Vantaa
Sustainable Vantaa Belongs to Everyone: Vantaa’s Sustainability Reporting 2023
Insights of the Report
Vantaa's second Voluntary Local Review (VLR) highlights the city’s commitment to promoting the SDGs across all departments. The review is structured based on themes from the Vantaa City Strategy, incorporating cross-cutting SDGs like Gender Equality and Climate Action. Themes include enhancing wellbeing, social sustainability, ecological sustainability, vitality and expertise within the city. The theme of 'Vantaa is ecologically sustainable' propels the city towards carbon neutrality by 2030, emphasising biodiversity, resource wisdom, and sustainable practices in resource usage. 'Vantaa is vital and brimming with expertise' underscores initiatives to enhance the city's vitality, promoting collaborations between the city and businesses while fostering a culture of continuous learning to address labour market disparities. Lastly, under 'Vantaa is international,' the city focuses on integration and equality, embracing diversity and leveraging international cooperation to advance the SDGs. Vantaa envisions a city where the SDGs are deeply ingrained in every aspect of its functioning, advocating for active community involvement in this collective endeavour.
Issued: 2023243,496 (2023)
240.35 ㎢
1,021.5 per ㎢
Local (ex. city, town, village, etc)
City Profile
Vantaa is situated in the core of the Finnish Capital Region, forming a vital part along with Helsinki, Espoo and Kauniainen. Home to approximately 243,496 residents, it ranks as the fourth most populous city in Finland. Vantaa boasts significant features like the Vantaa River, a vital waterway, and hosts the prominent Helsinki Airport, a major air travel hub. Notable corporations such as Finnair and Veikkaus Oy are headquartered in Vantaa. The city is bilingual, with both Finnish and Swedish as official languages, reflecting its cultural diversity.
The Report and more
The VLR report is available here:
Sustainable Vantaa Belongs to Everyone: Vantaa’s Sustainability Reporting 2023
Sustainable Vantaa Belongs to Everyone: Implementation of the UN Sustainable
Development Goals in Vantaa 2021