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LOGBOOK
2024

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CEO’s review

Welcome to our first digital logbook! The year 2024 was eventful in every way. The Baltic Sea was constantly in the news, but our focus was on working to reduce nutrient discharges. What else did we do?

Highlights 2024

2024

Our year in a nutshell.

FEBRUARY

Fertiliser ports

Our project shows that there is potential for major emission reductions at ports.

MARCH

MAY

EU-elections

We engaged in effective election communications, including in social media. 

JUNE

Deep Dive

We organised an international webinar on the state of the world’s oceans to mark UN World Oceans Day.

JUNE

A polluted sea

During the summer months, we ran prominent campaigns with pro bono support.

JULY

Tall Ships Races Helsinki

Our foundation gained significant visibility as a charity partner.

AUGUST

Baltic Sea Day

Events were organised by hundreds of organisations from all around the Baltic Sea.

AUGUST

The Fog of War – The First World War in the Gulf of Finland

Our new book saw the light of day.

SEPTEMBER

Recognition from the EU

The EU Commission designated our Baltic Reed project as an Operation of Strategic Importance (OSI).

NOVEMBER

Peatlands

We launched a peatland restoration project with the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation.

October

The green transition

We joined forces with environmentalists, wrote an opinion piece for the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, and set the ground rules for a better green transition.

December

DECEMBER

New Strategy

In 2025–2030, our foundation aims to achieve even more impressive results in our mission to save the Baltic Sea.

Our work in 2024:

We protected marine nature

Our work seeks to reduce eutrophication (the biggest environmental problem in the Baltic Sea), combat harmful substances, and restore marine nature.

We strengthened people’s relationship with the sea

Through our cultural work, we strengthen people’s relationship with the sea, so that its stories will not be lost. A close relationship with the sea reinforces our desire to protect it.

We communicated and influenced society

We promoted the state of the Baltic Sea by communications and by influencing societal decision making.

John Nurminen Foundations’s mission is to save the Baltic Sea and its heritage for future generations. In 2024, we took concrete and the most effective actions as possible to save the Baltic Sea.

We continued our determined environmental work to improve the ecological status of the sea and to preserve marine biodiversity. We strengthened people’s relationship with the sea and told the story of the Baltic Sea through different channels, networks and partnerships. In the spring of 2024, the foundation’s long-term chairman of the board became a member of the board, and a new chairman took office. We also started working on a new strategy under the leadership of the Foundation’s Board of Directors.

In 2024, the Baltic Sea was in the news headlines almost weekly. The Baltic Sea was linked to cable breaks, sanctions against Russia, NATO membership and shadow fleets. As interest in the Baltic Sea grew, people turned to us with a wide variety of issues related to the Baltic Sea. We tried to respond to the need faster and more boldly if the topics were related to our own work and expertise. However, our core business remained unchanged.

Foundation’s funding and financial statement

Foundation and the board of directors

We have 24 passionate professionals working for the sea and a 9 person board of directors

Fundraising

Effective fundraising enables our work to save the Baltic Sea

Financial statement and funding

See John Nurminen Foundation’s consolidated financial statements and key figures for 2024

Review of the coming financial year

We are looking for growth both in the size of our projects and in the impact of the Foundation’s activities.

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