Our sustainability efforts are governed by SATO’s strategy and Sustainability Programme 2023–2026, the themes of which are sustainable housing, communities’ well-being and profitable business. Our programme is linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Homes to stand the test of time
SATO is one of Finland’s largest rental housing providers. We have been experts in housing for 85 years, and hundreds of thousands of Finns live in homes built by us.
We acquire and build rental apartments in growth centres near good public transport connections and services, with an eye on long-term ownership. We participate in developing entire neighborhoods together with cities, and our goal is to build pleasant homes and diverse living environments for decades to come.
Life cycle thinking guides our operations
We take a long-term approach to ensuring our business remains profitable. Our business is built on consistent and transparent ways of working, open communication and reporting, and collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders.
As a long-term owner, we look after the value of our apartments and develop our properties in line with life cycle principles. We pay our taxes in Finland. We expect both SATO employees and our partners to comply with SATO’s Code of Ethics.
SATO's Sustainability Report for 2025
Last year, we made investments in locally produced renewable energy, advanced our work on biodiversity, strengthened our safety culture, and defined sustainability criteria for procurement. In the autumn, we received international recognition when SATO’s sustainability management was ranked number one in Europe.
The ESRS standards material to SATO
The sustainability report is based on a double materiality assessment, as a result of which the ESRS standards material to SATO are: G1 Business conduct, E1 Climate change, E3 Water and marine resources, E4 Biodiversity and ecosystems, E5 Resource use and circular economy, S1 Own workforce, S2 Workers in the value chain and S4 Consumers and end-users.
The report is SATO’s first report prepared in accordance with the ESRS standard, and it has been partially assured by Deloitte.
Carbon roadmap
Our carbon roadmap specifies the interim targets and actions that will help us achieve our goal for in-use energy consumption by the end of 2030.
*SATO will update its sustainability targets at the end of 2026.
Our continuous targets
- Reduce energy and water consumption
- Increase local renewable energy production
- Increase the number of SATO homes in energy classes A, B and C
- In major renovation projects, improve energy efficiency by at least 30%
- In newbuild properties, achieve energy class A
SATO's carbon roadmap 2026
Biodiversity
In addition to the climate, the built environment also has a significant impact on nature, and the construction supply chains also have identified nature impacts. Biodiversity is one of the environmental themes of SATO’s sustainability programme. In our biodiversity roadmap, we define measures for property development and the outdoor areas of our properties.
In 2025, we continued our efforts to promote biodiversity and prevent nature loss in the built environment. We updated our property design and maintenance guidelines, continued staff training and shared best practices from pilot sites where we tested meadow areas and the planting of berry bushes in the courtyards of SATOhomes. The pilots have received positive feedback from residents, and we will continue and expand them in 2026.