Approximately one million tons of solid matter, known as sewage sludge, is separated from wastewater annually in Finnish wastewater treatment plants. 90 % of the nutrient rich sludge is used in agric...

Objectives and targets of Finnish Environment Institute’s (Syke) environmental programme 2022–2025 Mitigation of adverse environmental impacts caused by Syke’s activities We will reduce...

Finnish Environment Institute's research results are published in international and national scientific publication series and also in professional and general-interest publications. In addition, we ...

Addressing global sustainability challenges, such as climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), requires changes in innovation policy. Hence, it is necessary to promo...

The financing for the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) comes from the state budget and from external sources. In 2023, Syke’s operating financing came to approximately 74.0 million...

Finnish Environment Institute’s (Syke) management team is responsible for Syke’s management system. The management team assesses the appropriateness and suitability of Syke’s activities and managemen...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a widely accepted methodological approach for assessing the environmental impacts of products and services over their life cycle and it is incr...

Operational management group Mr Leif Schulman , director general (chairman) Ms Eeva Primmer , research director Ms Heli Karjalainen , service development director Ms Terhi Wa...

Tel (switchboard): +358 295 251 000 E-mail: firstname.surname@syke.fi Syke's visiting and mailing address and business ID Latokartanonkaari 11, 00790 Helsinki Business ID: 09961...

© Maija Airos The advisory board has been appointed by the Ministry of the Environment until 31.12.2026. The advisory board evaluates environmental research and development, sup...

The European Environmental Evaluators Network (EEEN) Forum will be organised online on 4-5 November, 2020.The programme will focus on scientific and practical evaluation knowledge on the implementatio......

Main office, Viikki campus, Building D, Helsinki Laboratory Centre , Viikki campus, Kaaritalo, Helsinki Marine Research Laboratory, Viikki campus, Building EE, Helsi...

Background River Oulujoki is one of the largest rivers in Northern Finland and is intensively used in hydroelectric power production. The Oulujoki watershed reaches from the eastern Finnish bord...

NeAs project brochures © Anu Eskelinen (GTK) Shortcut:  www.syke.fi/projects/neas NeAs project brochure (pdf, 3780 kB) As removal report Video on groundwater ...

Does the run-off from tailing ponds or waste rock heaps need passive purification? Is there a need to purify weak waters at a mine site, which in an active handling system is expensive or otherwise i......

Do you need information about water balances to set up or expand a mine? Do you need to summarise all the environmental information from a mine site into an easily understandable form? Finnish E......

UN Sustainable Development Goals are meant to guide decision-making within and across different policy sectors to tackle the persistent environmental and social challenges of our time. In the Europea...

Syke responds to changes in the operating environment by renewing itself As a result of our lifestyles, biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution are progressing inexorably. This phenomeno...

Helsinki Office Laboratory in Viikki Campus Kaaritalo. Visiting and mailing address: Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), Mustialankatu 3, FI- 00790 Helsinki, Finland ...

The compatibility of Finnish and Russian monitoring data has been improved by taking samples together and comparing the countries' water quality analyzes. Here we are leaving for sampling for Lak...