Annual Report 2012 - Fingrid

RESPONSIBLY ON THE SHARED LINES
A responsible approach in land use and environmental
issues represents everyday efforts for Fingrid. It
is our goal to also make sure that our service providers
and contractors, to whom our construction and
maintenance work has largely been outsourced, are
committed to our environmentally responsible ways
of working. We ensure the proper ways of working
through terms of contract, training, and monitoring.
In 2012, environmental training supported transmission
line and substation projects and increased the
environmental awareness of personnel, especially as
regards the amended waste management legislation.
The induction of new employees also covered environmental
matters. Environmental training to new
maintenance service providers for substations and
reserve power plants continued in 2012.
Our environmental objectives for 2013 are presented
together with the other responsibility objectives
on page 59 of this annual report. During 2012, we
developed the consideration of environmental aspects
throughout a transmission line project, management
of environmental matters at substation
and reserve power plant construction sites, and environmental
reporting. Environmental audits to ensure
the accomplishment of environmental safety
and environmental requirements were conducted in
two power line projects and one substation project.
An internal evaluation based on our own initiative
so as to fulfil the environmental requirements was
carried out at the Kristiina reserve power plant. In
transmission line maintenance, environmental issues
were covered in conjunction with occupational
safety audits. We also commissioned a report of
the chemical safety of substations.
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