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Sustainability

At Wärtsilä, sustainability is at the core of our purpose and strategy. Along with our values, principles, and sustainability strategy and targets, they create the framework for our product development and responsible business practices.

Because of our strong emphasis on decarbonising the marine and energy markets, innovative and efficient solutions play a central role in our positive contribution towards a low carbon future. Wärtsilä businesses focus on developing and providing solutions and services that maximise the environmental and economic performance of fleets and individual vessels, power plants and entire systems. This is further enhanced by utilising lifecycle data, analytics and artificial intelligence.

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Visions for sustainable societies

Articles

Image of a giant crack in a glacier
23 Nov 2023 · Article
4 min read
Feedback loops - The key to slowing global warming?
A recent study identified a series of climatic feedback loops unaccounted for in most climate...
image of a lighthouse next to a pier with ship sailing in the distance
21 Nov 2023 · Article
4 min read
Here’s how sustainable technologies could help solve the global water crisis
Access to clean freshwater is essential to human life, yet more than a...
Will corporate environmental commitments survive an economic slowdown?
15 Nov 2023 · Article
5 min read
Will corporate environment commitments survive an economic slowdown?
Economic slowdowns tend to have companies delaying acting on their...
How can exchanging debt for nature save our planet?
8 Nov 2023 · Article
5 min read
How can exchanging debt for nature save our planet?
Belize, Seychelles, Barbados and more recently Gabon have entered debt-for-nature swaps to deal...
The ozone layer is healing
1 Nov 2023 · Article
5 min read
Why the ozone layer is recovering
The Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly healing and could repair itself by 2045. Can this add hope to our...
How can we solve the world's big drought problem?
27 Sep 2023 · Article
5 min read
The world’s big drought problem and how to deal with it
Recurring and intensifying droughts worldwide are taking a heavy toll on lives, jeopardising...