JOHN NURMINEN FOUNDATION 2010

John NurmiNen FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT AND REPORT ON OPERATION 2010

Editorial staff: John Nurminen Foundation Translated by: Riikka Oderychev Graphic design and layout: Tommi Jokivaara Printed by: Edita Prima Oy This Annual Report was printed by Edita Prima Oy as a donation to the John Nurminen Foundation. Photography: Collections of the John Nurminen Foundation Photographers: Kaius Hedenström, Petri Puromies, and Rauno Träskelin

On the cover of this report is Uljas, a schooner built by John Nurminen Oy in 1891. The painting Uljas Elbellä (Uljas on the river Elbe) by Adolf Bock dates back to 1952, and it is owned by the John Nurminen Foundation collection of maritimel art. Next page: Avomeri (Open seas). Lars-Eric (Lasse) Malmlund (1984). annual report 2010 2 john nurminen foundation olcin wih epe rvl egh distances lengthy travel people which collection, The Foundation preserves and maintains this valuable shipping family over the course of one hundred years. marine antiquities – of that was collection accrued the by specifically, the – Nurminen history maritime of to seafaring. of maritime art, marine antiques, and objects related collection of the John Nurminen Foundation consists Baltic Sea to and experts the general public alike. The and introduce the remarkable cultural heritage of the present to is Foundation the of purpose history.The maritime and seafaring Finnish of heritage cultural the safeguard to 1992 in established was Foundation After Juha Nurminen’s initiative, The John Nurminen John NurminenFoundation The wealth The Foundation’s the on based is collection Gulf ofFinland. the in disaster oil an of risk the minimise and Sea, Baltic the in eutrophication reduce to is projects the Sea of target Foundation’s The second the of operations. branch a Baltic as Clean initiated were the projects environmental time, this At protection. environmental include to operations its expanded Foundation the Nurminen,Juha by donated capital initial the of backing the with 2004, In Sea. 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Baltic the to related issues in involved stakeholders key and countries Baltic all with co-operates Foundation Nurminen John The held inSt. Petersburg thisJune. to celebrate ready the last milestone of getting this project at festivities are we this, write I As Sea. Baltic the of status the on had has work this impact the of signs encouraging some seen already have we close, a in St. Petersburg. plants treatment wastewater large three at operations in 2005, we initiated the Foundation’s environmental greatest possible environmental impact. 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Sea Baltic the save can one No to drawing now PetersburgSt.is in project our As ard Kustaa III ja suuri merisota suuri ja III Kustaa john nurminen foundation 5 annual report 2010 Chairman of the Board of Directors Chairman of the Board Foundation Nurminen John I would like to thank the many representatives of I would also like to express my gratitude to all the I thank the various partners and friends of the In full sail, we navigate towards a cleaner Baltic Sea 2011 April Helsinki, Juha Nurminen have managed to mobilise the key players in seafaring in players key the mobilise to managed have so that they now all work for the same goal in this important project. both the public and the private sectors who have, on a pro bono basis, supported the operations of Foundation, and allowed us to the utilise their networks of expertise. Our special thanks partnership must for be extended to the Ministry of supportthe and Environment, which has been the public funder of our projects for several years. the Similarly, Ministry and of Transport Communications has played a key project. Safety Tanker in the role supporters of the Clean Baltic Sea projects, without whose donations our environmental work would not be possible. The continuity of our work would not have been possible without our major donors, such as Fortum, Nokia and Sanoma. These have supported our work right companies from the start. At the same time, we acknowledge that every euro counts, and even small donations are by extremely anniversary made or donations donations One-off valuable. private individuals as well as the resources donated by companies allow us to push ahead with our work, every day. the or history maritime in active whether Foundation, marine environment. I also thank the Foundation’s Board of Directors for their active and input, exemplary and the Secretary Foundation’s General Erik he has achieved. for all the results Båsk 20th anniversary jubilee in 2012. and the Foundation’s The Foundation has an exceptionally comprehensive comprehensive exceptionally an has Foundation The Our maritime history branch aims at continuous Our Our work on the wastewater treatment plants collection of maps, specifically of theBaltic Sea area. In 2010, we began to prepare an extensive tome on the cultural history of world maps, to be published close the on rely will we too, project, this In 2013. in and fruitful co-operation we have enjoyed for many museum and library international our with now years partners. are We perspective. our of expansion the and renewal, considering ways to utilise the opportunities provided by electronic communications to order In or in publishing. collection our presenting in, for example, accelerate continuous renewal, the Baltic maritime Clean history the of example the following have, projects Sea projects, adopted the practice of advisory teams, us with expertise and guidance. which will provide The target of the Clean Baltic to such an the status Sea extent of the Baltic improve Sea projects is to that our work will no longer be realist. a also am I but happen, to this for hope much necessary. I very Environmental work will continue cut for work their have still will decades generations Future come. to that guarantee to responsibility our is It them. for out generations can succeed. of future the work continues. keep We our eyes and ears open, and are ready to embark also on new types of projects on the condition that they fulfil the criteria set for Clean Baltic Sea projects, i.e., are extensive, cost-efficient, and bring results. In the near future, the wastewaters Annual this In interest. particular of be will Belarus of Report, we will also shed light on the progress of the Safety Tanker project, which aims at the prevention of oil disaster. 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In addition to being a maritime the view enthusiasts where history maritime of hundreds Pasila, Huolintatalo, in is exhibited collection partially history maritime Foundation’s The history Maritime euto o etohcto, hc i te greatest the is which eutrophication, of reduction to aim BalticSea.improvethe of status Wethe the for work that streams two on focus operations Our impact. environmental possible greatest the have to euro every allowing actions, concrete to funds target The key principle of the Clean Baltic Sea projects is to Clean BalticSeaprojects The spring of 2010 also saw the initiation of our our of initiation the saw also 2010 of spring The The 2010. in books new two published We in early December.early in merisota suuri ja III Kustaa in German. Despite German. in Balticum Mare y uj Peltomaa, Tuija by Bock Adolf john nurminen foundation 7 annual report 2010 The Foundation’s profit and statementloss does In five years, the Foundation has become a In 2010, the Clean Baltic Sea projects had four where organisation expert small a is Foundation The Båsk Erik Secretary General Secretary Foundation Nurminen John therefore therefore not provide a full view to the scale of the Foundation’s operations. We have estimated the that value of services and work effort year donated surpassed last the amount of financial support we EU the by funded projects of costs the Also, received. only are only partially visible in the accounts of the be cannot project the of scope full the so Foundation, assessed on the basis of our financial statement. significant environmental stakeholder.support has Sanoma’s been of particular promoting importance awareness of when the Foundation. In 2010, Sanoma, which has supported Sea projects the from the very Clean start, made a Baltic significant monetary donation to the accompanied Foundation, by the largest media space donation ever received by the projects. major supporters, eight main partners, twenty key supporters, and various other private and corporate our from stories includes Report Annual This donors. supporters, where they share their reasons for getting donor every and each thank We work. our in involved concrete and measurable doing of opportunity the for in our projects. work for thanks deserves Everyone counts. input everyone’s the I In past particular, would year. like to thank the leaders of the operational branches: Maria Grönroos, who Porvari, Marjukka history, maritime of charge in has steered the eutrophication projects from their initiation, and Pekka Laaksonen, who donated us one year’s work effort by leading Tanker the Safety project. Our Our projects always have measurable targets. The Concern for the status of the Baltic Sea has individual problem of the Baltic Sea. Moreover, we spill oil an as accidents, oil of prevention the for work disaster is the greatest threat faced by the Baltic Sea’s fragile and vulnerable ecosystem. Within the scope partners with various co-operate we of these projects, and strive to combine the expertise and resources of both the public and private sectors in a way that is responsible Foundation is as efficient as possible. The for the project management and steering of projects. these navigation ENSI the create will project Safety Tanker service, which reduces the risk of oil spill accidents and improves the general safety of marine The eutrophication traffic. projects of Foundationthe aim at reducing the annual phosphorus load the Baltic Sea by 2,500 tonnes. Current projects will entering reduce the load by approximately 1,600 tonnes of phosphorus, so we are still 900 tonnes short of our target. The projects are currently active in the water Tofacilities beof ablenine to cities in five countries. achieve our targets, we continue to raise funds from companies as well as private individuals. We adhere to the principle of not committing the Foundation to projects whose cost would exceed the amount of when defines fundraising of success The raised. funds our goals. will be able to reach we manifested itself in donations of money, resources and services to the Clean Baltic2005–2010, we received a Sea total 6.7 projects.million euros In in donations. Last to year, 900,000 donations euros. amounted The workdonated effort to us and by services companies, space such as the donated media to significant Foundationswhen taking the scale the of us by Sanoma,operations into consideration. Support are of this type highly continues to grow each year. Even the printing of thisAnnual Report hasbeenmade possible through the support Prima. of Edita 2010 in a nutshell

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Exhibitions the transfer of the maps to new archiving boxes. For this task, an undergraduate trainee was hired. The In October 2010, the Foundation participated in the inventory work will continue in 2011. Helsinki Book Fair, which also included an exhibition of Adolf Bock’s paintings. Other activities Co-operation with Nokia was established to create a smartphone game, showcasing the history of the In 2010, three issues of the JNF Newsletter, presenting Northeast Passage. The game, called ‘Extreme North’, the activities of the Foundation, were published, will be released during 2011. alongside a pre-sales brochure of the new book Kustaa III ja suuri merisota (Gustav III and the Great Sea War). The print run of the editions of the JNF Publications Newsletter and the brochure was 4,000.

In September 2010, Tuija Peltomaa’s book Adolf Bock The Foundation supported the Thure Malmberg – Merimaalari/Marinmålaren (Adolf Bock – Painter of the maritime history collection with a donation of 1,600 Sea) was launched in Huolintatalo and the Academic euros, and the restoration of the Lodbrok ship model, Bookstore. The print run was 2,000. owned by the Ehrensvärd Society, by 3,050 euros.

In December 2010, Raoul Johnsson’s book Kustaa III ja suuri merisota – Taistelut Suomenlahdella 1788–1790 Juha Nurminen becomes a third-generation (Gustav III and the Great Sea War – Battles on the Gulf recipient of the Finnish honorary title of Finland 1788–1790) was launched in Huolintatalo. ‘merenkulkuneuvos’ The print run was 2,500. On 26 November 2010, the President of Finland The German, Spanish and Norwegian editions of awarded Juha Nurminen, M. Sc. Economics and Ultima Thule (2001) were published in 2010. Mare Chairman of the Board of the John Nurminen Balticum (1995) was also published as a new German Foundation, the Finnish honorary title of ‘meren­kulku­ edition. neuvos’.

Juha Nurminen has assembled Finland’s largest private Collections collection of maps of the Baltic Sea, a significant number of world maps and maps of the arctic, and an The map collection was complemented with the first expansive library of seafaring books. The majority of printed map of the Nordic countries. The art collection Juha Nurminen’s collection has been donated or made was supplemented with the purchase of a sea-themed available to the John Nurminen Foundation. painting by Adolf Bock.

In October 2010, work on the inventory of the John Nurminen Foundation’s collections began, as did Marine environment

Eutrophication projects ENSI portal. The workshop’s approximately 20 participants included future users of the service, In May 2010, the last remaining equipment delivery content providers, and technical experts. Capgemini was made to the southwestern water treatment plant donated the effort required by planning and leading in St. Petersburg. The final inspection of the project the workshop to the Foundation. was completed in November 2010. In early 2010, a technical survey on improving the efficiency of In June 2010, the main partners of the Tanker Safety phosphorus removal was carried out at St. Petersburg’s project (the John Nurminen Foundation, the Ministry of northern wastewater treatment plant. Equipment Transport and Communications, the Finnish Transport deliveries and installations were completed in the Safety Agency and Neste Oil) signed a commitment to spring of 2011. implement the project.

In February 2010, the Foundation and the Gatchina water Design of the user interface of the ENSI portal began in treatment plant, located in northwestern Russia, signed a the autumn, with Adage selected as the design agency. Letter of Intent on improving the efficiency of the plant’s Adage will donate its effort to the project. phosphorus removal. Together with SIDA (Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency), the Foundation conducted a pre-study at Gatchina, focusing Fundraising and sponsors of the Clean Baltic Sea on the improved efficiency of nutrient removal. projects

In June 2010, a Letter of Intent on improving phosphorus In February 2010, the Foundation, together with the removal efficiency was signed with the Vyborg Water cities of Turku and Helsinki, organised the seminar Utility. Also, an implementation agreement on ‘Challenge for a Healthier Sea’, targeting municipal phosphorus removal tests was concluded. In August water facilities, ports, and project financiers. 2010, the Foundation delivered gauging equipment and a feed tank required by the phosphorus removal In April 2010, Sanoma Group and the John Nurminen tests to the plant, after which test activities funded Foundation signed a three-year agreement, agreeing by the Finnish Ministry of the Environment could be on support to the Clean Baltic Sea projects. The started. agreement contains media visibility in various Sanoma media. The campaign ‘Nothing is impossible’ was In May-November 2010, as part of the PURE project, launched in July 2010. the Foundation commissioned technical surveys on improving the efficiency of phosphorus removal at the In August 2010, the first Club Itämeri event was wastewater treatment plants of Brest, Jurmala, Gdansk, organised, with supporters and interest groups of the Szczcin and Lake Kohtla. The equipment procurement Clean Baltic Sea projects participating. The event was required for improving the efficiency of phosphorus hosted by Sanoma and attended by approximately 100 removal at the Riga water plant was completed. guests. Speakers included Felix Karmazinov, Director General of Vodokanal St. Petersburg, and Paula Lehtomäki, the Finnish Minister of the Environment. Tanker Safety project The Foundation renewed its web site and online In March 2010, route piloting was expanded from tanker donation platform during 2010. route plans to ice breaking, so that ice breakers began sending their waypoints to the Neste Oil tankers. During the year, approximately 900,000 euros were raised to support the Foundation’s Clean Baltic Sea In May, the Foundation organised a Tanker Safety projects. Moreover, the Foundation has estimated that workshop, where focus was on the contents and the value of the effort donated by partners in 2010 information presentation methods of the upcoming surpasses the value of monetary donations. 10 annual report 2010 john nurminen foundation Exhibitions Juha N established in2011 team History –Maritime Advisory Juhani Kostet, N Education of Ministry Kaivosoja, Riitta Arrakoski-Anna-Mari Engardt, Academic Bookstore rik Båsk, JohnN Båsk, Erik Grönroos,Maria JohnN Esko R FuturiaKlaus Oesch, Oy N Marjo Meinander,Henrik U Markku Löytönen, U Tuula Putkinen, CommunicationsManager General Secretary Båsk, Erik arja-Liisa Suopanki,ArchivesMarja-Liisa Sofia Silvo, Trainee Grönroos,Maria Director, History Maritime MARITIME HIST Sari Baldauf,Peter R Sari Ojala,Kari Sirpa Fagernäs, JuhaniKaskeala, Juha N B O ARD OFIRECT ahikainen, N urminen, JohnN urminen, urminen, Chairman Jouko Chairman V urminen, Lönnqvist, urminen, non-fictionauthor urminen, their timeandprovidingtheir accessto networks ofexpertise. their Foundation by the donating to Foundation work onapro ofthe the bonobasis. They support JohnN Organisation of the ORY ational Board ofAntiquities urminen Foundation urminen ational Library ofFinland ational Library ORS niversity ofHelsinki niversity ofHelsinki urminen Foundation, Chairman urminen urminen Foundation urminen publications urminen Foundation. The members of the advisory teams contribute advisory Foundation. Themembersofthe urminen ice Chairman Collections aivio, V eli Sundbäck John N Tuuli Ojala, John N Båsk, Erik John N Porvari, Marjukka John N Juha N Johnny NIB Åkerholm, Environment ofthe Ministry Tanninen,Timo Liisa R Juhani Lönnroth Foreign of Affairs Finland for Luoto,Jari Ministry Environment Institute Finnish Lea Kauppi, Jaakko Henttonen, EBRD V – Eutrophication team Advisory Eutrophication äki (on parental leave)Miina äki(onparental Project Coordinator,Maija Salmiovirta, Tanker Safety Jussi Tuurnala, Project Tanker Manager, Safety ProjectPekka Director, Laaksonen, Tanker Safety Tuuli Ojala,Project Eutrophication Manager, Project Eutrophication Manager, Elena Kaskelainen, Director, Porvari, EutrophicationMarjukka MARINE ENVIRONMENT eli Sundbäck, Chairman eli Sundbäck, ohweder, WWF urminen, urminen, urminen Foundation urminen Foundation urminen Foundation urminen Foundation urminen JohnN Maija Salmiovirta, John N Båsk, Erik John N Pekka Laaksonen, John N Juha N Pekka V Transport Safety Agency Tuomas R Juha R Finnishthe Border Guard Matti öttönen, NesteOil Osmo Kammonen, Finnish Transport Agency Matti Aaltonen, Chairman Juhani Kaskeala, – Tanker Safety team Advisory T ankker safet annikko, Finnish N urminen, urminen, urminen Foundation urminen Foundation urminen Foundation urminen urminen Foundation urminen aljus outa, Finnish outa,

y avy john nurminen foundation annual report 2010 11 h Fudto’ TankerThe Safety Foundation’s project has three An advisory team for the Clean Baltic Sea Theprogress of Tankerthe Safety project is also The advisory team for maritime history was and Tuuli Ojala, who is a limnologist, and also holds a holds also and limnologist, a is who Ojala, Tuuli and in Russian. Degree Master’s part-time employees. The project’s current leader, Pekka Laaksonen, contacted the the spring of Foundation 2008, and in offered hiswork the Foundation on effort a pro to bono basis for a period of one year. His work for the Foundation evolved into the task of mapping out the Tanker Safety project together with various stakeholders of the seafaring industry. Currently, Pekka Laaksonen is the leader team. Safety In 2010, the Tanker of the Foundation’s Tuurnala Jussi Manager Project employed also project Salmiovirta. Maija Coordinator and Project eutrophication projects was established During the past in year, it convened 2010. three times. The purpose of the team is to support the projects, the and Foundation’s promote progress information of exchange between the the stakeholders problem of working eutrophication. The on team includes representatives from the Institute, the Ministry of Foreign financing Affairs ofand Finland, Finnish WWF, Environment, the of Environment Ministry the Sundbäck. Veli is chairman team’s The institutions. supported by a separate group of advisors, chaired by Juhani Kaskeala. This team includes representatives from the Finnish Transport department, Neste Agency’s Oil, waterways the Finnish Border the 2010, in Agency. Safety Guard, Transport Finnish the and four times. team convened established in early 2011. sonnel ors and per ct ard of Dire In In 2006, Maria came Grönroos to the Foundation Threeof the six employees of the Clean Baltic Sea Three experts are employed by the Foundation’s The Board is responsible for the operations of John the Nurminen Foundation. TheBoard defines the Foundation’s projects and activities, and sets their schedules and targets. Moreover, the Board decides which publications, exhibitions and environmental projects are implemented, and steers and monitors actively project and oversees, activity execution. TheBoard also monitors the figures of the Financial Statement, and scrutinises the auditor’s reports. In chairman The times. eight convened Board the 2010, of the Board is Juha Nurminen. The Foundation’s operations are led by Secretary General employ Erik operations history maritime Båsk. Foundation’s The two people, and the Clean Baltic Sea projects have a staffof six. In the spring of 2010, the Foundation’s staffwas Tuula joined by Manager Communications Putkinen. Nordic ofthe History ‘The exhibition on the to work at the Map’ building of Sederholm the City Helsinki she is Today, responsible Museum. for the Maritime History operational branch is Marja-Liisa Suopanki in charge of of the Foundation’s the Foundation. archives. In 2010, the Maritime History operational Silvo. a part-time trainee, Sofia branch also hired projects work on the eutrophication projects, project. Safety and Tanker on the three eutrophication projects. The Foundation projectsthe with been has who Porvari, Marjukka are led by since 2005. Her Foundation the before and economics, environmental educational background is she in was also project EU employed Foundation’s the of staff by The Institute. the Finnish Environment includes water treatment engineer Elena Kaskelainen ion dat John Nurminen Foun Bo BOARD OF THE JOHN NURMINEN FOUNDATION

Juha Nurminen, Professor Jouko Lönnqvist Chairman of the Board National Institute for Health and Welfare Vice Chairman of the Board

Sari Baldauf, Peter Fagernäs, Juhani Kaskeala, M. Sc. (Econ.) CEO Admiral

Sirpa Ojala, Kari Raivio, Veli Sundbäck, CEO, Digita Chancellor Emeritus LL.M. President for Nordics and Baltics, TDF Group PeRSONNEL of the Foundation M AX E D IN

From the left: Elena Kaskelainen and Tuuli Ojala from the Eutrophication team, and Marjukka Porvari, head of the team. In the middle: Secretary General Erik Båsk and Tuula Putkinen, Communications Manager. Next to them, Pekka Laaksonen who leads the Tanker Safety project and Tanker Safety project co-ordinator Maija Salmiovirta. From the right: Sofia Silvo, trainee in Maritime History, and Maria Grönroos, who’s responsible for the Foundation’s Maritime History operations.

Photo taken at the captain’s saloon of s/s Inkeri Nurminen I.

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The target of the exhibitions has been to Often, the Foundation has set up exhibitions museums, archives and libraries of various countries at these exhibitions. showcase authentic and unique items and images, allowing as many people as possible to gain access to the world of maritime history. In addition to connoisseurs, the exhibitions have also reached the public at large. alongsideitsbookprojects. This approach has made it possible to delve deeper into the themesbook of andthe the exhibition, which different often areas, emphasise but are still fundamentally similar. exhibitionsFoundation’sThe the at up been have set ownpremises in Huolintatalo, and, for example, in the and Museum City Helsinki the of premises the Since its establishment, the John Nurminen Foundation Foundation Nurminen John the establishment, its Since seafaring, of themes the on exhibitions 13 organised has maritime and cartography, historyof the exploration, raise to helped have exhibitions the part, their For art. awareness collections. of Thanksthe to Foundation’s able been have we co-operation, international extensive to present items on loan from the art and maritime Exhibitions treasures ranging from the world maps of the 15th century century to 18th nautical charts of the Baltic Sea.the mapToday, collection consists of a total of one thousand maps, atlases, globes, and rare books. Baltic the of maps city and seacharts include Examples Sea and the area, Nordic and maps the of arctic. 20 maritime history john nurminen foundation The publications, aimed at the general public, are non- used as resources for the books and their illustrations. are collections antiquity maritime and art maritime map, Foundation’s antique The publications. fiction books aim at combining the best aspects of art and non- information on topics related to maritime history. The 21 books. The target of these publications is to provide The John Nurminen Foundation has published a total of Publications Museum ofStockholm. Maritime National the to travelled also Thule exhibition Ultima The Antiquities. of Board National showcased at the Frankfurt book fair, where the the fair. bookofthe best where fair, book N Frankfurt the at showcased in also London took the Oceans’, World’s at the place Navigating – Seafaring of Finnish) 45,000. isalmost (including combined languages all of with size edition the total The Portuguese. and Spanish, French, Finnish, languages: six in published story. success international 16 October 2007). Sanomat, (Helsingin present.’ perfect a make will and magnificent, is all book the reading all, in All great through. way the is book the illustrations, striking and layout impressive its of spite ‘In wrote: Sanomat immediatelygreeted greatenthusiasm. with U success. international attained we that , Seafaring’ of i.e., history, maritime on publication 15th published inGerman. Balticum – 2000 Years of History of the Baltic Sea’ was also and Swedish, Finnish, in i.e. versions, language three in printed was 1992, in published Nordenskiöld’, to Vikings the From Passage: is languages. various in publishing published been in goals Foundation’s international success. Several the of the books have of already One no-fictio history inEurope The Foundation’s highl o is ulcto i Fnad te ok was book the Finland, in publication its pon ational Geographic of Germany selected it as the the as it selected Germany of Geographic ational h luc o te dto in edition the of launch The an becoming now is Seafaring’ of History ‘The However, it was not until 2007 and the Foundation’s ctober 2007. The same year, the book was book the year, same The 2007. October gih ad h 1995 the and English, R yl egahcl Society, Geographical oyal hs led been already has It nglish, English, nglish, German, German, English, Te Northeast‘The y-esteemed booksmakFinnish ‘The History History ‘The ‘The History History ‘The Helsingin ‘Mare 2011, ‘MareBalticum’ willbepublishedinR area. the shaped have communications and power of aspirations trade, seafaring, how explains of theworld. previously archives and even museums the from images unpublished and unique include illustrations on focus books’ The quality. print publications and detail, imagery, visual the public, general the at publication contentsandillustrations. of compilation the in greatly assisted have world the around museums and archives libraries, of dozens to publications. The excellent contacts the Foundation has in various fields, has assisted in the preparation of the In most cases an editorial team, comprising of experts and exploration. The authors are experts in their field. fiction books on seafaring, cartography, maritime art, years. 2500 past the in exploration arctic of story the tells Germany, by out inOctober 2008. Seafaring’ has been a success, and its 4th edition came tobe public, internationally. the general distributed at aimed non-fiction, of Finnish culture can be as exported, it is rare for a book museumsofParis.maritime and bookstores the showcasedin notably been has it editions. and Germany, in bestseller Frenchreal a been has andbook The German the of publisher the French. in published was it 2009 of autumn the in and Portuguese, and Spanish the the between riptide the in caught interaction, of sea a as the title book the published N by (2001), Explorations’ throughout grown has books other Foundation’s the in interest , Seafaring’ urminen, urminen, was published in the In addition to interesting textual contents, aimed contents, textual interesting to addition In te uun f 2010, of autumn the In W of is Seafaring’ a History unique of example how‘The German, in published was book the 2008, In ast and the the and East t te ucs ad erns of reprints and success the ith ‘Die Ostsee’. This book describes the Baltic Sea ra ad pi i 21. h book The 2010. in Spain and Norway W est, the South and the the and South the est, in Germany with with Germany in Balticum’ ‘Mare ltima Thule: Arctic Thule: ‘Ultima Europe. ti anm ad Juha and Lainema Matti Finland, In N toa Gorpi is Geographic ational N UK in 2009, followed toa Geographic ational Te itr of History ‘The Te itr of History ‘The orth, and North, ussian. June In john nurminen foundation maritime history 21 suomi suomi suomi suomi suomi suomi suomi suomi suomi suomi/ruotsi suomi/ruotsi suomi/ruotsi suomi/venäjä suomi, ruotsi, saksa suomi, ruotsi, englanti suomi, ruotsi, englanti suomi, ruotsi, englanti, saksasuomi, ruotsi, englanti, oyal Geographic Society. Since Since Society. Geographic oyal The English edition of the book ‘The History of Seafaring’ was launched in 2007 at the London R language then, six different been of the book have versions launched. suomi, ruotsi, englanti, saksa,suomi, ruotsi, englanti, norja, espanja suomi, englanti, espanja, portugali,suomi, englanti, saksa, ranska orld ) atercolour) urminen Oy 1886–2007) ouse and Shipping Company 1886–1967) House and Shipping Company urminen Trading ears of Paintings of the Sea) ears of Paintings ar – Battles in the Gulf of Finland 1788–1790) ar – Battles in the Gulf of Finland orld and the Journey from Brazil to America on the to Liberdade) orld Brazil and the from Journey ar – The Battle for the Spice Islands of Eastar – The Battle for India) utmeg W Ultima Thule – Pohjoiset löytöretket (2001) löytöretket Ultima Thule – Pohjoiset (Art of the Baltic Sea) and the Sea – Maritime Painters Suomenlahden albumi (1999) (Album of the Gulf of Finland) (1995) Itämeren historiaa Mare Balticum – 2000 vuotta The History of the Nordic Map – From Myths to Reality (2006) Reality MythsThe History to Map – From of the Nordic Yksinpurjehdus (2005) maapallon ympäri Amerikkaan sekä purjehdus Liberdadella Brasiliasta the W (Sailing Alone Around (2004) vaihteeseen vuosituhannen Harmaat laivat – kuusikymmenluvulta of the Millennium) the the Turn 60s to ships – From (Grey – merimaalauksia (2003) ajalta 400 vuoden mestareita Meritaiteen of Maritime Art(Masters – 400 Y (2003) ja matkat päälliköt Kuunarilaiva Uljas – omistajat, (The Schooner Uljas – Owners, Captains and Journeys) Ultima Thule: Arctic Explorations (2001) (2000) ja meri – Itämeren merimaalareita Taide of History of the Baltic SeaMare Balticum (1995) – 2000 Years (1992) Nordenskiöldiin – Viikingeistä Koillisväylä (1992) Nordenskiöld The Northeast the Vikings to From Passage: agalhães’ Fateful Journey around the the W End of the around Earth Journey Fateful – Magalhães’ (To (2007) historia Meritie – Navigoinnin (Uljas – The History of the John N (2006) todellisuuteen – Myyteistä kartan historia Pohjolan Valo merellä/Ljuset till havs – Suomen majakat/Finlands fyrar 1753–1906 (2009) merellä/Ljuset till havs – Suomen majakat/Finlands Valo (Light on the 1753–1906) Sea – The Lighthouses of Finland vuosikymmeneltä (2009) saaripäiväkirja – Akvarellinkeveä kolmelta Kuninkaansaari Decades of an Island in W (Kuninkaansaari – Three 1886–2007 (2008) vuosilta historia Muodonmuutoksia – John Nurminen Oy:n – The History of John N (Transformations purjehdus maailman ympäri (2008) Yli maan äären – Magalhãesin kohtalokas Oceans (2007) The History the of Seafaring World’s – Navigating Uljaksen 1886–1967 (2006) vanavedessä historiaa ja varustamon – John Nurmisen kauppahuoneen Publications of the John Nurminen Foundation: Publications of the John Nurminen Foundation: 1788–1790 (2010) Suomenlahdella III ja suuri – Taistelut merisota Kustaa Sea W III and the(Gustav Great Adolf Bock – Merimaalari/Marinmålaren (2010) of the Sea) Bock – Painter (Adolf (2009) Maustesaarista Itä-Intian – Taistelu Muskottisota (The N 22 maritime history john nurminen foundation The game ‘Extreme North’, to be launched in 2011, in launched be North’, ‘Extreme to game The smartphone a Foundation’s of the on based application maps. antique creation the on Kuuasema and to various groups andindividuals. Foundation’sHuolintatalo werecollections presented year,the the Huolintatalo.During in exhibited were century 18th the and Gustav’swars to related items book were on display. In connection with the launch of the Bock Foundation’sby the paintings of 13 fair. book artist Adolf Bock at its exhibition stand at the Helsinki maritime of paintings the of exhibition an organised In late October 2010, the John Nurminen Foundation Exhibitions n 00 te onain okd ih Nokia with worked Foundation the 2010, In Maritime hist , maps, atlases and atlases maps, merisota, suuri ja III Kustaa ory in2010 all this information beautifully together in the book book the in together beautifully information this all he spent in Germany, Sweden and Finland, bringing Peltomaa studied the life of Adolf Bock and the times the many aspects of his paintings. Art historian Tuija of maritime art, master Adolf German Bock (1890–1968), the and of showcases life colourful the of tells Merimaalari/Marinmålaren was The published. book TuijaPeltomaa’sSeptember, book In books. new two published Foundation the 2010, In Publications in thetrailofexplorers. Nordenskiöld, and navigate, guided by antique maps, and Barents of travels the and PassageNortheast the of history 400-year the about learn to players allows from itscollection. paintings by Adolf Bock Foundation presented of2010,the fair At Helsinkibook the Adolf Bock – Bock Adolf

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Patron of the Clean Baltic Sea Projects Tarja Halonen, President of Finland Ju kka N urminen

28 marine environment john nurminen foundation john nurminen foundation marine environment 29 metrics, just like corporations do.’ corporationsmetrics, do.’ like just Juha Nurminen interviewed by Talouselämä 29/2010 Talouselämä by Juha Nurminen interviewed of environmental protection is to benchmark who benchmark who is to protection of environmental The Foundation co-operates and communicates As a small and flexible third-sectorplayer, the The Clean Baltic projects’Sea guiding principle, The strategic cornerstones of theJohn Nurminen impact 1. Measurable results 2. Fast 3. Cost-efficient operations and manageable targets 4. Defined actions 5. Concrete ‘The green of a somewhat ideology adoption will, by also with other NGOs that protection are involved of in the relevant the communicatesall Foundation regularlywith Baltic Sea. political players. Moreover, Tarja Halonen, the the President Finland, of has been the patron of the since 2006. projects Foundation’s foudation is able to define and manageprojects with a faster schedule than would be possible for established more structures. Thus, theFoundation can act as a catalyst in international partnerships and operation projects that cross the boundaries co- between operations, its Through sectors. public and private the the Foundation can accelerate the projects that are critical to the Baltic Sea, but which, Foundation, could without not be the implemented with a fast enough schedule. adapted from the operational models used business in the world, is to operate results, i.e. the where greatest possible the positive impact greatest on with the least cost. can be achieved the environment, are: projects Sea Clean Baltic Foundation’s gets things done. Measurable results are key. We need We gets things Measurable done. results are key. itself, take you nowhere. My message to the supporters My message to nowhere. you take itself, jects Projects involving the eutrophication of the the eutrophication involving Projects Sea Baltic of oil disasters in for the prevention The project of Finland the Gulf IC SEA pro CLEAN BALT The Tanker Safety project aims reducing at the 1. 2.

The Clean Baltic Sea projectsthe expertise strive and resources to of combineboth the public and private sectors in a way that best benefits the marine environment. The projects co-operate with various partners on, for example, financing, are planning, experts and Finnish Leading implementation. technical consulted in the search for projects with the greatest Sea. impact on the status of the Baltic perating principles of theOperating Clean Baltic Sea projects ­ eutroph Foundation Nurminen John the of target The improvement visible about bring to is projects ication of reduction the through Sea Baltic the of status the in nutrient loads entering efficiency the sea. In order to reach this improved the for works Foundation the target, plants treatment wastewater in removal phosphorus of catchment area. Sea the Baltic all across Toreach this risk of major oil accidents significantly. target, the Foundation will co-operate with the key stakeholders of marine traffic in thecreation of the new ENSI service, which provides a traffic management. vessel forecasting platform for The CleanBaltic Sea projects of theJohn Nurminen of operation: focus on two areas Foundation ment Marine environ

la i tt Knuu o pp Se 30 marine environment john nurminen foundation ITUE, HELCSource: FINNISHENVIRONMENT INST Poland, Latvia andLithuania. enters through seamostly the from Ukraineisnot which loads. Therunoff chart, visibleinthe andBelarus, wastewaters. populations,i.e.,Poland largest the andR with Thecountries ofdiffuseloadandcommunal mostly BalticSeaannually loadentering consists the The annualphosphorus Poland 36% countries 11% countries coastal the Load from outside Lithuania 5% Lithuania OM, 2006. 17% Background load 22% wastewater Communal Germany 2% Latvia 10% 50% agriculture) (mostly Diffuse load Danmark 5% Danmark Estonia 3% ussia, alsogenerate greatest the R Sweden 13% ussia 14% Finland 12% john nurminen foundation marine environment 31 The first Clean Baltic Seaproject was initiated in An advisory team for the Clean Baltic Sea phosphorus removal from communal throughout the catchment Sea Baltic area. The target wastewater specified target national the example, for ambitious: is reduction a is Finland for plan action HELCOM’s by of 150 tonnes per year, while the by ships sailing load the Baltic generated Sea is approximately 120 tonnes per year. 2005 in St. Petersburg, where the annual reduction target of over 1,000 tonnes of phosphorus will be reached in early 2011. In terms of its environmental impact, the Foundation’s St. Petersburg project is, in fact, one of the most significant water protection Sea. carried out in the Baltic ever projects eutrophication projects was established During the in past it year, convened three times. Team 2010. members include representatives from the Finnish Environment Institute, the Finnish ministries of the Northern the WWF, affairs, foreign and environment Dimension Environmental Partnership and NDEP, the of purpose The NIB. Bank Investment Nordic the team is to support the progress of the Foundation’s between exchange information promote and projects, the key stakeholders of working eutrophication. on The chairman the Veli Sundbäck, problem of a member the of team is the of Directors. Board John Foundation’s Nurminen jects ion pro phicat Eutro Eutrophication Eutrophication is the most serious environmental In terms of blue-green algae blooms in the Baltic Foundation isTheNurminen to target John of the The target of the projects is to alleviate the problem of eutrophication in the Baltic Sea through reducing the annual phosphorus loads entering the sea with communal wastewater by 2,500 tonnes by the year 2015. problem faced by the Baltic Sea. Signs of ­ eutroph ication include the blooms encountered of every blue-green algae caused summer. by nutrient emissions, i.e. too great loads Eutrophication of is phosphorus and nitrogen entering the sea. In Baltic Sea, the eutrophication has advanced to such an extent that experts fear the ecosystem as a whole may it restoring which after threshold, critical a crossing be Therefore, difficult. extremely be would status good to to save the sea, we need immediate and significant in nutrient emissions. reductions Marine Baltic The nutrient. key the is phosphorus Sea, Environment Commission HELCOM has drawn order up in that specifying Sea, Baltic the for plan action an to restore the good sea’s status, an annual reduction of approximately 15,000 tonnes of phosphorus load entering the sea is required. This equalsroughly half of the current load of approximately 30,000 tonnes per year. tonnes 2,500 i.e. reduction, this of sixth a for account of phosphorus, through increasing the efficiency of 32 marine environment john nurminen foundation Sea by 2,500tonnes. eutrophicationThe target ofthe projects Baltic istoloadentering the reduce annualphosphorus the The current annual phosphorus load The currentannualphosphorus (50% of the currenttotal(50% ofthe load) from diffuseandpointsources 15,000 tonnes of phosphorus 15,000 tonnes ofphosphorus an annualreduction of entering the BalticSea entering the orthwestern R Northwestern HELC is 30,000tonnes Baltic countries St. Petersburg 1,500 tonnes 1,000 tonnes Ukraine Belarus OM’s target: Poland ussia phosphorus byphosphorus 2015 2,500 tonnes of annual reduction of eutrophication projects: CleanBalticSea the The target of john nurminen foundation marine environment 33 yborg, yborg, V Each year, utrophication Eutrophication ’s wastewater wastewater OM’s HELC

urminen Foundation the t nvironmen E he t f o ry st ini M N urminen Foundation benefits N n y through co-operatio I wish the John ’s recommendations, and the water utility of St. St. of utility water the and recommendations, OM’s owever, our work However, for the Baltic Sea must continue. The work of the John Hannele Pokka SecretaryPermanent Ministry of the Environment to to less than half of their of previous St. level. Petersburg Today, 93% wastewater is treated HELC according to implementing at aims Petersburg 2015. the year by all wastewater for targets treatment The Baltic Sea and constitute specifically a the sea Gulf area that sensitive. The Finland of sea is we live by ecologically is the most extremely polluted sea in the world, with nine more countries living in than85 its catchment area. million people approximately 640,000 in tonnes of nitrogen and 30,000 tonnes of phosphorus enter the sea. continues, as the status improved of according to the expectations Baltic in Sea reduction spite in of has emissions. the not As traffic volumes to grow, and extreme continues weather phenomena caused by climate change become more common, safety risks in theaccumulate. Baltic Sea also the through Baltic Sea only and is improved an inspiration also be internationally. can Sea Baltic the of status The co-operation the Baltic Countries and Poland.’ best of luck and success in thein projects new Ministry OM. nvironment Environment tic Sea can be improved onl urminen Foundation has N Ministry of the ussia, as results indicate that R nvironment Environment is often used as seed funding in e can be pleased with the results, as our co- W Since 1991, the Finnish ussia. The work of the John been extremely important in improving the efficiency of efficiency the improving in important extremely been phosphorus removal in St. Petersburg, and in shaping general attitudes towards wastewater treatment in a direction. positive more operation has led to the phosphorus the loads Gulf entering of Finland from St Petersburg being reduced has supported the wastewater treatment projects St. in Petersburg with a total of over During 30 million this euros. co-operation, the city has of St. invested Petersburg approximately wastewater treatment. The one support from the billion euros of the on the launch of new projects. The co-operation projects also support Finnish water technology knowhow and in opportunities new up opening by stakeholders other R us of the Bal The stat ‘Finland’s key target in environmental with its neighbouring co-operation areas is to reduce and prevent harmful emissions that are detrimental to of the status Finland and treatment wastewater in the Baltic Sea. Finland promotes the most cost-efficientmethod ofimproving the status of the Gulf of Finland is to reduce loads to waterways specifically in theSt. Petersburg area. Co-operation is national Baltic based Sea on programme, Finland’s and the Baltic Sea Action Plan approved in Commission HELC Baltic Marine Environment 2007 by The 34 marine environment john nurminen foundation Target citiesandselectioncriteria ication projects are implemented in five countries countries five in implemented are projects ication treatment,wastewater could beestablished. efficient more through Sea Baltic nutrient the entering loads reducing at aiming co-operation, where area catchment Sea Baltic the in utilities water and cities Foundationfor the searchingactively targets, is current to addition In cost-efficiency. and impact are selected on the basis of measurable environmental Targets of the Clean Baltic Sea eutrophication projects R Currently, John Nurminen Foundation eutroph­ eduction of phosphorus loadineutrophication projectseduction ofphosphorus tonnes of phosphorus 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500 500 MEUR - 0.5 -1.5 0 0.5 1.5 -2 -1 0 1 Reduction of phosphorus loadineutrophicationReduction projects ofphosphorus 2005 MEUR 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 0 1 2 3 2011 2006 of 2010–2012 loss statement profitin the and funding not included Public sector project 2007 2012 2008 2007–2012 publicsectorthe fundingfrom Reported 2009 in theKaliningradarea andPoland, forexample. likely that similar projects can in the future be identified is Northwesternit to Belarus, Inaddition Russiaand continuation project that focuses on cities in Belarus. EU-funded the for in preparations made project and Vyborg, new a began Foundation the 2010, In New projects Poland. Estonia and Latvia, Belarus, Russia, in cities nine and 2010 2015 Ministry of the Environment ofthe Ministry EU BalticSeaRegion Programme Agency Development Co-operation Swedish International Finnish Transport Agency Tanker Safety Fundraising andcommunications General expenses Eutrophication projects donations Monetary St. Petersburg Pure Vyborg Gatchina Riga New projects 70 o 0o 5o 10o 15o 20o 25o 30o 35o 40o nen ata

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i k ä M a iin M St. Clarifiers at southwestern Petersburg’s treatment wastewater plant Ministry of the ay May of 2010, and installed by quipment Equipment for chemical phosphoruswas removal mproving Improving the efficiency of phosphorus removalat Thanks to multilateral co-operation and the water participated in the financing of the projectscentral at the and plants. southwestern The wastewater project treatment treatment plant at is partially financed by the theSwedish International northern Development wastewater Co-operation SIDA. The Agency, estimated total plant Petersburg projects borne by the Foundation is cost of the 2.5 million euros. larger St. St. Petersburg’s central wastewater treatment plant was completed in 2009, and in focused on the phosphorus 2010, removal implementation the project of the southwestern and northern required plants. pieces of The equipment were delivered last to the southwestern plant in the St. Petersburg water utility. The final inspection of the project was completed in In early 2010, a technical survey on efficiency improving of the phosphorus removal was carried out at plant. treatment northern wastewater Petersburg’s St. Based on these sources documents of for the information, required equipment were tendering drawn up. in March-April 2011. delivered own efforts, theutility’s largest treatment wastewater plants of St. Petersburg can, during the first2011, half of achieve a reduction of over 1,000 their annual phosphorus load. tonnes in the plants. The Finnish urminen N In the St. Ministry of the nvironment Environment has been nvironment Environment established its co- Ministry of the ussian planning work, purchasing management, purchasing work, planning ussian R Ministry of the The Foundation’s co-operation with the St. technical the of charge in been has Foundation The Once the majority of St. wastewaters Petersburg’s operation with the St. Petersburg water utility already already utility water Petersburg with the St. operation in 1991. The had been directed to treatment wastewater plants, it became possible for the Foundation to start planning thepermanentconstructionphosphorusa removal of system, and committing the utility to the continuous use of coagulation chemicals. Petersburg water utility began in agreement 2005, was when an signed phosphorus removal on efficiency the at treatment water northern– and largestthe southwestern central, improvement – i.e. of Petersburg. plants of St. planning of investments, the co-ordination of Finnish and and the procurement and delivery of equipment at The eutrophication projects of the John involved in various projects, including, for example, the improvement of the sewerage system and basic infrastructure of wastewater and tests; removal phosphorus use; plant of efficiency treatment; improved administration. utility’s of the water the development etersburg P PROJECT IN St. Foundation involve several Petersburg partners. project, the Environment has had a key role. The prerequisites for Finnish the Foundation’s operations in St. Petersburg were created by international financiers whoexample, For time. some quite for theregion in active have been the 38 marine environment john nurminen foundation deliveredgaugingequipment feedtankrequired aand the VyborgAugustFoundationin the Also 2010, plant. agreementconductingon phosphorus removal testsat an with together VyborgWaterUtilitythe with signed was removal of phosphorus efficiency the improving eutrophication. waters as well as the Bay of Vyborg, which suffers from territorial Finland’seastern on impact immediate an removalVyborgin have therefore phosphorus will of eastern the in up territorial waters of Finland. Improving the efficiency end they of where Bay from the Vyborg, to discharged are inhabitants 70,000 The wastewaters generated by the city’s approximately Vyborg tendering documentationinthespringof2011. project’s the and removal phosphorus improved for the survey, Foundation will commission the final technical plans the on Based Agency). Development Co-operation International (Swedish SIDA funding with from out carried was plant Gatchina the at removal of nutrient efficiency the improving for removal, the responsibility ofthewaterutility phosphorus remain will planning local and construction by whereas required investments equipment and planning technical the support will InAugust 2010, Lettera ofIntent with thescope of options various the on survey technical a 2010, In

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y y t i l i Ut er Wat g ur sb er t Pe . t S urminen Foundation’s Board of Directors, and Y of Directors, Board urminen Foundation’s tility, sign a co-operation agreement on improving the efficiency of phosphorus removal in Helsinki, the of phosphorus efficiency removal on improving agreement sign a co-operation Utility, ater urminen, Chairman of the John N Gatchina W Gatchina 8 February Manager Elena Kaskelainen Project behind them 2010. Standing are and Marjukka Porvari, of the Director projects. eutrophication Foundation’s Juha N Chemical phosphorus removal equipment procurement, procurement, equipment Chemical phosphorus removal construction and installation at the northern water 2011. in May plant will be completed treatment 40 marine environment john nurminen foundation The Daugavriva wastewater investments treatmenthasmadeitsfirst plantinRiga the P URE project.for sludge. use of sewage sustainable the promoting subproject John The tonnes. N 300–500 wastewater by from plants loads treatment phosphorus reduce will Kohtla Lake Belarus; in in Brest Latvia; in Jurmala, active and project, The participating. partners removal phosphorus U and P the to related surveys investments technical of John The The PUREproject early early 2011. by completed be will efficiency removal phosphorus improved to related procurement equipment Utility, and Lake Kohtla could be improved. At the Szczecin Gdansk, Jurmala, Brest, of plants treatment the efficiency of phosphorus removal at the how wastewater on surveys technical commissioned Foundation rban rie Fudto as codnts P a coordinates also Foundation urminen In E stonia, and Gdansk and Szczecin in Poland, Poland, in Szczecin and Gdansk and stonia, yDcme 21, h John the 2010, May-December R eduction of eduction In 2011–2012, the PURE project will invest N urminen Foundation is in charge charge in is Foundation urminen utrophication), which has 11 has which Eutrophication), URE project (Project on on (Project project iga Riga N urminen urminen W R URE ater iga iga which manages the project, the andHELC manages which the partners, project PURE Finnish the of self-financing the extent large a granted by the the water utilities. Finnish government match funding, the Foundation are included in the project budgets of by steered investments euro million John one The euros. The funding**). (ENPI N 90% Belarus, in and euros. budget, in new member states, 85% (ERDF funding*), million 3.2 is member states, budget total its and funding from the the from funding cross-border co-operation between EU countries and countries outside the EU. outsidethe andcountries EUcountries co-operationbetween cross-border ** ENPI, i.e. Instrument,Neighbourhood European the funds and Partnership Regional Development* ERDF=European Fund and Jurmala. inand Jurmala. Brest efficiency removal phosphorus improved in urminen Foundation’s project budget is 0.6 million 0.6 is budget Foundation’sproject urminen project is implemented with partial partial with implemented is project PURE The inistry of the of the Ministry EU funding constitutes 75% of project atc Sea Baltic EU U nion of the Baltic Cities (UBC) Cities Baltic the of nion Environment, covers to R go Programme, egion OM. old In

Lotta Ruokanen john nurminen foundation marine environment 41 In In 2008, the John Nurminen Foundation and the The cities Szczecin of and Gdansk, located by Elsewhere in Poland, the Foundation is waiting Poland As nearly half of the 85 million inhabitants of the catchment area of the The Baltic crucial. Sea is live sea in the Poland, the of protection the in role country’s programme extensive an running currently is country level the to treatment wastewater bringing at aims that EU directives. by required signed a letter of intent on improving Warsaw city of the efficiency of phosphorus removal. renovation and expansion of the the When city’s largest water treatment plant Czajka is ready in 2012, the need for increasing the efficiency of watertreatment from the levels required by EU to those recommended by will be assessed. HELCOM the Baltic Sea, are participants of the Foundation’s EU-directive- renewed, cities, these In project. PURE compliant wastewater treatment plants have already been completed, and there is no need investment. for As participants further of PURE, Szczecin and Gdansk will therefore reduce the phosphorus loads of the Baltic Sea through the more efficient use of their plants. for the modernisation in of large and mid-size wastewater cities to treatment be this complete. is Once done, an investigation will be carried out to determine whether the plants can easily reach of requirements HELCOM – which the are stricter than those of the EU – or if further action, supported by is still needed. the Foundation, the city has more than 300,000 inhabitants and a significant food industry generating wastewater that PURE the of part As plant. treatment city’s the enters of efficiency improved the in invest will Brest project, phosphorus removal during 2011–2012. With these reduced be can loads phosphorus annual investments, 300 tonnes. approximately by The Foundation’s firstTheFoundation’s project in Belarus began in located is project, PURE participantthe a of Brest, The city ofJurmala is located on the coast of the Belarus Belarus is partly located in the catchment area of the the in up end Belarus from loads Nutrient Sea. Baltic Baltic Sea via three routes: the River Vistula, which runs through Poland, the River Neman, which runs runs which Daugava, River the and Lithuania, through through Latvia. The water treatment infrastructure of the country was built in the Soviet era, and The in its efficiently. removed not are nutrients state, current Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission HELCOM has in fact estimated that Belarus, in it couldefficiency be is improved removal if nutrient entering phosphorus of amounts the reduce to possible 1,000 tonnes. an impressive by Sea the Baltic 2009. At this time the PURE project, of which the During initiated. was participant, a also is Brest of city 2010, the Foundation has investigated co-operation opportunities other Belarus also with cities. immediately at the border of Poland and Belarus. The city’s wastewater emissions Poland with the river directly flow Bug, which empties to into the River Vistula. Large amounts of nutrients enter the River Vistula with the wastewater from Brest, as supports investment improving the nutrient removal efficiencyat Riga through its of PURE project (see information box on the previous page). With the support of the EU Foundation, and the Daugavgriva the wastewater treatment John Nurminen plant will reach the phosphorus levels recommended by HELCOM for outgoing wastewater, and reduce the amount of phosphorus entering the by Sea Baltic almost 200 tonnes. The investments in Riga will be carried out in 2010–2011. Baltic Sea, close to Riga. The watercity utilityis also involved in the of the PURE project. Based on the technical surveys carried out in 2010, Jurmala will invest in the improved efficiency of biological in 2011–2012. nutrient removal 42 marine environment john nurminen foundation organised a course on wastewater nutrient nutrient wastewater on utilities. water Belarusian and Russian course for removal a organised of awareness Belarus. and ToFoundationthe Russia end, this promote in particularly engineers’ solutions, technical design existing and water the raise of utilities’ to important plants is it area, treatment Baltic the wastewater the at removal treatmentwastewater inthese cities. for responsible authorities the and Baranovichi, and included representatives of the participants Belarus cities of Vitebsk, Brest, Slonim to addition in event: the in participated Sea, Baltic the of protection the to important very Belarus, and Russia southwestern from cities New Challenge. Sea Baltic the alongside the ‘Challenge for a Healthier Sea’ seminar, be organised could that potential utilities future co-operation partners were invited to water 2010, February In Eutrophication projects –other activitiesin2010 In order to improve the efficiency of nutrient nutrient of efficiency the improve to order In the commitment of the John the of commitment the but own, their of commitments Foundation’s the committed to supporting targets. make not did Consulting Twinspark and Sanoma Finland, Furuno Capgemini, partners Foundation’s The Finland’. of Gulf the in accidents oil of risk the diminishing and Sea Baltic the in eutrophication reducing for actions ‘Concrete disasters. titled spill is commitment oil Foundation’s of The risk the and eutrophication reducing i.e. earlier, comprises public made has it targets commitment the Foundation’s The 2010. Baltic Sea Actionment at the Summit of 10 February h John The John NurminenFoundation’s commitmentat theBal At the BSAS follow-up meeting of February 2011, February of meetingfollow-up BSAS the At N rie Fudto md is commit­ its made Foundation urminen N urminen Foundation urminen umt omtet, ins Evrnet Institute SYKE, 10.2.2011). Environment Finnish Commitments, Summit SeaAction Baltic the of effectiveness the of (Evaluation Gulf of Finland.’ the in sea open the of condition the improve way to the quickest, and cost-efficient, most the is Petersburg St. in plants wastewater eutrophication. the in removal combating of According to terms our evaluation, intensifying phosphorus in project this can be regarded as the most significant individual in itscategory. project significant most single the as identified was improve their wastewater treatment efficiency. efficiency. treatment wastewater their improve in plants to funding obtaining for have area treatment catchment the wastewater options the protection, Sea and Baltic of measures and problems key the included projects, have eutrophication Foundation’s topics the Presentation abroad. and Finland in both events various at speak to invited needs inFinland. development further and status, current efficiency, of target removal nitrogen improved the of impact the assessing with wastewaters Finnish removal nitrogen from of topic the on meeting expert 2010. place May in took Ecovod, and Utility Water Petersburg St. the with co-operation in organised course, The ersnaie o te onain r often are Foundation the of Representatives an called Foundation the 2010, May in Also ut of the commitments (given in this section), this in (given commitments the of ‘Out tic SeaActionSummit john nurminen foundation marine environment 43 Riga is owever, However, Our work is nvironment, Environment, F. They allow us allow They WWF. tility, which hosted hosted which Utility, ater ater W inistry of the Ministryof Riga Utility is already a sizeable project, and What projects improve the status of water utility investing in and promoting nstitute, the Institute, e must remain focused: with our limited Riga.The ater ater W URE W e review the projects’ progress, seek for ctober, representatives of all the wastewater wastewater the all of representatives October, W Riga ember 2010 tic Sea blog, 5 Nov inistry for Foreign Affairs, and Affairs, Foreign Ministry for I have always found it important that we can late In e need to be crystal clear about our target: how to

with the of status the now, implemented being are that investments removal into chemical thefast. Baltic These Sea investments can be improved phosphorus will also be of use after the more extensive renovation projects, when they processes.’ biological nutrient removal can complement the plants’ it will reach significant reductions over – 100 tonnes annually – in phosphorus levels . following Brest this in Belarus example. is Both water utilities with measures environmental significant implementing are now relatively small investments. Both cities are plants. their for planning projects rebuilding extensive the event, can be proud of its achievements: the first P the phosphorus removal project under the PURE flag. The to to benefitfrom theirnetworks and expertise without compensation. The team operates on a very concrete level. eutrophication eutrophication advisory team include representatives thefrom Foundation, financing institutions, Finnish the Environment the solutions to difficult situations, and focuson making a on the impact environment. positive continuously verify from the team’s experts that eutrophication our projects do the right right way. things in the tocannot resources, we afford branch out. responsibly. use must we which donations, with funded W identify the greatest possible positive impact on the environment? and fast measurable, concrete, is that way a in Sea Baltic cost-efficient? treatment plants participating in in convened the PURE project

a i k o N embers of the of Members My particular responsibility is being the chairman astewater from cities is still the most important source source important most the still is cities from astewater ‘The most important actions for the protection of the Baltic Sea take place at wastewater treatment plants. W nutrient load. This is why wastewater of the Baltic Sea’s treatment – i.e., reducing the levels of nitrogen phosphorus and – performed at the plants is importance. of primary in the eutrophication projects’ Foundation’s advisory team. eutrophication The wastewater treatment plants, projects and are managed in co- utilities. operate water cities’ the with operation at Veli Sundbäck’s Clean Bal Excerpts from 44 marine environment john nurminen foundation

Juha Nurminen john nurminen foundation marine environment 45 The increase in oil transportation will highlight the the highlight will transportation oil in increase The Basic principles of the ENSI service safety, vessel for responsible is vessel the of captain The the leaving before up drawn plan route a approves and port. Departing from the practices of, for example, air traffic, this route plan will not be communicated ServiceVTS Traffic bridge. outside Vessel the vessel’s and GOFREP (Gulf of Finland Reporting) monitor the sea areas on their and responsibility, provide the vessels with guidance. Using current systems, they receive information on the vessels’ cargo, crew, and know services not traffic do vessel Today, destination. only are and directions, or routes planned vessels’ the of their destination. aware 500 commercial vessels sail in the Gulf of Finland every day; in 2009, approximately 20 of these were grow to estimated is number this 2013, By tankers. oil to 25 tankers a At day. the same time, the amounts of oil transported via the Gulf will grow. In 2009, approximately 150 tonnes of oil was transported in the Gulf of and Finland, this amount is estimated to 2015. to 200–250 tonnes by grow risks related to the Gulf of Finland as a navigation environment: such risks include between Helsinki crossing and traffic Tallinn, underwater and the rocks, ice conditions in winter time. According to the research, majority of tanker accidents in the Gulf of Finland happen as the vessels aground. Human factors contributed to over 40% of the accidents. In of was crew unsure 40% of such cases, the ship’s over the exact location of the vessel. ject y pro afet anker S T Acknowledgement of this fact was the starting point starting the was fact this of Acknowledgement Marine traffic in the Gulf of Finland is extremely busy, busy, extremely is Finland of Gulf the in traffic Marine than more summertime, the In scale. global a on even arine traffic in the Gulf of Finland is amongst inMarine the Gulf of the traffic busiest in the world A major oil disaster is the greatest threat to the to threat is the A major oil disaster greatest Baltic Sea Small-scalespillsoiloccurBalticSea,annuallythe in but a major oil disaster has so far been averted.major oil with disaster, tens of A thousands of tonnes of oil spilled to the sea, is the greatest threat to the Baltic Sea. In the worst case scenario, the sea its shores couldand be ravaged for decades if an oil spill accident should occur in the busy traffic of the Gulf of Finland. for the John Nurminen Foundation Tanker Safety project, initiated in October 2009. The project has decided to focus on the prevention of oil accidents, as this is far less expensive and also ecologically more sustainable than combating actual oil spills. The target of the Tanker Safety project is to significantly significantly to is project Safety Tanker the of target The decrease the risk of an oil disaster Finland, and into improve the safety theof marine traffic. Gulf Navigation of (Enhanced ENSI the create will project The enables which service, navigation Information) Support improved proactive vessel traffic management, and better access provides to information on weather and ice conditions, and any exceptional circumstances route. affecting a ship’s 46 marine environment john nurminen foundation seas. other to expanded be can service the coverageof and Later,2013. contents Finlandduring the of Gulf the in ENSI deploymentof gradual the begin to is target should be secured in an as early phase as possible. The stakeholders and authorities Estonian Russianand of involvement The traffic. marine of stakeholders key vessel trafficservices. of the route, and improve the situational awareness of navigation. Instead, it will once more verify the safety the vessel’s captain remains at all times responsible for seafaring. The ENSI service will not alter the fact that in management traffic vessel proactive enables that The project is implemented in co-operation with the The solution to this problem is an automated service discovered. been have would selection route in mistake the plan, ship’sroute the of aware been had sea. the to spilled was it of none structure, vessel’s double-hull the to thanks but oil, crude of tonnes 100,000 of the of the cargo The incident. to prior vessel the by used and captain the by approved been had route the shoal; the toroutes sea deep the from it took which The incident was caused by the vessel’s route, Sea. Bothnian the to was Primorsk from travelling it as Gogland of west ground touched n February 2007, the Greek tanker tanker Greek the 2007, February In Case Propontis f vessel traffic services services traffic vessel If consisted Propontis Propontis

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Katri Lehtola john nurminen foundation marine environment 49 In fact, the e believe that believe e W ussian ports, or the R In the past few years, oil ussian tanker is seven years old R urminen Foundation assembled N elsinki–Tallinn route cross the paths the cross route Helsinki–Tallinn ith ‘marine traffic control’, real-time route route real-time control’, traffic ‘marine ith e have presented the project to various The John During the course of the year, the project was presented presented was project the year, the of course the During The purpose of the Tanker Safety project is to W its archipelagos could not sustain a major oil spill accident. to the Primorsk port and back onboard a tanker, thus a tanker, port and onboard back to the Primorsk obtaining valuable user feedback for user interface An design. ENSI portal user demo interface was also designed, and tendering specifications up of process bidding for the the portal’s competitive were drawn implementation. technical has been a to international topicvarious stakeholders. It at bilateral informed been meetings have of Russia heads in of authorities state; the moreover, and EU leaders project. the of and has a double-hull construction. greatest risks involve growing marine traffic and traffic control practices. traffic has grown at astonishing an speed.of particular A risk significance is created when the fast the on ferries tankers. of the slowly-turning introduce air traffic control safety practices to the [...]W seas. service. forecasting a into transformed is monitoring information the obtain can tankers time, same the At ports, or locations icebreaker weather, on need they one service. into all consolidated stakeholders also outside of Finland, and hope to of Gulf the from expanding off, servicetakethe see world. the of seas the all to Finland costly less far is accidents spill oil of prevention the and more cost-efficient than combating actual oil spills.’ a group of experts whose task was to define the most efficientmethods ofpreventing oil disasters. did problems worst the belief, popular Contrary to not involve the practices of advanced age of the vessels. Primorsk, the largest oil port in the Gulf of and the Finland, average is very modern, urminen

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Foundation’sthe profit statement andloss In 2007–2012,publicfundingincludedin Ministry of the Environment ofthe Ministry EU BalticSeaRegion Programme Agency Development Co-operation Swedish International Finnish Transport Agency 2010 Ministry of the Environment ofthe Ministry EU BalticSeaRegion Programme Agency Development Co-operation Swedish International Finnish Transport Agency Ministry of the Environment ofthe Ministry EU BalticSeaRegion Programme Agency Development Co-operation Swedish International Finnish Transport Agency 2015 Ministry of the Environment ofthe Ministry EU BalticSeaRegion Programme Agency Development Co-operation Swedish International Finnish Transport Agency Fundraising andcommunications General expenses Eutrophication projects donations Monetary Tanker Safety St. Petersburg Pure Vyborg Gatchina Riga New projects Safety project were launched. Sea by 1,600tonnes, Tanker andthe Baltic loadentering the phosphorus projects, willreduce which annual the W euros fundshave ofthe beenused. euros were raised in2010.4.2million million euros, 0.9million ofwhich 2005–2010 total approximately 6.7 Funds raised by Foundation in the Tanker Safety Fundraising andcommunications General expenses Eutrophication projects donations Monetary St. Petersburg Pure Vyborg Gatchina Riga New projects ith these funds, the eutrophication funds,the these ith Tanker Safety Fundraising andcommunications General expenses Eutrophication projects donations Monetary St. Petersburg Pure Vyborg Gatchina Riga New projects Tanker Safety Fundraising andcommunications General expenses Eutrophication projects donations Monetary St. Petersburg Pure Vyborg Gatchina Riga New projects john nurminen foundation marine environment 51 jects a pro ic Se alt at large (summer and Christmas campaigns). The Foundation’s web site has an individual making for used be can which platform, online donation donations, anniversary donations, memorial bequest or donations, or for becoming a donor. monthly funding. applying for public project 3) By Theprofit and loss statement the Foundation of mainly consists Foundation the to support Monetary Donated funds are directed to the Foundation’s Clean Foundation’s the to directed are funds Donated Clean and I Fund Sea Clean 2004–2008, (in Funds Sea Sea Fund II since 2008). Projects are financed with the capital accrued in these funds (see Bylaws of the page 70). Fund, includes only received 2005–2010, monetary the Foundation donations. raised In approximately 6.7 million euros ín support of the implementation of the Clean projects. Baltic Sea Out of this amount, 0.9 approximately raised million in euros were 2010. By 2010, 4.2 million euros of these funds had been We adhere projects. used to financeFoundation’s the to Foundation the committing not of principle the to projects whose cost would exceed that of the funds raised. The fundswe have accrued and financed our phosphorus of tonnes 1,600 remove will with projects have funds Moreover, countries. five and cities nine in project. Safety Tanker been used to launch the In stakeholders. public and companies by donations of 2010, companies accounted for approximately 55% of the donations, and the public sector for roughly 30%. Donations from private individuals amounted to approximately 15%. Companies supporting the main categories: four into divided be can Foundation s of the Clean B g and sponsor Fundraisin 900 tonnes of phosphorus are still missing from the from missing still are phosphorus of tonnes 900 TheFoundation uses three main methods to raise 1) By appealing individuals to companiesdonated With large. at public the to appealing 2) By and private media space, the appeals Foundation to the public The John Nurminen Foundation Clean Baltic other no are Sea there donations: with funded are projects Foundation the so raised are Funds income. of sources can reach its targets: an annual reduction of 2,500 tonnes of phosphorusoil by service throughENSI the of the deployment eutrophication the and projects, Tanker the through Finland of Gulf the sailing these tankers of achievement the for schedule The project. Safety 2013 and projects, eutrophication the for 2015 is targets manages Foundation The project. Safety Tanker the for and finances concrete projects with a beginning, an end, and a measurable end result. This approach sets the Foundation apart from all other environmental stakeholders. Failure to keep the set schedules is the greatest risk that could hinder the achievement of these targets. 2,500 tonne To target of the eutrophication projects. be able to achieve our targets, we continue to raise funds from companies as well as private individuals. As the projects move forward, we cost will what have at and a when, more how, of understanding detailed our final targets can be achieved. The eutrophication projects use donated funds for equipment procurement, project and project planning, management. Funds are never transferred directly to utility partners. our water projects: Sea funds for the Clean Baltic 52 marine environment john nurminen foundation Twinspark Consulting Neste Oil Moderator Helsinki MetroAuto N Kuusakoski KTA- John N Furuno Finland Family Familjen Fond Hartwalls Evli Ekokem Edita Castrén &Snellman Aspo Aktia Adage Abyss Art Key supporters Environment ofthe Finnish Ministry Sanoma Nokia Finnish Transport Agency Fortum EU BalticSeaR FinlandCapgemini Baltic Sea2020 Main partners Environment ofthe Finnish Ministry Sanoma Nokia Fortum Main sponsors operations. Nokia,andSanoma,for hasbeenhighly significant the example, Foundation’sfor 2015. Theinput from Fortum, only way isthe aslong-term to support guaranteepublic stakeholders, realisation Foundation’s the ofthe by goals receivedFrom from 2011onwards, into companies support and accountinthe willbetaken accumulated support projects in2010 Supporters ofthJohnNurminenFoundation CleaBal CC Yhtiöt Marine urminen egion Programme 2007–2013 2009 2009 2009 2008 2010 2009 2009 2005 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2009 2006 2010 2007 2007 2006 2005 2009 2006 2010 2009 2007 2007 2006 2005 2006 Since tic Sea john nurminen foundation marine environment 53 Helsingin Helsingin Sanomat , the magazines of of magazines the , Sanomat Helsingin Helsingin Helsingin , Sanomat and on the In In 2010, for example, three stakeholders provided As an example of pro bono work donated by ajor donation from Sanoma Major donation from Nurminen John the and Group Sanoma 2010, April In on agreeing agreement, three-year a signed Foundation agreement The projects. Sea Baltic Clean the to support contains financial support important an been and has mediaSanoma media. visibilitySanoma various in 2006, since projects Sea Baltic Clean the of supporter providing a contribution that has greatly enhanced the visibility of the projects. Thelong-term co-operationa launch with to Foundation the enabled Sanoma impossible’. is ‘Nothing entitled campaign fundraising The campaign was first introduced to the public in via 2010 June-July December, In channel. TV Nelonen the and Sanoma, visibility gained campaign Christmas Foundation’s the in website. project’s project’s environmental impact. At St. Petersburg’s northern wastewater treatment plant, financing is provided directly to the water utility by the Swedish city. this in expenses Foundation’s the reducing SIDA, Transport i.e.The Agency, Finnish the futureowner of the ENSI system created by the project, has Tanker budgeted Safety 300,000 euros for the project in 2011–2012. Capgemini project. Safety Tanker the to effort bono pro planned and organised a workshop, and drew up the documentation for the competitive bidding project’s process. Adage created a demo version of the ENSI portal user interface, and Twinspark assisted in the design and documentation of the project. a private individual, Jyrki Lalla, Finance former & Head Control of at Nokia contacted Siemens the Networks, Foundation in the autumn of 2010, Clean the to effort and time his contribute to offering six- of period a for week a day one projects Sea Baltic months. firstJyrki Lalla’s project was therenewal of online donation platform. the Foundation’s Donated effort can consist of, for example, voluntary example, for of, consist can effort Donated Theresources donatedby public stakeholders can The total budget of EU-funded Foundation’s the Various private individuals and companies contribute companies and individuals private Various bono pro a on operations Foundation’s the to actively Foundation estimates that inbasis. certainThe years, resources donated by partners have had operations than impact received on the a Foundation’s greater been have to estimated was This donations. monetary the situation in 2010, for example. Thedonated resources by partners the are Foundation’s not visible in the profit and loss statement, but they are highly significant when evaluating the actualvolume of the operations. Foundation’s knowhow business individual, private a by done work an equipment donated donation, by a or company, a donation of media space. consist of direct support to the projects, the authorities. donated by or effort PURE project is 3.2 million euros, of which a only section (0.6 million budget. euros) Foundation’s The investments made is by this included in the project are valued at one input is crucial to million Foundation’s the realisation of the euros, and the Beyond monetaryBeyond donations sponsors, main partners, key supporters, and other supporters. From 2011 onwards, the accumulation of support will be taken into account in the support received from companies and public stakeholders. The Foundation has four main Sanoma, sponsors: Fortum, and Nokia, the Finnish Ministry of the These stakeholders supported have Environment. the Clean Baltic Sea projects from their very beginning, and their input has, during the years, become highly significant. The public stakeholders and supporters of the Foundation’s project include the European Union (Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007–2013), the Ministry of and Agency, SIDA Transport (Swedish the International Environment, the Co-operation Agency). Development Finnish 54 marine environment john nurminen foundation Expenses and corporate social responsibility. By supporting supporting By responsibility. social corporate and Sea in their programmes promoting the environment Baltic the of protection the include can Companies communications Corporate co-operation andmarketing toan itsfundraising external company. itoutsourced has nor staff, years, result insmallerfundraisingcosts. non-recurring investments, which will, in the coming partners. The related expenses can therefore be seen as Foundationits the and both of channels the in come to years for utilise to intends Foundation the that communications campaign with themes and materials marketing long-term a of launch the saw also 2010 of summer The revamped. completely were platform donation online Foundation’sand the website when the on rise. 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Foundation, it was easy to name the Baltic Sea Clean easy to it was Foundation, of the donations. The birthday as recipients projects guests and gift-givers, by as it received well wish was spend time on thinking the about what need to removed of the Baltic Sea is an the protection also felt Many give. to important interests.” cause, and in line with their own close to his heartclose to the also through hobbies of hunting and by sea in Lauttasaari,the fishing. and is, Kari Jussi Aho lives his father,like fisherman. a keen of expressing way find a to some time, and wanted quite for his support. their birthdays celebrate The Ahos wished to gifts. reached modestly and had no need for therefore They Kari to that, according reasons Jussi the conclusion – for also selfish – of supportingAho, were upon the projects “Thistheir anniversaries. be an excellent turned out to joining Baltic Sea. of finally the the effortprotect to way Thanks reputation the of the excellent John N to Photograph of the Y Photograph the John to of his prize money 2,000 euros donated Tuuri, N message in the status of theinterested Baltic Sea, Tuuri’s It is importantis that a difference. can make everyone to initiating major to key who are decision-makers, appeal to that the actions of change. On the hand, he believes other important. equally individuals are When a sufficient number of people join the effort,reduced can be eutrophication small measures. also through Bo Chief Flight Helsinki), former of (medical centre of the title and recipient Air Force of theSurgeon Finnish honorary (Finnish title), and his son, Lääkintöneuvos KariJussi Aho, Chairman at R of the Board birthdays in 2010, and their round-numbered celebrated thebirthday Clean Baltic Sea a donation to wish was 80th The anniversaryprojects. the father’s collections for 50th birthday in a donation of more resulted and the son’s than 11,500 euros. their for setting as a unique well as the living environment and has a summer hobbies. Juhani Aho has sailed all his life, house on the island of V the artist Alpo Tuurnala donated the Foundation donated In 2010, the artist Alpo Tuurnala painting depicting the Strömmingsbådan a watercolour In used as a Christmas be lighthouse card. island, to the sent from were 1251 ChristmasDecember, cards could and those who wished to website, Foundation’s participate for The winner of the painting. the in a raffle a friend Joensuu. of the Baltic Sea from was aquarelle In Oct

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john nurminen foundation marine environment 59 ‘Whether ‘Whether they live inland believe I coastline, the by or that all Finns are interested in the Baltic Sea in way or In another. a way, one Finland is an island both separated and to connected from its countries neighbouring by the Sea. The Baltic Baltic Sea is an lives, our of part important and it is portrayed as such also in our through the magazines, stories of real ‘Fortum’s ‘Fortum’s activities focus on the Nordic countries, countries Baltic the Russia, and Poland. The Baltic Sea is the area of of factor Fortum’s connecting operation: consequently, co-operation with Clean the Baltic Sea projects is a very section of the company’s appropriate responsible corporate citizenship. Since experts and fastest the that agree ehell ice President of Sustainability, Fortum of Sustainability, ice President

people. What impressed us in the operations of the us John in the operations impressed What people. Nurminen Foundation was the way the project resources are to targeted achieve maximum Sanoma results. also the with co-operation of fruitful experiences has previous Foundation. Clarisse Berggårdh CEO, Sanoma Magazines Finland most cost-efficient method of improving the condition of condition the improving of method cost-efficient most the Baltic Sea is in removal to phosphorus the intensify wastewater treatment plants located in its catchment area, it is natural approximately for that the responsible is supportwhich given Poland, in by focused Fortum is one third of the phosphorus load Achieving to significant and the clearly demonstrable Baltic results Sea. is for important Fortum also in The partnerships. same goal-orientation is evident in the operations of the Clean Fortum.’ Baltic Sea greatly appreciated projects, by a fact Ulla R V

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a i k o Nokia; Satu W Fortum, CEO, and Clarisse Berggårdh, Sanoma Magazines Finland. N The Bal orters and our supp and Me’The section ‘Baltic Sea on invites website the Foundation’s our supporters describe their to the Baltic Sea. to relationship W V Ulla R and CEO of Metro-Auto; V 60 marine environment john nurminen foundation PICTURES ONTHISPREAD:MaxEdin W sea’s the of area. countries catchment other in and Finland in Sea Baltic the to emissions phosphorus the on impact have an can really we Sea: Baltic the benefit that results Baltic Seaprojects generate concrete andmeasurable Clean the that important extremely is it Sanoma, For 11%. is Sea Baltic the entering load phosphorus the of share calculation –atroughly 0.1% other hand,Finland’s Onthe of method the on depending – totalling minimal, is emissions Finland’s gas speaking, greenhouse of share Globally influence. wecannot that issues climate with ‘ Foundation. the Sanoma’s described support to motivation Jaakkoactivities. Inhisopeningspeech, R Foundation’s beginningofthe very the environmental from projects Sea Baltic Clean the supported has Sanoma Johnny from Nordic Åkerholm the Investment Bank. R SeppoKnuuttila,Senior Environment; Porvari; Marjukka St. Petersburg; Paula Lehtomäki, Finnish Minister ofthe by Director General ofV Felix Karmazinov paneldiscussionjoined ledthe Huhta Kari Journalist esearcher Finnish atthe Environment Institute; and e definitely want this effort.’ to joinin I t makes no sense to torture ourselves ourselves torture to sense no makes t odokanal, auramo john nurminen foundation marine environment 61 ater ater nvironment Environment I opposed the ussia that the wastewaters wastewaters the that ussia R urminen Foundation. auramo, Chairman at Sanoma, of theauramo, Board urminen Foundation, and Felix Karmazinov, urminen Karmazinov, and Felix Foundation, urminen, Chairman of the of the Board am delighted and grateful that my Finnish Finnish my that grateful and delighted am I Jaakko R Jaakko and Juhani Kaskeala the Fagernäs, Board from Peter of the John N Juha N John N W Petersburg of the St. General Director Utility. eva. Neva. esearcher Seppo Knuuttila of the Finnish Finnish the of Knuuttila Seppo esearcher friends were able to convince me otherwise.’ Senior R Institute emphasised Finland of Gulf the the of status the to removal phosphorus importance of chemical and the battle against eutrophication. ‘By 2020, the phosphorus load from St. Petersburg is estimated to be reduced by a total of 20,000 tonnes. This equals half roughly of the phosphorus in currently thestored explained. Knuuttila Finland’, of Gulf the of mass water ‘Such reductions will have an immediate impact on the blooms of blue-green algae we experiencedhave in the summertime.’ he, with his personal commitment, had been able to engender in St. Petersburg. ‘At first, project, siding with the belief that in is common elsewhere in and St. Petersburg will be treated automatically in the fluctuations of the River ouse for the for House ussia. The event was opened was ussia. The event R auramo, Chairman of the Board Board the of Chairman auramo, R odokanal St. Petersburg, and Paula Paula and Petersburg, St. odokanal V elsinki in the eye’, Karmazinov said Karmazinov eye’, the in Helsinki He spoke very openly of the change t at Sanoma House, 26 August 2010 tic Sea Event at Felix Karmazinov explained that in 2010, 92% of the of 92% 2010, in that explained Karmazinov Felix ver 100 guests gathered to Sanoma guestsgatheredto 100 Over in his own attitude, and of the psychological change to to the audience. wastewaters of St. Petersburg were treated, and by the by and treated, were Petersburg St. of wastewaters end of 2011 the figurewould riseto ‘As 95%.we are no longer polluting the Gulf of Finland, we can again of people the look nvironment. of the Minister Environment. the Finnish Lehtomäki, Baltic Sea event was hosted by Sanoma, a long-term sponsor and main media partner of the Foundation’s Clean Baltic Sea projects. Karmazinov, Felix included speakers Guest Sanoma. of of General Director Clean Baltic Sea meeting of August 2010, organised theFoundation’s of groups supporters interest for and Clean Baltic Sea projects. The themes the Baltic were Sea and of the event Jaakko by hosted and Clean Bal ‘There is still time to save the Baltic Sea. We owe this to future generations.’

Peter Fagernäs Member of the Board John Nurminen Foundation Ju kka N urminen

64 financial statement john nurminen foundation external asset manager. The Foundation’s result was positive thanks to the Foundation’s investment activities and activities investment revaluation. Foundation’sportfolio the to thanks positive was result Foundation’s The manager. asset external internal Foundation’s movesofthe Thisincomewas collection. non-recurring. archivesandmaritimehistory involving due arrangements is new to previous the year activities compared to leasing difference from The income in out. leased been have Foundation the by used notFacilities Foundation’s collections. the and to premises home also Foundation. ofthe generalexpenses inthe included are related to the maintenance of the collection and new acquisitions. In 2009, the collection’s profits and losses were Expenses maps. facsimile of sales the through mostly accrued were collection the of profits year.The previous the of and loss statement below, the Foundation’s collections are presented as a separate entity. This differs fromthe practice the fair,book toadjacent profitthe wasthe in organised exhibition generate notBock profits. In itdid Adolf latethe As autumn. too launched was War) Sea Great the and III (Gustav the merisota suuri of ja terms III Kustaa In book year. the previous market, the book on down were publications from profits published, were books new two though due to intensifying page68for competition infundraising.See fullexpenses. partly is year.This previous the of levels the below were projects Sea Baltic Clean the to donations Monetary dation. This arrangement guarantees donations are that not to used finance any activitiesother the John of Nurminen Foun- separatelyis handled Foundation’s inthe accounts. fund this donations, with financed are projects Sea Baltic operate Clean the self-sufficientprojects a as Because fund. Sea Baltic Clean The Foundation’s activities. the investment and publications from profits as any,well if as sponsors, and sales ticket exhibition from income with funded is branch operational history maritime statement.The loss and toitems achievegreater regrouped clarity. havebeen financial statement,the as in used that statementto loss correspond fully and not profit does presentationthe The of version (entireFoundation) Profit andl Maritime history branch ofoperations,total Maritime history Collections, total Expenses Income CoLLECTIONS Publications, total Expenses Income Publications Exhibitions, total Expenses Income EXHIBITIONS MARITIME hIST JOHN NURMINENFOUNDATION The Foundation’s other liquid assets (i.e., assets not related to the Clean Baltic Sea projects) were overseen by an by overseen were projects) Sea Baltic Clean the to related not assets (i.e., assets Foundation’sliquid The other is which Länsi-Pasila, in building Huolintatalo the of 10% approximately owns Foundation Nurminen John The Even publications. from profits modest of spite in loss a made branch history Foundation’smaritime the 2010, In Donations are directed to the Clean Sea Funds I and II, which are used to finance all ofthe Clean Baltic Sea projects. presented separateas profitFoundationbeen entities have Nurminen the John in the of branches operational The

john nurmisen säätiö 64 tilinpäätös ORY oss statement , 2010,abbreviated -159 624,42 164 880,20 -23 958,79 -16 497,96 -23 456,96 -12 716,61 -12 716,61 6 959,00 5 255,78 2010 0,00 € -224 209,00 226 836,73 -3 016,88 -5 644,61 -5 644,61 2 627,73 2009 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 € john nurminen foundation financial statement 65 0,00 2009 5 825,52 60 854,76 -79 276,09 -87 617,22 137 487,80 198 619,08 119 342,99 148 471,98 441 907,63 180 197,75 399 681,48 -225 232,54 -219 407,02 1 233 035,56 -1 095 547,76 0,00 0,00 2010 81 239,96 51 656,90 -72 683,82 935 356,66 153 923,78 196 441,77 205 498,59 132 896,86 149 730,75 -546 694,37 -144 784,87 -164 705,91 -164 705,91 -1 482 051,03 ions g operat cin an IONS G OPERAT CIN AN g y leasin ental income ilit ac Expenses e 68) ils on pag see deta T ( MARINE ENVIRONMEN Clean Sea funds Income the Clean Baltic Sea Fund to transfers Fund Marine environment branch of operations, total INVESTMENT AND FIN F R Expenses Facility leasing, total Facility her investOt and fin ment Total income Total Expenses total and financing operations, Other investment total operations, financing and investment leasing, Facility Depreciation and reversed depreciation and reversed Depreciation ion General expenses of the John Nurminen Foundat Income Expenses General expenses, total General Surplus (deficit) for the accounting period 66 financial statement john nurminen foundation Current assets,total Non-current assets,total BALNCE SHEET ASSETS Assets, total Debtors Stocks CURRENT ASSETS Cash inhandandatbanks Investments Tangible assets assetsIntangible -CURRENT ASSETS NON Short-term Long-term Books U ther tangible assets tangible Other achinery andequipment Machinery rights Intangible nfinished books ther debtorsOther aps, books anditems Maps, books W Trade debtors ther debtorsOther Prepayments income andaccrued john nurmisen säätiö 66 tilinpäätös ofart orks 8 787917,64 6 153825,50 5 463680,48 1 794428,11 2 634092,14 100 000,00 211 044,08 207 416,98 211 705,54 528 619,95 281 029,91 690 145,02 434 147,38 190 674,03 35 884,50 65 323,61 3 627,10 2010 0,00 8 803914,83 4 452935,77 3 618640,06 3 822961,71 4 350979,06 100 000,00 167 779,21 166 898,35 128 248,84 464 559,79 311 275,76 629 131,43 434 147,38 188 508,91 25 035,19 6 475,14 880,86 842,63 2009 john nurminen foundation financial statement 67 2009 54 607,10 22 554,39 198 753,26 142 168,69 856 050,43 399 681,48 121 591,77 198 753,26 2 100 577,11 3 098 796,23 5 506 365,34 5 106 683,86 8 803 914,83 8 605 161,57 2010 28 234,22 337 636,86 579 719,59 142 168,69 672 161,79 149 730,85 213 848,51 579 719,59 5 656 096,19 1 737 771,38 2 552 101,86 5 506 365,34 8 787 917,64 8 208 198,05 ORS Accruals and deferred income Accruals and deferred Other creditors Trade creditors Trade etained surplus/deficitetained Short-term, total Creditors, total Equity and liabilities, total Clean Sea Fund I Clean Sea Fund S AND RESERVE CAPITAL capitalEquity Clean Sea Fund II Clean Sea Fund R Capital and reserves, total CREDIT Short-term Surplus/deficit for Surplus/deficitthe accounting period Assets BALANCE SHEET 68 financial statement john nurminen foundation Expenses peroperationalbranch Income Clean Sefunds support. monetary ofreceived that surpassed 2010 in support and donations such of value the estimate, our statement. loss to According and profit Pro bono donations and project received support directly by the water utilities, for example, are not included in the IN Profit andlossstatement 2009,CleanBal in smallerfundraisingcosts. communications marketing The related expenses can therefore be seen as investments,non-recurrent which long-term will, in the coming years, result a Moreover, revamped. campaign that will completely be used in the Foundation's future werecommunications and fundraising activities was launched. platform donation online and Foundation’swebsite the when 2010, in large exceptionally were costs communications and Fundraising * Fundraising andcommunicationscosts Expenses, total C Eutrophication projects Tanker Safety General expenses Fundraising andcommunications* OME

john nurmisen säätiö 68 tilinpäätös tic Seaprojects -1 482051,03 -854 682,62 -152 690,82 -165 594,22 -309 083,37 935 356,66 2010 -1 095547,76 1 233035,56 -737 179,87 -157 787,02 -138 806,38 -61 774,49 2009 john nurminen foundation annual report 2010 69 In In the view of the Board of Directors, ‘international preserve and safeguard the history and cultural traditions of traditions cultural and history the safeguard and preserve Finland, in industries service related and trade international and to sustain the interest of the general public in these topics. TheFoundation implements its purpose invarious ways, which include, for example, support to operations that are in line with its purpose, and providing financial 3). (section other means mentioned in its bylaws through trade and related service industries’ applies to exchange of information, communications, and exchange cultural exchange, and of the related items logistics services, specific The environments. operating and supportactivities purpose of the Foundation is to safeguard and preserve the history and Finnish cultural traditions related to the abovementioned areas, which refer to, amongst seafaring and the protection others, of the marine environment in a way that allows it to be freely and traditionally utilised, also preserving its usable condition, by all stakeholders, citizens including and those who engage in the service industries. specificTheFoundation’s purpose is toprotect environment. marine the Finnish All operations of the Foundation are based on its The clarification explains why theprotection of the marine environment is a natural part of the cultural tradition of Finnish seafaring and maritime history. Excerpt from an of Directors: appendix to the minutes of the Board Foundation Nurminen of the John bylaws Operational The operations of the NurminenJohn Foundationbased on the Act, Foundations the last approved bylaws of are Patents of Board (National Foundation Nurminen John the and Registration of Finland, 14 August 2007), and rules generally other and foundations, for practices good accepted of Directors. the Board by decisions separately approved purpose (section 2): ‘the purpose of the Foundation is to Clarification to the clause ‘purpose of Clarification to the clause ‘purpose the foundation’ as provided by the Board of Directors of the John Nurminen Foundation 1. Foundation name and domicile 1. Foundation The name of the foundationJohn Nurmisen Säätiö, John Nurminens Stiftelse in Swedish, and its domicile is Helsinki. in English, Foundation the John Nurminen foundation of the 2. Purpose The purpose of the foundation is to preserve and safeguard the history and cultural traditions of international trade and to sustain the serviceand related industries in Finland, of the general public in these topics. interest Excerpt from the bylaws of the John Excerpt from the Nurminen Foundation 70 annual report 2010 john nurminen foundation Fund 2 Excerpt fromthebylawsofCleanSea the Fund’s purpose as laid out in these bylaws. The Board The bylaws. these in out laid as Fund’spurpose the consideration into closely,taking activities and projects of JohnNurminenimplementation Foundationthe monitors the of Directors of Board The targets. and schedules their andsets of Directors andactivities, projects Foundation’s the Board defines Foundation Nurminen John The Section 4Decision-making andmonitoring criteria. they set Fund’s if the meet Fund the to bequests and donations accept can Foundation Nurminen a John as The value its environment. as natural well as Sea Baltic the of value use the on impact positive cost-efficient most and fastest the have that operations on is Emphasis stakeholders. other by run projects similar in participates or supports also Fund The status. Sea’s environmental the of awareness increase or Sea Baltic the of status the on impact positive significant, a have that projects implements and finances develops, promotes, Fund the purpose, its with line In Section 3Implementing thepurposeofFund environmental status. problems faced by the Baltic Sea, increasing awareness of its of environmental Gulf other to the solutions promote particular, to or in Finland, and, sea Baltic the of loads thenutrient to reduce is target The environment natural a as value its and Sea the of value use the both improving Sea, Baltic clean a for work to is Fund the of purpose The Section 2Purpose oftheFund 2’, andinRussian, ‘фонд море”. ”Чистое 2’ Fund Sea ‘Clean 2’, inSwedish, English, in 2’, Hav Rent ett meri för ‘Fonden is‘Puhdas Fund the of name The Section 1Name ofthefund with thesebylaws. accordance in used are Fund the to directed funds how on decisions detailed more makes Board the by authorised party a FoundationNurminenor John the of Directors of information http://lahjoitapuhdasitameri.fi/en/fund_ project website at CleanBalticSea donationsectionofthe in the The complete bylaws Fund ofthe are available www.johnnurmisensaatio.fi are available Foundation’s atthe website, The bylaws JohnN ofthe urminen Foundation urminen john nurminen foundation annual report 2010 71 41 549 1535 40 801 7057 44 203 2214 400 530 422 44 203 2213 IC SEA CLEAN BALT Marjukka Porvari eutrophication Director, +358 (0) Miina Mäki Manager, marine biologistProject +358 (0)50 576 3298 (On parental leave) Elena Kaskelainen PURE Manager, EU project Project +358 (0) Ojala Tuuli PURE Manager, EU project Project +358 (0) LaaksonenPekka Safety Tanker Director, +358 (0) Jussi Tuurnala Safety Manager, Tanker Project +358 (0)50 588 0352 SalmiovirtaMaija Safety Tanker Co-ordinator, Project +358 (0) ORY 400 818 815 400 882 182 MARITIME HIST Maria Grönroos Publications and exhibitions +358 (0)50 545 0481 Marja-Liisa Suopanki Archives +358 (0) Sofia Silvo Trainee +358 (0) 400 907 809 40 825 8071

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