Muokkaa otsikon perustyyliä napsauttamalla Muokkaa tekstin perustyylejä napsauttamalla –toinen taso 1 COMMON SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS FOR SIX LARGEST CITIES IN FINLAND 22 March 2007,Sevilla, Spain Marketta Karhu, Oulu, Finland

The six major cities in Finland Oulu Tampere Helsinki Espoo Vantaa Turku

2003 CITY MANAGERS SET UP A WORKING GROUP The task of the working group was to develop and harmonize environmental reporting to agree on and define common sustainability indicators including economical issues to share experiences and knowledge between the six cities and inside of each city 3

RESULTS Final report includes Decided content of a sustainability report Ecological sustainability indicators Environmental economic key figures Instruction manual for calculating the chosen indicators 4

CRITERIA FOR INDICATORS Availability Repeatability Representative Describes development trends in operations of a city organization Are close to every day work of the employees of a city organization 5

ECOLOGIAL SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS Indicators (27) are divided as follows: A.Indicators describing general development B.Sustainability of land use and urban structure C.Environmental load and eco-efficiency of activities D.Mobility efficiency E.Environmentally responsible consumption and environmental education 6

FURTHER ACTIONS To continue development of ecological and economical sustainability indicators and check calculation To make a joint report of the results in the six participating cities To choose common social sustainability indicators 7

A. INDICATORS DESCRIBING GENERAL DEVELOPMENT Ecological Footprint Green House Gas emissions Energy consumption of the community Citizens’ satisfaction Environmental attitude and awareness of the city’s personnel 8

B. SUSTAINABILITY OF LAND USE AND URBAN STRUCTURE Amount of buildings and apartments included the town plan Amount of recreational and protected areas included the town plan Share of nature reserves from the total surface area of the city Accessibility of services 9

C. ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD AND ECO-EFFIENCY OF ACTIVITIES Electricity consumption Water consumption Number of inhabitants and real-estates which have joined into the district heating Specific electricity, heat and water consumption Air quality Waste water load from the community Amount of waste Amount of recycled waste 10

WATER CONSUMPTION 11

C. MOBILITY EFFICIENCY Diversity of mobility Number of cars Number of passengers using public transport Total km of pedestrian/cycle paths 12

NUMBER OF PERSONAL CARS 13

PASSENGERS USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 14

LENGTH OF THE PEDESTRIAN PATH NETWORK 15

E. ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Paper consumption in city organization City procurements that consider environmental aspects Schools and day-care centres with environmental management plans Participation in city-organized environmental education 16

PAPER COSUMPTION IN CITY ORGANIZATION IN OULU 17

CORE CONTENTS OF A SUSTAINABILITY REPORT Survey of the city manager The city in a ”nutshell” Description of environmental management system in the city Common sustainability indicators Special indicators for the city Sustainable development in the departments of the city organization 18