Fortum Becomes FC Honka’s Main Partner
Press Release
Fortum and the Espoo football team FC Honka have signed a three-year cooperation agreement. Fortum is the main partner of FC Honka, which is now playing its first season in the Veikkausliiga League, at the highest level of national football in Finland. The agreement is made for the 2006–2008 period. In addition to top football, Honka is strongly committed to youth work and efforts that benefit society. Among other things, the team supports the Haukilahti upper secondary school’s football programme and the Espoo Football Academy. It also belongs to the organisers of the world's biggest junior football tournament, the Helsinki Cup. In addition, the team sponsors a home at Rinnekotisäätiö. Fortum's support to Honka is broad - work among youth and the disabled in Espoo is considered particularly important. “Our common goal is to support the Espoo identity by providing different types of target groups with positive experiences through sports, not only through top football but also by working with young people and the disabled. For this reason, seeing FC Honka make its way to the Veikkausliiga League is a great thing. It’s a great inspiration for young people,” says Susanna Serlachius-Pressler, Brand Manager (Fortum). Fortum Corporation Corporate Communications For further information, please contact: Susanna Serlachius-Pressler, VP Corporate Branding, Fortum Corporation, tel. +358 50 452 5226. Fortum is a leading energy company in the Nordic countries and in other parts of the Baltic Rim. Our activities cover the generation, distribution and sale of electricity and heat, the operation and maintenance of power plants, and other energy-related services. Our main products are electricity, heat and steam. Fortum's competitiveness is based on a pan-Nordic concept, a high level of operational efficiency, and a broad customer base. Our goal is to become the leading power and heat company and the enregy supplier of choice in selected markets. Read more at www.fortum.com.