Finland Afghanistan Business and Networking Event

1. FINNISH CLEANTECH
Finland Afghanistan Business and Networking Seminar
17 December 2014
Petri Lintumäki

2. FINLAND IS ONE OF THE WORLD
LEADERS IN CLEANTECH
#2 EU Eco-innovation
scoreboard 2013
#2 Environmental friendliness,
Country Brand Index 2011 – 2012
#2 Global Cleantech
Innovation Index 2014

3. Finland has a harsh climate with
extreme temperature variations and
no natural fossil fuels of its own.
We have had no choice but to
develop efficient methods and
alternative energy sources.
It’s cold (and hot) out here

4. It wasn’t
always this
clean here
Finland is rich in natural resources, such as forests, lakes
and minerals. In the past we have had problems, including
water pollution and low air quality.
With persistent long-term efforts and public-private-sector
collaboration we have succeeded in protecting our nature –
and building cutting-edge expertise in solving environmental
problems.

5. We invest heavily in
cleantech
Despite its small size as a country, Finland is a
cleantech superpower.
Finland’s share of the global GDP is
approximately 0.4 %, but our share of the
global cleantech market is over 1 %.
More than 1/3 of Finnish public R&D
investments are made in cleantech.

6. FINNISH KEY CLEANTECH AREAS
Energy and material
efficiency
Bioenergy &
Biofuels
Water treatment & purification
Built
environment

7. Sources: Statistics Finland; Finland’s Environmental Administration
ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD HAS BEEN DETACHED
FROM ECONOMIC GROWTH
GDP
Carbon
emissions
Euthropic
emissions
Acidifying
emissions
index

8. Top Finnish Cleantech Companies

9. THANK YOU!
petri.lintumaki@finpro.fi
+358 40 343 3299
http://cleantechfinland.com