Content from Sustainability

Yle's funding is based on the Act on the State Television and Radio Fund.

The Act on Public Broadcasting Tax specifies the amount of public broadcasting tax paid by individuals and corporations.

Our duties are stated in the Act on the Finnish Broadcasting Company.

Under the Act on Public Contracts, we are a procurement unit which must put its contracts out to tender in accordance with the above Act. Content and programme procurements, however, are not covered by the Act on Public Contracts.

Goals

• We use our tax funding sustainably, carefully and appropriately in order to fulfil our statutory tasks. 

• Our procurements are carried out sustainably

We work to improve diversity, work atmosphere, equality, parity and well-being within our workplace. Through our activities, we develop the quality of our leadership, experience of our personnel, and functioning of the whole work community. We ensure that both our organisational capacity and the skills and competence of our personnel are able to meet the changing needs of the operating environment.

Goals

• We monitor job satisfaction and the work atmosphere using the Enthusiasm Index and eNPS Recommendation Index included in our scorecard goals.

Promoting independent journalism is at the heart of our sustainability work. We uncompromisingly foster reliability and independence in journalism, culture, education and all our other operations. Through our operations, we promote freedom of expression and offer content and services that promote media literacy.

Our publishing activities and content production are based on our values and the ethical principles of the media sector. Our responsible editors direct and supervise our editorial work. The responsibilities and duties of the responsible editors are defined in the Act on the Exercise of Freedom of Expression in Mass Media, and these editors appointed by the company’s Board of Directors. The responsible editors are the ones that make the final decision on publishing content. 

Goals

• We operate independently from any external sources of influence. We promote the sustainable exercise of freedom of expression and media literacy in collaboration with its partners.

Accessibility relates to the services produced for Yle’s customers, such as audio descriptions, services in plain language in sign language, voice subtitling, programme subtitling and online availability, as well as the functionality of internal services provided for Yle personnel.

Non-impediment refers to areas such as the usability of premises.

Goals

• We promote equality by increasing the accessibility of our TV, radio and online services. 

• We aim to become a pioneer in accessibility issues in Finland.

We cooperate widely with other actors in the audiovisual sector as well as with educational institutions, cultural institutions and event organisers. Through this cooperation, we also create value for the creative sector, the media sector, and for our extensive network of partners. We promote the sustainability of the creative field by developing the creative sector’s sustainability model.

Potential abuses observed or suspected in Yle's operations must be reported centrally to Yle's ethical reporting channel.

Goals

• We promote the vitality of our field by engaging in diverse collaborative initiatives with other actors in the media sector. 

• We promote sustainable activities within the media sector.

We also make ethical assessments of our activities when collecting and using data and choosing between technology options. 

The preservation of trust and confidentiality and the safe handling of information and content are important to us.

Goals

• We use technology and the data we collect in a sustainable and ethical manner.

We promote the objectives through which Finland will become carbon neutral by 2035.

Goals

• We reduce the amount of waste we produce, operate in an energy-efficient manner, reduce the harmful effects of transport and develop the circular economy.