The financing for the Finnish Environment Institute comes from the state budget and from external sources. In 2020, SYKE’s operating financing came to approximately 57,7 million e...

Finnish Environment Institute’s (SYKE) management system consists of the rules that guide SYKE’s activities as well as SYKE’s own policies, practices and guidelines. The purpose of the management sys...

SYKE’s management team is responsible for SYKE’s management system. The management team assesses the appropriateness and suitability of SYKE’s activities and management system on a regular basis. The...

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...

  Proftest SYKE will organize a proficiency test (PT) for the laboratories conducting leaching tests for solid waste material in co-operation with KVVY Tutkimus Oy (KVVY). In this PT th...

  Proftest SYKE will organize a proficiency test for the analysis of BOD 7 , COD Cr , COD Mn , Ca, K, Mg, Na, suspended solids and TOC in waste waters. Additionally, for BOD7 and CODMn ...

Mr Leif Schulman , Director General (chairman) Mr Petri Ahlroth , Director of the Biodiversity Centre Mr Tero Eklin , Director of Laboratory Ms Eeva Furman , Director of the Envir...

At the moment, copper pipes are not allowed in domestic water networks in eco-labelled houses according to the Swan label. The criteria are the same in all Nordic countries. Dissenting views have bee...

Tel (switchboard): +358 295 251 000 E-mail: firstname.surname@syke.fi SYKE's visiting and mailing address and business ID Latokartanonkaar...

Members of The Finnish Environment Institute´s advisory board 2020: In front row from the left Elina Nikkola, Eeva Primmer, Lea Kauppi, Markku Ollikainen, in middle row from t...

Main office, Viikki Campus, Building D, Helsinki Laboratory Centre , Viikki Campus, Kaaritalo, Helsinki Marine Research Laboratory, Viikki Campus, Building EE, H...

Vision 2030 Together with our partners and stakeholders we have succeeded in guiding society’s development onto a sustainable path. Mission statement The Finnish Environment...

Would flood risk management enable the identification of possible flood prone areas and assist in land use planning, rescue and communication? Flood risk mapping is a prerequisite for effective ......

Do you need hydrological data for the management of flood risks and the regulation of river basins, flood forecasts and hydrological modelling, planning and land use, or in research projects? Fi......

Do you need to find out the distribution of load in the recipient? Would you like to assess the impact of water load when changing mining activities or different scenarios, concerning, for example, t......

Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Finnish Environment Institute 2020 are available in Finnish: Suomen ympäristökeskuksen toimintakertomus ja tilinpäätöslaskelmat vuodelta 202...

Helsinki Office Laboratory Centre in Viikki Campus Kaaritalo. Visiting and mailing address: Finnish Environment Institute, Laboratory Centre, Mustialankatu 3, FI- 00790 Helsin...

Objectives and targets of SYKE's environmental programme 2019–2021 Mitigation of adverse environmental effects caused by SYKE’s activities We will reduce our travel-related environmenta...

SYKE is a multidisciplinary research and expert institute. Our most important task is to solve society's most burning questions that have an impact on the environment. The ...

© Mats Westerbom Main Goals 1. Awareness of draft Baltic Sea standards and tools for management of underwater noise A thorough basis for standardised and appropriate managem...