Environmental Responsibility

LEVI IS AN ENERGY AND MATERIAL-EFFICIENT SKI RESORT

Tourism in Lapland is founded on nature. This makes it absolutely vital to consider the environment in every travel-related development decision that is made in the area.

As a recognition to our systematic work to preserve the arctic nature, Levi Ski Resort's environmental system has been awarded with the international ISO 14001 environment certification in 2018 as the first ski resort in the Nordic countries.

The consumption of electricity is a major cause of energy consumption in ski resorts. Did you know that:

• Our target is to use 100% renewable energy sources, such as geothermal energy, in the future
• Our second ambitious target is increasing the efficiency of our waste sorting and plastics recycling processes in cooperation with the local waste management services
• We use renewable energy, such as geothermal energy
• We heat our facilities using the surplus heat from snowmaking
• We have invested in energy-saving snowmaking and slope grooming equipment
• We do continuous landscaping which efficiently prevents erosion on the Levi fell
• We use environmentally friendly, four-stroke snowmobiles and fuel additives which minimise fuel consumption. We also train our personnel on energy-efficient driving techniques
• We monitor fuel consumption for each vehicle and slope grooming equipment
• To save energy, we changed opening hours of the slopes to 9.30 am-7pm, which provides additional 30 minutes of natural light, reducing the need for artificial lighting in the evening for approximately 1 hour
• We offer a complementary charging station for our customers' electric cars at Zero Point
• We are engaged in the TOBE Low Carbon project, which aim is to calculate and reduce the carbon footprint of Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park and its surroundings. The project started on 1.1.2019.

OY LEVI SKI RESORT LTD – ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY  

Considering environment and being a pioneer of the field are our strategic choices and objectives we constantly pursue. We respect and foster our arctic operational environment. 

We are committed to follow environmental legislation and regulations.  

We are committed to protect the environment and acknowledge the major environmental factors in our operations: electricity, fuel and water consumption, waste management, reuse and recycling, and minimizing erosion. We have set goals for each environmental factor. We monitor our environmental performance and pursue set goals through our environmental program. The program is based on constant improvement. Goals are overseen and revised as part of company’s strategic planning.  

Environment is one of our company values. ISO 14001 standard is a guideline for our environmental work.