shifted into renewable fuels
Tampere Tramway Ltd.’s carbon footprint calculation
| SUBJECT OF CALCULATION (tCO2eq) | 2023 | 2024 |
| 1. Emissions of the company’s operations (Scope 1) | 0,09 | 0 |
| 2. Direct emissions of the company’s energy procurement (Scope 2) | 44 | 37 |
| 3. Emissions of the value chain (Scope 3) | 249 | 281 |
| Use of energy on property rented or leased to others (Scope 3.13) | 182 | 193 |
| Indirect emissions related to fuel and energy (Scope 3.2) | 30 | 47 |
| Emissions of employees’ work-related travel (Scope 3.5) | 8 | 15 |
| Emissions of employees’ travel to and from their place of work (Scope 3.6) | 9 | 5 |
| Other emissions in Scope 3 | 20 | 22 |
| IN TOTAL | 293 | 318 |
| EMISSIONS OF INVESTMENTS1 | 257 |
Greenhouse gas emissions are calculated according to The GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard. The calculation comprises emissions in Scope 1–3. Scope 3 also includes the most significant emission sources by subcategory. Tampere Tramway Ltd has outlined that in order to maintain annual comparability, emissions of large one-time investments, such as tram cars and track lines, are not reported as part of annual emissions. However, one-time investments are reported together with annual emissions.
1Solar power plant to Tramway depot
For comparison, facts about the 2024 carbon footprint
The carbon fooprint (318 tCO2e) emissions correspond to ca. 2.3 kilometres traveled by car. In 2024, 16.6 million people traveled by tram in Tampere.
The value of the emissions in the European Union Emissions Trading System is 22,502 euros
The emissions correspond to the annual CO2 emissions of 41.3 Finns
The emissions are 1.23-fold compared to the emissions produced during the construction and life cycle of the depot solar power plant
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