Sustainable Helsinki
What kind of progress has Helsinki made in the implementation of sustainable development goals? These pages provide information about the City’s successes and areas of development alike.
Sustainable Helsinki
What kind of progress has Helsinki made in the implementation of sustainable development goals? These pages provide information about the City’s successes and areas of development alike.
Cities shape a sustainable future
In 2015, 193 countries in the UN General Assembly voted to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Helsinki’s success rate in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals varies: some goals have already been achieved, while others require more intense efforts. The Review on this website examines the realisation of sustainability in Helsinki during the 2021–2025 council period of office through four main themes: ecological, social, economic and cultural sustainability.
Latest news
22.10.2025
Successful summer of tourism in Helsinki: record number of happy tourists
Helsinki is the most popular tourist destination in Finland, and tourism…
22.10.2025
Helsinki continues Child-Friendly Cities Initiative work with new targets
Helsinki wants to be a city where every child and young…
13.10.2025
Fox materials used by daycare centres and schools in Helsinki selected as one of the best European practices for sustainability education
The fox characters used in early childhood education and the first…
09.10.2025
Helsinki aims to save an amount of energy equivalent to the annual consumption of 36,000 studio apartments
The City of Helsinki is continuing its determined energy efficiency efforts…
07.10.2025
In Jollas, a new nature conservation area is being established
The City of Helsinki Environmental Services is preparing to establish a…
02.10.2025
Carbon neutral apartment building project completed in Kalasatama as part of the Re-Thinking Urban Housing Programme
An apartment building that is carbon neutral in terms of its…
24.09.2025
Helsinki ranked the world’s most sustainable tourist destination for the second year in a row
For the second year in a row, Helsinki has been ranked…
23.09.2025
Havis Amanda bathes in orange light and a silent candlelight procession passes through Esplanadi Park in November
Helsinki participates in the UN’s Orange the World campaign to end…
16.09.2025
The design competition for the Hermanninranta Biodiversity Park has started
The international landscape architecture design competition for the Hermanninranta waterfront park…