Considering environment and being a pioneer of the field are our strategic choices and objectives we constantly pursue. We respect and foster our arctic operational environment. We are committed to protect the environment and acknowledge the major environmental factors in our operations: electricity, fuel and water consumption, waste management, reuse and recycling, and protecting biodiversity. We have set goals for our environmental work and monitor our environmental performance, pursue set goals through our environmental program. The program is based on constant improvement. Goals are overseen and revised as part of company’s strategic planning. Environment is one of our company values. ISO 14001 standard is a guideline for our environmental work.

We have been involved as a cooperative company in the To Be Low Carbon project coordinated by Metsähallitus (State-owned forestry company). The project has implemented an ISO14069 verified carbon footprint calculation of our company's operations, and based on the calculation, an action plan to reduce the carbon footprint until 2030. We are also committed to SHKY's climate goals and the Glasgow Climate Declaration. Our environmental work can be found in more detail in our blog series.

When building, our goal is to use as few new areas of the fell as possible. We are constantly restoring and landscaping the fell area, respecting the diversity of the local nature, landscape and culture. With these actions, we also prevent erosion of slope areas.

We encourage our customers to keep the local nature vibrant, and there are more than 30 waste sorting points in our fell area. Take part in environmental work with your own contribution - respect Lapland's beautiful fell nature!

Responsible operations start with effective cooperation: we identify our stakeholders and take good care of stakeholder cooperation. We are actively participating in Levi Sustainability Program. We are particularly proud of our strong customer loyalty, which is the result of the joint long-term development work in the Levi tourism area.

Locality is important to us. We are a significant employer and taxpayer in Kittilä. We employ around 100 employees year-round in permanent employment relationships, and in peak seasons the number of personnel increases to over 300 employees. We want to increase the municipality's vitality and support local employment. We offer local people, Kittilä schools, associations and clubs support and cooperation opportunities.

We bear our financial responsibility by constantly investing in the development of the Levi area. Since 2007, Levi Ski Resort has invested around €70M in the development of slope and service infrastructure. The investments we make positively affect the attraction of the Tourism Area and the opportunities for business development in Levi. A significant part of the company's profit is used for investments. Oy Levi Ski Resort Ltd group's total turnover was 28.4M € (2021-2022). We aim for an operating profit of more than 15%.

In investment planning, we consider the various aspects of responsibility; particularly important for us is to consider the ecological point of view in the fells. Our main principles are to use the best possible available technology and the best possible actors in their field as partners, in which case we also ensure that our supply chains and the life cycle perspective are taken into account in all operations. The value of the next five-year investment plan is 35M €.

Our strengths:

• Compliance with statutory obligations and voluntary agreements
• Planning on long term, being persistent, professionalism
• Business environment knowledge
• Industry knowledge and stakeholder cooperation
• Strong links to local life; employer, enabler, supporter

Considering environment and being a pioneer of the field are our strategic choices and objectives we constantly pursue. We respect and foster our arctic operational environment. We are committed to follow environmental legislation and regulations.

We are committed to protect the environment and acknowledge the major environmental factors in our operations: electricity, fuel and water consumption, waste management, reuse and recycling, and minimizing erosion. We have set goals for each environmental factor. We monitor our environmental performance and pursue set goals through our environmental program. The program is based on constant improvement. Goals are overseen and revised as part of company’s strategic planning.

Environment is one of our company values. ISO 14001 standard is a guideline for our environmental work.

The consumption of electricity is a major cause of energy consumption in ski resorts.

Levi Ski Resort Oy uses 100% renewable Greene electricity. The storage snow we use reduces the need for snowmaking in the warm weather of the early season. We utilize the waste heat from compressors generated by snow removal by transferring it to the geothermal piping. In all our new sites, such as South Point, West Point and the new service hall on the south slopes, we use geothermal energy as a form of heating. The extensive snow system on the slopes of Levi is also even more efficient with automation. In terms of slope equipment, we have invested in energy-saving equipment. Our slope machinery is equipped with a SnowSat system that measures the depth of snow, which reduces fuel consumption and emissions by improving the anticipation of machine work. As snowmobiles, we use environmentally friendly four-stroke snowmobiles. With machine-specific monitoring, we look at fuel consumption in the use of vehicles and slope machines. The fuel consumption of the machinery has fallen by 30% in less than 10 years. We also train our staff in economical driving. We have minimized the energy demand for slope lighting with LED lights and light automation. We changed the opening hours of the slopes from 9:30 to 19:00, which gives half an hour of extra time in the morning and reduces the need for lighting by an hour in the evening. We have also done landscaping work to prevent erosion in the fell. Customers also have access to an electric car charging station in connection with the Zero Point building. Our challenging goal is to increase the efficiency of recycling and sorting together with waste management players. We have installed more than 30 waste sortin stations in the fell, which also encourage our customers to sort their waste on the slopes. Levi SKi Resort is involved in the low-carbon development project of Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park - Pallas-Yllästunturi TOBE low carbon - which started on 1 January 2019. The aim of the project is ISO 14069 verification.

On a longer timeline, investments into sustainability also reduce costs, in addition to positive environmental effects, for example when the amount of required energy and materials is minimised and the reuse of waste is maximised.

Our Management Team is committed to preserving the environment, and our environmental team works to ensure that our environmental system is adhered to in all of our operations.

We ask you to join us in our work for the environment and treat the beautiful Lappish nature with respect during your visit.