Commitments 10 Feb 2010 – Feb 2013

1 2 Baltic Sea Action Group

BSAS PROCESS COMMITMENTS Helsinki 2010 – St. Petersburg 2013

3/12/2013

Dear friend of the Baltic Sea,

Using medical terminology, the Baltic Sea shows five severe symptoms. First, the sea is obese, second, it suffers from oxygen deficiency and third, our patient shows risk prone traffic behavior. Furthermore, its bladder leaks and it uses drugs.

The obesity diagnosis refers to eutrophication caused by nutrient draining from agriculture and inadequately treated wastewater. The oxygen deficiency, which is acute in the dead anoxic sea bottom areas, is the result of decades of nutrient overload and internal eutrophication processes. Increasing marine traffic poses a high risk of collisions, the most dangerous of which are potential oil and chemical spills. The leaking bladder refers to the run-off of untreated waters from urban areas. The hazardous substances problems equal intoxication.

This analogy clearly illustrates the different symptoms for anyone, but it also offers a temptation to treat them separately. However, like in medicine, a holistic approach should be applied, taking into account the intertwined relationship of the symptoms. As for all life processes, the cure should involve all aspects of living and working in and on the shores of the Baltic Sea area. Only this approach leads to sustainable solutions and the diagnosis of “the patient will survive”. Most importantly, in the case of this particular patient, this means that our grandchildren will have the opportunity to enjoy a healthy Baltic Sea.

The Baltic Sea Action Group has been addressing all the symptoms on different levels since its foundation in 2008. Starting in 2013, we will also begin to re-diagnose the patient. The basis for this evaluation is, e.g., that the eutrophication of the sea is seen as the outcome of a disturbed process in which the circulation of nutrients gets interrupted. If we fix the circulation, the nutrients from agricultural activities, animal manure and other sources will end up on the fields where they can stimulate the growth of crops for food production, instead of enhancing the growth of algae in the sea.

Dear friend of the Baltic Sea: You have in your hands the collection of the new Commitments made to the BSAG foundation to save the Baltic Sea. This publication contains all the Commitments made since the previous edition that was published in 2010 at the Baltic Sea Action Summit in Helsinki. Since then, we have received 110 new Commitments. They deal with the above mentioned problems. When browsing through the Commitments, you will find a large variety in terms of content and means chosen by the Commitment makers. This is an important fact to acknowledge. Before solving a complex problem, several prerequisites must be fulfilled, starting from the identification of the problem to making decision makers, as well with those providing potential solutions, aware of the problem. This is the only way to solve a problem of this magnitude successfully.

In conclusion, in order to reach our ultimate, common goal - a clean and healthy Baltic Sea - we need Commitments that cover the full spectrum of challenges our sea faces. Addressing them simultaneously is the path to real and sustainable solutions.

Please, take a look of what others have already done and consider which competencies and resources you might have that could benefit the Baltic Sea - and your organization.

Dr. Mathias Bergman Secretary General Baltic Sea Action Group

Contents Contents ...... 5 AGA AB ...... 9 AKKOR, Association of Peasant Farmers and Agricultural Cooperatives of Russia ...... 10 Arcers auto Ltd ...... 11 Arctia Shipping Ltd ...... 12 atBusiness ...... 13 Attorneys-at-Law Juridia Ltd...... 14 Auramarine Ltd ...... 15 Biovakka Suomi Oy ...... 16 BNL Juridiskais birojs ...... 17 BSSSC Working Group on Maritime Policy ...... 18 Business Center Papula Oy ...... 19 City of Turku ...... 20 Daghemmet Björnens föräldraförening rf ...... 21 Dazzle Oy ...... 22 Document House ...... 23 Ecompter ...... 24 EcoStream Oy ...... 25 Elena Mady ...... 27 Etacap Oy / SodaStream Suomi ...... 28 Eurofacts Oy ...... 29 European Rescue Swimmers Association ...... 30 Fazer ...... 31 Finlandia-talo ...... 32 Finnair Plc ...... 33 Finnish Business & Society ...... 34 Finnish Defence Forces ...... 35 Finnish Environment Institute SYKE ...... 37 Finnish Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce ...... 38 Finnish Navy ...... 39 Gallery Park Hotel Riga Latvia ...... 40 Government of Åland ...... 41 GREENWALK Ltd ...... 42 GREENWALK Ltd ...... 43 Halti Oy ...... 44

Hallvarsson & Halvarsson AB ...... 46 HT Industry Solutions Oy ...... 47 IBM Svenska AB ...... 48 IBM, VTT, SYKE ...... 49 Info Serviss Ltd ...... 51 Ingrid Jespersens Gymnasieskole ...... 52 Janne Gröning Photography ...... 53 Kehrä Interior Oy ...... 54 Kemira Oyj ...... 55 Keräilyliike Osake & Kirja Oy ...... 56 Koneta Agriculture Oy ...... 57 Kiitosimeon Oy ...... 58 Kymenlaakson orkesteri Oy ...... 60 Käännöstoimisto Haapalainen ...... 62 Lahti Science and Business Park Ltd ...... 63 Lingsoft Inc...... 64 Liverace Oy ...... 65 Loxus Technologies Oy ...... 66 Maa- ja metsätaloustuottajain Keskusliitto MTK ry ...... 67 Matila Röhr Nordisk Oy ...... 68 M-Brain ...... 69 mFabrik Oy ...... 70 MicroMedia Oy ...... 71 MTV media ...... 72 Munkkiniemen yhteiskoulu ...... 73 Nobel Museum ...... 74 Nordkalk Oy Ab ...... 75 Nystig Ltd ...... 76 Oceana Europe ...... 77 OceanRace 60 Oy ...... 78 Oilon Oy ...... 79 Outotec Oyj ...... 80 Outotec Oyj ...... 82 Pilgrim Oy /Edelmann Affeliate, Finland ...... 83 Pixmill yhtiöt Oy ...... 84 Pohjantähti-Elokuva Oy ...... 85

Prisma LLC ...... 86 ProCom - Finnish Association of Communications Professionals ...... 87 Procountor International Oy ...... 88 Raisio Plc ...... 89 Redfina Oy ...... 90 Ricoh Finland Oy ...... 91 Roschier, Attorneys Ltd...... 92 SavetheC Oy ...... 93 SavetheC Oy ...... 94 SCATMAN ltd ...... 95 SeaHow (Meritaito Ltd) ...... 96 SEB ...... 98 Serus Media Oy ...... 99 Serus Media Oy ...... 100 SET Group / SET Petrochemicals Oy Ltd ...... 101 Shell International Exploration & Production B.V ...... 102 Siemens Osakeyhtiö ...... 103 SmartFiles ...... 104 Soroptimist International of Finland ...... 105 Subreering Ammattisukellustyöt Oy ...... 107 SUE Vodokanal of St. Petersburg ...... 108 Suomen Nuorkauppakamarit ry ...... 110 Suomen Verkkomaksut Oyj ...... 112 Suomenlinnan hoitokunta ...... 113 Surf.fi ...... 114 Tieto Corporation ...... 115 TeliaSonera Finland Oyj ...... 117 Tieturi Oy ...... 118 Tikkurila Oyj ...... 119 Uniart Finland Oy ...... 121 UPM-Kymmene Corporation ...... 122 US Embassy Helsinki ...... 123 Webropol Oy ...... 124 Vesilaitosyhdistys ...... 125 Ville Juurikkala ...... 126 VMV Yhtiö Oy / Masanttimedia ...... 127

VSA Vilnius Ltd ...... 128 Yara International ASA ...... 129 Zemnieku Saeima (Farmers Parliament) ...... 131 Zennström Philanthropies ...... 132

AGA AB www.aga.com Sweden

Commitment started: 03 June 2013 Expected end: 29 December 2017 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Purchase and transport of liquified biogas from the Leningrad region

Animal manure represents an enormous source of free or cheap energy as raw material for both biogas production and for fertilizers. Since nutrient run-off from manure forms a large source of eutrophication of the Baltic Sea, the use of manure for sustainable energy production serves both the sea, food production and energy needs.

In fact, efficient use of manure also reduces emissions of methane, a very potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere.

There are very large poultry farms in the Leningrad region in Russia, producing large amounts of manure. AGA- Lindegas has made agreements and strategical moves in order to tap into this biogas source.

AGA-Lindegas is prepared to purchase and transport liquified biogas produced at a plant using poultry manure. This biogas plant is being planned by Rika Biofuels Ltd and the liquified gas is to be transported to Sweden. This solution might serve as a model for any region with manure problems.

AKKOR, Association of Peasant Farmers and Agricultural Cooperatives of Russia www.akkor.ru Russian Federation

Commitment started: 01 May 2013 Expected end: 30 December 2015 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Knowledge transfer between farmers

The farmers both in Russia (AKKOR) and Finland (MTK) aim for a sustainable agriculture and the most efficient use of precious nutrients phosphorus and nitrogen.

The commitment seeks for a better understanding of the agri-environmental problems in nutrient use and on- farm solutions to control nutrient leakage, e.g. by enhancing modern manure management technology.

The common knowledge transfer of the best practices for the resource efficiency is activated by joint events and cooperation projects between Russian and Finnish farmers.

Arcers auto Ltd http://www.arcers.lv Latvia

Commitment started: 05 July 2012 Expected end: 02 July 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Hazardous Substances

Biodegradable oil - promotion of use in Latvia

The Latvian association “Let’s Live Green” was established in May 2012. The main goal of the association is to unite entrepreneurs and members of society for common public awareness actions for saving the Baltic Sea and for promoting the BSAG concept in the Baltic States.

Arcers auto Ltd , a wholesaler of car-related products and oils, is a co-founder of the new association “Let’s Live Green” (LLG). The company will commit to promote awareness of the state of the Baltic Sea in the public and private sectors in the Baltic States, in cooperation with the Baltic Sea Action Group.

Arcers auto Ltd will introduce a biodegradable oil in its product offers and promote the use of biodegradable oil in agriculture and forestry in Latvia.

Arctia Shipping Ltd http://www.arctia.fi Finland

Commitment started: 04 March 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Clean and Safe Maritime Activities

Improving oil recovery readiness in the Bay of Bothnia

Northern ports of Finland are estimated to receive more vessel traffic in the near future.With increased traffic volumes come increased accident risks. The risk of oil spills presents a danger to the fragile environment of the northern Baltic Sea. For its part, Arctia wants to be involved in the response for these threats. We commit ourselves to improve oil recovery readiness in the Bay of Bothnia, thus ensuring that any crises that may occur will cause minimum damage to the environment.

We promise to ensure that the design of the new port icebreaker being built for the Port of Kemi-Tornio will take the ship's oil recovery capability into account to the maximum extent. Based on this design work, we also promise to equip the vessel with the latest oil recovery technology.

atBusiness http://www.atbusiness.com Finland

Commitment started: 25 November 2011 Expected end: Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

New website and online services for BSAG atBusiness provides BSAG, at a special rate, with a comprehensive web solution/platform, technical expertise and professional services to help BSAG with renewing and deploying its web site. The new content management solution will enable BSAG to promote the awareness of the organization as well the Baltic Sea, enhance its communication and support to collect donations via Internet.

The services related to this project cover project management, functional specification , technical design and execution, deployment, training and support services.

By providing BSAG with efficient communication means atBusiness assists BSAG to achieve its goals. The new website functions as a portal for achieving high awareness of the ecological situation of the Baltic Sea, and it provides an efficient channel for fundraising. Both these components are essential for achieving BSAG`s goal: To save the Baltic Sea.

Attorneys-at-Law Juridia Ltd. http://www.juridia.com Finland

Commitment started: 30 April 2012 Expected end: 01 May 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Support in the protection of BSAG’s intellectual capital

Supporting and advising BSAG in various issues on the protection of intellectual capital such as the protection of trademarks (BSAG and BSAS) and domain names.

The objective of this commitment is, inter alia, to ensure that BSAG remains free to operate within the Baltic region under the BSAG and BSAS brands and thus to continue its work for the protection of the Baltic Sea.

General legal advice on intellectual property related matters (with pro bono quota and reduced rates)

Advising on

- the protection strategy, filing trademark protection for the “BSAG” trademark in the EU, Russian Federation, Belarus and Norway.

- the protection strategy, filing trademark protection for the “BSAS - Baltic Sea Action Summit” trademark in the EU, Russian Federation, Belarus and Norway.

- domain name issues, especially with regards to obtaining bsag.org from third parties and prioritizing portfolio (with pro bono and reduced rates).

Commitment has an indirect impact on the Baltic Sea.

Auramarine Ltd www.auramarine.com Finland

Commitment started: 9 December 2010 Expected end: 20 January 2013 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Biodiversity and Nature Conservation

Developing new Ballast Water Treatment system

Auramarine will develop a Ballast Water Treatment system for the segment, where environmentally friendly systems are not available at the moment.

Objective of the Commitment: When all ships carrying ballast water to the Baltic Sea will use Ballast Water Treatment systems, spreading of new invasive spieces can be prevented.

Biovakka Suomi Oy www.biovakka.fi Finland

Commitment started: 04 March 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2015 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Eutrophication

Nutrient recovery from the liquid fraction from anaerobic digestion

Biovakka Suomi Oy is a leading biogas plant operator in Finland. Biovakka has two centralised biogas plants in operation in the southwest of Finland (Vehmaa, Turku) with a total treatment capacity of around 200 000 tons/year.

Anaerobic digestion is well-suited for controlled treatment of organic materials while minimising their emissions, enhancing their fertiliser value and eliminating pathogens. Thus, biogas technologies meet the requirements of renewable energy production, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and production of safe, recycled organic fertilisers and soil conditioners. However, one of the main challenges in environmentally and economically efficient material flow management through biogas plants is the digestate management. Nowadays in general, post-processing of the digestate is usually only mechanical separation of the digestate into liquid and solid fractions which divides the nitrogen and phosphorous roughly into the different fractions (P/solid fraction and N/liquid fraction), but volumes to be transported for final use or disposal stay the same. Moreover, the land application can cause similar environmental problems as manure and digestate as such, e.g.nutrient leaching to waters, if not implemented properly with care.

Biovakka Suomi Oy commits to develop a concept for efficient nutrient recovery and concentration from the digestate liquid fraction originating from the treatment of various organic materials in the biogas plants. The developed concept will enable nutrient recovery (P, N, K and trace elements) efficiency of >99% and production of recycled nutrient products for industrial use, e.g. for forest industry waste water treatment. Simultaneously, half of the initial liquid volume can be discharged on-site as purified waste water.

The developed concept will provide a solution for sustainable nutrient recycling by enabling transfer of excess nutrients in a concentrated form, e.g. from the areas of intensive animal farming to industrial use, and thus reduce the risk of nutrient leakage to the Baltic Sea.

The objective of the Commitment is to reduce eutrophication in the Baltic Sea.

BNL Juridiskais birojs http://www.bnl.lv Latvia

Commitment started: 05 July 2012 Expected end: 09 February 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Free of charge translation and adaption for Latvian use of existing Finnish SME guide lines regarding treatment of hazardous waste. 120 working hours.

Latvian association “Let’s Live Green” was established in May 2012. The main goal of the association is to unite entrepreneurs and members of society for common public awareness actions saving the Baltic Sea and promote the BSAG concept in the Baltic States.

“BNL Juridiskais birojs” Ltd, lawyers’ office is a co-founder of the new Latvian association “Let’s Live Green” (LLG). The company will commit to promote awareness of the state of the Baltic Sea in the public and private sectors in the Baltic States in cooperation with the Baltic Sea Action Group.

As a commitment to BSAG, The Finnish Water Utilities Association, the Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority, the Finnish Solid Waste Association et al. have produced guidelines regarding proper hazardous waste treatment for SME´s in six fields of activity. The objective of the guidelines is to limit the amount of hazardous substances entering sewer network and finally the Baltic Sea.

The material is free for use in other Baltic Sea countries, including Latvia. However, • translation into Latvian is needed, • the guidelines should be adapted to the Latvian circumstances, including the legal basis and general Latvian guidelines for hazardous waste treatment. Especially, modification is needed to the part of the guidelines that refers to further information available regarding hazardous waste treatment.

“BNL Juridiskais birojs” Ltd will commit to perform free of charge (estimated time of work 120 hours) the translation of Hazardous waste handling guideline“Car repair,shops, service,stations and car washes” and adaptation to the Latvian circumstances of the guide section “Further information”.

BSSSC Working Group on Maritime Policy http://www.bsssc.com/index.php?system_cms=5&s=24 Germany

Commitment started: 04 February 2010 Expected end: 30 October 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Clean and Safe Maritime Activities

Clean Baltic Shipping

The BSSSC Working Group on Maritime Policy aims at contributing to reducing pollutive and climate-damaging emissions from shipping.

The basis of activities is the final declaration of the Kiel Conference on Maritime Policy in 2006 and its commitment to develop the Baltic Sea region into Europe's maritime best practice region by 2015. The Working Group wants to contribute to the implementation on the regional level.

Within the consultation process to the EU Baltic Sea Strategy the BSSSC working group developed the flagship project proposal ''Clean Baltic Shipping''. It is devised as five-point action plan and comprises the elements (1) shoreside power supply for ships at berth and (2) introduction of environmentally differentiated port/fairway dues in all relevant BSR ports, (3) voluntary ban of waste water discharges from cruise ships, (4) introduction of labels for exemplary projects in the field of Clean Baltic Shipping and sustainable port management and (5) awarding of prices for best practice in these fields.

All components of the proposal were included in the Action Plan to the EU Baltic Sea Strategy. The working group supports the implementation by organizing political and practical support for the development of an INTERREG project aiming at reducing shipborne emissions by establishing harmonized shore side power supply for ships and reception facilities for sewage and waste in the BSR ports and fostering the use of low emission fuels like (liquefied) bio gas and (liquified) natural gas.

Objective of the Commitment: Reducing pollutive and climate-damaging impacts from shipping.

Business Center Papula Oy http://www.bcpapula.fi Finland

Commitment started: 25 April 2012 Expected end: 15 November 2012 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Business Center Papula for Baltic Sea

Choosing more environmental friendly supply chain and sharing information and raising awareness about the Baltic Sea and BSAG.

City of Turku www.turku.fi Finland

Commitment started: 01 August 2013 Expected end: 31 May 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Piloting large scale phosphorus removal and recycling in Aura river

City of Turku is strongly committed to the protection of the Baltic Sea and has taken a lot of measures, also at voluntary bases, to improve the state of the sea.

Now the city of Turku with its´ local partners, aims to implement a large scale pilot to remove and recycle phosphorus from the Aura river in order to decrease the amount of soluble phosphorus going to the Baltic Sea by 1,5-4 thousand tons. The pilot will be first of its kind in this scale in Finland and if the results will be good and sustainable, it will offer a cost effective way to decrease negative impacts of phosphorus in the Archipelago sea.

In the pilot liquid Ferric Sulfate will be mixed into the running river water during the high current periods (max during 10 days in spring and autumn), when also the phosphorus content in the water is at the highest. Ferric Sulfate will bind the soluble phosphorus and this compound will sink into the bottom where it can be collected for recycling.

In the pilot the behavior of phosphorus including the sediment formation will be studied and tested in the river bed located 2 kilometers above the Halinen dam. Much attention will be paid to study and to understand all possible ecological risks, which might be related to this kind of arrangements. Implementation of the pilot needs also so called Test permit from Environmental Authority, which is also prerequisite for the governmental financing of the pilot.

Daghemmet Björnens föräldraförening rf lillaostersjo.blogspot.com Finland

Commitment started: 24 January 2011 Expected end: 10 July 2011 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Awareness Raising

Vår lilla Östersjö

To teach the children at kindergarden Daghemmet Björnen, in Kirkkonummi Långvik bay area about the Baltic Sea.

Raise the importance of protection of the Baltic Sea on a local level. Children as main actors in the program gives a fresh approach to the topic.

To work in co-operation with already established action groups for Baltic Sea.

Most of the children's activities will be run by the nursery personnel during weekdays.

The children will make shorter trips to the neigbouring beaches and forests - To explore the nature - To see plants and animals in their natural habitat - To take photographs that will be later exhibited - To study water and to learn about the importance of clean sea water and household water - To meet a local professional fisherman

The program will consist of a few trips - Trip to the zoological museum in Helsinki - Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki - Porkkala Cost Guard station in Kirkkonummi - "Graduation party" at Sea Life center in Helsinki

Objective of the Commitment: To teach the children at Daghemmet Björnen, in Kirkkonummi Långvik area about the Baltic Sea: - To learn to know the plants and animals of the Baltic Sea - To understand why the ecosystem is so volatile - To teach the children how to protect the Baltic Sea: >> The environmental challenges >> What big actions have been taken >> What small actions each and every one can take

Impact on the Baltic Sea: permanent

Dazzle Oy www.dazzle.fi Finland

Commitment started: 25 August 2010 Expected end: 01 June 2012 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

BSAG BaseCamp

Dazzle Oy commits to help other companies and organizations to innovate and make concrete actions in saving the Baltic Sea

30.9.2010 we will facilitate - together with Kestävä oy - an innovative ''BSAG BaseCamp 2010'' to help organizations of different sizes and backgrounds to identify the most compelling ways to join BSAG work.

14.5.2012 we will facilitate together with kausaali and Fibs ry - an innovative ''BSAG BaseCamp 2012'' to help organizations of different sizes and backgrounds to identify the most compelling ways to join BSAG work.

We help them to ideate and create specific action plans to achieve results that will benefit both their business and the Baltic Sea

Dazzle Oy's mission is to facilitates sustainable win-win-win success for people and organizations - by insighting, innovating, empowering and by offering practical tools.

We are looking for new thinking and next practices in leadership, innovation, strategy, collaboration, business models and a holistic future success for companies and organizations.

Document House http://www.documenthouse.fi/ Finland

Commitment started: 01 February 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2015 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Eutrophication

Document House provides environmental friendly printing solutions and support BSAG operations

Provide environmental friendly solutions wich utilizes compact, non-toxic color solid ink sticks instead of cartridges – creating far less waste. The result is a 90% reduction in office waste compared with similar color laser products.

With managed print services and Kameleon Document Management Solutions we help companies to print less and improve their ways to manage documents.

To support BSAG. The amount of our support to BSAG will be determined by the amount of sales of the non- toxic color solutions and by the achieved saving to manage documents.

Ecompter http://www.ecompter.com/ Finland

Commitment started: 02 December 2010 Expected end: 02 March 2011 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Measuring and reporting carbon footprint

Measuring and reporting carbon footprint of an event, February 10th, 2011.

To compute the Carbon Footprint for the Event organised by BSAG.

Raising awareness of carbon footprint of events that we are organizing and how we can decrease the footprint by our own actions and selections.

EcoStream Oy http://www.ecostream.fi Finland

Commitment started: 24 August 2012 Expected end: 01 September 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Hazardous Substances

Separate collection of waste lubricants from ships and development of port waste management

Parties of this commitment offer a service to ship owners and port authorities that allow refining of waste oils, separately stored in vessel’s tanks and discharged at port. The waste oil will be used as raw-material for base oil production. The service provides a significant improvement in the current situation, in which waste oil stored separately in vessel’s tanks is mixed with bilge water during transportation and handling. By the law various hazardous waste must be collected and stored separately, provided that it is economically and technically possible (Waste oil directive 75/439/EEC: Waste oils must be collected separately). This commitment aims to achieve that abiding by the law is made possible.

The service aims to utilize all waste oil available from the vessels.

1. Commitment´s impact on the Baltic Sea

Environmental laws and their compliance are obeyed. We should advance recycling as opposed to burning. (Directive 2008/98/EC: Waste hierarchy, most ecological end use should be applied)

Refining base oil for lubricants from virgin crude oil is an energy intensive process. Refining of waste oil reduces energy consumption in the manufacture of base oil which substantially reduces carbon dioxide emissions thus mitigating climate change and its negative effects on the Baltic Sea. Recycling directly reduces the consumption of virgin crude oil.

The separation of waste oils from bilge water also improves ship owners and crew awareness of environmental issues, encouraging at the same time to do their share of the recycling.

Controlled oil containing waste collection reduces the risk of illegal waste disposal to the sea.

2. Added value produced by the commitment

material for base oil in refining process. Due to advanced technology base oil can be recycled for a number of times, in practice endlessly. Currently lubricant oils which would fulfill the requirements of recycling are being burned. As a consequence of the service to be provided Finland will be able start to follow its own laws as well as international shipping law.

3. The implementing strategy will include the following steps:

• Survey of necessary machinery for collection and technical planning • Marketing communication for ship owners and shipping agencies, and meetings with port authorities • Full-rate service available in Finland • Extension of the service to other Baltic Sea countries

4. Financial support for BSAG

Parties of this commitment donate a part of used oil collection profit to support of BSAG’s operations. In years 2012 and 2013, the amount of the donation will be 20 EUR/ton recycled lubricants and in 2014, 10 EUR/ ton recycled lubricants.

Elena Mady

Finland

Commitment started: 12 September 2012 Expected end: 16 November 2015 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Awareness Raising

Raising awareness about the state of the Baltic Sea in my Ella Aura fantasy books (WSOY)

Attitudes are important. Without the will to act the way is blocked. It is crucial for even more people to want to become involved in the protection of nature and the Baltic Sea. We protect what we love and value.

My fantasy books Ella Aura's Doomsday Diary (Ella Auran tuomiopäiväkirja 2011, WSOY) and Ella Aura and the Thirteenth Guardian (Ella Aura ja kolmastoista haltia, October 2012, WSOY) tackle some of the questions surrounding why we should protect nature and the Baltic Sea and offer some answers in a language young and grown-up readers alike can understand. My fictional characters prevent man-made disasters from destroying nature and the Baltic Sea in a fictional plot, but the scenarios are thoroughly researched and possible. Therefore, fantasy meets reality.

Because of the important and global subject matter, I write my books in English, as well, in order to make it easier for foreign publishers to read them. My goal is to get the Ella Aura series published abroad The Ella Aura fantasy series is my way of highlighting very real problems and offering some information about the ways we can combat them.

We all must do what we can. This is my contribution, and I can't wait to see what my readers will do.

Etacap Oy / SodaStream Suomi http://www.sodastream.fi Finland

Commitment started: 03 June 2010 Expected end: 29 August 2012 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

SodaStream Clear Baltic Sea - Consumer enlightment and donation to BSAG

Our commitment is to enhance awareness of the condition of the Baltic Sea and the importance of rescuing the sea. We will utilize our brochure, web page and Facebook page to inform people about Baltic Sea and give everyday hints to help the Baltic Sea to recover. Our goal is to get attention of 50.000 people on our Facebook page and make them think of their own ideas to rescue the sea.

- We will donate 0,20 euro to BSAG for each user who becomes a fan of our Facebook page. Donation will be up to 10.000 euro. - We commit to arrange drinking water and soft drink service in the BSAG events in Finland and neighbouring countries.

To raise the citizen awareness on condition of Baltic Sea and help people to change their thinking and behaviour.

Eurofacts Oy www.eurofacts.fi Finland

Commitment started: 11 January 2012 Expected end: 01 May 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

To facilitate organizing Baltic Sea Action Summit 2.0 in Russia - organizer, contributor and expert in public affairs

Eurofacts Oy will give the work and expertise of Managing Director Mr. Anders Blom regarding this project as a donation in favor for the Baltic Sea area based on a special agreement.

Eurofacts Oy will facilitate BSAG to arrange the Baltic Sea Action Summit 2.0 in Russia. As an expert of public affairs in Russia, Eurofacts Oy will support and promote the strategic objectives of BSAG in Russian administrations and decision-making processes.

Eurofacts Oy is one of the permanent members of the organizing committee for the Baltic Sea Action Summit 2.0 based in Russia as an expert with voice in.

The objective is to arrange second Baltic Sea Action Summit in Russia. As an high-level forum of political leaders of Baltic Sea countries and partners of BSAG, the Summit will raise awareness of the achievements, share ideas and set new goals for the BSAG project.

The Summit itself is a one-day event but the preparations and arrangements require the duration of the Commitment, 20 months

European Rescue Swimmers Association http://eurorsa.com/ Finland

Commitment started: 05 March 2013 Expected end: 07 July 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Focus area: Awareness Raising

Save the Baltic Sea swim 2013

EURORSA - European Rescue Swimmers Association wants to raise awereness on protecting the Baltic sea by swimming across the sea from Tallinn to Helsinki. Through the event EuroRSA raises funds for BSAG.

Save the Baltic Sea swim 2013 will be launched 1st-7th of July.

Fazer http://www.fazer.fi Finland

Commitment started: 04 March 2013 Expected end: 28 February 2017 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Fazer develops it's operations for the benefit of the ecological balance of the Baltic Sea.

Fazer is committed to developing it's production, ways to work and offering in a way which contributes to the promotion of the ecological balance of the Baltic Sea.

We work constantly to decrease the environmental impact of our operations. Fazer is a considerable player in the Baltic Sea region and we feel that our own operations and what we do together with our partners offer us an opportunity to affect the state of the Baltic Sea. We believe that stronger co-operation in the value chain can help us, together with other players in the field, to achieve something important.

1. The Fazer Brands business area aims at improved energy efficiency and the sustainable sourcing and use of energy in accordance with Fazer Group’s energy strategy. The objective is to cut energy consumption by 20 per cent per product by 2020. By 2017, Fazer aims to increase the proportion of renewable energy to 70 per cent of the electricity consumption. The efficiency of the use of energy will be increased by developing existing production units and processes and investing in energy-efficient solutions

2. Fazer’s bakery business will create a vision for responsible grain sourcing which will take a stand on developing criteria for grain sourcing from a corporate responsibility perspective, taking environmental issues into consideration.

3. Fazer Mill & Mixes will draw up a responsibility programme which will be linked to Fazer’s definitions of corporate responsibility and draw attention to e.g. the environmental impact of operations. Fazer wants to participate in developing the input-output ratio of Finnish grain growing in a way which benefits both farmers and consumers and is in harmony with the environment and nature.

4. Fazer Food Services will develop its responsible offering, taking environmental considerations into account. Our target is to further increase the share of organic products in our assortment. The domestic origin and traceability of food, the use of seasonal ingredients and reducing the amount of food waste are important to us.

Finlandia-talo http://www.finlandiahall.fi Finland

Commitment started: 19 December 2012 Expected end: 31 December 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Promotion of Baltic Sea and BSAG foundation`s message

Finlandia Hall commits to raise awarness of the Baltic Sea and BSAG foundation by using its various channels for public.

Finnair Plc http://www.finnair.com/INT/GB/Home Finland

Commitment started: 03 January 2011 Expected end: 01 January 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Finnair for Baltic Sea

Finnair is committed to the following actions for the BSAG:

* Finnair is providing media coverage for the BSAG initiative in various communication channels, e.g. Finnair Plus News, Blue Wings, and on the website.

* Finnair enables Finnair Plus members to donate Finnair Plus points to support the work of Baltic Sea Action Group.

* Finnair will add Baltic Sea Action Group animations and documentaries into its in-flight entertainment system on board. The animations will also be added on Finnair's Corporate Responsibility web site.

* Guardian of the Baltic Sea -necklace and tie pin will be added into Finnair PlusShop selection. The designer Kehrä Interior donates 40 euros from each sold item to the BSAG.

Objective of the Commitment: Ongoing work.

Finnish Business & Society http://www.fibsry.fi/ Finland

Commitment started: 21 February 2012 Expected end: 31 May 2012 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Promoting BSAG

FiBS is one of the organizers of BSAG Base Camp Helsinki 2012 and will promote the event as well as other BSAG activities in the future among its member organisations and other stakeholders.

Objective of the commitment is to promote BSAG Base Camp Helsinki 2012 as well as BSAG commitment in general among enterprises and other organisations especially from the point of view of corporate responsibility (e.g. commitment as part of corporate responsibility strategies and sustainable business) and thus increase the number of commitments.

Geographically results and impacts will depend on the quality of the new commitments made as a result of the Base Camp Helsinki 2012 and further promotional activities.

Finnish Defence Forces http://www.puolustusvoimat.fi Finland

Commitment started: 08 February 2010 Expected end: 30 August 2011 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Hazardous Substances

Environmental effects of ammunition, explosives and explosions in maritime environment

The Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) will conduct research on the most prominent physico-chemical and ecological environmental effects of ammunition and detonations of war-time mines and underwater detonations in maritime environment.

The research will be implemented as a two-phase study.

In the first part, the local environmental effects of heavy weapons shooting and unexploded ordnance in the sea will be studied. The project is commissioned by the Defence Command Finland. The study will be conducted in the shooting and training area of Lohtaja, in Northern Ostrobothnia. The study was preceded by a background study which included a review of historical information regarding the areas to be studied, mapping of the current environmental conditions, creating a mathematical flow model of the sea bed to prognosticate sediment erosion, drifting and accumulation as well as sonar casting of the sea bed to double-check the validity of the model. Simultaneously the quantity of unexploded ordnance and metal scrap on the sea bed was evaluated. The sediments in the areas selected as most strained based on the background study will be analyzed for metals, oils, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, TBT and explosives including their metabolites and additives as well as for the quality and quantity of benthos. In addition, biotests to assess the ecotoxicity of the sediments will be conducted on four biota groups. The results will form the basis for a detailed evaluation of risks to health and to the environment.

In the second part, the imminent effects of underwater explosions of war-time mines will be studied in the Gulf of Finland, in the vicinity of the city of Hanko. The study is performed by the Finnish Navy and co-funded by the Defence Command Finland. The project will be implemented in cooperation with the University of Turku and the Turku University of Applied Sciences. For the study, three pre-located mines were exploded under controlled circumstances.

The study includes sonar scanning of the seabed surrounding each mine before and after the explosion to measure the mechanical impact area of the blast and in-situ monitoring of physico-chemical effects such as opacity, pH, conductivity (salinity), temperature and oxygen saturation throughout the whole depth-profile. The results are expected to be ready in spring 2011.

The results will be evaluated by the FDF for potential need for further studies.

The results will be made public on the web site of the FDF. In addition, an event to share the information with other armed forces in the Baltic Sea area and the public will be arranged.

Objective of the Commitment: The results will provide information to be used to ensure sustainable planning of ammunition shooting at the sea and sustainable implementation of under-water explosions of WW II naval mines and thus help to fulfill the precautinary principle.

Finnish Environment Institute SYKE www.syke.fi Finland

Commitment started: 09 February 2010 Expected end: 01 May 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Awareness Raising

Evaluation of the Commitments

SYKE will prepare a systematic analysis of the BSAS commitments regarding their contribution to reaching the targets set in the Baltic Sea Action Plan and in the Marine Strategy Directive.

In the first phase the evaluation will be based on the information given in the commitments. In case of concrete pollution load reduction commitments modelling calculations can be made, in other cases expert evaluation will be performed.

The evaluation will help to direct the future revisions of the targets for the protection of the Baltic Sea. Thus the impact will by permanent

Finnish Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce www.flcc.lt Lithuania

Commitment started: 04 March 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Awareness Raising

Base Camp in Lithuania 2013

The concept of the branded BSAG event Base Camp will be adopted in Lithuania in cooperation with the Embassy of Finland.

The common goal of the FLCC is to support business activities towards the clean Baltic Sea.

The objective of the event is to gather potential BSAG commitment makers in Lithuania promoting the environmentally friendly business concept among Lithuanian entrepreneurs and promote Finnish companies which are working using environmentally friendly concepts.

The program of the event will be developed based on the experience of the previously organized Base Camps in Finland inviting speakers from different authorities, businesses and BSAG commitment makers, politicians and members of the FLCC.

The programme will content also subjects of nutrient recycling and public-private partnership.

Finnish Navy www.puolustusvoimat.fi/fi/merivoimat Finland

Commitment started: 14 January 2011 Expected end: 01 January 2015 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Awareness Raising

A course for Finnish Navy conscripts concerning the Baltic Sea

The Finnish Navy will start a new course for Navy conscripts concerning the Baltic Sea.

The purpose of the course is to increase the knowledge of the Baltic Sea environmental issues and give a picture of how a Navy soldier can do his part of environmental protection.

The course is divided in to four parts: 1. Basic knowledge concerning the Baltic Sea 2. Knowledge concerning the Baltic Sea as a traffic route 3. Environmental threats towards the Baltic Sea 4. Naval soldier's measures of the Baltic Sea environmental protection

The course will begin in January 2011 and it will take place in the basic training period in the beginning of the service.

Objective: Raising Finnish Navy conscript's awareness of measures of the Baltic Sea environmental protection.

Gallery Park Hotel Riga Latvia http://www.galleryparkhotel.lv Latvia

Commitment started: 05 March 2013 Expected end: 16 March 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Luxury is finally sustainable!

Gallery Park Hotel (GPH), Riga wishes to demonstrate that LUXURY can be sustainable without compromising the quality.

The Gallery Park Hotel objective is to synchronize the GHP business strategy with the sustainable and environmentally responsible business approach supporting and offering a new environmental friendly business line for the current and new customers.

The hotel will implement a package of services as a part of its offering. The concept allows the customer to enjoy luxury level eco-friendly versions of all GPH services such as: accommodation, catering and restaurant, transportation, staff and client education, marketing and promotion.

As the first hotel to enter into this sustainable environmental program in Latvia the hotel will be offering and sharing knowledge and experience to other hotels and representatives from different business areas in Latvia offering companies to join GPH initiatives.

Actions of the Commitment would support reduction of the eutrophication and climate change load to the Baltic Sea: 1.Reduce the generated waste – Guest information on waste separation (separate bags for plastic, paper, glass, etc.), use of recycle paper, recycling of office paper, art paper, packing material, paper cores, etc. 2.Reduce the impact of the household chemicals on discharged wastewaters - informative measures on water use, avoiding excising washing, using environmentally friendly detergents, providing toiletry accessories earmarked green and sustainable. 3.Increase of the energy efficiency and saving - bulbs, heating conservation, electrical conservation, use of electric cars for transfer of guests. 4.Offer eco-food and beverages to customers- informing the guests about the sustainable products used at the GPH, highlight menu with locally produced and labeled eco-products. 5.Build a public awareness and promotion of environmentally friendly approach among staff, customers, other hotels and related hospitality organizations.

Separate Milestones will cover concrete target activities within defined period.

Government of Åland www.regeringen.ax Finland

Commitment started: 08 February 2010 Expected end: 01 March 2017 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Eutrophication

Developing technologies for oxygenation of hypoxic bottom areas, reducing environmental impact from ships and large-scale mussel farming in the northern Baltic Sea

The commitment has three separate parts: a) The Government of Åland supports development of technologies which, using wave power without external energy input, oxygenate deep hypoxic bottom areas in the archipelago. Simultaneously, the importance of the internal load impact on water quality in the archipelago areas will be explored, including calculations using computer models to clarify the importance and potential result of similar technology. b) The Government of Åland has committed itself to actively take part in the Clean Shipping-priority area under the EU Baltic Sea Strategy with the aim to reduce environmental pollution from ships. The Government of Åland will thereby support on-going processes and work in close cooperation with HELCOM and other key partners. c) The Government of Åland will launch a large-scale mussel farming pilotproject in Åland. Large scale farms have yet not been tested so far north in the Baltic Sea. The long-term objective is an increased circulation of nutrient substances. Various possible uses will be tested: meal from mussels as fish farm feed, mussels as fertilizer in agriculture locally and possibilities of locally produced mussels as ingredient in delicatessen food.

Objective of the Commitment a) The objective is to find a sustainable method to decrease the internal load. The impact will hopefully be permanent. b) The projects in the Clean Shipping-priority area aim at permanent solutions and measures to reduce environmental impact from ships. c) The objective is to get an permanent increased circulation of nutrient substances in the Baltic Sea.

GREENWALK Ltd www.greenwalk.eu Latvia

Commitment started: 25 August 2010 Expected end: 30 August 2011 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Awareness Raising

Let's live green

GREENWALK SIA is the brand established in the Baltic States , which makes peoples' everyday's life environmentally friendly. GREENWALK SIA commits to popularize sustainable and environmentally friendly lifestyle in househoulds and to organise number of public awareness raising events in Baltics (Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania) donating to public the environmentally friendly household products.

Objective of commitment is to popularize environmentally friendly household lifestyle in order to reduce an impact on the Baltic Sea.

Impact on the Baltic Sea - permanent

GREENWALK Ltd www.greenwalk.eu Latvia

Commitment started: 05 July 2012 Expected end: 02 July 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Greener household leads to a cleaner Baltic Sea!

GREENWALK Ltd is a Latvian company producing and distributing “Greenwalk” environmental friendly household cleaning chemicals in Baltic States and Russia.

GREENWALK Ltd is a co-founder of the association “Let’s Live Green” (LLG). The company will commit to promote awareness of the state of the Baltic Sea in the public and private sectors in the Baltic States in cooperation with the Baltic Sea Action Group.

GREENWALK Ltd. will continue public awareness activities promoting phosphate-free household cleaning chemicals in household applications among all customers in the Baltic States.

GREENWALK Ltd will kick-off of the cooperation with Latvian municipalities in Latvia in order to promote usage of phosphate-free household cleaning chemicals by public organizations.

Halti Oy http://www.halti.fi Finland

Commitment started: 31 October 2011 Expected end: 31 October 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Hazardous Substances

Halti's sustainability program benefits the Baltic Sea

Halti has started a sustainability program which is divided into two parts, Environmental and Social Sustainability. Program.

Environmentally sustainable development encourages the conservation and preservation of natural resources and the management of energy, waste and transportation.

Some important aspects for environmental sustainability that demand attention are: compliance with environmental regulations, banning toxics, controlling and managing waste and other pollutants, efficient use of energy and minimizing transport impacts.

A variety of chemicals including hazardous ones are applied in textile industry. The chemicals are needed for manufacturing, dyeing and finishing of textiles. Hazardous chemicals in textiles cause multi-dimensional risks, including environmental, safety and health risks notably to consumers but also to ecosystems in regions of production, use and disposal.

Recent studies have indicated that a major source of fluorinated polymers in the environment is the leakage from consumer products, such as tablecloths, men´s trousers, work wear, umbrellas d outdoor clothing.

Exponentially increasing concentrations of fluorinated compounds in wildlife have been reported since the 1990s. Although more research is needed, existing studies have shown that some fluorinated chemicals are extremely persistent and bioaccumulative, as well as, among other things, cancer-causing and hormone disrupting.

In outdoor clothing fluorochemicals are used in water-repellent finishes and waterproof membranes. Durable water repellency (DWR) treatments’ functions include water repellency, stain repellency, soil repellency and durability to laundering, light explosure and abrasion. The most used perfluorinated surfactants (PTF) in DWR treatments are perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). PFOS is already banned, but PFOA is still widely used in outdoor clothing. Although U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is going to ban PFOA in 2015 as well. There are alternatives for fluorocarbon DWR treatments, but they are not as soil and oil repellent as fluorinated polymers.

Because we at Halti love the great Finnish nature and get our inspiration from it, we want to provide extraordinary outdoor experiences for people by designing sustainable outdoor gear.

The objective of our commitment is to design an outdoor jacket without any fluoro-organic compounds in order to protect the Baltic Sea. Halti wants to act for and raise awareness regarding sustainability and the Baltic Sea.

Hallvarsson & Halvarsson AB www.halvarsson.se Sweden

Commitment started: 01 April 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2016 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Other

Support the introduction of BSAG Sweden

Support the introduction of BSAG Sweden for the first three years (2013-2016) regarding basic conference facilities, agreed administration attendance, creative marketing planning assistance and appointed personal support of Mattis Bergquist, Senior Consultant at H&H.

HT Industry Solutions Oy

Finland

Commitment started: 09 February 2010 Expected end: 04 June 2010 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Clean and Safe Maritime Activities eOil with EcoFlow eOil = Oil spill processing surveillance and management system. eOil is a waste processing surveillance and management system based on RFID technology, which will aid in following the contained waste's trail from where the accident happened to the collection points, storage facilities and final processing facilities, and to see in which state it is in at all points. This information is essential for authorities, insurance companies and waste handling organisations. The use of the system will save approximately 45 million euros in collection costs if the accident is about 30000 tonnes of oil and also speed up the collection procedures.

The permanent impact is that there is a ready made solution for handling of oil accident and its collection activities. The solution which saves money and speeds up the processing.

IBM Svenska AB www.ibm.com Sweden

Commitment started: 01 April 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2018 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Swedish coastal towns' creative and sustainable relations to the baltic Sea

IBM shares the concern of the Baltic Sea and will commit to work together with BSAG and a few selected coastal towns in Sweden in order to engage the local political decision-makers, companies (including farmers) and other organizations. The objective of this co-operation is to develope new creative and result oriented local commitments and actions to revive the Baltic Sea in the regions in front of these towns. The goal is also to raise public awareness of the issues regarding the Baltic Sea and the work that is done to solve these issues. These goals will be accomplished based on workshops organized by the local political leaders of the towns in cooperation with BSAG and IBM.

The campaign and the entire process will be presented and introduced at the Almedalen Week, at Visby, Sweden. In the end of the process all the local events, commitments, findings, plans and results will be concluded and summarized on a national level in Stockholm.

IBM, VTT, SYKE www.ibm.com/fi, www.vtt.fi, www.ymparisto.fi Finland

Commitment started: 14 June 2011 Expected end: 31 December 2011 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Levävahti – a Human Sensor smart phone application to monitor algae situation by public

The goal is to enable and encourage people in monitoring of the Baltic Sea marine environment.

This is realised by developing 1) a user-friendly communication tool to report specific visual algae observations. The tool will be an application which is easy to install and use in a smart phone. 2) a database where the observations are stored and 3) a visualization tool to display the observations

Observations to be monitored in the coastal and open waters of the Baltic Sea 1. Abundance of cyanobacterial blooms (la Cyanobacteria, fi sinilevät, sv blågröna alger) 2. Health of bladder wrack belt (la Fucus vesiculosus, fi rakkolevä, sv blåstång) 3. Option to send a photograph. 4. Information on observation time, date and geographic location will be recorded automatically 5. The Levävahti observations will be visualized in the Internet pages: EnviObserver http://knowledge.vtt.fi/eo/ Järviwiki http://www.jarviwiki.fi/wiki/Levävahti

Levävahti is a Human Sensor programme for the Baltic Sea and will make use of social media, such as Facebook, in communication within the interest group since the success of the Human Sensor approach will depend on awareness, publicity and branding. The information collected and derived will be open for other applications.

The project is carried out in co-operation with SYKE, IBM and VTT. SYKE is responsible for the content design of the Levävahti application. The Levävahti communication tool for smart phones is developed by IBM for iPhone and by VTT for Nokia and Android devices. Solutions for data collection and visualization are developed by VTT and SYKE. All partners commit to the promotion of Levävahti in social media and other forums.

Levävahti is a pilot project in the field of citizen/human sensor monitoring of the state of the Baltic Sea. Experiences gained from the Levävahti project will be summarized by the end of the year 2011 and utilized in follow-up projects for environmental monitor making use of smart phone applications.

Objective of the Commitment: The commitment enables Human Sensor type real-time monitoring of the algae situation of the Baltic Sea. Blue green algae blooms may develop fast and on the other hand disappear rapidly depending on weather conditions. Without real-time citizen observations there is a lack of information on present status of the blooms.

The bladder wrack is one of the key species as an indicator of good status of the sea. Spatially a sufficient amount of observations of existence of bladder wrack is crucial, as ecosystem approach is launched to the decision making processes and implementation of marine directives as well as national legislation.

In the future the Levävahti concept including the communication tool, data management and best publicity practices could be a basis to collect a larger variety of Baltic Sea observations e.g. occurrence of jelly fish, clean shore (marine litter) and, exceptional events (such as fish and bird kills) The Levävahti application is available in Finnish language but in the future other language versions could be offered as well. The monitoring tool could then be made available for larger audience.

Info Serviss Ltd http://www.infoserviss.lv Latvia

Commitment started: 05 July 2012 Expected end: 02 July 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Introduction of phosphate free household chemicals in services of Info Serviss Ltd, a company providing cleaning services to companies in Latvia.

Info Serviss Ltd., a cleaning service provider is a co-founder of new association “Let’s Live Green” (LLG) in Latvia. The company will promote awareness of the state of the Baltic Sea in the public and private sectors in the Baltic States in cooperation with the Baltic Sea Action Group.

Info Serviss Ltd will use phosphate free household cleaning chemicals in its cleaning services to companies. The company will also promote the use of eco-friendly products to its customers, explaining the positive impact to the Baltic Sea.

Ingrid Jespersens Gymnasieskole http://ijg.dk/gym/ Denmark

Commitment started: 21 November 2011 Expected end: 01 September 2015 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Awareness Raising

Ingrid Jespersens Gymnasieskole - Project Baltic Sea

Continue the co project in biology, geography and chemistry lessons together with Munkkiniemen yhteiskoulu, Helsinki and Enskilda Gymnasiet, Stockholm.

Ingrid Jespersens Gymnasieskole will as member of the UNESCO – ASP network incorporate Baltic See Projects to this workspace.

Once a year arrange a happening related to the Baltic See Theme Week.

Focusing on the work to develop students' understanding of the need for international cooperation and Nordic cooperation in order to raise awareness of pollution and pollution control of The Baltic Sea.

Janne Gröning Photography www.archipelagophoto.com Finland

Commitment started: 25 March 2010 Expected end: 31 December 2012 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Environmental awareness through beautiful and positive nature photos

I want to make a commitment to saving the Baltic Sea by using my photos from the archipelago of Finland.

All the organisations, corporations etc. that have made a commitment with BSAG, are allowed to use my photos in their environmental work for the Baltic Sea. The pictures can be used for example in presentations and in articles in different kinds of media that are connected to the environmental work for the Baltic Sea. When using the pictures, please mention the name of the photographer (Janne GrÃ¶ning). There is an image bank on BSAG's website where the photos are located: http://www.bsas.fi/for-media/image-bank and instructions how to obtain hi-res versions of the photos. The pictures can not be used in any commercial advertising.

One picture tells more than a thousand words!

Kehrä Interior Oy www.kehrainterior.fi & www.guardian.fi Finland

Commitment started: 02 September 2010 Expected end: 30 December 2012 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Guardian of the Baltic Sea

Guardian of the Baltic Sea is a charity pendant and tie-pin designed by Kehrä Interior Oy. The jewelry is hand- made from recycled silver.With our jewelry, we hope to start a ''personal profiling boom'' for those who take part in the process to save the Baltic Sea.

Our goal is to raise 100 000 euros for the benefit of the Baltic Sea work. The price of the necklace or tie-pin is 185 euros, and from each sold item 40 euros is donated to BSAG.

Kemira Oyj http://www.kemira.com Finland

Commitment started: 01 October 2010 Expected end: 31 December 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Hazardous Substances

Development of technologies to remove micropollutants from effluent of wastewater plants

''Hazardous substances'' is one of the hot topics of the Baltic Sea. Micropollutants are one type of hazardous substances. Organic contaminants , farmaceutical residual and trace elements can be treated with advanced treatment methods and removed by advanced oxidation methods.

Kemira commits to develop oxidizing methods to remove micropollutants from effluents of wastewater treatment plants.

Work is done by researching different advanced oxidizing methods and developing the most promising ones towards ready technical solutions.

By developing technologies to reduce the load of micropollutants to the Baltic Sea, permanent result can be reached when the technologies are used in treatment plants.

Keräilyliike Osake & Kirja Oy http://www.osakekirja.fi Finland

Commitment started: 07 March 2011 Expected end: 31 October 2011 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Cancelled share certificates to help the Baltic Sea

Scripophily.fi, which specialises in collecting obsolete share certificates, is challenging companies to donate old, cancelled share certificates for an auction, the proceeds from which will be wholly used on work for the Baltic Sea. Cancelled share certificates only have value as collectibles, but in countries like Germany, the popularity of collecting has elevated the trade in old share certificates to become a profitable business. The hobby is clearly becoming increasingly popular also in Finland.

Objective of the Commitment: temporary / permanent

Koneta Agriculture Oy www.koneta.fi Finland

Commitment started: 01 March 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Creating and maintaining web based nutrient stock solution to increase the use of organic fertilisers

Koneta Agriculture is a forerunner in organic fertilising.

Recycling nutrients from biogas and bioethanol facilities and 25,5 million cubic meters of livestock manure in Finland creates a huge possibility to increase the use of organic fertilisers. At the moment communication between different stakeholders; livestock farms, crop farms and renewable energy industry is limited and this leads to insufficient usage of material suitable for organic fertilisers.

Koneta´s commitment is to develop together with River Paimionjoki region´s Ravita project a web based nutrient stock solution that connects and enables communication between above mentioned stakeholders in Finland. Nutrient stock solution is open based and anyone can join it. After the solution is ready Koneta is committed to maintain it.

Kiitosimeon Oy http://www.simeon.fi Finland

Commitment started: 06 September 2012 Expected end: 01 September 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Hazardous Substances

Separate collection of waste lubricants from ships and development of port waste management

The service aims to utilize all waste oil available from the vessels.

1. Commitment´s impact on the Baltic Sea

Environmental laws and their compliance are obeyed. We should advance recycling as opposed to burning. (Directive 2008/98/EC: Waste hierarchy, most ecological end use should be applied)

The separation of waste oils from bilge water also improves ship owners and crew awareness of environmental issues, encouraging at the same time to do their share of the recycling.

Controlled oil containing waste collection reduces the risk of illegal waste disposal to the sea.

2. Added value produced by the commitment

The service provides an important contribution to the objective of the waste oil law to primarily refine recyclable raw material instead of use as energy source. It is possible to use up to 96 percent of collected material as raw material for base oil in refining process. Due to advanced technology base oil can be recycled for a number of

times, in practice endlessly. Currently lubricant oils which would fulfill the requirements of recycling are being burned. As a consequence of the service to be provided Finland will be able start to follow its own laws as well as international shipping law.

3. The implementing strategy will include the following steps:

4. Financial support for BSAG

Kymenlaakson orkesteri Oy http://www.kymisinfonietta.fi Finland

Commitment started: 31 October 2011 Expected end: 31 December 2012 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Awareness Raising

Baltic Sea Blues – Kymi Sinfonietta’s and Eero Koivistoinen’s Baltic Sea themed world premiere production

Kymi Sinfonietta’s and Eero Koivistoinen’s Baltic Sea Blues project advances awareness and protection of the Baltic Sea by means of art and music. The content of the project includes Eero Koivistoinen’s composition work (Baltic Sea Blues) for Kymi Sinfonietta and jazz trio, combining composition with visual arts in both artistically and technically high-quality manner and performing the whole work in the world premiere concerts likely to be heard in the cities of Kotka, Kouvola and – depending on financial resources – in Helsinki and elsewhere in the autumn season 2012. The concert programme will also include other previously composed pieces of music that have connections to the Baltic Sea theme.

The planning of the Baltic Sea themed world premiere production by one of the most appreciated Finnish jazz musicians and composers Eero Koivistoinen and one of the leading Finnish orchestras Kymi Sinfonietta was started in 2010. Eero Koivistoinen and Kymi Sinfonietta had been in contact regarding the co-operation that would combine Koivistoinen’s Baltic Sea themed composition and jazz music with Kymi Sinfonietta couple of years before. Baltic Sea Action Summit held in Helsinki in 2010 brought the idea forth again. Koivistoinen started to compose Baltic Sea related composition Baltic Sea Blues for the orchestra. Kymi Sinfonietta took enthusiastically part in the planning process of the Baltic Sea Blues’ world premiere production.

One of the interesting aspects of the Baltic Sea Blues is that as it will be composed for Kymi Sinfonietta and jazz trio it is not only based on completed orchestral score but also on improvisation that will have different forms in every concert. The project co-operation will also have a wider Baltic Sea perspective as the jazz trio will probably be combined of musicians from different Baltic Sea countries. The main focus of the composition – Baltic Sea - will be brought forward in the performances both through music and high-quality visual material. The visual material of the performance will present Baltic Sea through moving image and photographs that have been taken from different angles - for example air and water. The high-quality visual material of the performance will be projected on panorama-screen in the background of the stage and visual and musical material will communicate with each other during the piece. Practical arrangements and the planning of the visual side of the performances have been forwarded together by the orchestra and Eero Koivistoinen.

Objective of commitment and its impact on the Baltic Sea:

What makes Koivistoinen’s and Kymi Sinfonietta’s joint project unique is that the composition is not only based on completed composed material but also on jazz improvisation. Therefore the performance of the piece will vary in every concert. High-quality visual material seen in the background of the performance and music will create seamless artistic entity. The combination of music and visual material will bring forth the Baltic Sea issue in a unique and thoughts provoking way.

Käännöstoimisto Haapalainen http://www.haapalainen.fi/ Finland

Commitment started: 05 February 2012 Expected end: 31 March 2012 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Translation of the Baltic Sea Action Group -book

Translation of the Baltic Sea Action Group book into Russian.

Objective of commitment and its impact on the Baltic Sea (temporary, permanent, etc) permanent

Lahti Science and Business Park Ltd http://www.lahtisbp.fi Finland

Commitment started: 16 February 2010 Expected end: 18 March 2011 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Hazardous Substances

Co-operation between Vodokanal and LSBP to consult and have action to achieve Reach level in laboratory of Vodokanal

* Implementation of the training program of The Nordic Dimension Water Excellency Centre * Concrete actions (analysis of the present situation, used chemicals, analyzers and how to achieve requirements of REACH and become to EU level , description of the future situation) lead by LSBP Ltd with associate partners / cluster member companies to achieve EU level in the laboratories of Vodokanal in order to reduce impacts of chemicals in the Baltic Sea. * Consultancy work to benchmark the current level of Vodokanal laboratories and to prepare the implementation plan. * SWOT for adopting EU level requirements in Vodokanal laboratories

Objective of the Commitment:

*Development of the water excellancy centre as the meeting point between the Russian, Finnish and Northern Dimension water experts and water business *Distribution of the best practices and know-how of the water sector * Transfer of EU practices on the water sector * Internationalisation of Water business in Russia * main target is to have better/ more clean and healthy Baltic Sea * minimize emissions to Baltic Sea * realize how to handle chemicals because of their harmfulness to the ecosystem * risk assesment of used chemicals

Lingsoft Inc. http://www.lingsoft.fi Finland

Commitment started: 04 March 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Other

Providing high-quality translation services to help BSAG in the multilingual Baltic Sea Region

The multilingual environment and cultural diversity in the Baltic Sea Region play an important role in the everyday work of BSAG. In order to be able to present the needs and goals of different parties it is essential to be able to communicate in different languages. Lingsoft is helping BSAG in this by providing high-quality Language Management Services to the people working for the foundation.

Lingsoft will provide translation services for the Baltic Sea Action Group. The Commitment includes translation and proofreading services from Finnish into English and Russian as well as translations from English into Russian and vice versa for a total of 100 pages.

Liverace Oy http://www.iirorantala.fi Finland

Commitment started: 12 January 2011 Expected end: 19 January 2016 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Iiro Rantala goes Baltic Sea

Share information and raise awarenes about the Baltic Sea and BSAG at concerts and in other events.

Objective of the Commitment: To raise awarness about the Baltic Sea's situation and encourage the public to take action.

Loxus Technologies Oy www.loxus.com Finland

Commitment started: 19 February 2010 Expected end: 19 February 2011 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Hazardous Substances

Pro search – Underwater search and video recordings

Loxus commitment is to provide expertise and special equipment for underwater work in the Baltic Sea free of charge for ten days. The project is to be agreed later between Loxus and BSAG.

Areas where the expertise of Loxus could be used:

A) Hazardous substances -bottom search of suspected risk areas -investigation and identification of suspected objects -investigation and follow up of shipwrecks with suspected environmental risk, planning operations B) Innovative Solutions -participation in the field testing of new research and development projects -taking underwater samples and assisting in the research work

To find hazardous objects and give information as much as possible to organisations involved.

Maa- ja metsätaloustuottajain Keskusliitto MTK ry http://www.mtk.fi Finland

Commitment started: 04 March 2013 Expected end: 30 December 2015 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Knowledge transfer between farmers

The farmers both in Russia (AKKOR) and Finland (MTK) aim for a sustainable agriculture and the most efficient use of precious nutrients phosphorus and nitrogen.

The common knowledge transfer of the best practises for the resource efficiency is activated by joint events and cooperation projects between Russian and Finnish farmers.

Matila Röhr Nordisk Oy www.nordiskfilmtv.fi Finland

Commitment started: 31 January 2011 Expected end: 01 January 2013 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Audiovisual Service for Commitments and BSAG

Nordisk Film TV Finland offers it's professional movie/TV production facilities and resources for BSAG to support Baltic Sea commitments.

Objective of the Commitment: Raising the awareness of all the activities and operations which are actually going on. Positive approach.

M-Brain www.m-brain.com Finland

Commitment started: 12 February 2013 Expected end: 15 November 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

BSAG Media Analysis Report

The Baltic Sea region is an important marketing area for M-Brain Group Oy, a Finland’s leading media information and analysis provider. M-Brain operates according to the principles of sustainable development and thus wants to promote the restoration of maritime regions in its market area by offering its own expertise to BSAG. M-Brain will produce quarterly media analyses for BSAG based on Finnish online media, print media as well as radio and TV coverage. The analysis measures BSAG’s own media visibility as well as Commitment makers’ visibility in the BSAG context. Based on the analysis findings, BSAG’s communications unit gets an overall picture of, for example, the development of the organization’s public image, the reception of strategic communications policies as well as key people’s visibility. The analysis also shows how much publicity Commitment makers have received or how much publicity they have brought via their Baltic Sea commitment. The quarterly monitoring enables swift responses to any communications needs arising from coverage related to BSAG or commitment makers.

mFabrik Oy mfabrik.com Finland

Commitment started: 20 January 2011 Expected end: 01 October 2011 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Mobile internet services for BSAG

To ''mobilize'' BSAG's web presence. Making all the information, news and other content published at BSAG's web site accessible via mobile phones, too. mFabrik integrates the existing content on BSAG's website with mFabrik's mobile publishing solution for real time mobile internet publishing. mFabrik also manages and hosts BSAG's mobile internet services.

Objective of the Commitment: To enable citizens to have access to the information regardless of their location or time thus enabling BSAG to communicate via new ways with concerned citizens and even reach new groups of people.

MicroMedia Oy http://www.micromedia.fi Finland

Commitment started: 10 February 2012 Expected end: Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Donation of quality business contacts

MicroMedia is committed to supporting BSAG’s noble cause by providing expertise in marketing communications and a source for high quality business contacts.

Objective of commitment is to provide BSAG with high quality bisness contacts for marketing communication and pr.

MTV media

Finland

Commitment started: 19 March 2012 Expected end: 20 March 2013 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Itämeri TV series

MTV MEDIA commits to raise awareness of the Baltic Sea and BSAG foundation by using its programming and TV channels and internet sites.

Objective of commitment is to raise general awarenss of Baltic Sea and things made to protect it using mass media.

Munkkiniemen yhteiskoulu www.munkka.net Finland

Commitment started: 08 April 2010 Expected end: 12 April 2015 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Awareness Raising

Clean shores at Munkkiniemi region

Pupils and teachers clean the shores of Baltic Sea near our school. We will pick up all the rubbish that has gathered to the shores at the end of the school year.

We will increase the environment education and knowledge about the Baltic Sea in our school.

We will do the cleaning every year and we will keep the environmental and Baltic Sea education as a valued part of our curriculum from now on.

Nobel Museum http://www.nobelmuseum.se Sweden

Commitment started: 11 January 2012 Expected end: Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Awareness Raising

The Spark of Creativity/Base Camp Stockholm 2012

How to be more creative, ways to come up with new ideas and how to become better problem solvers.

At the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, you can see the exhibition "Cultures of Creativity". A copy of exhibition the has been shown in 14 locations around the world. The exhibition is about the Nobel laureates and creativity.

Since 2010 we offer a workshop on creativity for business professionals called “The Spark of Creativity”. The workshop takes about two hours and begins with an introduction about the Nobel Prize and the Nobel system.

The workshop is divided into three main parts. In the first part, we focus on the individual. We define the concept of “creativity”. We listen to what some Nobel Laureates has to say about their creative process. What qualities seem to have been important for their work? How important is for example accuracy, courage and vision?

In the second part we focus on group processes. Sometimes we have to work together to solve a problem. Many Nobel laureates have highlighted the importance of collaboration for their work. How can we make our collaboration more effective? Can we learn from Nobel Laureates? The second part ends with a practical collaboration exercise.

In the third and last part, we discuss the importance of the environment for creativity. How can it be that places like Cambridge has succeeded in producing so many Nobel Laureates? How can we make our own company or organization better? The workshop ends with a practical exercise where the participants can demonstrate their own creativity. Using this workshop design as a base, the Nobel museum will be the main facilitator in BSAG´s Base Camp Stockholm 2012. The aim of this workshop is to inspire invited representatives of companies and organizations to formulate optimal commitments for themselves. Thus, inspiration will be combined with focus, the Baltic Sea, to produce new actions to restore the ecological balance of the sea. All in all, Nobel museum offers the Base Camp workshop facilitation including facilities and 5 other lectures/workshops during 2012 and 2013.

Objective of the Commitment: Exercise in creative thinking - Innovative Solutions

Nordkalk Oy Ab http://www.nordkalk.fi/default.asp?viewID=321&language=1 Finland

Commitment started: 10 May 2012 Expected end: 15 May 2017 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Eutrophication

Implementation of the FOSTOP concept in the Baltic region

Nordkalk has developed several limestone-based products and methods for reducing nutrient loads on water courses. These products and methods have been compiled into one FOSTOP concept. The general feature of the methods is to capture and recycle phosphorus from non-point sources.

Nordkalk’s commitment is to develop and implement tailor made FOSTOP applications in the Baltic region.

Implementation strategy:

1. Pilot areas will be established in Finland and Sweden. 2. The short term effects and results will be monitored and evaluated. 3. Based on the above results, new pilot areas will be identified and established in Poland and the Baltic countries. 4. Long term effects and lifetimes will be evaluated. 5. Continuous communication of the actions in order to raise awareness of the FOSTOP concept in the Baltic Sea region.

Objective: Permanent reduction of the phospherous load on and in the Baltic Sea (external and internal loading)

Wider experience of the methods and their efficiency, political and economic commitment are needed.

Nystig Ltd http://www.nystig.com Finland

Commitment started: 24 April 2012 Expected end: Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Communication consulting services in the Nordics

Nystig plans and produces content to different platforms, taking into consideration the target groups and strategies of the customer. During year 2012 Nystig localizes the content of the Baltic Sea Action Group site to the Swedish target groups and offer communication consulting services to BSAG, with focus on communication strategy and social media in Finland and Sweden.

The objective of the commitment is to raise awareness of the BSAG in the Nordics in the long term.

For the commitment to be successful there is a need for continuous dialogue between Nystig and BSAG.

Oceana Europe www.oceana.org Spain

Commitment started: 04 February 2010 Expected end: 01 January 2015 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Biodiversity and Nature Conservation

Oceana's commitment for the protection of the Baltic

Oceana's commitment for the Baltic is related to three different areas. We are preparing a campaign to improve fisheries policy in the Baltic, to restore Baltic marine ecosystems and to eradicate IUU fishing. Oceana has successfully been campaigning in these areas in the Mediterranean and North East Atlantic for the last five years.

Under the European Union Marine Strategy Directive, governments have the obligation to achieve a Good Environmental Status of the Baltic by 2020. Oceana is working with governments and the European Commission to achieve a better Common Fisheries Policy under the main objective of long-term ecological sustainability and with goals of rebuilding and protecting ocean ecosystems and recovering ocean biodiversity. We are focusing our work on contributing to the implementation of the precautionary principle and an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management in the Baltic.

Oceana is preparing a campaign to assure correct management of Baltic fisheries through TACs (Total Allowable Catches), effort control and technical measures. Baltic fish stocks must be restored by 2015 by-catch and discards must be eradicated in Baltic fisheries.

Biodiversity protection is another element of Oceana's commitment to the Baltic. A minimum of 10% of the Baltic must be designated a Marine Protected Areas by 2012. Oceana is campaigning to achieve this aim and will concentrate on further expansion of Baltic Marine Reserves from 20% to 30% as recommended by the IUCN.

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing remains a major problem in the Baltic and is a threat to healthy fish stocks and the marine ecosystem. The third element of Oceana's work in the Baltic will be the eradication of IUU fishing and the closure of markets around the Baltic for IUU-caught fish and seafood.

Oceana campaigns to protect and restore the world's oceans. Our teams of marine scientists, economists, lawyers and advocates win specific and concrete policy changes to reduce pollution and to prevent the irreversible collapse of fish populations, marine mammals and other sea life. Global in scope and dedicated to conservation, Oceana has campaigners based in North America ( Washington, DC; Juneau, AK; Los Angeles, CA ), Europe ( Madrid, Spain; Brussels, Belgium ) and South America ( Santiago, Chile ).

Contributing to the implementation of the precautionary principle and the ecosystem based approach to fisheries management and the restoring of the Baltic marine biodiversity and ecosystems

OceanRace 60 Oy http://www.oceanrace60.fi Finland

Commitment started: 30 June 2012 Expected end: 31 December 2015 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Awareness Raising

BSAG brand and content is solid part of our services

Promoting the BSAG content and brand to be an integrated part of our services during sailing events, after services and marketing:

- We will hoist and show the BSAG flag in our VO60 boats - We will offer basic information and knowledge about the goals of BSAG during sailing events (discussion, booklets and introductions) - We will market and urge our customers to join the BSAS process and make a commitment - We will market and promote BSAG via our website, Facebook and Twitter - We introduce BSAG within our photo-books - We will offer BSAG one 4 hour cruise each season to be planned together with us

Oilon Oy http://www.oilon.com Finland

Commitment started: 01 March 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Cleaner Baltic Sea through efficient combustion technology and heat pump energy recovery systems

Oilon specialises in environmental friendly technology, improves energy efficiency, decreases emission levels, and develops new solutions using renewable energy sources. Oilon is committed to provide free of charge project consulting for two separate energy efficiency development projects:

1. Vodokanal St. Petersburg, waste water treatment plant. Oilon provides project consulting how to utilize heat pump technology to recover heat from waste water. Consultation includes 3 consulting days free of charge.

2. One coal powered power plant within Baltic Sea region. Oilon provides project consulting to convert coal combustion system into natural gas system. Consultation includes 3 consulting days free of charge.

Oilon also supports BSAG`s Baltic Sea work by donating 2000 eur / year next two years.

Outotec Oyj www.outotec.com Finland

Commitment started: 05 March 2013 Expected end: 01 February 2017 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Mitigating eutrophication by recovering energy and nutrients from manure and sewage sludge

Phosphorus is an essential and irreplaceable plant nutrient with limited natural resources. The foreseen lack of mineral phosphorus reservoirs poses an urgent need for phosphorus recycling.

When leaking to aquatic bodies, phosphorus constitutes a major environmental problem by causing eutrophication, i.e. massive algal growth. To abate climate change, substituting fossil energy sources by renewable ones is crucial.

More than twenty million chickens, pigs and cattle in the Leningrad Region produce annually over 600.000 tons of nutrient rich litter and manure. This waste biomass is a source of energy and nutrients if appropriately managed. Currently, it is an environmental problem: nutrient run-off from large-scale animal farms has become among the main pollution threats for the Gulf of Finland and the groundwater reservoirs of the Leningrad Region. In addition, harmful atmospheric emissions are derived from improperly managed manure.

Sewage sludge – when adequately processed - comprises another important source of phosphorus and energy.

Outotec has developed and provides an efficient technical solution to exploit the energy and nutrient potential of a relevant part of the farmyard waste and sewage sludge in the Leningrad Region. The solution comprises Outotec's existing biomass incineration solutions based on fluidized bed technology and the later developed ASH DEC process which is appropriate for phosphate recovery from ash that remains as a by-product from incineration of municipal sewage sludge, manure and chicken litter and residues from anaerobic digestion.

Implementation strategy: - Promotion of combined energy and nutrient recovery technologies to the animal farms and municipal wastewater treatment plants in the Leningrad Region -Cooperation with relevant stakeholders such as fertilizer manufacturers, energy providers and governments to support the implementation of sustainable “waste-to-energy & nutrient recovery” technologies

-Implementation of the first manure or manure/sewage sludge incineration /AshDec plant to the Leningrad Region as a reference plant

To support the work Outotec will

-Sponsor and participate in the TEKES project “Transition towards a sustainable nutrient economy” lead by Lappeenranta University of Technology and MTT Agrifood Research Finland -Participate in programs and give papers and presentations at conferences aiming at the dissemination of competitive modern technologies for eutrophication abatement in the Baltic Sea -Act as a member of the organizing committee of the First EU Sustainable Phosphorus Conference with the Baltic Sea as one of the key topics

Objective To tackle eutrophication of the Gulf of Finland, to abate climate change and to facilitate phosphorus recycling to produce phosphate fertilizers with high fertilizing value.

The Commitment includes a donation of 10,000 EUR/year for the Baltic Sea Action Group.

Outotec Oyj www.outotec.com Finland

Commitment started: 04 March 2013 Expected end: 31 May 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Hazardous Substances

Developing and delivering technologies to reduce harmful environmental impacts derived from mining industry

Outotec will develop and deliver technologies to enable minerals processing and metallurgical industries to avoid and manage metal-containing dusts, sulfur dioxide emissions and effluents.

To support the work, Outotec has joined the TEKES Green Mining program to develop arsenic management systems in mining.

The promotion of best available water technologies to Russian industries in the field in the Northern region will be carried out within an international Water Excellency Center which Outotec is planning to establish together with Lahti Science and Business Park Ltd. The Water Excellency Center will get financing from the European Regional Development Fund.

Objective:

To reduce the amount of environmentally hazardous substances emissions to the Baltic Sea.

Pilgrim Oy /Edelmann Affeliate, Finland http://www.pilgrim.fi/ Finland

Commitment started: 11 September 2012 Expected end: 13 September 2012 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Better Communications for The Baltic Sea

Pilgrim specialises in better communications about and for the Baltic Sea and wants to help BSAG in its communications.Pilgrim facilitated two Communications Work Shops for BSAG in August 2012. The aim was to help the commitment clients of BSAG to communicate about their relevant Baltic Sea topics and pave the way for best practice models for efficient PR for the Baltic Sea in future.

Pixmill yhtiöt Oy www.pixmill.fi Finland

Commitment started: 04 April 2011 Expected end: 01 June 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Donation of outdoor marketing material production capacity.

Pixmill provides BSAG with production capacity of different outdoor marketing print products like posters, flags etc. Commitment includes manpower and printing production capacity. To be used during a three year commitment period based on BSAG needs.

Provide BSAG with tools for different kind of awareness building in the process of saving the Baltic sea!

Pohjantähti-Elokuva Oy www.pohjantahti.net Finland

Commitment started: 31 May 2010 Expected end: 01 September 2010 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Baltic Sea and its severe condition in the minds of people by the means of marketing communication /Baltic Sea “TALK OF THE TOWN”

Pohjantähti-Elokuva Oy is committed to keep the public fully aware of the alarming state of the Baltic Sea by making it a truly interesting subject. By the actions of Pohjantähti-Elokuva Oy the Baltic Sea's problems should first be fully acknowledged and then taken care of.

Objective of the Commitment: Change in attitudes and courage in communications and actions.

Prisma LLC http://www.prismamarket.ru Russian Federation

Commitment started: 05 March 2013 Expected end: 24 April 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Other

Prisma supermarket campaign in St.Petersburg for a cleaner Baltic Sea

Prisma Chain in Russia arranges a product sales and awareness raising campaign in St.Petersburg. Objective of the campaign is to raise awareness about Baltic Sea issues and collect funds for BSAG`s Baltic Sea work. 14 Prisma supermarkets will sell wine of specified brands and 20% of the price of each bottle will be donated to BSAG for solving problems of the Baltic Sea. In addition Prisma contributes a page in catalogue and shelve talkers in 14 stores for awareness raising purposes, the total cost for this is 10 000 Eur. Duration of the campaign; 15.3.2013 – 24.4.2013.

ProCom - Finnish Association of Communications Professionals www.procom.fi Finland

Commitment started: 19 February 2010 Expected end: 31 December 2012 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Helping BSAG to achieve its mission by better communication

Helping to recruit communications professionals for the project by providing job advertisement in ProCom's channels.

Spreading the word of BSAG:s mission among ProCom members.

Raising the awareness of CSR issues in general by providing education for communications professionals.

Objective of the Commitment: To raise the awareness on the state of the Baltic Sea and on BSAG's mission to save the Baltic Sea.

Procountor International Oy http://www.procountor.com/ Finland

Commitment started: 27 October 2011 Expected end: 31 December 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

ProCountor International and Accountor Group to provide services for the financial accounting of the Baltic Sea Action Group

As a part of Accountor Group, ProCountor International is committed to providing the Baltic Sea Action Group with ProCountor software to be used in financial accounting of the Baltic Sea Action Group. The service is provided with reduced prices according to the below specification.

Normally, the start-up of the ProCountor software, including the opening of services for electronic invoicing and invoice scanning, is charged by using standard rates. The same applies to monthly transactions which are charged according to the transaction volumes. The software is provided for the Baltic Sea Action Group without charging any start-up or transaction fees.

For further clarification it must be noted that transaction fees related to sending and receiving invoices are charged by using standard rates, as the fees include direct charges from the subcontractors. Similarly, separately ordered training, consulting, development and such services are charged by using standard rates.

To clarify the commitment, a separate document is attached to the standard service agreement. The document consists of the agreed special terms and conditions, which include a list of specific items from the standard price list marked as free of charge.

As a whole, the commitment results in a price reduction of approximately 30 percent of the total service fees charged by the Accountor Group.

The objective is to support the Baltic Sea Action Group by providing efficient solutions for the financial accounting of the foundation.

Raisio Plc www.raisio.com Finland

Commitment started: 30 January 2011 Expected end: 30 December 2015 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Closed Circuit Cultivation

Raisio commits to launch the CCC (Closed Circuit Cultivation) concept in the raw material purchasing procedure for contract cultivation (purchasing grains and oilseeds and protein crops directly from farmers). ''What can be measured can be improved''. Tools in CCC are: 1. Ecoplus measures the ratio between the energy input (energy used in inputs to grow the crop) and the energy output (energy content of the crop) in the cultivation. 2. CarbonPlus measures carbon foot print of the cultivation. 3. WaterPlus measures water foot print of the cultivation. Grey waters and especially nutrient (nitrogen and phosohorus) emissions into water bodies are prioritized in the measurements. Raisio uses the above mentioned tools in its' advisory service for contract farmers. ''Good crop is best environmental protection''. This means that inputs are utilized in form of the crop as efficiently as possible. Thus the output/input ratio is high.

In longer term circuit of the nutrients in the food chain will become closed; as closed as it can be in biological process.

Patent application for CCC was submitted in 2008 (then called Ympäristöindeksi'). Pilot scale testing of the method started after filing the patent application. After two years of piloting and developing of the method and tools we are now in the phase of wider launching the CCC as a practical method to reduce negative environmental impacts of the crop production.

Experiences and knowledge in the development of the CCC have been used already in the calculation of the carbon and water foot print of the consumer products.

Impact on the Baltic Sea will be premanent. Emissions ,especially nitrogen and phosphosrus emissions, from the crop cultivation will decrease.

Redfina Oy http://www.redfina.fi Finland

Commitment started: 15 June 2012 Expected end: 31 May 2015 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Printing services for BSAG

Redfina Oy commits to help BSAG in communications and fundraising activities by planning and producing all printing materials-utilizing recycled materials. In addition, Redfina Oy will mail direct debit mandates to new monthly donors during summer 2012.

Ricoh Finland Oy www.ricoh.fi Finland

Commitment started: 04 February 2010 Expected end: Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Clean and Safe Maritime Activities

Support for BSAG activities for a safe and secure Baltic Sea

Since our launch we've placed great importance on lowering the environmental impact we have on our surroundings. This sustainable strategy is now a strong part of our heritage, touching every part of our company, from manufacturing to distribution, business sites to recycling. Ricoh Finland Oy will make a donation for each collected toner box to BSAG operations.

BSAG aims to improve the state of the Baltic Sea with a permanent impact.

Roschier, Attorneys Ltd. www.roschier.com Finland

Commitment started: 28 February 2013 Expected end: 31 March 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Other

Probono legal advice to two growth companies nominated by BSAG

We commit to provide 35 hours of legal services to a Finnish growth company nominated by BSAG and 35 hours of legal services to a Swedish growth company nominated by BSAG free of charge. These services can be used when needed.

Promotion of the protection of Baltic Sea by helping two growth companies nominated by BSAG.

SavetheC Oy http://www.savethec.com Finland

Commitment started: 19 April 2012 Expected end: 31 December 2012 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Cool bags and design for the Baltic Sea

Savethec offers companies a collection of bags made of recycled sails. For each bag sold SavetheC donates 30 euros to BSAG. The bags can be customized by adding company’s own logo and a message tag inside of the bag. The objective is to sell 300 bags and donate 9000 euros to BSAG by the end of 2012.

Objective of commitment and its impact on the Baltic Sea (temporary, permanent, etc)

1. Fund raising: collecting funds for the protection of the Baltic Sea 2. Awareness raising: communicating to SavetheC stakeholders on the issues relating to the Baltic Sea

Raising awareness and changing attitudes are the first steps to achieve permanent change.

SavetheC collects money by selling products and donating a share of the revenues to the protection work. It requires continuous and hard work to make the commitment a succes.

SavetheC Oy http://www.savethec.com Finland

Commitment started: 29 August 2011 Expected end: 30 September 2011 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

The Baltic Sea Pavilion

Organising the Baltic Sea Pavilion during the Open Europeans Helsinki 2012 event. The Pavilion brings a strong Baltic Sea message and is the meeting point for the participants in the event - sailors and spectators alike. Pavilion has a terrace cafe with excellent view to the racing area, boutique selling high quality nautical products and a Baltic Sea information center that offers information about the Baltic Sea and activates people to participate in the protection work. The pavilion hosts several Baltic Sea oriented special events and an online auction. 10% of the revenues from the boutique and all the earnings from the auction are donated to BSAG

SCATMAN ltd http://www.scatman.fi Finland

Commitment started: 05 March 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Clean and Safe Maritime Activities

A tool for collecting field data in oil spill situations

SCATMAN is an electronic tool for collecting information from the coastal areas, or other environments, where oil spill accident may happen, or has happened. Surveys can be sent real-time or near real-time to the Spill Management Team in a command center, where the overall situation can be visualized on geographical maps and the right decisions can be made based on this information.

The SCATMAN system consists of server software, client software and suitable mobile terminals. The terminal device can be a tablet computer or smart phone with integrated camera and GPS (optional). All the necessary information on shorelines is gathered using this terminal, including coordinates and pictures. Camera pictures can be also used for example for automatic soil classification.

Scatman Ltd commits to provide this software for pilot use in a major OSR exercise in Finland during 2013 and to provide user training and a summary of the results and findings.

SeaHow (Meritaito Ltd) http://www.meritaito.fi Finland

Commitment started: 19 February 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Clean and Safe Maritime Activities

Smart Buoy concept for real time monitoring of marine environment

SeaHow has developed a new Smart Buoy concept which combines the robust structure of a polyethylene spar buoy and versatile combination of monitoring sensors with mobile communication technology. Oceanographic data is essential for safe navigation and for protection of sensitive marine environment. Network of Smart Buoys can provide intelligent solutions for many purposes.

SeaHow will build up a pilot network based on the SmartBuoy concept. The pilot network is part of the Network Monitoring (NeMo) project, where SeaHow is the leading partner. SmartBuoys will be instrumented with sensors that monitor blue algae, turbidity, salinity, water temperature, current, wave height, water level. Data will be transmitted in-real time to web-server from where it will be delivered to our partners (see below).

The objective of the project is to study the feasibility of the SmartBuoy concept. During the NeMo-project our partners will have the possibility to study 1) reliability of the data 2) ways to utilize the data 3) interface to distribute the data. As result of the project the final report (“Proof of Concept”) will be presented.

The NeMo-project is implemented together with the Finnish Transport Agency, the Finnish Meteorological Institute, the Finnish Environmental Institute, the Coast Guard, Finnpilot Pilotage Ltd and Luode consulting under the supervision of the Ministry of Transport and Communication.

SeaHow will manufacture SmartBuoys, instrument them with sensors and deploy the SmartBuoys in the Gulf of Finland. SeaHow will also maintain the network. Before this Transport Agency will approach certain group of ports, port operators and ship owners in order to find out the maritime needs for more local and real-time oceanographic information.

Sensors and instrumentation of each buoy will be done according the needs specified by the project team. That icludes evaluation of 1) what to monitor 2) where to monitor 3) interface of the data distribution and 4) the partner responsible for evaluating of the data.

The final report will be presented at the end of the year. In the report each project partner will present their 1)

analysis 2) conclusions and 3) recommendations for future actions based on the observations during the project.

SeaHow has manufactured polyethylene spar buoys since 1976. The buoys consist of a through-colored highly durable extruded polyethylene tube structure that withstands the most demanding weather conditions. The Finnish Transport Agency has over 20000 units of polyethylene spar buoys. SeaHow has manufactured them all and maintains most of them.

SeaHow Ltd was founded in 2010 after the reorganization of the Finnish Maritime Administration. About 240 employees, significant amount of equipment, vessels and real estates were transferred to a new, 100% state owned company. Turnover in 2012 was 30 M€.

Today SeaHow provides ISO 9001 and 14001 quality services in maintenance of fairways and navigational aids, operations and maintenance of fairway locks, oil response services, marine and civil construction, fairway planning and civil engineering, hydrographic surveys and underwater investigations.

For more information see: www.seahow.fi

SEB http://sebgroup.com Finland

Commitment started: 01 February 2011 Expected end: 01 February 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

SEB bank powers BSAG

BSAG is powered by SEB through a donation to support the running costs for office and everyday work. We enable BSAG to follow up existing commitments and find new initiatives for a Sustainable Baltic Sea.

SEB will also make its premises and customer contacts available to BSAG. Starting as host for the Baltic Sea Action summit follow up event on the 10th of february 2011.

The support is implemented during 2010, 2011 and 2012 and we start 2011 by hosting the Baltic Sea Action Summit follow-up event on 10th of february in SEB premises.

Part of SEB corporate sustainability actions. The focus will be on the Baltic Sea.

Serus Media Oy www.serus.fi Finland

Commitment started: 11 March 2011 Expected end: 01 February 2013 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

A tailor made book for the Baltic Sea Action Group

Serus Oy is committed to the protection of the Baltic Sea by helping Baltic Sea Action Group to enhance its communication.

For this reason Serus Oy will plan and carry out a uniquely tailored publication for BSAG using their Personal Book method. The publication will help BSAG in getting its message heard in a credible and reliable manner within its interest groups.

Objective: The Baltic Sea is our matter. As there are diverse problems that cause the condition of the Baltic Sea to deteriorate, its protection work requires vast and open-minded co-operation between different sectors of society - both nationally and internationally.

Serus Oy aims at offering Baltic Sea Action Group a communication tool for combining public, private and third party sectors' resources and knowledge in order to clean the Baltic Sea in its entire area.

Serus Media Oy www.serus.fi Finland

Commitment started: 04 March 2013 Expected end: 28 March 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Pro Bono Publication Services for BSAG

Serus Media Oy provides free of charge publication services for Baltic Sea Action Summit 2013.

Serus Media Oy helps BSAG in writing, layout and printing processes of the Summit booklets.

Our aim is to provide high-quality publication material for the Baltic Sea Action Summit 2013 and thus hope to advance the good cause of saving the Baltic Sea.

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SET Group / SET Petrochemicals Oy Ltd www.setfinland.fi Finland

Commitment started: 11 March 2013 Expected end: 10 March 2018 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Clean and Safe Maritime Activities

Consultation the Russian oil producers and transportation industry on sustainable, environmental friendly oil rescue and recovery technology for protection the Baltic Sea

Professional service

1. Consultation the decision makers (Russian oil industry and transportation network) on the development of environmental friendly oil recovery vessel, rescue operation, industrial safety, pipeline inspection, soil remediation technology and education

2. Promotion the “BSAG-message” in meetings and seminars for decision makers, also discussions with key decision makers.

Essentially increase the awareness of oil transportation risks when improving the rescue operation technology on the Gulf of Finland

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Shell International Exploration & Production B.V www.shell.com Netherlands

Commitment started: 29 September 2010 Expected end: 24 March 2011 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Clean and Safe Maritime Activities

Oil Spill in Ice Seminar

Arranging an oil spill in ice seminar in cooperation with BSAG for all relevant stakeholders.

Improve preparedness for potential oil spill incident in icy conditions and advise on science, R&D, training, applicable technology and follow-up actions.

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Siemens Osakeyhtiö www.siemens.fi Finland

Commitment started: 12 January 2012 Expected end: Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Eutrophication

Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Helsinki

We are going to conduct a sustainable urban infrastructure study together with Aalto University of the city of Helsinki. The study will analyze the environmental impact of the city infrastructure and evaluate technological means to reduce this impact.

Objective of the Commitment: There are over 80 million inhabitants living in the Baltic Sea catchment area and most of them live in cities. Through improving the urban infrastructure we can improve the conitions of the Baltic Sea.

In restraining climate change, the control of green house gas emissions is essential. The Helsinki study investigates the city´s environmental impact as well as identifies ways in which this can be reduced. The main approach for ananlyzing this impact is carbon dioxide emissions.By reducing emissions we can reduce the impact on global warming and improve the conditions in the Baltic Sea. The study identifies levers were these emissions can be reduced with the help of new technologies.

The objective of the study is to identify levers how to reduce city emissions and thus reduce euthrophication in the sea. The study will include a separate report on the environmental impact of Vuosaari port and potential means to reduce it´s carbon footprint.

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SmartFiles http://www.smartfiles.fi Finland

Commitment started: 13 September 2012 Expected end: 31 December 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Helping to spread the word with SmartPage edocuments

Smart Files wants to take part in saving the Baltic Sea by producing and providing SmartPage edocuments for the use of the project. Our goal is to help spread the good word by maintaining the documents and providing online usage for everyone interested.

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Soroptimist International of Finland www.soroptimistit.fi Finland

Commitment started: 11 February 2010 Expected end: 01 March 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Awareness Raising

Our Baltic Sea

To raise environmental awareness among the members of the Soroptimist organisations in the Baltic Sea catchment area.

SI of Finland has committed to participate in the programme to save the Baltic Sea. We cannot accomplish enough alone. We can do much more by working together with other Soroptimist unions and clubs around the Baltic Sea in this programme. SI of Finland proposes that SI Unions and Clubs around the Baltic Sea Area will commit to the European Federation's theme 'Soroptimists go for Water' by joining the programme to save the Baltic Sea. This is a suitable programme for women's organisation, because in families, women normally make decisions about household products that are used, and other activities.

The Finnish Minister of Agriculture Sirkka-Liisa Anttila has promised to be a patroness of our programme

Goals: * We are aware of the state of the Baltic Sea and we deliver actively the information further * We actively look for measures to avoid polluting the water * We especially get women and children committed to save the clean water * We are working together with other unions and clubs inthe Baltic Sea area to find measures to prevent further pollution of the Baltic Sea

How to do it? * The clubs will have one theme in their meetings about the Baltic Sea * We have prepared a list of less polluting household chemicals and distributed it to other organisations in Finland * The list will be updated e.g. with regard to household products containing hazardous substances when more information will be available. * The other Unions could work to prepare a list of less polluting household chemicals marketed in their own countries and deliver it to other voluntary organizations * The clubs can make their own anniversary donations to the organizations for 'Clean the Baltic Sea' projects. * We would try to affect as much as possible, the local decision makers to make decisions and take action to help to keep our lakes and rivers clean, and thereby reduce emissions to the Baltic Sea. * SI of Finland will prepare a slide show about Clean the Baltic Sea on the web site. SI of Finland is willing to help other Unions to do same.

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The work started in Finland in 2007 will be expanded to the Baltic, Polish, German and Russian unisons in 2010.

Objective of the Commitment: permanent

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Subreering Ammattisukellustyöt Oy www.subreering.fi Finland

Commitment started: 11 April 2010 Expected end: 19 May 2012 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Eutrophication

Professional diving services and cooperation in environmental research and preservation of the Baltic Sea

Subreering Ammattisukellustyöt Oy commits to provide commercial diving services for environmental research and preservation of the Baltic Sea.

The commitment involves diving services for 5 working days (= two persons + equipment) free of charge. The project will be agreed later between Subreering Ammattisukellustyöt Oy and BSAG and may consist, for example, of installation of experimental equipment for measurement or conditioning the sea.

Ideally, the commitment would enable a new successful experimental project for the benefit of the Baltic Sea.

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SUE Vodokanal of St. Petersburg http://www.vodokanal.spb.ru/ Russian Federation

Commitment started: 15 March 2013 Expected end: 15 March 2018 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Mitigating negative environmental impacts derived from the Republic of Karelia and the Leningrad Region on the Baltic Sea

The integrated aquatic system of the Onega Lake – Ladoga Lake – Neva – Gulf of Finland – Baltic Sea has a cross impact and common sources of the technogenic load.

Lakes Onega and Ladoga located in the areas of the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Region, in the northwest of the Russian Federation, discharge to the Baltic Sea via the River Neva.

In the areas, untreated or poorly treated municipal wastewaters constitute a major source of nutrient discharges (phosphorus and nitrogen) to watercourses. Industrial enterprises located in this catchment area are the sources of hazardous substances discharges to watercourses.

Several large-scale animal farms (poultry farms, cattle farms and piggeries) are located in the Leningrad Region. The risks of nutrient leakage from their manure management have been identified among the key risks for the state of the Gulf of Finland.

Given that the Republic of Karelia and the Leningrad Region are located in the Baltic Sea catchment area,

• building new municipal wastewater treatment plants, upgrading the existing ones and establishing centralized sewage systems; • improving removal of hazardous substances from wastewaters at industrial sites ; and • efficient processing of waste (manure) from animal and poultry farms, using its favourable properties and energy potential, in the areas are of major importance in tackling eutrophication and pollution of the Baltic Sea with hazardous substances.

SUE “Vodokanal St. Petersburg” possesses wide expertise in implementing new technologies and in efficient operation of water and wastewater treatment plants.

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• participate in making a survey regarding sites with shortcomings in the fields of municipal wastewater treatment, industrial wastewater treatment and efficient treatment of waste (manure) from animal and poultry farms; • based on the survey, identify top-priority sites with a need for improvement; • provide recommendations for implementation of efficient activities and mechanisms to attract investments; • involve partners having effective process solutions tested by SUE “Vodokanal of St.Petersburg”.

The work will be carried out in close co-operation with the regional authorities, the private sector and public international organizations.

Objective: To reduce eutrophication and detrimental effects of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea.

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Suomen Nuorkauppakamarit ry http://www.jci.fi/fi/etusivu/ Finland

Commitment started: 23 November 2012 Expected end: 31 December 2015 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Awareness Raising

Passion for the clean Baltic Sea

JCI Finland’s Commitment is to raise awareness among companies, organization and other third parties of the critical condition of the Baltic Sea and its acute environmental problems. JCI Finland’s objective is to enable JCI’s local organizations, national and international organizations around the Baltic Sea countries to make positive change for the Baltic Sea and in co-operation with BSAG (Baltic Sea Action Group www.bsag.fi) to collect commitments from the third parties to revive the Baltic Sea.

1. List of potential companies and organizations •Companies where JC already have relations and know key players. •Companies where our members have real insight or we think there are competencies, which may result in direct or indirect contributions for a healthier Baltic Sea - agriculture, maritime activities and hazardous substances. •The list of potential commitment makers can also include schools, associations and other organizations alike. •Implementation of the project as a part of JCI Finland’s national, areal and local organizations.

2. Assessment of "Baltic Sea details" in the companies and organizations •Try to come up with creative ideas which could be presented to the companies and later probably adjusted into concrete commitments for these companies •The commitment can also be a BSAG Baltic Sea Seminar organized by the commitment maker, sponsored by local companies and authorities, with the purpose to increase the ecological and sustainable awareness of the citizens in your country/city/town/community and involve local companies as sponsors. •A commitment is an action or a process which results in a direct or indirect contribution for a healthier Baltic Sea. It should be as concrete as possible and preferably it should offer new solutions that have not been tried before. •Everyone is welcome to make a commitment and take part in the Baltic Action Summit process to help saving the Baltic Sea. •It can be a new product, a method or a R&D project. •A worthy commitment is based on the business operation and the competence of the company. The company provides knowledge and resources – action that represents its expert knowledge and best performance! •Both the Baltic Sea and those who participate in the work benefits from the collaboration. Companies can develop new products, test techniques, make new contacts and expand their markets. Companies receive positive publicity and the opportunity to demonstrate environmental, social and economic responsibility in practice. Such actions make companies more profitable, attractive and competitive.

3. The organizations can be contacted and visited individually if you prefer that. It is highly recommendable to pay a visit in a small group – teams. The presentation and the design of a commitment can also be managed

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through locally organized BSAG Base Camp-workshops (10 or more participants) arranged and composed by local JC chapters. The purpose of these workshops is to help companies and participants to develop good commitments. At the end of the day, each company should have formulated a commitment, which will help the Baltic Sea to become cleaner and healthier and is also, very important detail, beneficial to the company.

4. JCI Finland will involve other national JCI -organizations and expand the project to other countries surrounding the Baltic Sea. National JCI organizations of Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Norway (?) and St Petersburg.

5. BSAG and the national JCI project managers actively communicate with the commitment makers and will produce a survey on a yearly basis to analyze the progress of all active commitments. All commitments are published on the BSAG website. Anyone can read the commitments and look how the commitment is progressing by reading the updated milestones.

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Suomen Verkkomaksut Oyj http://www.verkkomaksut.fi Finland

Commitment started: 29 September 2011 Expected end: 31 December 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising ePayment Service for Baltic Sea Action Group

Suomen Verkkomaksut Oyj provides for BSAG comprehensive ePayment service free of charge. The service enables BSAG to collect donations and sell products via several amount of ePayment methods. Suomen Verkkomaksut Oyj also helps BSAG to take the service into use.

The objective is to help BSAG to collect donations via Internet as efficiently as possible. Suomen Verkkomaksut also wants to give own input on behalf of Baltic Sea.

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Suomenlinnan hoitokunta http://www.suomenlinna.fi/en/the_governing_body_of_suomenlinna Finland

Commitment started: 12 March 2012 Expected end: 15 May 2012 Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Base Camp Helsinki 2012. Governing Body of Suomenlinna provides the conference venue in Suomenlinna at the Baltic Sea. Suomenlinna is an historical sea fortress and Unesco World Heritage Site.

Governing Body of Suomenlinna provides the conference venue (Tenaille von Fersen) for Base Camp Helsinki 2012 at the agreed date. Governing Body of Suomenlinna also provides local support needed to carry out Base Camp Helsinki 2012 successfully.

Our objective is to provide a forum for this important event which aims at restoring the Baltic Sea for future generations. Surrounding waters of the Suomenlinna sea fortress is also a part of Unesco's world heritage, and our mission as an heritage manager is to contribute to cleaner Baltic Sea.

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Surf.fi http://www.surf.fi/ Finland

Commitment started: 5 March 2013 Expected end: 01 October 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Surfers for the Baltic Sea - awareness raising campaign

Surf.fi organizes an awareness raising campaign targeted for surfers. Surf.fi distributes information about the Baltic Sea and the concrete actions that surfers can do in order to protect the sea.

Information downloaded to the surf.fi website in four different sets during the season. The Baltic Sea information will be distributed to the participants of surfing courses and various demos held during the season.

In addition, surf.fi supports BSAG’s work by a donation.

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Tieto Corporation www.tieto.com Finland

Commitment started: 10.2.2010 Expected end: 31.12.2012 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Tieto’s Sustainability Intelligence for Commitment Makers and Services for BSAG

Tieto's Commitment has two parts. Tieto will provide Sustainability Intelligence Solution for BSAG and other Commitment makers (A) and provide IT services for BSAG (B).

A. Tieto is willing to provide its Sustainability Intelligence Solution to BSAG and other commitment makers with no licence fees. These free licences can only be used exclusively for addressing commitments towards the Baltic Sea. The allied services, 3rd party licenses, consulting services, infra services etc. are not part of the commitment. Tieto reserves the right to limit this commitment in order to secure its IPRs and other assets.

B. Tieto will provide several IT related services to BSAG. First, Tieto will provide one of our people (Sameer Datye) to handle the CIO function within BSAG. The costs will be covered by Tieto. Responsibilities’ and accountabilities have been agreed between BSAG and Tieto.Second, BSAG can use the iReach solution for their Commitment Bank. Tieto will help customise the solution for the next 1 year according to BSAG’s needs within the scope of the technologies used. Third, Tieto has committed to host BSAG IT needs that can be transported to the private cloud’s architecture, when it is up and running. Between the time the cloud environment is being built, Tieto will also support in the creation of a migration plan to the private cloud to save time and keep it simple for the movement to private cloud later. This commitment will not include any 3rd party licensing fees, consulting, services etc. Additional costs need to be approved by Tieto on individual merit.

Objective of the Commitment

A. About Sustainability Intelligence Solutions; It is an analyze, decision and reporting tool that we use internally in order to keep track of our own sustainability indications, calculate values like CO2 emissions and create data for our annual CR report. The tool is based on the GRI framework indicators but can also provide some help in Global Compact and CDP reporting. We also sell the tool externally to our customers including some SW modules (like for instants rfid tracking of materials) that we do not use internally. The tool has for instants been used for tracking transportation and the origin of wood raw material, in order to make sure the wood do not come from an illegal harvesting (i.e. rain forest) or theft. If you look at this link: http://www.tieto.com/what-we- offer/it-services/business-intelligence/sustainability-intelligence you can read some more, including a short animated video (on right side).

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B. Objective of Tieto’s Commitment is to help BSAG to consolidate and organize its IT. Solid and stable IT road map for BSAG in order for the organization to effectively leverage their IT for fulfilling the Foundation's objectives.iReach tool is designed to increase awareness about the commitments made towards the Baltic Sea. The tool design allows the users of the systems to view the commitments from 2 or more different perspectives.

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TeliaSonera Finland Oyj www.teliasonera.fi Finland

Commitment started: 01 March 2013 Expected end: 28 February 2015 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Other

Sonera’s commitment to support BSAG employees communications needs

Sonera supports the employees of BSAG with mobile communication services for the next two years. Mobile communications services include subscriptions packages and respective devices based on the need assessment conducted in Autumn 2012.

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Tieturi Oy www.tieturi.fi Finland

Commitment started: 30 October 2012 Expected end: 04 October 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

ICT training services for BSAG's personnel

Tieturi's commitment to train BSAG personnel (incl. voluntary workers) amounts to the equivalent value of 20.000 euro for a 12 month period. The training is offered as Tieturi open courses. Tieturi has committed to train the personnel of BSAG so that they will be able to take full advantage of their technology platform and manage their processes and projects to the benefit of a cleaner Baltic Sea. Tieturi is a leading ICT-training and consulting company. ICT is an increasingly important enabler for all kinds of organisations, so also for BSAG. However, technology alone does not go far - without skilled people the technology will not deliver intended results.

Tieturi is committed to responsible conduct of business. We develop our services with environmental, social and economical interests in our mind. Some examples are: 1. remote training using video equipment and tools for unified communication to enable access to world class training while saving travel time, costs and CO2 emmissions. 2. Tieturi trains annually hundres of people under the treath of unemployment to assist them in qualifying for new employment. 3. Tieturi supports various organisations in fullfilling their mission in providing for a better world.

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Tikkurila Oyj www.tikkurila.com Finland

Commitment started: 01 March 2013 Expected end: 31.12.2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Hazardous Substances

Reducing hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea with environmentally friendly surface protection and paints

Hazardous substances pose a significant risk to the ecological balance of the Baltic Sea.

Tikkurila offers user friendly and sustainable paints and painting solutions for surface protection and decoration.

To reduce hazardous substances´ emissions to the Baltic Sea, Tikkurila commits to promote the production and use of waterborne and non-toxic surface protection products in Russia and Poland, as well as continue to further develop its leading-edge products and processes in its other market areas around Baltic Sea, and then to enroll the best practices across the Baltic Sea Region.

The promotion will include the following measures:

1. Establishment of quality paint associations in Russia and Poland. The activities of the associations will include e.g.:

- Promoting usage of user-friendly and sustainable paints that are lead chromate free.

- Setting up practical quality standards for quality paints in Russia. Members of the association can use "Quality Logo"; 'this product has been produced according to Quality Standards set by Quality Paint Association'.

2. Training of professionals in the field in Tikkurila´s training centers, to educate participants (employees of paint wholesalers and retailers, professional painters, architects, etc.) in e.g. to understand:

- The most feasible solution for each use/application of paint

- The most sustainable paints and painting systems from the paint applicators’ point of view,

- Life cycle thinking: i.e. paint products that are most economical and environmentally

sustainable solutions in the long run

3. Awareness raising regarding user friendly and sustainable surface protection solutions among retailers:

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- E.g. in Russia one of the most important target of the new quality paint association to be established is to increase awareness within among retailers and consumers, since at the moment the awareness is at very low level.

Tikkurila also supports BSAG`s Baltic Sea work by donating 20 000 eur/year through the commitment period.

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Uniart Finland Oy www.uniart.fi Finland

Commitment started: 12 April 2010 Expected end: Commitment status: Completed Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Uniart- Art pro the Baltic Sea

The 60 artists of the Finnish marketing chain for design work, www.uniart.fi wish to take part in the conversation concerning the state of the Baltic Sea by means of designing different works of art for this purpose. We aim both to collect money for the work of saving the Baltic Sea and to inform of this work via the pieces of art. We hope that they raise questions and conversation whenever seen to be kept by their owners. The money received by selling the art goes straighly and completely to BSAG.

The first piece of art, necklace called BEYOND reflects air bubbles under the surface of the sea. Oxygen is an essential condition for life. You may also find other submarine elements from the necklace. The surface circles are like thought bubbles; a thinking person has a standpoint to the state of the environment.

To raise permanent and rising conversation and to collect money for the work to save the Baltic Sea.

We believe that people are nowadays interested in charity where they can trust that their input goes straightly to the goal they wanted to. Also they are happy to receive a concrete and beautiful memory of their kind gesture.

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UPM-Kymmene Corporation www.upm-kymmene.com Finland

Commitment started: 19 February 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Hazardous Substances

Revision of Restricted Chemical Substance List at UPM

Hazardous substances pose a significant risk to the ecological balance of the Baltic Sea. To improve measures to avoid the use of chemicals currently identified as posing potential harm to water ecosystems, UPM will produce and take into use a revised version of the company´s Restricted Chemical Substance List which will apply to all chemical suppliers. The chemicals to be included on the list will mainly include those classified as harmful to aquatic life and/or have a tendency to accumulate in sediments. The revised list is applied globally, and the link to the Baltic Sea comes via the Finnish mills located in the Baltic Sea catchment area. The work will include the following steps: 1) Update of the list 2) List communicated to all relevant suppliers 3) All used process chemicals screened The objective of the Commitment is to reduce emissions of hazardous substances to the Baltic Sea and other water bodies.

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US Embassy Helsinki http://finland.usembassy.gov Finland

Commitment started: 20 February 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Organization's internal development process Focus area: Awareness Raising

Assistance for BSAG e.g. Expert Speakers and Innovation Center Venue

U.S. Embassy Helsinki remains committed to a partnership with the Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG), in particular by helping to locate speakers and experts to participate in future seminars and events. In addition, U.S. Embassy is willing to allow the Baltic Sea Action Group to use the Embassy's newly renovated "Innovation Center" as the venue for one of the BSAG's events.

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Webropol Oy http://www.webropol.com Finland

Commitment started: 14 December 2010 Expected end: 31 December 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Enabling researchers to create more understanding and knowledge about the Baltic Sea with high tech Webropol research software

Webropol Oy commits to donate high quality Webropol research, survey and analysis software to all researchers studying any important Baltic Sea aspect. As the researchers aim of study is approved by BSAG the researchers are entitled to use Webropol software to conduct the studies. Webropol will also encourage on their web site researchers to study the Baltic Sea for ensuring up-to-date understanding and knowledge about e.g. attitudes, engagements and overall awareness of Baltic Sea state.

Objective of the Commitment: To support real time Baltic Sea research, information gathering and understanding to be able to make the right concrete actions for making the Baltic Sea less polluted.

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Vesilaitosyhdistys http://www.vvy.fi Finland

Commitment started: 08 August 2011 Expected end: 01 January 2015 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Hazardous Substances

Promoting and supporting adequate source control of hazardous substances

Finnish Water and Waste Water Works Association (FIWA) promotes source control of hazardous substances. Source control is strengthened by producing information material which can be used and distributed. Information material is produced for individuals, service sector and industries. FIWA has about 300 water utility members around covering whole Finland. Information concerning produced material can be distributed effectively trough the network of water utilities. There will also be material available on the internet and via the web page of BSAG.

Objective of the commitment is to limit the amount of hazardous substances entering sewer network and finally the Baltic Sea. Hazardous substances should be discharged appropriately to the hazardous waste collection system. Aim of the commitment is to decrease amount of hazardous substances accumulating to the Baltic Sea. Results to the environmental quality of the Baltic Sea will be permanent.

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Ville Juurikkala www.villejuurikkala.fi Finland

Commitment started: 05 March 2013 Expected end: 27 December 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Islander photo exhibition series for the Baltic Sea

Islander photo exhibition series collects funds to protect the Baltic Sea.

ROCK PHOTOGRAPHER FOR BSAG

To counterbalance the hectic life of a top rock 'n' roll photographer, Ville Juurikkala has spent a lot of time on the island of Iniö, located in the southwest coast of Finland. Surrounded by the rugged beauty of the Baltic Sea, the silence of the island has made a lasting impression on him, inspiring the photographs in "The Islander" exhibition. On show in Helsinki and New York is a unique collection of the more delicate visions of a photographer known for his wild rock 'n' roll shots: a set of maritime scenes rich with haunting sensibility and meditative peace.

Ville Akseli Juurikkala (b.1980) is a self-tutored photographical prodigy, who determinedly turned his hobby into a profession after high school. Dubbed "The Best Rock Photographer in the City" by City magazine in 2007, Ville has shot album covers and promotional pictures for over hundred artists, including Slash, Good Charlotte, Nightwish, and HIM, authored several photo books, and directed music videos and documentaries.

The archipelago of the Baltic Sea has been a part of Ville's life since his childhood, and the boat trips with his family count among his dearest memories. Especially after three years in Los Angeles, Ville found the unique, rugged nature and peace of the Finnish archipelago to be an important balancing factor to the lurid, celebrity- filled artificial reality of Tinseltown.

Ville's collaboration with Noora Kunttu and Heini Lehto of Kehrä Interior started when Kehrä commissioned a work from him. During the photo shoot they started talking about Kehrä's charity jewelry project Guardian of the Baltic Sea that has already raised € 75,000 for the Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG). Soon they got the idea to collect an exhibition of Ville's archipelago pictures in order to support the all-important conservation of the Baltic Sea.

More information: www.kehrainterior.fi/islander www.villejuurikkala.fi

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VMV Yhtiö Oy / Masanttimedia http://www.masanttimedia.fi Finland

Commitment started: 12 June 2012 Expected end: 30 June 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Providing goods, services or financial support to help BSAG Focus area: Awareness Raising

Masanttimedia billboards to promote BSAG

VMV Yhtiö Oy/Masanttimedia supports BSAG in outdoor advertising campaings in Finland for saving the Baltic Sea.

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VSA Vilnius Ltd www.vsa.lt Lithuania

Commitment started: 04 March 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Waste recycling improvement in Vilnius city region

“VSA Vilnius Ltd” commits to implement actions improving household waste separation in Vilnius city region enhancing nutrient load reduction to the Baltic Sea and contributing to the public awareness raising among inhabitants of Vilnius city region.

“VSA Vilnius Ltd” is aiming to upgrade the company services by installing recyclables collection containers for private households, including hazardous waste separation in Vilnius city evolving up to 1800 households in the campaign.

“VSA Vilnius Ltd” has focused on the hazardous waste collection and separation in households and inhabitants awareness on the subject.

Sorting guidelines will be distributed to the customers in the region describing the importance of the issue.

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Yara International ASA http://www.yara.com Norway

Commitment started: 19 February 2013 Expected end: 31 December 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Nitrogen management and precision farming

Yara is committed to support the Baltic Deal demofarm network (www.balticdeal.eu/farms) by communicating and further develop best agricultural practices, with special focus on resource efficient fertilizer use. The key areas will be nitrogen management and precision farming. These are thematic areas were Yara’s competence and precision farming tools can help develop agriculture around the Baltic Sea towards highest possible nitrogen efficiency.

*Yaras concrete commitment Yara will lend 2-4 Yara N-Sensors for the disposal of Baltic Deal partners. Yara will in co-operation with the Baltic Deal project organize and finance network meetings between demofarm groups across national borders in the Baltic Sea Region. The commitment period will be 2 years, 2013-2014, with an option to continue thereafter.

*Nitrogen management and precision farming Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plants growth. Nitrogen is important to create vegetative growth, a large leaf area capturing sunlight powering photosynthesis and building energy into the crop. Nitrogen is also essential to build amino acids and proteins essential for humans and animals. Suboptimal nitrogen supply results in lower yields and often also in a lower quality of the yield. Excessive use results in leaching to rivers and ground water, and further on to the Baltic Sea. Leached nitrogen may cause eutrophication, and eventually result in dead sea bottoms and other environmental problems.

The challenge for farmers and society are to combine high agricultural productivity with an acceptable environmental impact. The Baltic Sea region needs a competitive, profitable and productive agricultural sector. Higher productivity per hectare of arable land in the area will reduce the need to import and therefore help preserve the environment by not turning forests and other virgin land into agricultural land in other parts of the world. It is further likely that agriculture in the Baltic Sea region will become even more important because of climate change effects.

Efficient nutrient management is fundamental to combine productive, profitable agriculture with environmentally sustainable agriculture. Resource efficient agriculture uses recycled nutrients in an optimal way and then adds mineral fertilizers to reach optimal yields. Management of mineral fertilizers includes choice of right product, applied at right time and in right amount. Yara has developed several new innovations that work as fertilizer precision farming tools such as Yara N-Sensor, Yara N-Tester and ImageIT. These tools are proven

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to improve resource efficiency both in trials and in practical farm use. Higher yield, lower fertilizer application rates, more even quality and reduced risk of lodging are some of the benefits.

*Baltic Deal and its 118 demofarms Baltic Deal is a prominent flagship project within the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region initiated by farmer organisations around the Baltic Sea. It has partners in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Denmark. All partners are either advisory organisations or farmers organisations. Baltic Deal has established a network with 118 demo farms distributed in mentioned countries. These farms are used to disseminate and to develop best agricultural practises, measures and investments with a target to combine high agricultural productivity with lowered environmental impact, in particular when it concerns nutrient losses. Despite not having a partner in the Baltic Deal project, Yara will include Germany in the scope of the commitment.

The Baltic Sea region has approx. 25 million hectares of arable land and 85 million inhabitants. To reach such a major region it is essential with co-operation between countries and organisations. Baltic Deal is an ideal cooperation partner for Yara, as it gives the opportunity to reach a network with 118 demo farms and through its demonstration activities also a lot more farmers in all countries.

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Zemnieku Saeima (Farmers Parliament) http://www.zemniekusaeima.lv Latvia

Commitment started: 04 March 2013 Expected end: 30 September 2014 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Eutrophication

Responsible farming promotion for Baltic sea protection

Latvian NGO “Farmers Parliament” commits to engage in the activities rising farmers awareness about importance of responsible farming practices for future of Baltic sea and region.

Technological and technical innovations for manure management processes on the farms and precision agriculture technologies will be facilitated through different activities: •Education and promotion activities targeted to the farmers •Information activities •Policy and support instruments dialog and development processes •Improved dialog and collaboration with the environmental NGOs and institutions •Recognition and dissemination of the good management experiences, to demonstrate achievements of responsible farmers as good practice.

Concept of intelligent farming will be developed and promoted through bottom – up processes, with involvement of farmers, research people, consultants, agriculture and environmental experts.

Activities will be directly linked and coordinated with the Baltic Sea Region Programme (2007-2013) projects Baltic Compass and following project Baltic Compact.

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Zennström Philanthropies www.zennstrom.org United Kindom

Commitment started: 18 March 2013 Expected end: 01 November 2013 Commitment status: Active Commitment type: Solving a concrete problem Focus area: Awareness Raising

Race for the Baltic

Race for the Baltic is a multifaceted campaign looking to bring together businesses, NGOs, foundations, politicians and the public to create awareness on the environmental state of the Baltic Sea and create the political space for implementation of much needed policy.

The activities in the campaign include:

--a series of business roundtables throughout the Baltic Sea addressing sustainability in the Baltic

--a public relations campaign (online, social media, etc.) to collect input from people around the Baltic Sea to demand action on overfishing, eutrophication and the protection of biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

-- a bike campaign around the Baltic starting in early June which will host events throughout the region to gather signatures, raise awareness, and engage municipalities, local people on the issue of the Baltic

-- provide a platform for NGOs working on this issue to work together to coordinate activities and leverage each other's work throughout the region

-- A photographic exhibition/campaign asking people to tell us why they care about the Baltic

-- a series of meeting with government and parliamentarians around concrete policy changes needed to address the environmental issues facing the Baltic Sea

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3 Commitments 10 Feb 2010 – Feb 2013