Strategy and values

A renewable and responsible provider of funding for growth and internationalisation

Finnvera’s task is, by means of financing, to promote the internationalisation and exports of enterprises, correct the deficiencies in financing services, and contribute to regional development in Finland.

Our vision

Our clients’ success strengthens the Finnish economy.

Our values

Our values describe our way of operating and acting towards our customers and other stakeholder groups, as well as each other, at Finnvera.

For a good cause
Let’s get started
Better together
Courage to solve

Strategy

The strategy has been titled A renewable and responsible provider of funding for growth and internationalisation. The starting point of the strategy is Finnvera's basic task: promoting the internationalisation and export of companies, complementing financial services and contributing to positive regional development. The strategy takes account of the international development of the financial markets, the progress of digitalisation and the fight against climate change.

Our strategy has four objectives:

We are a stable promoter of exports
We diversify funding solutions to enable growth
We promote customer experience and digitalise our activities
We strengthen partnerships and cooperation models

Our strategy is spearheaded by impact. For us, impact means that our financing helps clients generate and obtain turnover, financial profit and jobs that would not have been possible otherwise. We seek new ways to measure impact better.

Responsibility and its aspects, climate change, environmental and social responsibility as well as financial responsibility are the basis of the strategy, and efforts to mitigate climate change in particular have been highlighted more strongly than before.

Finnvera’s strategic objectives

Each of the four goals of the strategy is accompanied by objectives that we use to strengthen and diversify our services and operations.

We will offer a competitive export financing system that offers companies equal terms and conditions compared to the key competitor countries of the Finnish export industry.
We will encourage companies to seize opportunities brought by climate solutions.
Tapping into Africa’s export potential.
We will promote the recovery of the shipping and shipyard industries.
We will launch preparations for the introduction of portfolio guarantees.
We will expand our financing offering by making use of EU guarantees.
We will increase risk-taking to enable growth, expand the financing offering and promote the internationalisation of companies by intensifying Team Finland cooperation. We will work closely with Business Finland.
We will improve the financing of small export transactions.
We will maintain a high level of bank cooperation and secure the availability of financing with our own loans if necessary.
We will develop our electronic services to meet high industry standards.
We will grow counselling and internationalisation services for internationalising companies and aim to increase export financing expertise in companies.
We will take into account the special needs of midcap companies, especially in the financing of exports and investments.

Our activities are responsible

We divide responsibility into three areas: climate change, the environment and social responsibility, and financial responsibility. We actively communicate our activities.

Information about Finnvera's management of corporate responsibility and principles of responsible financing can also be found on our responsibility page.

Environmental and social responsibility

We are a responsible financier whose operations are based on risk-based assessment and international standards. We estimate that the most serious risks are concentrated in financing projects in countries where the legislation related to environmental and social risks is weak or its enforcement is lacking.

We promote business and employment all over Finland.

We nurture a good work atmosphere and develop the corporate culture.

We take care of our personnel's professional competence.

Climate change

1) We help companies take advantage of the opportunities that arise from the climate actions.

2) We measure the climate impact of our own operations.

3) We identify the risks of climate change.

Financial responsibility

One of the cornerstones of our operations is a long-term self-sustainability, which we ensure through controlled risk-taking.

How Finnvera creates value

Finnvera’s operations are described in the value creation model which provides information about the company’s most significant resources, business model and strategic foundation, and describes the key impacts of the company’s operations on the surrounding society.