We are committed to sustainable chemistry
EriCa’s partners share a commitment to sustainable chemistry, the main principles of which are safer, more efficient and environment-friendly planning, manufacture and use of chemical processes, products and services.
EriCa Partners
Kemira
Kemira is a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water-intensive industries. Our competitive advantage is based on products and expertise that are best suited to improve our customers’ product quality and process and resource efficiency.
Our focus is on pulp & paper, water treatment and energy industry.
A. Ahlström Real Estate Ltd
A. Ahlström Real Estate Ltd manages and maintains the company’s real estate and forest holdings. The company focusses on active development and ownership of office and logistics buildings in prime locations in Southern Finland.
Aktia Life Insurance Ltd
Aktia Life Insurance is a solvent Finnish life insurance company that provides flexible saving, investment and employee reward solutions, as well as personal insurance such as life insurance, disability insurance and severe illness cover. Aktia Life Insurance has roughly 100,000 customers and some 80 employees. The company’s balance sheet total is approximately EUR 1.8 billion. In its investment operations, Aktia Life Insurance abides by Aktia Group’s principles for responsible investment.
City of Espoo
Espoo is the second largest city in Finland, and together with the rest of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, drives economic growth in Finland. The special feature of Espoo is an urban structure that relies on five different centres. Business-friendly Espoo is a great place to live, reinvent oneself, work and do business. It’s an area that produces the kind of innovations the world needs. Espoo's goal is to be an economically, socially, culturally and ecologically sustainable city.
Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)The international financial institution of the Nordic and Baltic countries
NIB’s vision is a prosperous and sustainable Nordic–Baltic region. NIB finances projects that improve productivity and benefit the environment of the Nordic and Baltic countries. Further integration between the member countries’ economies is an essential part of the Bank’s purpose.
To support the productivity of its member countries, NIB-financed projects should focus on; technical progress and innovation, human capital and equal economic opportunities, improvements in infrastructure, market efficiency and business environment.
In terms of the environment, NIB lends to projects that foster; pollution reduction, preventive measures, resource efficiency, development of clean technology, and climate change mitigation.
The Bank offers long-term loans and guarantees on market terms to its clients in the private and public sectors. Projects considered for financing are viewed from a sustainability perspective.
NIB is an international financial institution owned by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. The Bank has lending operations both in and outside its member countries. NIB acquires the funds for its lending by borrowing on the international capital markets. NIB’s bonds enjoy the highest possible credit rating.
The Church Pension Fund
The Church Pension Fund serves as the pension provider for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The Fund is responsible for financing the pensions paid to the Church’s personnel and for investing the pension funds. The value of the Fund’s investment portfolio is EUR 1.8 billion. The strategic aim of its investment activities is to accumulate assets in a profitable, secure and responsible manner. The Fund is committed to the principles of responsible investment and takes Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) issues into account in all its investment activities. It aims to be a leader in sustainable investment in Finland and to consistently reduce the carbon footprint of its investment activities over time.
Community
Yhteisön kantajäsenet
Kemira is a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water-intensive industries. Kemira’s competitive advantage is based on products and expertise that are best suited to improve our customers’ product quality, and process and resource efficiency. Kemira focusses on the pulp & paper and oil & gas industries, and water treatment.
The research centre in Espoo has been the backbone of Kemira’s R&D activities for decades, and with EriCa it will remain so also in the future. Kemira’s objective is to develop entirely new kinds of biobased products and other new solutions so that its customers can offer more sustainable and renewable end products.
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A. Ahlström Real Estate Ltd
Juha Mäkelä
juha.makela@a-ahlstrom.fi
Tel. +358 50 544 2494
Pia Lindborg
pia.lindborg@a-ahlstrom.fi
Tel. +358 50 328 8579