Viking Line actively contributes to the work of protecting the Baltic Sea by supporting environmental organisations operating in the area in different ways.
Protecting the Baltic Sea through environmental organisations
Viking Line supports organisations working to protect the Baltic Sea
In promoting the protection of the Baltic Sea’s sensitive maritime environment, this year Viking Line supports the John Nurminen Foundation, the University of Helsinki’s Tvärminne Zoological Station and the Baltic Sea Action Group. The company’s collaboration with these organizations complements its own wide-ranging measures to reduce its own environmental impact.
“The same goal unites us all: keeping the Baltic Sea and its archipelagos alive and promoting biodiversity for future generations. Like before, the money being donated was collected through the sale of plastic carrier bags on board our vessels, so our passengers are once again contributing strongly to the work to protect the Baltic Sea. We hope this donation also pleases them and inspires as many people as possible to play a part in protecting the Baltic Sea,” says Viking Line’s Sustainability Manager, Dani Lindberg.
Protecting the Baltic Sea has been a key focus in Viking Line’s sustainability work since the 1980s. For the first time, the company is making a donation to the Baltic Sea Action Group, a non-profit foundation that has worked since 2008 with a particular focus on promoting regenerative agriculture and protecting the sea’s biodiversity.
“We are incredibly grateful for Viking Line’s donation, which helps us to continue our ambitious, long-term work. Thanks to donations, we can among other things help landowners in the archipelago to establish private marine conservation areas in their own water areas. With this protection, these valuable marine environments can be protected from further strain, such as water use and dredging,” says the Baltic Sea Action Group’s Corporate Relations Director, Johanna Siltala.
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Read more about the organisations
Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG)
The Baltic Sea Action Group, or BSAG, is a non-profit foundation that takes effective actions to save the Baltic Sea. The foundation’s goal is to restore the good ecological balance of the Baltic Sea in changing climate conditions. The foundation protects the Baltic Sea, prevents biodiversity loss, and curbs climate change through cooperation with researchers, companies, decision-makers, authorities, and farmers.
University of Helsinki: Tvärminne Zoological Station
Tvärminne Zoological Station is a marine research station located at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland, where research on the coastal environment has been carried out for more than 120 years. The station is one of three biological research stations belonging to the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Helsinki. Research is conducted here on subjects such as the impact of climate change on the Baltic Sea’s coastal environments.
John Nurminen Foundation
The goal of the John Nurminen Foundation, founded in 1992, is to save the Baltic Sea and its cultural heritage for future generations. The foundation’s projects improve the state of the Baltic Sea through concrete measures that reduce both the load on the sea and different environmental risks. The foundation has carried out dozens of projects.