Coal-free
Finland
2016-2025

Coal-free Finland is now Just Shift

This website is an archive of Coal-Free Finland campaign, which operated from 2016 to 2025.

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Why does steel matter?

Though it might have not crossed your mind, steel can be found everywhere in our everyday lives. The global emissions of steel are massive – if steel industry was a country, its emissions would be in the top three in the world.

SSAB’s steel plant in Raahe alone is responsible for almost 9 percent of Finland’s national emissions. This makes the plant the biggest single source of carbon dioxide emissions in the country.

The emissions are caused by the immense use of coal: The steel sector is the world’s largest industrial consumer of coal.

Discover 8 facts about steel

Steel-using companies put to the test

We evaluate the environmental and climate impacts of the biggest steel-consuming companies’ procurement in Finland. How comprehensive and effective are their climate policies actually? Should the companies toughen up their climate action?

Find out the results