FORTUM SETS STRICTER TARGETS FOR ITS CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
Fortum wants to make its commitment to sustainability, especially climate-benign production, a success factor for the company. To this aim, Fortum has set new, stricter near-term targets for carbon dioxide emissions from electricity and heat production.Within the EU, Fortum's long-term goal is to continuously keep its emissions levels among the best of European companies.In electricity production, the new target is to decrease the specific CO2-emissions to less than 80 g/kWh by 2020 as a five-year average level. The previous corresponding target was 120 g/kWh. In the EU25 area, the