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HLRE Holding Oyj
 
Report of the Board of Directors and Financial
Statements
2/1/2024-1/31/2025
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Contents
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Report of the Board of Directors
FINANCIAL PERIOD 2/1/2024 – 1/31/2025
GENERAL
The
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Group
 
(commonly
 
referred
 
to
 
as
 
the
 
Vesivek
 
Group
 
in
 
customer
 
and
 
marketing
communications)
 
is
 
a company
 
focusing
 
on roof
 
and
 
drainage renovation
 
of single
 
-family
 
and
 
terraced
homes
 
and
 
the
 
product
 
development,
 
manufacture,
 
sales
 
and
 
installations
 
of
 
rainwater
 
management
systems and roof safety products. The Group operates
 
in Finland and Sweden under the Vesivek
 
brand.
 
In January 2025, the
 
HLRE Holding Group
 
operated in 16 (16)
 
locations in Finland
 
and 3 (3) in
 
Sweden.
The
 
Group’s
 
head
 
office
 
and
 
sheet
 
metal
 
roofing
 
factory
 
are
 
in
 
Pirkkala,
 
Finland,
 
and
 
the
 
product
development
 
and
 
manufacture
 
of
 
rainwater
 
systems
 
and
 
roof
 
safety
 
products
 
and
 
the
 
corporate
 
sales
function
 
are
 
in
 
Orimattila,
 
Finland.
 
The
 
Group’s
 
customers
 
include
 
consumers,
 
housing
 
companies,
construction companies and public-sector organisations.
In the consumer
 
business, the
 
Vesivek
 
Group is
 
the leading
 
service company
 
in the industry
 
in Finland,
delivering
 
roofs
 
with
 
accessories
 
and
 
installation
 
services
 
from
 
its
 
own
 
factory.
 
The
 
Group’s
 
service
offering includes
 
the customer
 
promise “Weather
 
protection in
 
one day,”
 
which is
 
made possible
 
by the
in-house supply
 
chain from
 
product development
 
to installation
 
and the conceptualised
 
business model.
The majority
 
share of
 
a company
 
engaged in
 
the drainage
 
business
 
in Finland,
 
acquired as
 
part of
 
the
Group in 2021,
 
has strengthened
 
the Group’s
 
service offering
 
in the market
 
for the
 
renovation of single-
family houses.
The Nesco
 
Group, which
 
designs, develops,
 
fabricates and
 
sells roof
 
and roof
 
safety products,
 
includes
the companies Nesco Invest Oy,
 
Vesivek Tuotteet
 
Oy (formerly Nesco Oy) and Tuusulan
 
Peltikeskus Oy.
Vesivek
 
Tuotteet Oy
 
is a Finnish
 
company that
 
designs, manufactures
 
and sells
 
rainwater management
systems
 
and
 
roof
 
safety
 
products.
 
Tuusulan
 
Peltikeskus
 
Oy
 
is
 
a
 
Finnish
 
company
 
that
 
sells
 
rainwater
systems and roof
 
safety and sheet
 
metal products to
 
consumers and construction
 
companies, operating
in the municipality of Tuusula in the Greater
 
Helsinki region.
 
1000 eur
1.2.2024-
31.1.2025
Change
1.2.2023-
31.1.2024
Change
1.2.2022-
31.1.2023
Turnover
102,929.0
-4.8 %
108,161.2
-16.4 %
129,455.0
EBITDA
 
1,885.0
-11.9 %
2,138.8
-79.1 %
10,225.5
Profit/loss for the financial period
-8,424.9
36.5 %
-13,277.9
3833.7 %
-337.5
Equity ratio
7.0 %
-57.7 %
16.5 %
-41.9 %
28.3 %
Cash flow from operating activities
148.2
-96.6 %
4,322.3
-14.0 %
5,025.6
Personnel average
735
-8.2 %
801
-4.2 %
836
Gross capital expenditure
-613.9
-38.6 %
-999.3
-49.7 %
-1,987.4
5
MAJOR EVENTS DURING THE FINANCIAL PERIOD
The Group’s turnover decreased from EUR 108.2
 
million to EUR 102.9 (-4,8%).
In
 
the
 
summer
 
of
 
2023,
 
the
 
Group
 
commenced
 
negotiations
 
for
 
the
 
refinancing
 
of
 
a
 
SEK
 
300
 
million
bond falling
 
due
 
in February
 
2024. On
 
30
 
January
 
2024, the
 
Group announced
 
that
 
a result
 
had
 
been
reached in
 
the negotiations
 
between the
 
Company
 
and the
 
principal creditor
 
with a
 
controlling share
 
of
approximately 66.67%
 
regarding the
 
refinancing of
 
the loan.
 
However,
 
with the original
 
maturity date
 
on
12 February 2024 of the 3-year
 
loan issued on 12 February
 
2021 approaching, the Group announced
 
on
30
 
January
 
2024
 
that
 
it
 
will
 
request
 
a
 
one-month
 
extension
 
to
 
finalise
 
the
 
terms
 
and
 
conditions
 
of
 
the
bond, which was approved on 5 February 2024 by the
 
majority required for the bond.
In February 2024, the Group continued
 
to finalise the terms and conditions of
 
the bond, announcing on 8
March 2024
 
a refinancing
 
of SEK
 
300 million
 
over a
 
three-year
 
period, with
 
the
 
maturity date
 
being 12
February 2027.
 
In addition,
 
the terms
 
and conditions
 
of the
 
bond included
 
a five-year
 
convertible bond
 
of EUR
 
3 million
issued by
 
the Company’s
 
principal shareholders.
 
The convertible
 
bonds maturing
 
in February
 
2029 can
be converted
 
into a maximum
 
of 6,131,704
 
shares in
 
HLRE Holding
 
Oyj, corresponding
 
to 37.3% of
 
the
outstanding
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
shares
 
issued
 
at
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
the
 
financial
 
year.
 
The
 
applicable
 
conversion
price is EUR 0.50 per share.
The parent company has financed
 
its subsidiaries through both
 
loans granted and a group
 
bank account
arrangement. More information on Group
 
loans is provided in the notes
 
to the financial statements
 
of the
parent company HLRE Holding Oyj.
In
 
the
 
first
 
quarter
 
of
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
2025,
 
the
 
Group
 
continued
 
the
 
measures
 
it
 
initiated
 
in
 
the
previous financial
 
year to
 
improve operational
 
efficiency
 
in a few
 
Vesivek
 
Oy units.
 
The negotiations
 
led
to the
 
termination
 
of the
 
employment
 
relationship
 
of approximately
 
20 people
 
during the
 
first quarter
 
of
2024.
At the end
 
of November
 
2024, HLRE Group
 
Oy,
 
Vesivek
 
Oy,
 
Vesivek Salaojat
 
Oy and
 
Vesivek Tuotteet
Oy
 
commenced
 
change
 
negotiations
 
concerning
 
possible
 
temporary
 
layoffs
 
of
 
less
 
than
 
90
 
days
 
that
concerned
 
all
 
employees
 
of
 
the
 
Group
 
companies,
 
with
 
the
 
exception
 
of
 
HLRE
 
Group
 
Oy’s
 
payroll
function.
The aim
 
of
 
the
 
change
 
negotiations
 
was
 
to
 
discuss
 
the
 
proposed
 
temporary
 
adaptation
 
measures
 
and
their potential
 
personnel-related
 
impacts. The
 
measures were
 
implemented due
 
to anticipated
 
seasonal
6
fluctuations,
 
which
 
were
 
estimated
 
to
 
lead
 
to
 
a
 
decrease
 
in
 
volume,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
to
 
ensure
 
financial
profitability during the fourth quarter of FY2025 and the first
 
quarter of FY2026.
The
 
change
 
negotiations
 
concerning
 
possible
 
temporary
 
layoffs
 
of
 
a
 
maximum
 
of
 
90
 
days
 
were
concluded in the aforementioned companies
 
in December 2024. During the negotiations, the
 
grounds for,
impacts of and possible
 
alternatives to the planned measures
 
were discussed in the spirit
 
of cooperation.
The
 
allocation,
 
number
 
and
 
timing
 
of
 
the
 
temporary
 
layoffs
 
were
 
determined
 
on
 
the
 
basis
 
of
 
separate
plans,
 
and
 
they
 
are
 
due
 
to
 
a
 
temporary
 
decrease
 
in
 
the
 
need
 
for
 
labour
 
during
 
the
 
period
 
1
 
January
2025–30 April 2025.
The Group company
 
responsible for roof
 
renovations in Finland,
 
Vesivek Oy,
 
already moved to primarily
scaffolding-based
 
roof
 
installations
 
during
 
the
 
2019
 
financial
 
period.
 
Scaffolding,
 
or
 
work
 
platforms,
around
 
a
 
building
 
function
 
as
 
fall
 
protection
 
and
 
improve
 
occupational
 
safety,
 
ergonomics
 
and
installation
 
efficiency,
 
as
 
the
 
work
 
can
 
be
 
performed
 
from
 
the
 
correct
 
height
 
without
 
reaching.
 
The
scaffolding also protects the yard and access
 
routes from any materials falling from the roof.
 
Launched
 
in
 
February
 
2022,
 
Russia's
 
still
 
ongoing
 
war
 
of
 
aggression
 
against
 
Ukraine
 
has
 
further
increased
 
uncertainty
 
and
 
general
 
instability
 
in
 
Europe.
 
The
 
economic
 
downturn,
 
increased
 
temporary
layoffs
 
and
 
dismissals
 
at
 
the
 
national
 
level,
 
and
 
interest
 
rates,
 
although
 
decreasing,
 
remaining
 
high
compared
 
to
 
long-standing
 
zero
 
interest
 
rates,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
tighter
 
lending
 
policies
 
adopted
 
by
 
credit
institutions, have continued to contribute to an increased lack
 
of consumer confidence.
 
The Group’s roof and rainwater systems business
 
in Finland and Sweden and drainage system business
in Finland
 
fell short
 
of the volume
 
and profitability
 
targets set
 
for the
 
financial year.
 
The roof
 
safety and
rainwater systems
 
manufacturing business
 
fell short
 
of the
 
volume targets
 
due to
 
the market
 
conditions
being more
 
modest than
 
expected, but
 
profitability remained
 
within the
 
set targets
 
due to
 
the efficiency
improvement measures taken.
CHANGES IN GROUP STRUCTURE
There were no changes in the company structure during
 
the financial period.
BUSINESS CONTINUITY
The
 
financial
 
statements
 
for
 
the
 
period
 
2/1/2024-1/31/2025
 
have
 
been
 
prepared
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
going
concern principle,
 
assuming that
 
the Company
 
will be
 
able to
 
liquidate its
 
assets and
 
settle its
 
liabilities
as part of normal business operations in the foreseeable future.
The
 
consolidated
 
result
 
for
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
ended
 
31
 
January
 
2025
 
was
 
EUR
 
-8.4
 
million.
 
The
consolidated result
 
for the
 
previous financial
 
year was
 
EUR -13.3
 
million, which
 
included an
 
impairment
7
of goodwill
 
of EUR
 
5.0 million.
 
The Company's
 
operating cash
 
flow came
 
to EUR
 
0.1 (4.3)
 
million, and
net
 
debt
 
amounted
 
to
 
EUR
 
61.1
 
(55.2)
 
million.
 
During
 
the
 
financial
 
year,
 
the
 
Company
 
refinanced
 
the
SEK 300
 
million bond
 
issued by
 
the Company
 
that matured
 
in February
 
2024. The
 
bond will
 
mature in
February 2027. The
 
bond includes
 
a Swedish krona
 
exchange rate
 
risk that was
 
not hedged at
 
the time
of
 
signing
 
the
 
financial
 
statements.
 
A
 
change
 
of
 
+/-10%
 
in
 
the
 
exchange
 
rate
 
of
 
the
 
Swedish
 
krona
against the euro would affect the result by approximately
 
EUR +/-2.6 million before taxes.
 
The
 
bond
 
includes
 
a
 
cash
 
covenant
 
of
 
EUR
 
2
 
million
 
and,
 
effective
 
from
 
1
 
August
 
2025,
 
a
 
leverage
covenant. The
 
Group’s
 
cash and
 
cash equivalents
 
amounted to
 
EUR 2.50
 
million on
 
31 January
 
2025.
The
 
Group
 
has
 
an
 
unused
 
overdraft
 
facility
 
of
 
EUR
 
1.0
 
million
 
that
 
was
 
negotiated
 
in
 
March
 
2024
 
in
connection with the restructuring of the SEK 300 million bond.
 
The
 
terms
 
and
 
conditions
 
of
 
the
 
bond
 
are
 
described
 
in
 
more
 
detail
 
in
 
section
 
17
 
Management
 
of
financial risks.
The
 
Group’s
 
operating
 
environment
 
is
 
subject
 
to
 
uncertainty
 
caused
 
by
 
the
 
impairment
 
of
 
the
 
general
security
 
situation
 
in
 
Europe
 
and
 
continued
 
increases
 
in
 
raw
 
material
 
and
 
energy
 
prices
 
and
 
general
costs.
 
The
 
rising
 
costs
 
and
 
uncertainty
 
have
 
impacts
 
on
 
disposable
 
income,
 
purchase
 
choices
 
and
consumer
 
behaviour,
 
among
 
other
 
things.
 
In
 
addition,
 
the
 
potential
 
impacts
 
of
 
the
 
significant
 
and
extensive tariffs imposed by the US in April 2025,
 
and the uncertainty they cause, are difficult to
 
estimate
and
 
predict.
 
They
 
can
 
present
 
both
 
challenges
 
and
 
opportunities
 
to
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
the
 
Group’s
business. Ideally,
 
the impacts will accelerate the recovery
 
of development activity in the property
 
market.
At the same
 
time, uncertainty
 
about the
 
future impacts
 
of trade policy
 
causes delays
 
in decision-making
concerning property investments.
The Group’s
 
growth and development
 
are strongly linked
 
with the growth
 
and development of
 
sales and
success in
 
internationalisation,
 
and failure
 
in them
 
might have
 
direct or
 
indirect impacts
 
on the
 
Group’s
business and growth opportunities or the development
 
of its profitability.
In
 
the
 
first
 
quarter
 
of
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
2025,
 
the
 
Group
 
continued
 
the
 
organisational
 
efficiency
improvement
 
measures
 
it
 
initiated
 
in
 
2023
 
in
 
a
 
few
 
of
 
Vesivek
 
Oy's
 
units.
 
All
 
in
 
all,
 
the
 
efficiency
improvement measures initiated
 
in 2023 have had extensive
 
impacts on the Group's
 
Finnish companies.
The
 
executive
 
management
 
closely
 
monitors
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
the
 
Group’s
 
various
 
companies
 
and
businesses, and
 
is prepared
 
to react
 
further if
 
the performance
 
of the
 
businesses
 
is not
 
in line
 
with the
set plans.
 
With
 
due
 
account
 
taken
 
of
 
the
 
refinancing
 
of
 
the
 
bond
 
and
 
the
 
extensive
 
efficiency
 
improvement
measures
 
taken,
 
the
 
Company’s
 
management
 
has prepared
 
financial
 
forecasts
 
for the
 
development
 
of
turnover, expenses
 
and investments. In assessing the
 
going concern assumption, management
 
believes
that
 
the
 
company’s
 
current
 
liquid
 
funds
 
and
 
projected
 
operating
 
cash
 
flows
 
are
 
sufficient
 
to
 
cover
 
its
liabilities
 
and
 
obligations
 
arising
 
from
 
its
 
operations
 
for
 
at
 
least
 
12
 
months,
 
and
 
consequently
 
the
financial statements have been
 
prepared on a going concern
 
basis. The forecasts assume
 
that there will
be a moderate
 
positive turn
 
in the market.
 
In addition,
 
the Group’s
 
management has
 
taken measures
 
to
improve the cash
 
position by,
 
for example, switching
 
to the use
 
of consignment stock
 
for steel products.
 
8
Due to the general economic
 
uncertainty,
 
the cyclical nature of the
 
industry and the short time
 
horizon of
the
 
order
 
book,
 
forecasting
 
involves
 
a
 
higher
 
degree
 
of
 
judgment
 
than
 
usual.
 
If
 
the
 
business
 
does
 
not
develop according
 
to the
 
forecasts,
 
there is
 
a risk
 
of
 
liquidity being
 
compromised
 
and covenants
 
being
breached, which could
 
cast significant doubt
 
on the ability
 
of the company
 
and the Group
 
to continue as
a going
 
concern. Such
 
circumstances would
 
also have
 
an impact
 
on the
 
balance sheet
 
valuation of
 
the
Group’s goodwill and the parent company’s
 
shares in, and receivables from, its subsidiaries.
SUBORDINATED
 
LOAN
The Group
 
companies
 
have
 
a
 
subordinated
 
loan totalling
 
EUR
 
250
 
thousand.
 
The
 
interest
 
rate
 
on
 
the
loan is 5%, and unrecognised
 
interest of EUR 25 thousand
 
has accrued on the loan.
 
No repayment date
has been agreed for the loan.
PERSONNEL
 
At
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
the
 
financial
 
year,
 
the
 
number
 
of
 
personnel
 
amounted
 
to
 
757
 
(835),
 
a
 
decrease
 
of
 
41
employees,
 
or
 
-9.3
 
per
 
cent.
 
The
 
Group
 
personnel
 
averaged
 
735
 
(801)
 
FTE,
 
a
 
decrease
 
of
 
66
employees, or
 
-8.2 per
 
cent. The
 
Group’s employee
 
benefits expenses
 
totalled EUR
 
43.5 (46.5)
 
million,
a decrease of EUR -3.0 million, or -6.5 per cent.
 
EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING DATE
In
 
February–March
 
2025,
 
the
 
Group
 
continued
 
the
 
temporary
 
layoffs
 
of
 
a
 
maximum
 
of
 
90
 
days
 
in
 
its
Finnish companies, which had been announced in December
 
2024. The Group further announced in late
March that, as
 
the demand
 
situation had slightly
 
improved, the Group
 
would deviate
 
from the
 
previously
announced plan by not continuing the temporary layoffs
 
in April in any of the Group companies.
 
KEY
 
FEATURES
 
OF
 
INTERNAL
 
CONTROL
 
AND
 
RISK
 
MANAGEMENT
 
RELATED
 
TO
 
THE
 
FINANCIAL
REPORTING PROCESS
Board of Directors
In accordance with article 10 of the
 
Articles of Association of the Group’s
 
parent company HLRE Holding
Oyj,
 
the company’s
 
administration
 
and
 
appropriate
 
organisation
 
of
 
operations
 
is
 
seen to
 
by a
 
Board
 
of
Directors with
 
a minimum
 
of three
 
(3)
 
and a
 
maximum of
 
ten (10)
 
standing
 
members,
 
according
 
to the
resolution of a
 
general meeting
 
of shareholders. The
 
term of office
 
of the Board
 
members expires at
 
the
close of the next Annual General Meeting after their election.
 
9
The Board
 
of Directors
 
sees to
 
the administration
 
and appropriate
 
organisation of
 
the operations
 
of the
entire HLRE
 
Holding Group
 
and directs
 
and
 
oversees
 
the operations
 
of the
 
HLRE Holding
 
Group. The
Board of Directors'
 
task is
 
to promote the
 
interests of
 
the HLRE
 
Holding Group
 
and HLRE
 
Holding Plc’s
shareholders.
 
The Board
 
of Directors
 
is responsible
 
for the
 
appropriate
 
arrangement
 
of the
 
control
 
of the
 
Company's
accounts and
 
finances. The
 
Board of
 
Directors reviews
 
and adopts
 
the Company’s
 
financial statements
and consolidated financial statements
 
for the financial year
 
ended, as well as any
 
half-year report for the
period ended in
 
July,
 
and any interim
 
reports for the
 
periods ended in
 
April and October.
 
In addition, the
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
oversees
 
the
 
Company's
 
CEO
 
and
 
Executive
 
Board
 
and
 
approves
 
the
 
Group-wide
strategic
 
objectives
 
and
 
the
 
principles
 
for
 
risk
 
management
 
and
 
governance
 
systems.
 
The
 
Board
 
of
Directors addresses and decides on all matters of major
 
significance in view of the Group’s operations.
 
The Board
 
of Directors
 
convenes the
 
Company’s Annual
 
General Meeting
 
and makes
 
proposals on
 
the
matters
 
to
 
be
 
addressed
 
therein.
 
The
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
monitors
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
the
 
Group's
operational activities mainly through the CEO’s and
 
business segments’ reviews and monthly reports.
 
At
 
the
 
company's
 
Annual
 
General
 
Meeting
 
on
 
31
 
May
 
2024,
 
Pentti
 
Tuunala,
 
Kimmo
 
Riihimäki,
 
Ari
Haapakoski, Timo
 
Pirskanen, Mika
 
Uotila and
 
Anu Syrmä
 
were re-elected
 
as members
 
of the
 
Board of
Directors. At
 
its first meeting,
 
held on
 
31 May 2024,
 
the Board of
 
Directors elected
 
Pentti Tuunala
 
as its
Chair.
 
At
 
its
 
meeting
 
held
 
on
 
31
 
May
 
2024,
 
the
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
decided
 
to
 
elect
 
Timo
 
Pirskanen,
Pentti Tuunala
 
and Mika Uotila
 
from among its
 
number to continue
 
as members of
 
the Audit Committee,
and it elected Timo Pirskanen as the Chair
 
of the Audit Committee.
 
During the financial
 
year 1
 
February 2024–31
 
January 2025,
 
the Board
 
of Directors
 
convened 12
 
times.
The attendance
 
rate of
 
the Board
 
members was
 
99%. The
 
Audit Committee
 
convened once
 
during the
financial year 1 February 2024–31 January 2025 with
 
an attendance rate of 100%.
 
Remuneration of Board members
The
 
Annual
 
General
 
Meeting
 
of
 
the
 
Group’s
 
parent
 
company
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Oy
 
resolved
 
on
 
31
 
May
2024 that EUR 1,000.00
 
per month be paid
 
as compensation to each
 
Board member independent
 
of the
company
 
and
 
its
 
major
 
shareholders.
 
If
 
a
 
Board
 
member
 
is
 
employed
 
by
 
a
 
company
 
belonging
 
to
 
the
HLRE Holding group of companies
 
or by Sentica Partners Oy,
 
they are not paid compensation
 
for Board
membership. No separate fee is paid for Board or committee
 
meetings.
 
Furthermore,
 
the
 
Annual
 
General
 
Meeting
 
resolved
 
that
 
each
 
Board
 
member
 
will
 
be
 
compensated
 
for
reasonable
 
travel
 
expenses
 
against
 
receipts,
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
practices
 
of
 
the
 
HLRE
 
Holding
Group.
 
10
Audit Committee
The Board
 
of Directors
 
of HLRE
 
Holding
 
Oyj
 
has set
 
up an
 
Audit Committee
 
consisting
 
of three
 
to five
members. The
 
Board elects
 
the members
 
of the
 
Audit Committee
 
and the
 
Chair of
 
the Committee
 
from
among its members. The Audit Committee focuses
 
on the handling and preparation of matters pertaining
to
 
financial
 
reporting
 
and
 
control
 
in
 
particular.
 
The
 
Audit
 
Committee
 
convenes
 
regularly
 
and
 
aims
 
to
convene
 
at
 
least
 
four
 
times
 
a
 
year.
 
In
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
2025,
 
there
 
was
 
only
 
one
 
Audit
 
Committee
meeting, as the
 
entire Board of
 
Directors has participated
 
in the handling
 
of financial matters,
 
taking into
account the Group’s situation.
 
The
 
purpose
 
of
 
the
 
Audit
 
Committee,
 
as
 
an
 
assisting
 
body
 
to
 
the
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors,
 
is
 
to
 
prepare
matters
 
pertaining
 
to
 
the
 
company’s
 
financial
 
reporting
 
and
 
control.
 
The
 
Audit
 
Committee
 
has
 
no
independent decision
 
-making powers,
 
but instead
 
it assists
 
the Board
 
of Directors
 
in the
 
preparation of
its
 
decision-making.
 
The
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
makes
 
decisions
 
on
 
the
 
basis
 
of
 
the
 
committee’s
preparations, including matters referred to the Audit Committee.
 
The Audit Committee
 
monitors the financial
 
situation, budgeting,
 
financial position and
 
risk management
of the HLRE Holding Group. The task of the Audit Committee
 
is to:
 
monitor the financial reporting process;
 
monitor the effectiveness of internal controls, any
 
internal audit and risk management systems;
 
monitor the financial and tax position of the Company;
 
monitor significant economic, financial and tax risks;
 
 
supervise the financial reporting process and process
 
financial disclosures;
 
 
monitor the risk management process;
 
assess the impact of exceptional or significant transactions;
 
assess legal and regulatory compliance processes;
 
prepare a proposal for a decision on the selection of an auditor;
 
review
 
the
 
description
 
of
 
the
 
key
 
features
 
of
 
the
 
internal
 
control
 
and
 
risk
 
management
 
systems
pertaining
 
to
 
the
 
financial
 
reporting
 
process,
 
which
 
is
 
included
 
in
 
the
 
company´s
 
corporate
governance statement;
 
 
monitor the statutory audit of the financial statements
 
and consolidated financial statements; and
 
assess
 
the
 
independence
 
of
 
the
 
statutory
 
auditor
 
or
 
auditing
 
firm
 
and
 
the
 
provision
 
of
 
ancillary
services to the Company;
 
 
new tasks
 
related to
 
sustainability reporting,
 
which are
 
presented in
 
more detail
 
in the
 
sustainability
reporting section.
The Audit
 
Committee
 
convened
 
once during
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
1 February
 
2024–31
 
January
 
2025 with
an attendance rate of 100%.
 
 
 
11
CEO
The
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
appoints
 
the
 
CEO
 
and
 
decides
 
on
 
the
 
terms
 
of
 
and
 
conditions
 
of
 
their
 
service
contract. The CEO
 
is responsible for
 
directing the Company's
 
operational management
 
and the Group’s
business
 
in accordance
 
with the
 
instructions
 
and
 
orders
 
given by
 
the
 
Board of
 
Directors,
 
supported
 
by
the Group's management team appointed by the CEO.
 
The CEO
 
is responsible
 
for ensuring
 
that the
 
Company's
 
accounts are
 
in compliance
 
with the
 
law and
that its financial affairs have been arranged in a reliable
 
manner.
 
Group's management team
Vesivek
 
Group’s
 
management
 
team
 
supports
 
the
 
CEO
 
in
 
preparing
 
strategic
 
matters,
 
addressing
significant
 
or
 
fundamental
 
operational
 
matters
 
and
 
ensuring
 
internal
 
flow
 
of
 
information.
 
The
management team is chaired by the Group's CEO, and it convenes
 
regularly upon invitation by the CEO.
As
 
an
 
expert
 
body,
 
the
 
management
 
team
 
assists
 
the
 
CEO
 
in
 
the
 
management
 
of
 
the
 
Group’s
operational
 
business.
 
The
 
management
 
team
 
prepares
 
and
 
steers
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
the
 
Group’s
processes and business, as well as the Group’s
 
common functions, and promotes the flow of
 
information
and cooperation between different parts of the
 
organisation. In particular,
 
the Group’s strategy and target
setting, the budget,
 
major procurements and
 
projects, the Group’s
 
structure and organisation,
 
as well as
the
 
main
 
management
 
policies
 
and
 
HR
 
policy
 
issues,
 
are
 
discussed
 
in
 
the
 
management
 
team.
 
In
addition, the
 
management
 
team monitors
 
and evaluates
 
the profitability
 
of business
 
operations and
 
the
effectiveness of internal control and reporting
 
systems.
 
In
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
2025,
 
the
 
management
 
team’s
 
tasks
 
also
 
included
 
new
 
tasks
 
related
 
to
sustainability reporting, which are presented in more detail
 
in the sustainability reporting section.
The management
 
team
 
informs
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Oyj's
 
Board
 
of Directors
 
without
 
delay
 
of any
 
matters
 
it
has become
 
aware of
 
that may
 
be expected
 
to have
 
a material
 
impact on
 
the Group’s
 
operations. The
management
 
team
 
must
 
also
 
inform
 
the
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
of
 
issues
 
such
 
as
 
occupational
 
accidents
resulting
 
in
 
serious
 
injury,
 
significant
 
complaints
 
concerning
 
the
 
Group,
 
significant
 
legal
 
proceedings
and/or claims,
 
and any
 
other issues
 
of relevance
 
in view of
 
the duties
 
or responsibility
 
of HLRE Holding
Oyj’s Board of Directors.
 
During
 
the
 
financial
 
year,
 
the
 
following
 
changes
 
occurred
 
in
 
the
 
Company's
 
management
 
team,
 
which
has
 
been
 
operating
 
since
 
October
 
2021:
 
In
 
March
 
2024,
 
Antti
 
Asteljoki
 
started
 
as
 
the
 
Chief
 
Operative
Officer
 
of
 
Vesivek's
 
roof,
 
rainwater
 
system
 
and
 
drainage
 
system
 
installation
 
business
 
in
 
Finland
 
and
joined the
 
Group management
 
team.
 
The Group's
 
interim HR
 
Director changed
 
in May
 
2024, with
 
Anu
Lapiolahti
 
appointed
 
in
 
place
 
of
 
Niina
 
Martin.
 
At
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
the
 
financial
 
year,
 
the
 
composition
 
of
 
the
Company’s
 
management
 
team
 
was
 
as follows:
 
Kimmo
 
Riihimäki,
 
CEO;
 
Antti
 
Asteljoki,
 
Chief
 
Operative
Officer
 
of
 
Vesivek
 
Oy
 
and
 
Vesivek
 
Salaojat
 
Oy;
 
Anu
 
Lapiolahti,
 
interim
 
HR
 
Director;
 
Jari
 
Raudanpää,
12
CFO;
 
Pasi
 
Heikkonen,
 
Managing
 
Director
 
of
 
Vesivek
 
Tuotteet
 
Oy;
 
Jani
 
Jylhä,
 
Managing
 
Director
 
of
Vesivek Sverige AB. The management
 
team convenes regularly every month.
ESTIMATE OF MAJOR
 
RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The HLRE Holding Group
 
assesses risks annually with
 
the aim of minimising
 
risks and better foreseeing
them.
The Group’s
 
cash and
 
cash equivalents
 
amounted to
 
EUR 2.50 million
 
on 31 January
 
2025. The Group
has a
 
conditional
 
overdraft
 
facility
 
of EUR
 
1.0
 
million
 
that was
 
negotiated
 
in
 
March
 
2024 in
 
connection
with the restructuring of the SEK
 
300 million bond. However,
 
if the organisational efficiency
 
improvement
measures implemented
 
in the
 
Group companies
 
do not
 
lead to
 
the desired
 
result during
 
the first
 
half of
the
 
financial
 
year,
 
the
 
Group’s
 
management
 
is
 
prepared
 
to
 
continue
 
the
 
efficiency
 
improvement
measures in the Group's companies and businesses.
The Group’s
 
growth and development
 
are strongly linked
 
with the growth
 
and development of
 
sales and
success in
 
internationalisation,
 
and failure
 
in them
 
might have
 
direct or
 
indirect impacts
 
on the
 
Group’s
business
 
and
 
growth
 
opportunities
 
or
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
its
 
profitability.
 
In
 
addition
 
to
 
the
 
above,
 
the
Group’s
 
business
 
operations
 
are
 
exposed
 
to
 
personnel-related
 
risks,
 
such
 
as
 
risks
 
relating
 
to
 
the
recruitment and
 
retention of
 
skilled personnel.
 
The Group’s
 
business
 
is exposed
 
to occupational
 
safety
risks
 
at
 
the
 
construction
 
sites,
 
which
 
also
 
includes
 
a
 
risk
 
of
 
potential
 
procedures
 
by
 
the
 
authorities
 
or
legal
 
proceedings.
 
In
 
addition,
 
the
 
Group
 
is
 
exposed
 
to
 
international
 
price
 
fluctuations
 
and
 
production
bottlenecks
 
for
 
the
 
commodities
 
it
 
uses
 
in
 
its
 
business,
 
such
 
as
 
steel,
 
aluminium
 
and
 
wood.
 
In
 
the
procurement of raw
 
materials, the
 
company uses
 
several reliable
 
and committed
 
raw material suppliers.
Cooperation with raw material suppliers is an ongoing cooperation
 
process.
 
The
 
Group’s
 
business
 
is
 
exposed
 
to
 
seasonality,
 
which
 
can
 
be
 
balanced
 
by
 
a
 
service
 
portfolio
comprising
 
different
 
product
 
categories
 
and
 
extensive
 
geographical
 
distribution
 
in
 
Finland
 
and
 
through
internationalisation.
 
Moreover,
 
the
 
most
 
significant
 
business
 
uncertainties
 
are
 
associated
 
with
 
risks
relating
 
to
 
partners,
 
such
 
as
 
the
 
most
 
significant
 
suppliers,
 
opening
 
of
 
new
 
locations
 
and
 
their
development, success in concept development and maintaining the
 
concept.
 
Expansion
 
into
 
other
 
countries
 
involves
 
several
 
risks
 
associated
 
with
 
foreseeing
 
consumer
 
needs,
preferences
 
and
 
behaviour
 
in
 
the
 
target
 
markets,
 
among
 
other
 
factors.
 
Expansion
 
into
 
other
 
countries
involves
 
the
 
risk
 
of
 
the
 
company’s
 
conceptualised
 
business
 
model
 
not
 
establishing
 
a
 
position
 
in
 
the
market and securing an
 
established customer base.
 
The company’s conceptualised
 
business model can
also be
 
non-compliant
 
with the
 
local building
 
regulations,
 
customs or
 
prevailing practices.
 
The possible
failure of
 
the launch
 
of new
 
concepts, such
 
as the
 
drainage business
 
concept, would
 
incur costs
 
to the
company and
 
have a
 
material adverse
 
impact on
 
the company’s
 
brand, financial
 
position and
 
business
performance.
Each year, the
 
HLRE Holding Group tests goodwill
 
for impairment and, if
 
necessary,
 
whenever there are
indications
 
that
 
the
 
value
 
of
 
the
 
assets
 
does
 
not
 
exceed
 
their
 
goodwill.
 
During
 
the
 
financial
 
year,
 
the
Company’s
 
market
 
environment
 
in
 
the
 
roof
 
and
 
drainage
 
renovation
 
sectors
 
has
 
become
 
more
challenging
 
due
 
to
 
increased
 
general
 
uncertainty
 
among
 
consumers,
 
as
 
a
 
result
 
of
 
which
 
roof
 
and
13
drainage
 
renovations
 
are
 
increasingly
 
being
 
postponed
 
to
 
the
 
future.
 
Increased
 
uncertainty,
 
combined
with
 
the
 
tighter
 
lending
 
policy
 
of
 
credit
 
institutions
 
and
 
increased
 
financing
 
costs,
 
has
 
created
 
a
challenging environment for consumers considering renovation.
For
 
the
 
Nesco
 
subgroup
 
and
 
the
 
Vesivek
 
Oy
 
and
 
Vesivek
 
Salaojat
 
Oy
 
businesses,
 
no
 
need
 
for
 
a
writedown was
 
identified in
 
goodwill impairment
 
testing, and
 
the recoverable
 
cash flows
 
are sufficient
 
to
cover the book value of
 
the assets. At the
 
end of the financial
 
year 2025, the balance
 
sheet of the HLRE
Holding Group included EUR 35.3 million of goodwill.
ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE
 
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
In addition
 
to
 
the
 
risks
 
mentioned
 
in
 
the
 
Business
 
continuity
 
section
 
above
 
and
 
other
 
normal
 
business
risks, the Group is not aware of any other
 
material risks affecting its operations. The
 
Group’s turnover for
the
 
financial
 
year
 
1
 
February
 
2021–31
 
January
 
2022
 
is
 
expected
 
to
 
increase
 
moderately,
 
while
profitability
 
will
 
improve.
 
The
 
Group’s
 
potential
 
growth
 
in
 
Finland
 
will
 
be
 
derived
 
from
 
the
 
increased
efficiency of the existing locations of Vesivek
 
Oy, Vesivek
 
Salaojat Oy and the Swedish subsidiary.
RISK MANAGEMENT
In its risk management, the
 
HLRE Holding Group aims
 
to be as systematic
 
as possible as part of
 
normal
business
 
processes.
 
The
 
Group
 
has
 
a
 
risk
 
management
 
policy
 
approved
 
and
 
followed
 
up
 
by
 
the
management
 
team,
 
supporting
 
the
 
achievement
 
of
 
strategic
 
objectives
 
and
 
ensuring
 
the
 
continuity
 
of
business
 
operations. The
 
Group’s
 
risk
 
management
 
policy
 
focuses
 
on managing
 
both
 
risks
 
associated
with
 
business
 
opportunities
 
and
 
risks
 
threatening
 
the
 
achievement
 
of
 
the
 
Group’s
 
objectives.
 
The
management
 
team
 
analyses
 
and
 
assesses
 
the
 
most
 
essential
 
risks
 
in
 
terms
 
of
 
their
 
probability
 
and
significance.
 
The
 
review
 
of
 
business
 
risks
 
is
 
part
 
of
 
the
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Group’s
 
management
 
system.
 
Risks
 
are
classified into strategic,
 
operational, financial
 
and damage risks.
 
Strategic business
 
risks are associated
with
 
customer
 
relationships,
 
competitors’
 
actions,
 
political
 
risks,
 
brand,
 
product
 
and
 
concept
development, as well as investments. Operational
 
risks are associated with shortcomings
 
or errors in the
company’s operations
 
or systems,
 
or with
 
external risks,
 
such as
 
legislation or
 
unexpected decisions
 
or
policies of the legal
 
system or authorities,
 
or changes in raw
 
material prices or supply
 
issues. Taking
 
the
seasonality
 
of
 
the
 
business
 
into
 
consideration,
 
financial
 
risks
 
are
 
related
 
to
 
the
 
adequacy
 
of
 
financing
throughout
 
the
 
financial
 
year,
 
changes
 
in
 
the
 
interest
 
and
 
foreign
 
exchange
 
markets,
 
refinancing
 
and
counterparty
 
and
 
trade
 
receivable
 
risks.
 
Damage
 
risks
 
can
 
cause
 
accidents,
 
property
 
damage,
interruptions in production, environmental impacts or liability for
 
damages.
 
The risk
 
management process
 
aims to
 
identify and
 
assess the
 
risks, after
 
which measures
 
are planned
and implemented
 
with regard
 
to each
 
risk. The
 
measures
 
can include
 
avoiding the
 
risk, mitigating
 
it by
different
 
means,
 
transferring
 
the
 
risk
 
through
 
insurance
 
policies
 
or contractually,
 
or taking
 
the
 
risk
 
in
 
a
managed
 
and
 
conscious
 
manner.
 
Control
 
functions
 
or
 
measures
 
refer
 
to
 
verifying
 
procedures
 
that
mitigate risks and ensure that risk management measures
 
are taken.
 
14
The
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Group
 
does
 
not
 
have
 
a
 
separate
 
risk
 
management
 
function,
 
but
 
the
 
associated
responsibilities
 
follow
 
the
 
organisational
 
distribution
 
of
 
responsibilities.
 
The
 
company’s
 
management
team regularly
 
reviews the
 
risks. The
 
company’s Board
 
of Directors
 
and its
 
Audit Committee
 
review the
most significant risks and related measures at least once a year
 
in conjunction with the strategy process.
 
AUDITING
 
The
 
Annual
 
General
 
Meeting
 
of
 
31
 
May
 
2024
 
resolved
 
to
 
appoint
 
KPMG
 
Oy
 
Ab
 
as
 
the
 
company’s
auditor
 
for
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
2/1/2024
 
 
1/31/2025,
 
with
 
Assi
 
Lintula,
 
Authorised
 
Public
 
Accountant,
serving as the auditor-in-charge.
COMPANY STRUCTURE
 
AND SHAREHOLDING
The
 
Group’s
 
parent
 
company
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Oyj
 
is
 
owned
 
by
 
funds
 
managed
 
by
 
the
 
Finnish
 
private
equity company Sentica Partners
 
Oy and key personnel
 
of the Group. A more
 
detailed description of the
ownership structure is given in the notes in section 18
 
Shareholders’ equity.
At the end of the financial period, HLRE Holding Oyj’s
 
share capital ente
red
 
in
 
the
 
Trade
 
Register
 
amounted
 
to
 
EUR
 
80,000.
 
At
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
the
 
financial
 
year,
 
the
 
number
 
of
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Oyj
 
shares
 
was
 
16,626,723.
 
The
 
company
 
has
 
one
 
series
 
of
 
shares,
 
and
 
each
 
share
confers one
 
vote at
 
a general
 
meeting. All
 
shares confer
 
equal rights
 
to dividends
 
and other
 
distribution
of assets. At the
 
end of the
 
financial year,
 
the company had a
 
total of 37 shareholders.
 
At the end of
 
the
financial year, the company
 
had a total of 201,304 treasury shares.
 
At the end of the financial year,
 
the Board of Directors has no valid authorisations
 
granted by the general
meeting
 
to
 
repurchase
 
shares,
 
or
 
issue
 
shares,
 
or
 
grant
 
other
 
special
 
rights
 
entitling
 
to
 
shares,
 
as
referred to in Chapter 10, section 1 of the Limited Liability
 
Companies Act.
 
BOARD
 
OF
 
DIRECTORS’
 
PROPOSAL
 
CONCERNING
 
THE
 
USE
 
OF
 
THE
 
COMPANY’S
 
NON-RESTRICTED
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
The
 
Group's
 
parent
 
company
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Oyj’s
 
loss
 
for
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
was
 
EUR
 
-2,334,848.51.
The
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
proposes
 
that
 
the
 
profit
 
for
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
be
 
recognised
 
as
 
a
 
change
 
in
retained
 
earnings,
 
after
 
which
 
its
 
distributable
 
funds
 
amount
 
to
 
EUR
 
15,984,905.48.
 
The
 
Board
 
of
Directors’ proposal to the general meeting is that no dividends
 
be distributed.
 
15
Sustainability report
BASIS FOR PREPARATION
BP1 General basis for preparation of the sustainability
 
statement
 
With
 
regard
 
to
 
sustainability
 
themes,
 
operations
 
are
 
reported
 
on
 
a
 
consolidated
 
basis,
 
and
 
the
 
scope
 
of
consolidation is
 
the same
 
as for
 
the financial
 
statements. If
 
any key
 
figures are
 
reported on
 
a business-specific
or area-specific basis or at the country level, this is mentioned
 
separately.
 
The sustainability
 
report is
 
published annually.
 
The reporting
 
period is the
 
same as for
 
financial reporting,
 
which
is 1 February 2024–31 January 2025.
 
Basis for preparation
 
The
 
Company’s
 
sustainability
 
report
 
for
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
1
 
February
 
2024–31
 
January
 
2025
 
is
 
based
 
on
 
the
requirements
 
laid
 
down
 
in
 
Chapter
 
7
 
of
 
the
 
Finnish
 
Accounting
 
Act
 
and
 
the
 
European
 
Sustainability
 
Reporting
Standards (ESRS).
 
Taxonomy
 
reporting is
 
based on
 
the requirements
 
laid down
 
in Article
 
8 of
 
Regulation (EU)
2020/852
 
of
 
the
 
European
 
Parliament
 
and
 
of
 
the
 
Council
 
on
 
the
 
establishment
 
of
 
a
 
framework
 
to
 
facilitate
sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU)
 
2019/2088 (EU taxonomy).
 
The
 
reported
 
sustainability
 
topics
 
and
 
sustainability
 
indicators
 
are
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
Company’s
 
double
 
materiality
assessment, which was updated
 
in two stages in 2023–2024.
 
The figures and topics
 
cover the Company’s value
chain from the suppliers of materials
 
and services to the end of
 
the product life cycle. For suppliers,
 
the reporting
is
 
based
 
on
 
available
 
data.
 
The
 
material
 
reporting
 
requirements
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
Company's
 
operations,
products,
 
services
 
and
 
stakeholders
 
have
 
been
 
selected
 
on
 
the
 
basis
 
of
 
a
 
materiality
 
assessment.
 
No
information classified as sensitive information, or results
 
of innovation, has been omitted from the reporting.
 
The
 
material
 
themes
 
and
 
sustainability
 
targets
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
materiality
 
assessment
 
were
 
approved
 
by
 
the
Company’s
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
in
 
spring
 
2024,
 
and
 
the
 
sustainability
 
report
 
for
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
1
 
February
2024–31
 
January
 
2025
 
is the
 
first
 
report
 
implemented
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
them,
 
based
 
on the
 
requirements
 
of
the EU’s sustainability reporting standards.
 
BP2 Disclosures in relation to specific circumstances
 
The
 
aim
 
is
 
to
 
prepare
 
the
 
reporting
 
in
 
the
 
same
 
way
 
in
 
all
 
of
 
the
 
Group’s
 
companies,
 
and
 
the
 
information
 
is
compiled in
 
the Group's
 
report. The
 
Company strives
 
to use
 
as accurate
 
data as
 
possible in
 
its reporting.
 
More
detailed
 
reporting
 
principles
 
and
 
impacts
 
are
 
described
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
the
 
reporting
 
of
 
each
 
data
 
point
 
as
part of the topical standards.
 
The
 
time
 
horizons
 
applied
 
by
 
Vesivek
 
are
 
short-term
 
(one
 
financial
 
year),
 
medium-term
 
(1–5
 
years)
 
and
 
long-
term (over 5 years).
 
With
 
regard
 
to
 
the
 
value
 
chain,
 
the
 
information
 
used
 
by
 
the
 
Company
 
has
 
been
 
collected
 
either
 
from
 
public
sources
 
or
 
through
 
internal
 
discussions
 
with
 
stakeholders.
 
For
 
example,
 
some
 
suppliers
 
do
 
not
 
yet
 
have
accurate
 
emission
 
factors
 
available
 
for
 
their
 
products.
 
The
 
Company
 
has
 
taken
 
into
 
account
 
only
 
the
 
most
significant raw
 
materials in
 
purchased
 
products, and
 
the Company
 
has had
 
to use
 
general emission
 
factors for
materials. The Company aims to develop emissions data together
 
with its suppliers. Some of the waste data also
includes certain
 
estimates. In
 
the big
 
picture, these
 
estimates are
 
not significant
 
in terms
 
of the
 
accuracy of
 
the
data as a whole. More detailed information on the estimates
 
is provided in connection with each data point.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16
The
 
Company
 
reports
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
ESRS
 
standards
 
for
 
the
 
first
 
time
 
for
 
the
 
2025
 
reporting
 
period.
This
 
has
 
led
 
to
 
changes
 
in
 
presentation
 
for
 
some
 
of
 
the
 
information
 
when
 
compared
 
to
 
previous
 
years,
particularly in terms of the amount and
 
scope of the information in certain respects.
 
Any changes are indicated in
the report in the sections in question.
 
The sustainability
 
report has
 
been prepared
 
in accordance
 
with the
 
ESRS standards.
 
If the
 
report contains
 
data
points based on other laws or regulations, this is stated
 
in connection with the data point in question.
 
All
 
ESRS
 
data
 
points
 
have
 
been
 
incorporated
 
into
 
the
 
report
 
as
 
applicable
 
and
 
none
 
of
 
them
 
have
 
been
incorporated by reference.
 
If the Company
 
has applied
 
any exemptions permitted
 
by transition periods
 
in its reporting,
 
these are separately
mentioned under the standard in question.
 
 
GOV-1 The role of the administrative, management
 
and supervisory bodies
 
The
 
sustainability
 
report
 
includes
 
information
 
on
 
the
 
administration
 
of
 
sustainability,
 
which
 
consists
 
of
 
the
Group's Board of Directors,
 
the Audit Committee comprising
 
members of the Board
 
of Directors, the Group
 
CEO
and the Group's management team , and the sustainability working
 
group appointed by the CEO.
 
Board of Directors and Audit Committee
 
The Board
 
of Directors
 
of the
 
Group’s
 
parent company
 
consists of
 
six (6)
 
members,
 
of whom
 
17% are
 
women
and 83% are men.
 
Of the members
 
of the Board
 
of Directors, 50%
 
are independent of
 
the Company.
 
The Board
of
 
Directors
 
has
 
elected
 
an
 
Audit
 
Committee
 
from
 
among
 
its
 
members.
 
The
 
Audit
 
Committee
 
has
 
three
 
(3)
members:
 
Timo
 
Pirskanen
 
as
 
Chair,
 
and
 
Pentti
 
Tuunala
 
and
 
Mika
 
Uotila
 
as
 
members.
 
Of
 
the
 
members
 
of
 
the
Audit Committee, 33% are independent of the Company.
 
The
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
of
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Oyj
 
is
 
the
 
Group's
 
highest
 
body
 
responsible
 
for
 
sustainability,
 
and
 
it
approves
 
the
 
Group
 
policies
 
that
 
guide
 
the
 
Group’s
 
operations
 
and
 
internal
 
control.
 
Principles
 
concerning
sustainable
 
business
 
are
 
laid
 
down
 
in
 
the
 
Group's
 
Code
 
of
 
Conduct,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
the
 
risk
 
management
 
policy,
disclosure
 
policy,
 
data
 
protection
 
policy,
 
information
 
security
 
policy,
 
communication
 
policy,
 
non-discrimination
policy and
 
environmental
 
policy confirmed
 
by the
 
Board
 
of Directors,
 
and guidelines
 
issued on
 
the basis
 
of the
aforementioned policies. Targets
 
and policies are updated if there
 
are changes in the operating
 
environment that
require the Company to react.
 
The
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
also
 
approves
 
the
 
Vesivek
 
Group’s
 
strategic
 
sustainability
 
targets.
 
The
 
Group
 
CEO
 
is
responsible
 
for
 
the
 
implementation
 
of
 
targets
 
and
 
reports
 
to
 
the
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
on
 
their
 
progress
 
at
 
least
annually.
 
Reviews relating
 
to different
 
aspects of
 
sustainability are
 
presented by
 
the Group's
 
executive management
 
and,
where
 
necessary,
 
external
 
experts,
 
at
 
the
 
annual
 
level
 
in
 
meetings
 
of
 
the
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
and
 
the
 
Audit
Committee,
 
which
 
is
 
elected
 
by
 
the
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
from
 
among
 
its
 
members.
 
The
 
reviews
 
provide
 
the
members of
 
the Board
 
of Directors
 
with information
 
on the
 
progress of
 
the company’s
 
sustainability targets
 
and
the
 
most
 
material
 
sustainability-related
 
impacts,
 
risks
 
and
 
opportunities.
 
The
 
reviews
 
ensure
 
that
 
the
 
Board
 
of
Directors has up-to-date knowledge and expertise in sustainability
 
matters. The Group’s sustainability targets are
taken into account in the decision-making of the Board
 
of Directors when deciding on investments, for example.
 
The
 
reported
 
impacts,
 
risks
 
and
 
opportunities
 
were
 
not
 
discussed
 
in
 
meetings
 
during
 
the
 
financial
 
year.
 
In
 
the
future,
 
they
 
will
 
be
 
monitored
 
more
 
closely
 
on
 
the
 
basis
 
of
 
the
 
climate
 
change
 
transition
 
plan
 
prepared
 
by
 
the
Company, among other
 
things.
 
RESPONSIBLE PARTY
DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17
Board of Directors and CEO,
Audit Committee
·
 
Approving and monitoring the sustainability programme and
sustainability targets
·
 
Monitoring the realisation of sustainability in the Company's
 
operations
·
 
Approving the sustainability report and reviewing and approving
 
the
reported information
Group's management team
·
 
Addressing sustainability themes in the management team's
 
meetings
 
·
 
Incorporating the sustainability themes, sustainability
 
programme,
sustainability policies, sustainability targets and other sustainability-related
measures into activities and practices in the members' respective
 
areas of
responsibility
CFO
·
 
Compliance with sustainability reporting requirements
·
 
Reporting to the Group's management team and
 
Board of Directors
·
 
Responsibility for the content of the sustainability
 
programme and
sustainability policies
·
 
Responsibility for the structure and content of sustainability
 
reporting,
and reporting to the CEO
·
 
Management, development and steering of sustainability
 
efforts,
integration into business operations
·
 
Managing the sustainability working group
Sustainability working group
·
 
Addressing sustainability themes, development, reporting
 
and planning
their integration into business operations
 
·
 
Targets,
 
measures and monitoring outcomes
·
 
Communications, marketing, increasing awareness
 
through training
·
 
Promoting and supporting stakeholder relations
Business units, operational
activities and administration
·
 
Compliance with the policies related to sustainability
 
themes
·
 
Promoting actions and practices related to the sustainability
 
programme
and sustainability policy in the members' respective areas
 
of responsibility
·
 
Communicating successes, problems and development
 
proposals to the
members of the sustainability working group and the parties in
 
charge of
operational activities
 
 
18
Group CEO and the Group's management team
 
The
 
Group
 
CEO
 
is
 
responsible
 
for
 
the
 
implementation
 
of
 
the
 
sustainability
 
targets
 
confirmed
 
by
 
the
 
Board
 
of
Directors in the
 
Group and reports
 
to the Board
 
of Directors on
 
the development
 
of the sustainability
 
targets and
the
 
fulfilment
 
of
 
sustainability
 
reporting
 
requirements.
 
The
 
Group's
 
management
 
team
 
discusses
 
the
 
Group’s
sustainability
 
matters
 
before
 
the
 
CEO
 
presents
 
them
 
to
 
the
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
and,
 
for
 
its
 
part,
 
monitors
 
the
progress of sustainability
 
reporting and the
 
implementation of the
 
approved sustainability
 
measures on a
 
regular
basis in meetings of the management team.
 
The Group's management team consists of six (6) members,
 
of whom 17% are women and 83% are men.
 
On 31
January 2025, the composition
 
of the Group's management
 
team was as follows (industry
 
experience in years in
brackets):
 
 
Kimmo Riihimäki, Group CEO (over 30 years)
 
 
Anu Lapiolahti, Group HR Director (two years)
 
 
Pasi
 
Heikkonen,
 
Managing
 
Director
 
of
 
Vesivek
 
Tuotteet
 
Oy
 
and
 
Tuusulan
 
Peltikeskus
 
Oy
 
(over
 
30
years)
 
 
Jani Jylhä, Managing Director of Vesivek
 
Sverige AB (eight years)
 
 
Antti Asteljoki, Chief Operative Officer of Vesivek
 
Oy and Vesivek Salaojat
 
Oy (one year)
 
 
Jari Raudanpää, Group CFO (six years)
 
 
Based on the Group’s
 
sustainability targets, the
 
management teams of the
 
Group’s business areas
 
prepare their
own
 
sustainability
 
targets
 
for
 
approval
 
by
 
the
 
Group's
 
management
 
team.
 
The
 
directors
 
of
 
the
 
business
 
areas
and
 
Group
 
companies
 
are
 
responsible
 
for
 
the
 
implementation
 
of
 
the
 
business
 
area-
 
and
 
company-specific
sustainability
 
targets,
 
and
 
the
 
achievement
 
of
 
the
 
targets
 
is
 
monitored
 
by
 
the
 
boards
 
of
 
directors
 
of
 
the
 
Group
companies and the
 
management teams of
 
the business areas.
 
During the financial
 
year 2025, themes
 
related to
sustainability
 
reporting
 
and
 
the
 
progress
 
of
 
sustainability
 
reporting
 
were
 
on
 
the
 
agenda
 
of
 
the
 
meetings
 
of
 
the
Group's management team, with reviews presented by the Group
 
CFO
 
and sustainability specialists.
 
Sustainability working group
 
At
 
the
 
beginning
 
of
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
2025,
 
the
 
Group
 
CEO
 
assigned
 
the
 
Group
 
CFO
 
the
 
task
 
of
 
promoting
compliance with
 
the requirements
 
of the
 
Corporate Sustainability
 
Reporting Directive
 
and designated
 
the Group
CFO as the
 
person responsible for
 
the sustainability project.
 
The CFO reported
 
to the management
 
team on the
progress
 
of
 
the
 
project
 
and
 
the
 
themes
 
on
 
a
 
regular
 
basis. In
 
August
 
2024,
 
the
 
Group recruited
 
a Quality
 
and
Sustainability Director
 
from outside
 
the organisation.
 
The person
 
in question
 
has several
 
years of
 
experience in
the development of quality
 
and sustainability in the
 
real estate and construction
 
sector. During
 
the financial year,
the
 
Group’s
 
sustainability
 
working
 
group
 
included,
 
in
 
addition
 
to
 
the
 
Group
 
CFO
 
and
 
the
 
Quality
 
and
Sustainability
 
Director,
 
a
 
sustainability
 
specialist
 
who
 
had
 
deepened
 
their
 
expertise
 
in
 
sustainability-related
themes alongside their other duties in 2023–2024.
 
Starting from
 
August 2024,
 
the sustainability
 
working
 
group met
 
regularly,
 
several times
 
per month,
 
to promote
sustainability reporting.
 
Key persons
 
from the company's
 
various functions and
 
areas of responsibility
 
were also
engaged in
 
the group's
 
work. The
 
aim of
 
the working
 
group is
 
to increase
 
internal training
 
in and
 
understanding
of
 
sustainability
 
themes
 
by
 
first
 
engaging
 
the
 
commitment
 
of
 
the
 
Group's
 
management
 
teams
 
and
 
operative
management and subsequently
 
engaging the commitment
 
of teams and
 
individuals throughout
 
the organisation.
The
 
aim
 
of
 
developing
 
the
 
competence
 
of
 
the
 
working
 
group
 
is
 
to
 
increase
 
understanding
 
of
 
and
 
train
 
the
 
19
personnel
 
in
 
the
 
key
 
themes
 
identified
 
on
 
the
 
basis
 
of
 
the
 
company’s
 
double
 
materiality
 
assessment
 
and
 
the
related risks and opportunities.
Governance
 
HLRE Holding
 
Oyj's Board
 
of Directors
 
and the
 
Group CEO
 
are responsible
 
for the
 
governance of
 
the Vesivek
Group.
 
Good
 
governance
 
at
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Oyj
 
is
 
ensured
 
through
 
clear
 
management
 
and
 
internal
 
control
 
at
every level. The Company’s auditor is responsible
 
for the Company’s external audit.
 
GOV-2
 
 
Information
 
provided
 
to
 
and
 
sustainability
 
matters
 
addressed
 
by
 
the
 
undertaking’s
administrative, management and supervisory bodies
 
The
 
Group's
 
management
 
team
 
regularly
 
reviews
 
the
 
Company’s
 
sustainability
 
strategy
 
and
 
targets
 
in
 
its
meetings and
 
keeps the
 
Board of
 
Directors and
 
Audit Committee
 
informed of
 
progress. For
 
example, company-
specific
 
sickness
 
absences
 
and
 
accidents
 
are
 
discussed
 
regularly
 
in
 
the
 
management
 
team's
 
meetings,
presented
 
by
 
the
 
Group’s
 
HR
 
Director.
 
The
 
Group’s
 
sustainability
 
working
 
group
 
prepares
 
and
 
updates
 
the
company’s double
 
materiality assessment
 
annually and
 
presents it
 
to the
 
Group's management
 
team, which,
 
in
turn, ensures and is responsible for
 
the alignment of the strategy and the
 
double materiality assessment and that
the targets
 
are in
 
line with
 
the Group’s
 
long-term objectives.
 
The Group's
 
management team,
 
together with
 
the
CEO, is also responsible for presenting this information to the
 
Group's Board of Directors on a regular basis.
 
The
 
Group's
 
management
 
team
 
discussed
 
the
 
following
 
topics
 
in
 
its
 
meetings
 
during
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
that
ended on 31 January 2025:
 
 
Results of the double materiality assessment
 
 
The planning the Group’s sustainability strategy
 
 
The Group’s sustainability targets
 
 
Workplace accidents
 
The Group's
 
management team
 
has presented
 
the aforementioned
 
matters to
 
the Board
 
of Directors
 
during the
financial year.
 
GOV-3 Integration of sustainability-related performance in incentive
 
schemes
 
The Group
 
did not
 
have remuneration
 
schemes linked
 
to sustainability
 
themes and
 
targets in
 
the financial
 
year
2025.
 
The
 
Group
 
is
 
in
 
the
 
early
 
stages
 
of
 
developing
 
a
 
remuneration
 
model
 
that
 
would
 
take
 
sustainability-related
targets into account during the financial year 2027.
 
GOV-5 Risk management and internal controls over
 
sustainability reporting
 
The identification and assessment of Vesivek's
 
sustainability-related impacts, risks and
 
opportunities is based on
a
 
materiality
 
assessment
 
and
 
annual
 
business
 
planning.
 
The
 
reviews
 
cover
 
the
 
assessment
 
of
 
sustainability-
related impacts,
 
risks
 
and
 
opportunities,
 
and
 
integrate
 
them
 
into business
 
planning and
 
strategic development.
Key
 
sustainability
 
risks
 
are
 
identified
 
and
 
analysed
 
through
 
an
 
operating
 
environment
 
analysis,
 
taking
 
into
account the operating
 
environment, the company’s
 
internal processes
 
and various value
 
chain participants.
 
This
process supports the
 
Group’s ability
 
to react quickly
 
to changing circumstances
 
and anticipate future
 
challenges
and opportunities.
 
20
The communication
 
of sustainability
 
risks, impacts
 
and opportunities
 
has been
 
integrated into
 
Vesivek’s
 
general
communications. Impacts,
 
risks and
 
opportunities are
 
communicated to
 
different levels
 
of the organisation,
 
such
as business units, management and the Board of Directors.
 
Particular attention is paid to identifying strategically
significant
 
opportunities
 
that
 
promote
 
sustainable
 
development
 
and
 
support
 
the
 
realisation
 
of
 
the
 
company’s
long-term values.
 
This ensures
 
that sustainability
 
targets are
 
integrated into
 
operational functions
 
and guide
 
the
Group’s sustainable growth and profitability.
 
The identification of risks related to sustainability reporting
 
is the responsibility of the Group's management
 
team,
which
 
reports
 
on
 
the
 
risks
 
to
 
the
 
Group's
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors.
 
There
 
is
 
no
 
separate
 
organisation
 
for
 
risk
management.
 
Instead,
 
the
 
Group's
 
management
 
team
 
delegates
 
responsibility
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
organisation’s
 
division
 
of
 
responsibilities.
 
Risks
 
are
 
reviewed
 
regularly
 
by
 
the
 
management
 
team
 
and
 
at
 
least
once a year by the
 
Board of Directors and
 
the Audit Committee in
 
connection with the strategy
 
process. The aim
is to
 
identify factors
 
that affect
 
the Group’s
 
values and
 
strategic objectives,
 
and to
 
assess short-
 
and long-term
impacts, risks
 
and opportunities.
 
At the same
 
time, the
 
impacts of
 
the company’s
 
operations on the
 
surrounding
society and the environment are assessed.
 
The identification
 
of
 
impacts,
 
risks
 
and opportunities
 
is
 
based on
 
an
 
operating
 
environment
 
analysis
 
that takes
into account
 
the market
 
environment, key
 
value chain
 
participants and
 
the company’s
 
own business
 
operations
in
 
the
 
operating
 
environment.
 
In
 
addition
 
to
 
the
 
Group’s
 
own
 
functions,
 
the
 
analysis
 
covers
 
stakeholders
 
and
partners
 
that
 
affect
 
the
 
business.
 
Particular
 
attention
 
is
 
paid
 
to
 
the
 
identification
 
and
 
utilisation
 
of
 
sustainable
solutions.
 
This
 
process
 
supports
 
continuous
 
improvement
 
and
 
strengthens
 
the
 
Group’s
 
ability
 
to
 
respond
 
to
changing market conditions and sustainability challenges.
 
The
 
Group
 
company
 
Vesivek
 
Oy
 
has
 
ISO
 
9001
 
certification,
 
and
 
the
 
aim
 
is
 
to
 
expand
 
the
 
use
 
of
 
the
 
quality
standard to other Group companies in the coming years.
 
SBM-1 Strategy, business
 
model and value chain
 
Vesivek
 
focuses
 
on
 
roof
 
and
 
drainage
 
renovations
 
and
 
the
 
development,
 
manufacture,
 
sale
 
and
 
installation
 
of
rainwater
 
systems
 
for
 
single-family
 
and
 
terraced
 
homes.
 
Customers
 
include
 
consumers
 
who
 
own
 
single-family
homes, housing
 
companies,
 
construction companies,
 
prefabricated house
 
factories and
 
public-sector
 
entities in
Finland
 
and
 
Sweden.
 
Vesivek
 
had
 
an
 
average
 
of
 
735
 
employees
 
(FTE)
 
in
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
that
 
ended
 
on
 
31
January
 
2025,
 
of
 
whom
 
640
 
were
 
based
 
in
 
Finland
 
and
 
95
 
in
 
Sweden.
 
Turnover
 
amounted
 
to
 
approximately
EUR 103 million.
 
Vesivek
 
has a
 
supply chain
 
that is
 
under its
 
control, which
 
enables the
 
company to
 
improve the
 
efficiency
 
of its
operations and
 
influence its
 
logistics. In
 
installation work,
 
the principle
 
is to
 
bring the
 
required
 
goods to
 
the site
as
 
needed,
 
and
 
to
 
take
 
waste
 
out
 
when
 
leaving.
 
In
 
addition,
 
the
 
Company’s
 
new
 
sales
 
model
 
helps
 
the
Company avoid unnecessary driving by car,
 
as meetings can be better targeted to the same area.
 
Sustainable development is
 
increasingly important to
 
Vesivek’s
 
customers and stakeholders,
 
and Vesivek
 
wants
to be
 
a market
 
pioneer by
 
seeking and
 
providing solutions.
 
Vesivek’s
 
services extend
 
the life
 
cycle of
 
buildings.
In
 
addition
 
to
 
focusing
 
on
 
properties,
 
the
 
Company
 
has
 
also
 
focused
 
significantly
 
on
 
the
 
safety
 
of
 
employees,
both during installation work and in factory work.
 
One
 
critical
 
solution
 
that
 
is
 
of
 
relevance
 
to
 
sustainability
 
reporting
 
is
 
a
 
carbon-neutral
 
steel,
 
which
 
is
 
under
development by
 
the steel
 
supplier.
 
Commencing the
 
production of
 
carbon-neutral
 
steel is
 
not in
 
the Company’s
own
 
hands.
 
The
 
wider
 
deployment
 
of
 
biodiesel
 
in
 
the
 
Company’s
 
own
 
operations
 
is
 
largely
 
dependent
 
on
 
the
Company’s financial performance and financial capacity.
 
 
Vesivek
 
set
 
the
 
following
 
targets
 
related
 
to
 
its
 
material
 
themes
 
during
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
that
 
ended
 
on
 
31
January 2025:
 
 
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Replace 10% of diesel with biodiesel when compared
 
to the financial year 2024
 
 
The Group’s waste recycling rate target is over 70%
 
 
Reduce Vesivek Oy's
 
accident frequency to less than 50
 
 
Obtain
 
the
 
verified
 
commitment
 
of
 
80%
 
of
 
the
 
Company's
 
employees
 
to
 
the
 
Group's
 
Code
 
of
 
Conduct
during the financial year 2026.
 
Vesivek’s
 
sustainability work
 
is based on
 
our values: Attitude,
 
Together,
 
Results. Corporate
 
responsibility is
 
part
of the Company’s
 
strategy,
 
and sustainability
 
is part of
 
our day-to-day
 
operations. It
 
is based on
 
comprehensive
value chain management,
 
as the supply chain
 
is largely under the
 
Company's own control
 
and thus provides
 
the
Company
 
with
 
the
 
opportunity
 
to
 
influence
 
its
 
logistics.
 
In
 
addition,
 
with
 
the
 
help
 
of
 
its
 
own
 
production
 
and
installation
 
operations,
 
the
 
Company
 
aims
 
to
 
operate
 
sustainably
 
and
 
develop
 
renovation
 
operations
 
in
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
concept,
 
and
 
to
 
help
 
customers
 
with
 
problems
 
related
 
to
 
external
 
moisture
 
control
 
for
properties.
 
In
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
2025,
 
Vesivek
 
further
 
specified
 
its
 
sustainability
 
programme
 
and
 
sustainability
 
and
environmental
 
policy.
 
Vesivek
 
wants
 
to
 
be
 
active
 
in
 
sustainability
 
matters,
 
taking
 
financial
 
realities
 
into
consideration,
 
and
 
it
 
collaborates
 
with
 
stakeholders
 
on
 
these
 
issues.
 
During
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
2024,
 
we
discussed
 
the
 
most
 
important
 
themes
 
with
 
key
 
stakeholders.
 
Discussions
 
were
 
held
 
with
 
major
 
customers,
suppliers, financial institutions and owners.
 
The scope
 
of reporting
 
covers the
 
entire Group,
 
including all
 
companies in
 
which the Group
 
directly or
 
indirectly
holds
 
more
 
than
 
50
 
per
 
cent
 
of
 
the
 
voting
 
rights,
 
unless
 
otherwise
 
stated
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
the
 
reported
information.
 
Value chain
 
With regard
 
to Vesivek’s
 
operating environment,
 
the company
 
is affected
 
by natural
 
resources and
 
materials in
the upstream
 
value chain,
 
as well
 
as suppliers
 
and the
 
megatrends of
 
climate change,
 
the changing
 
regulatory
environment and
 
sustainable construction.
 
In terms
 
of suppliers,
 
the Company's
 
upstream value
 
chain consists
largely
 
of
 
raw
 
materials
 
collected
 
from
 
natural
 
resources.
 
Consequently,
 
the
 
Company’s
 
operations
 
consume
natural resources, and
 
since the most
 
significant ore deposits
 
are largely found
 
in third countries,
 
there is also
 
a
risk of human rights violations related to working
 
conditions, among other things. The Company
 
strives to identify
alternative
 
materials
 
made
 
from
 
recycled
 
raw
 
materials
 
and
 
maintains
 
dialogue
 
on
 
working
 
conditions
 
in
 
the
upstream
 
value
 
chain.
 
In
 
these
 
respects,
 
the
 
Company’s
 
access
 
to
 
information
 
is
 
largely
 
in
 
the
 
hands
 
of
suppliers. It
 
should
 
also be
 
noted that
 
the
 
majority
 
of the
 
Company’s
 
CO2 emissions
 
are related
 
specifically
 
to
the
 
raw
 
materials
 
purchased
 
by
 
the
 
Company.
 
The
 
Company
 
strives
 
to
 
reduce
 
its
 
emissions
 
through
 
the
sustainable procurement of raw materials.
 
Vesivek's
 
operations
 
are
 
highly
 
dependent
 
on
 
the
 
personnel.
 
With
 
this
 
in
 
mind,
 
the
 
Company
 
recognises
 
a
significant
 
personnel-related
 
risk
 
related
 
to
 
the
 
occupational
 
safety
 
of
 
employees
 
and
 
personnel
 
turnover.
 
The
Company
 
also
 
recognises
 
that
 
its
 
fleet
 
of
 
vehicles
 
accounts
 
for
 
the
 
majority
 
of
 
the
 
emissions
 
generated
 
by
 
its
own
 
operations.
 
In
 
the
 
Company's
 
own
 
operations,
 
emphasis
 
is
 
placed
 
on
 
leadership
 
and
 
people,
 
as
 
well
 
as
resources and
 
services. Responsible
 
management and
 
personnel well-being
 
promote social
 
sustainability,
 
well-
being at
 
work, equality
 
and safety.
 
The services
 
provided by
 
the company
 
also have
 
an impact
 
on the condition
of customers’ properties and healthy and safe living.
 
The
 
direct
 
outputs
 
of
 
the
 
Company’s
 
operations,
 
the
 
downstream
 
value
 
chain,
 
are
 
reflected
 
in
 
the
 
solutions
offered to
 
customers and
 
partnerships, such
 
as long-lasting
 
and safe
 
buildings. The
 
Company’s
 
operations
 
are
based on
 
the renovation
 
of buildings,
 
which extends
 
their service
 
life, as
 
well as
 
sustainability themes,
 
such as
climate
 
change
 
mitigation
 
and
 
the
 
recycling
 
of
 
materials
 
from
 
renovation
 
sites.
 
Sustainably
 
designed
 
and
 
built
 
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products
 
reduce
 
life-cycle
 
environmental
 
impacts,
 
such
 
as energy
 
consumption
 
and
 
waste.
 
They
 
also
 
promote
safety and comfortable living, which improves quality of
 
life for customers and society.
 
The
 
indirect
 
impacts
 
of
 
the
 
Company's
 
operations
 
extend
 
to
 
the
 
environment,
 
society
 
and
 
stakeholders.
 
The
Company’s
 
operations
 
promote
 
environmental
 
responsibility
 
and
 
support
 
society's
 
well-being
 
in
 
the
 
form
 
of
healthy
 
properties
 
and
 
the
 
renewal
 
of
 
cityscapes.
 
Long-lasting
 
buildings
 
reduce
 
the
 
need
 
for
 
repairs
 
and,
consequently,
 
the
 
use
 
of
 
natural
 
resources.
 
Positive
 
impacts
 
are
 
created
 
for
 
different
 
stakeholders
 
through
increased employment opportunities. Open communication
 
and sustainable operations improve stakeholder
 
trust
and increase
 
the company’s
 
social acceptance.
 
This strengthens
 
the brand
 
and enables
 
long-term growth.
 
This
way,
 
different
 
parts
 
of
 
the
 
value
 
chain
 
are
 
reflected
 
in
 
broader
 
sustainability-related
 
challenges
 
and
opportunities.
 
The Company does not have access to detailed data for
 
assessing the upstream or downstream value chain.
 
SBM-2 Interests and views of stakeholders
 
Interests and views of stakeholders
 
Vesivek engaged
 
in discussions with its
 
stakeholders as part
 
of the double materiality
 
assessment. The aim
 
was
to
 
select
 
stakeholders
 
so
 
that
 
they
 
represent
 
all
 
of
 
the
 
most
 
significant
 
sectors
 
in
 
the
 
company’s
 
value
 
chain:
suppliers,
 
customers,
 
owners
 
and
 
financing
 
providers.
 
A
 
questionnaire
 
was
 
first
 
sent
 
to
 
the
 
stakeholder
representatives, and a discussion was
 
subsequently held with them
 
on the basis of the questionnaire.
 
In addition,
the Company has incorporated sustainability into discussions held
 
with various stakeholders.
 
Stakeholder feedback is actively
 
compared with the results
 
of the company’s own
 
double materiality assessment.
During
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
1
 
February
 
2024–31
 
January
 
2025,
 
the
 
views
 
were
 
aligned
 
to
 
a
 
good
 
extent.
 
The
results of
 
the surveys
 
have also
 
been discussed
 
in meetings
 
of the
 
Group's management
 
team, and
 
they have
been presented to the Group's Board of Directors.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Stakeholders
Stakeholder engagement
Themes important to stakeholders
Impact on stakeholders
Owners, financing
providers
Board of Directors
Profitable business
Profitable business
Financing providers: Danske
Bank Oyj, Sentica Partners Oy
Value creation for customers and
society
New investments
Materiality assessment
A healthy and diverse work community
 
Sustainability programme
 
Occupational health and safety
Personnel
Personnel survey
Occupational health and safety
Safety management models
Cooperation group
Competence development
Academy and training system
Occupational safety
observations and occupational
safety and health
Governance
Management system
Whistleblowing channel
Materiality assessment
Customers, consumers,
end-users
Consumer customers
Sustainable products and services
Quality of products and
services
Customer accounts: Kesko Oyj,
Quality
Health and safety at work
HSB AB in Sweden
Safety
Governance, transparency
Customer experience surveys
Transparency,
 
governance and
personnel policy
Customer feedback forms
Contact forms on websites
Brand and reputation survey
Suppliers and supply
chain participants
Suppliers: SSAB
Occupational safety and health
Safety management
Whistleblowing channel
Climate change and CO2 emissions
Governance
Materiality assessment
Sustainability of the supply chain
Assessment of sustainability
and environmental issues, and
measures
Bilateral meetings
Decision-makers, joint
administrative entities
Bilateral meetings
Climate change mitigation
External moisture control
solutions
Events, seminars
Governance
Whistleblowing channel
Cooperation with
educational institutions,
research
Cooperation projects and
events
Training and competence
Development projects
Recruitment cooperation
Enabling employment
Training cooperation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Thesis opportunities and
internships
Development cooperation
Jobs and internships
SBM-3 Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction
 
with strategy and business model
 
Sub-topic and IRO
Type
Part of the
value chain
 
Time
horizon
E1 Climate change mitigation -
Risk
 
Company's own
operations,
Downstream
Long-term
Reducing CO2 emissions; Vesivek’s business causes high CO2
emissions
E1 Climate change mitigation -
Negative
impact
Upstream and
company's own
operations
Short-,
medium- and
long-term
The operations cause emissions
E1 Climate change mitigation -
Opportuni-
Company's own
operations,
Downstream
Long-term
The increasing prevalence of climate change and the opportunities
it presents for the business
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E5 Resource inflows, including resource use - Availability of raw
materials. Vesivek’s business operations are largely based on a
small number of core raw materials
Risk
Upstream and
company's own
operations
Long-term
E5 Resource inflows, including resource use - Availability of raw
materials; Vesivek is working with SSAB on developing fossil-free
steel that reduces the use of the primary raw material
Positive impact
Upstream and
company's own
operations
Medium- and
long-term
E5 Waste - Waste recycling - Vesivek’s
 
construction sites generate
large amounts of various waste, the incorrect sorting of which could
lead to increased waste management fees. It must also be taken
into account that asbestos is among the waste fractions generated
at properties, and its appropriate handling is important from a safety
perspective
Risk
 
Company's own
operations
Long-term
E5 Waste - Waste recycling - Appropriate waste processing and
recycling has a positive impact on the environment
 
Positive impact
Company's own
operations
Long-term
S1 Work-life balance – Personnel turnover. Vesivek
 
has high
personnel turnover, especially in sales and installation operations.
This poses a financial risk
Risk
 
Company's own
operations
Medium-term
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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S1 Health and safety - Occupational safety Significant especially in
the roof industry and factory work. Workplace accidents cause harm
and health-related consequences to the employee in particular.
They also cause reputational damage to the Company, as well as
financial risks in the form of lost sales, absences and potential fines.
Risk and
negative
impact
Company's own
operations
Medium-term
S2 Health and safety - Safety and working conditions of value chain
workers - The raw materials that go into the materials used by the
Company largely originate from third countries, which means that
issues related to the safety and working conditions of value chain
workers may be of concern and can potentially cause reputational
damage to Vesivek.
Negative
impact
Upstream
Long-term
S2 Other work-related rights - Rights of value chain workers
 
- The
raw materials that go into the materials used by the Company
largely originate from third countries, which means that issues
related to the safety and working conditions of value chain workers
may be of concern and cause reputational damage to Vesivek.
Negative
impact
Upstream
Long-term
S4 Personal safety of consumers or end-users - Improvement of
Vesivek’s customers’ properties - Vesivek
 
provides its customers
with external moisture control services for properties, which help to
extend the service life of the customer’s property
Positive impact
Upstream
Long-term
G1 Corporate culture - Vesivek’s Code of Conduct - Violations of
the Code of Conduct, with regard to bribery, for example, may pose
a financial risk for Vesivek.
Risk
 
Upstream,
Company's own
operations,
Downstream
Long-term
G1 Corporate culture - Vesivek’s Code of Conduct - Engaging the
personnel's commitment to the Code of Conduct promotes the
improvement of the corporate culture
Positive impact
Company's own
operations
Medium-term
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More detailed information on the themes is provided under each
 
theme.
 
Vesivek has
 
not prepared a
 
comprehensive resilience
 
analysis on the
 
sustainability of the
 
strategy and business
model and
 
the ability
 
to respond
 
to all
 
identified impacts
 
and risks.
 
The Company
 
reports on
 
potential observed
impacts
 
and
 
risks
 
under
 
each
 
theme
 
on
 
a
 
case-by-case
 
basis.
 
The
 
Company
 
has
 
not
 
identified
 
the
 
financial
effects
 
of
 
the
 
material
 
risks
 
and
 
opportunities
 
on
 
its
 
financial
 
position,
 
financial
 
performance
 
and
 
cash
 
flows
during the reporting period.
 
Vesivek’s
 
operating
 
environment
 
is
 
affected
 
by
 
natural
 
resources
 
and
 
materials,
 
partners,
 
the
 
increasing
prevalence of climate
 
change, sustainable
 
development, construction
 
and the regulatory
 
environment. Vesivek’s
strategy
 
and
 
sustainability
 
programme
 
take
 
into
 
account
 
the
 
challenges
 
of
 
the
 
operating
 
environment
 
while
creating new opportunities to adapt and succeed
 
in a changing operating environment. The sustainability
 
themes
that guide the Company’s operations
 
and the Company’s sustainability programme
 
in its entirety are available on
the Company’s website.
 
Based
 
on
 
the
 
double
 
materiality
 
assessment,
 
target-based
 
actions
 
include
 
the
 
reduction
 
of
 
CO2
 
emissions,
waste
 
sorting,
 
extending
 
the
 
life
 
cycle
 
of
 
buildings
 
through
 
property
 
improvements,
 
a
 
diverse
 
workplace
community
 
with
 
a
 
high
 
level
 
of
 
well-being,
 
taking
 
into
 
account
 
work-life
 
balance
 
and
 
occupational
 
health
 
and
safety,
 
and,
 
in
 
business
 
conduct,
 
corporate
 
culture
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
values,
 
Code
 
of
 
Conduct
 
and
governance
 
practices
 
approved
 
by
 
the
 
parent
 
company's
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors.
 
In
 
relation
 
to
 
these
 
actions,
 
the
Company
 
has
 
set
 
Vesivek
 
Oy
 
a
 
recycling
 
rate
 
target
 
of
 
over
 
70%
 
and,
 
regarding
 
occupational
 
safety,
 
an
accident frequency target of less than
 
50 for the financial year 2025. In
 
addition, the Company has set a target
 
of
obtaining a
 
commitment to
 
the Code
 
of Conduct
 
from 80%
 
of the
 
personnel during
 
the financial
 
year 2026.
 
The
Company’s target for the financial
 
year that ended on 31 January
 
2025 was to increase the use of
 
biodiesel in its
own
 
fleet
 
by
 
10%,
 
but
 
the
 
Company
 
was
 
unable
 
to
 
achieve
 
this
 
target
 
due
 
to
 
the
 
financial
 
situation.
 
The
Company also intends to set other targets in the coming
 
years.
 
Vesivek engages
 
in purposeful development
 
efforts to promote
 
sustainable action
 
in its business
 
operations and
achieve the
 
set targets.
 
We
 
are committed
 
to the
 
continuous
 
development
 
of service
 
quality,
 
sustainability
 
and
our
 
operations
 
both
 
within
 
our
 
organisation
 
and
 
in
 
cooperation
 
with
 
partners.
 
This
 
way,
 
we
 
promote
 
change
throughout our value chain.
 
Our services
 
extend the
 
life cycle
 
of buildings,
 
which allows
 
us to
 
influence the
 
environmental impact
 
and slow
down climate
 
change. We
 
also promote
 
the well-being
 
of society
 
and people
 
through employment
 
and industry
development.
 
People
 
 
customers,
 
employees
 
and
 
partners
 
 
are
 
at
 
the
 
heart
 
of
 
our
 
business.
 
We
 
want
 
to
 
create
 
a
 
better
quality of life for people by keeping properties safe and healthy.
 
IRO-1 Double materiality assessment
 
The
 
company’s
 
double
 
materiality
 
assessment
 
was
 
carried
 
out
 
in
 
two
 
parts:
 
the
 
first
 
part
 
was
 
conducted
 
in
autumn 2023,
 
and the
 
assessment was
 
specified
 
further in
 
summer 2024.
 
The participants
 
in Vesivek's
 
double
materiality assessment
 
included the
 
Group's management
 
team, along
 
with representatives
 
of the
 
management
team
 
of
 
Vesivek
 
Oy/Vesivek
 
Salaojat
 
Oy,
 
Group
 
administration
 
and
 
unit
 
management.
 
This
 
provided
representation from all
 
of the most
 
significant areas: sales,
 
marketing, administration,
 
business units, the
 
factory
and the purchasing function. The analysis was also discussed
 
by the Board of Directors in autumn 2023.
 
In
 
separate
 
working
 
group
 
meetings
 
held
 
in
 
autumn
 
2023,
 
the
 
aforementioned
 
working
 
group
 
was
 
tasked
 
with
defining the
 
Company's
 
material themes
 
related to
 
the three
 
themes
 
of sustainability:
 
environment,
 
people
 
and
society,
 
and governance.
 
Based on the
 
meetings, a
 
"long list"
 
of sustainability
 
themes was
 
first compiled
 
for the
three
 
overarching
 
themes.
 
The
 
themes
 
were
 
linked
 
to
 
the
 
ESRS
 
standards,
 
and
 
related
 
assessments
 
were
 
 
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carried out on the basis of
 
the working group's proposals.
 
The material themes were selected
 
based on the most
significant themes for the Company's operations, such
 
as occupational safety,
 
waste recycling, and the reduction
of
 
CO2
 
emissions,
 
particularly
 
with
 
the
 
help
 
of
 
carbon-free
 
steel.
 
The
 
proposals
 
were
 
then
 
reviewed
 
with
 
key
stakeholders
 
to have
 
their
 
views complement
 
the
 
Company's
 
own views.
 
The Group's
 
management
 
team
 
then
confirmed the
 
assessments, and
 
the Group
 
CEO presented
 
the assessments
 
to the
 
Group's Board
 
of Directors
in autumn 2024 for final approval.
 
To
 
identify
 
the
 
material
 
sustainability-related
 
themes,
 
each
 
theme
 
was
 
assessed
 
according
 
to
 
the
 
principle
 
of
double
 
materiality,
 
from
 
the
 
perspective
 
of
 
impact
 
materiality
 
and
 
financial
 
materiality,
 
while
 
taking
 
risks
 
and
opportunities into consideration.
 
For
 
climate-related
 
themes,
 
the
 
impacts
 
of
 
actions,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
physical
 
risks
 
and
 
associated
 
risks,
 
were
addressed.
 
The
 
relationship
 
between
 
the
 
Company's
 
business
 
operations
 
and
 
the
 
identified
 
risks
 
and
opportunities was also reviewed in connection with this.
 
The Company
 
first considered
 
its own
 
operations and
 
determined that
 
its own
 
vehicles are
 
the most
 
significant
source of
 
emissions. Expanding
 
the assessment
 
to include
 
the supply
 
chain, it
 
was determined
 
that purchased
raw materials, and purchased steel in particular,
 
are the most significant source of emissions.
 
The Company examined impacts in the short
 
term (the financial year), the medium term
 
(1–5 years) and the long
term (5–10 years).
 
E1 Climate change
 
The Company
 
has noted
 
that climate
 
change
 
has a
 
significant impact
 
on its
 
installation
 
operations. Demand
 
is
generally expected to
 
increase, as
 
properties are exposed
 
to higher moisture
 
loads due to
 
increasing rainfall.
 
At
the same
 
time, shorter
 
periods
 
of snow
 
cover
 
will
 
extend
 
installation
 
months
 
with
 
favourable
 
conditions
 
for
 
the
Company.
 
However, it
 
should be noted that
 
periods of hot summer
 
weather and increasing winds
 
can also make
installation operations more difficult.
 
The entire
 
Group’s
 
business
 
is largely
 
based on
 
steel, which
 
involves risks.
 
Steel production
 
causes significant
CO2
 
emissions,
 
and
 
if
 
the
 
pricing
 
of
 
emissions
 
becomes
 
tighter,
 
it
 
can
 
pose
 
financial
 
challenges
 
for
 
the
Company.
 
In its analysis,
 
the Company
 
used generally known
 
assumptions, based
 
on which
 
the Company determined
 
that
global warming
 
will cause
 
warming in
 
the Nordic
 
countries, particularly
 
during the
 
winter months,
 
and increased
rainfall and
 
storms, especially
 
in the
 
long term.
 
The Company
 
recognises that
 
the same
 
phenomena may
 
occur
in the
 
short
 
and
 
medium term
 
in some
 
years. However,
 
the assessments
 
are not
 
based on
 
any official
 
climate
model, and scenario analyses were not utilised in the
 
assessments.
 
More
 
detailed
 
assessments
 
of
 
the
 
physical
 
risks
 
and
 
transition
 
risks
 
related
 
to
 
climate
 
change
 
are
 
provided
 
in
paragraph
 
E1-SBM-3.
 
The
 
Company
 
assessed
 
its
 
own
 
operations
 
comprehensively,
 
from
 
installation
 
work
 
to
factory
 
work.
 
The
 
most
 
significant
 
impacts
 
are
 
related
 
to
 
installation
 
work,
 
as
 
it
 
is
 
carried
 
out
 
outdoors.
 
The
Company has not assessed potential physical risks to
 
its business premises at this stage.
 
E5 Resource use and circular economy
 
In
 
connection
 
with
 
the
 
double
 
materiality
 
assessment
 
and
 
stakeholder
 
interviews,
 
the
 
company
 
also
 
reviewed
the use
 
of raw
 
materials and
 
the recycling
 
of waste.
 
In connection
 
with this,
 
it was
 
noted that
 
the raw
 
materials
used
 
by
 
Vesivek
 
are
 
largely
 
processed
 
from
 
non-renewable
 
raw
 
materials
 
and
 
cannot,
 
for
 
the
 
time
 
being,
 
be
manufactured
 
from
 
recycled
 
raw
 
materials,
 
with
 
the
 
exception
 
of
 
the
 
aluminium
 
used
 
by
 
the
 
Company.
 
In
 
the
future, the Company intends
 
to promote discussions with
 
suppliers on increasing
 
the share of recycled
 
materials
in products. With regard to waste treatment, it was noted
 
that the Company is at a good level.
 
The
 
waste
 
generated
 
by
 
the
 
Group’s
 
operations
 
can
 
be
 
effectively
 
recovered,
 
either
 
by
 
recycling
 
it
 
into
secondary
 
materials
 
or
 
by
 
incinerating
 
it
 
for
 
energy
 
production.
 
The
 
only
 
significant
 
waste
 
type
 
that
 
cannot
 
be
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28
recycled
 
or
 
incinerated
 
for
 
energy
 
is the
 
asbestos
 
from
 
demolished
 
roofs.
 
The
 
use
 
of
 
asbestos
 
in
 
construction
projects has been prohibited
 
in Finland since 1994,
 
but the Company's renovation
 
projects will include asbestos-
containing
 
buildings for
 
decades
 
to come.
 
By removing
 
asbestos
 
at renovation
 
sites, the
 
Company
 
engages
 
in
sustainable
 
work
 
to
 
enable
 
healthier
 
living
 
environments.
 
The
 
Group
 
also
 
has
 
its
 
own
 
thermal
 
power
 
plant
 
in
Pirkkala, which utilises wood waste from installation sites.
 
With regard
 
to waste,
 
the most
 
significant risks
 
are related
 
to the
 
processing of
 
asbestos, which
 
is subject
 
to a
permit.
 
Vesivek
 
Tuotteet
 
also
 
generates
 
a
 
relatively
 
small
 
amount
 
of
 
hazardous
 
waste
 
in
 
its
 
production
operations. The disposal of the hazardous waste is handled by
 
waste management companies.
 
Vesivek
 
uses steel
 
as a
 
raw material
 
to a
 
significant
 
extent in
 
its operations.
 
The
 
price and
 
availability
 
of steel
have
 
significant
 
impacts
 
on
 
Vesivek’s
 
operations.
 
With
 
this
 
in
 
mind,
 
Vesivek
 
has
 
engaged
 
in
 
sustained
cooperation
 
with
 
its
 
long-term
 
supplier,
 
SSAB,
 
and
 
also
 
aims
 
to
 
develop
 
its
 
own
 
procurement
 
activities
 
in
 
the
short term to better prepare for changing society and market
 
conditions.
 
Double materiality assessment methods
 
The themes of the double materiality assessment were assessed
 
on the basis of the following criteria:
 
Impact assessment
 
1. Significance of the impact, scale 1–5
 
5 - very severe impact (e.g. death in the context of a workplace
 
accident),
 
1- very small impact
 
2. Scope of the impact, scale 1–5
 
5- Very large, global
 
1- Only really affects a single person/company
 
3. Remediability, scale
 
1–5
 
5- Very difficult to remediate
 
1- Can be remediated quickly with a small change
 
4. Likelihood, 0.1–1
 
1. Certain to happen
 
0.1 Unlikely to ever happen
 
Financial effect assessment
 
1. Scale of financial effect, scale 1–5
 
The limits in euros were determined according to the scale of
 
the Group’s business
 
5., EUR >2 million
 
4., EUR 200 thousand–EUR 2 million
 
3., EUR 50 thousand–EUR 200 thousand
 
 
 
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2., EUR 10 thousand–EUR 50 thousand
 
1., < EUR 10 thousand
 
2. Likelihood, 0.1–1
 
1. Certain to happen
 
0.1 Unlikely to ever happen
 
The
 
materiality
 
threshold
 
was
 
6.5
 
points
 
for
 
impact
 
materiality
 
and
 
3
 
points
 
for
 
the
 
financial
 
effect.
 
If
 
a
 
theme
received
 
a
 
score
 
at
 
the
 
boundary
 
or
 
above,
 
the
 
theme
 
was
 
determined
 
to
 
be
 
material
 
from
 
the
 
Company's
perspective.
 
The time horizons were defined
 
as short-term (one financial
 
year), medium-term (1–5 years)
 
and long-term (over
5 years).
 
Results of the double materiality assessment
 
In
 
Vesivek's
 
double
 
materiality
 
assessment,
 
the
 
Company
 
identified
 
impacts
 
on
 
the
 
environment
 
and
 
society
(impact materiality assessment),
 
as well as financial
 
effects. The topics
 
and themes are linked
 
to the Company’s
strategy
 
and
 
business
 
model.
 
The
 
following
 
topics
 
were
 
identified
 
as
 
material
 
ESRS
 
topics
 
as
 
a
 
result
 
of
 
the
double materiality assessment:
 
 
 
E1, climate change
 
 
E5, resource use and circular economy
 
 
S1, own workforce
 
 
S2, workers in the value chain
 
 
S4, consumers and end-users, and
 
 
G1, business conduct
 
The measures related to the themes are described in the “Measures”
 
section under each theme. The
development of the impacts observed by the Company is directly
 
related to the Company’s financial
performance and financial position. One example of this
 
is the development of vehicles to be powered by
biofuel, or even a partial transition to fully electric vehicles,
 
which is related to climate change mitigation. The
Company has not identified impact-related risks concerning
 
changes in carrying values during the financial
year.
 
The Company has positioned the identified topics in its
 
own processes and, consequently,
 
its risk and
opportunity management processes. The Company’s
 
sustainability working group reports on the themes to
the Company’s management on a regular basis,
 
and the Company’s management updates the strategy
 
and
business models accordingly.
 
The information used in the Company’s double
 
materiality assessment was
obtained internally as a result of the Company's own analysis,
 
but the information is in line with the views of
stakeholders.
 
 
Themes that are non-material in terms of impacts and
 
likelihood
 
 
Pollution
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Material impacts, risks and opportunities related to pollution
 
With regard to pollution, the most significant risks are related to
 
Vesivek’s Orimattila
 
production plant and, in
particular, its paint shop operations.
 
The washing processes at the Orimattila paint
 
shop use strong
chemicals, combined with water,
 
to remove zinc from products. However,
 
the water from the paint shop's
washing processes is purified comprehensively enough to
 
allow it to be discharged into the municipal sewer
system. The Group has an environmental permit for this
 
purpose. Another plant that requires an
environmental permit is the Pirkkala thermal plant. However,
 
the plant does not process any waste other
than demolished wood and bricks from installation sites, and
 
the impact and likelihood are not material. In
addition, appropriate emission measurements have been carried
 
out on the emissions of the thermal plant.
 
Measures and policies
 
At Vesivek Tuotteet,
 
wastewater samples are regularly taken from the
 
water discharged from the paint shop,
and the results are reported to the authorities.
 
 
Water and marine resources
Material impacts, risks and opportunities related to water
 
and marine resources
 
The Group’s own operations do not cause significant
 
emissions to waterways. Renovations are carried out
on dry land, and the building permits specify the safety
 
distances between buildings and bodies of water.
The Orimattila paint shop is the most significant in terms
 
of water consumption, but even its consumption
amounts only to approximately 2,000 m
3
of water per year. In the Group’s
 
value chain, the most significant
water consumption is associated with the excavation of ores required
 
for steel processing.
 
 
Biodiversity and ecosystems
Material impacts, risks and opportunities related to biodiversity
 
and ecosystems
 
There are no significant risks related to this topic in the
 
Group’s own operations. The most significant
 
impact
arises in connection with drainage renovations, but the excavations
 
are limited to the vicinity of the
foundations of the buildings, which means that their environmental
 
impact is very low. In
 
the value chain, the
most significant risk is associated with environmental emissions
 
from mining activities and the loss of
biodiversity.
 
IRO 2 Disclosure requirements in ESRS covered by
 
the undertaking’s sustainability report
 
List of disclosure requirements included in the sustainability report
 
Disclosure requirement
Section
ESRS-2 General disclosures
BP-1
General basis of preparation of the sustainability report
ESRS 2; BP-1
BP-2
 
Disclosures in relation to specific circumstances
ESRS 2; BP-2
GOV-1
The role of the administrative, management and supervisory
 
bodies
ESRS 2, GOV-1
GOV-2
Information provided to and sustainability matters addressed
 
by the
undertaking’s administrative, management and supervisory
 
bodies
ESRS 2;
 
GOV-2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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GOV-3
 
Integration of sustainability-related performance in incentive schemes
ESRS 2;
 
GOV-3
GOV-4
Statement on sustainability due diligence
The Company does not
have
GOV-5
Risk management and internal controls over sustainability reporting
ESRS 2; GOV-5
SBM-1
 
Strategy, business
 
model and value chain
ESRS 2; SBM-1
SBM-2
Interests and views of stakeholders
ESRS 2; SBM-2
SBM-3
Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction
 
with
strategy and business model
ESRS 2; SBM-3, E1;
SBM-3, S1; SBM-3, S4;
SBM-3
IRO-1
Description of the processes to identify and assess material
 
impacts,
risks and opportunities
ESRS 2, IRO-1
IRO-2
Disclosure requirements in ESRS covered by the undertaking’s
sustainability report
ESRS 2 IRO-2
Environmental information
ESRS E1 Climate change
ESRS 2, GOV-3
Integration of sustainability-related performance in incentive schemes
ESRS 2, GOV-3
E1-1
Transition plan for climate change mitigation
E1; E1-1
ESRS 2; SBM-3
Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction
 
with
strategy and business model
E1; SBM-3
ESRS 2, IRO-1
Description of the processes to identify and assess material
 
climate-
related impacts, risks and opportunities
ESRS 2, IRO-1
E1-2
Policies related to climate change mitigation and adaptation
E1; E1-2
E1-3
Actions and resources in relation to climate change policies
E1; E1-3
E1-4
Targets
 
related to climate change mitigation and adaptation
E1; E1-4
E1-5
Energy consumption and mix
E1; E1-5
E1-6
Gross Scopes 1, 2, 3 and Total
 
GHG emissions
E1; E1-6
E1-7
GHG removals and GHG mitigation projects financed through
 
carbon
credits
Defined as non-material
E1-8
Internal carbon pricing
Defined as non-material
E1-9
Anticipated financial effects from material physical
 
and transition risks
and potential climate-related opportunities
E1; E1-9
ESRS E2 Pollution
ESRS 2, IRO-1
Description of the processes to identify and assess material
 
pollution-
related impacts, risks and opportunities
Defined as non-material
E2-1
Policies related to pollution
Defined as non-material
E2-2
Actions and resources related to pollution
Defined as non-material
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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E2-3
Targets
 
related to pollution
Defined as non-material
E2-4
Pollution of air, water and soil
Defined as non-material
E2-5
Substances of concern and substances of very high concern
Defined as non-material
E2-6
Anticipated financial effects from pollution-related
 
impacts, risks and
opportunities
Defined as non-material
ESRS E3 Water and marine resources
ESRS 2, IRO-1
Description of the processes to identify and assess material
 
water and
marine resources-related impacts, risks and opportunities
Defined as non-material
E3-1
Policies related to water and marine resources
Defined as non-material
E3-2
Actions related to water and marine resources
Defined as non-material
E3-3
Targets
 
related to water and marine resources
Defined as non-material
E3-4
Water consumption
Defined as non-material
E3-5
Anticipated financial effects from water and marine
 
resources-related
risks and opportunities
Defined as non-material
ESRS E4 Biodiversity and ecosystems
E4-1
Transition plan and consideration of biodiversity
 
and ecosystems in
the strategy and business model
Defined as non-material
ESRS 2; SBM-3
 
Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction
 
with
strategy and business model
Defined as non-material
ESRS 2, IRO-1
Description of processes to identify and assess material biodiversity
and ecosystem-related impacts, risks and opportunities
Defined as non-material
E4-2
Policies related to biodiversity and ecosystems
Defined as non-material
E4-3
Actions and resources related to biodiversity and ecosystems
Defined as non-material
E4-4
Targets
 
related to biodiversity and ecosystems
Defined as non-material
E4-5
Impact metrics related to biodiversity and ecosystems change
Defined as non-material
E4-6
Anticipated financial effects from biodiversity and
 
ecosystem-related
risks and opportunities
Defined as non-material
ESRS E5 Resource use and circular economy
ESRS 2, IRO-1
Description of the processes to identify and assess material
 
resource
use and circular economy-related impacts, risks and opportunities
ESRS 2, IRO-1
E5-1
Policies related to resource use and circular economy
 
E5: E5-1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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E5-2
Actions and resources related to resource use and circular economy
E5: E5-2
E5-3
Targets
 
related to resource use and circular economy
 
E5: E5-3
E5-4
Resource inflows
 
E5: E5-4
E5-5
Resource outflows
E5: E5-5
E5-6
Anticipated financial effects from resource use and
 
circular economy-
related risks and opportunities
 
E5: E5-6
Social information
ESRS S1 Own workforce
ESRS 2; SBM-2
Interests and views of stakeholders
 
ESRS 2; SBM-2
ESRS 2; SBM-3
Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction
 
with
strategy and business model
S1-SBM3
S1-1
Policies related to own workforce
S1: S1-1
S1-2
Processes for engaging with own workers and workers’
representatives about impacts
S1; S1-2
S1-3
Processes to remediate negative impacts and channels
 
for own
workers to raise concerns
S1; S1-3
S1-4
Taking
 
action on material impacts on own workforce, and approaches
to mitigating material risks and pursuing material opportunities
 
related
to own workforce, and effectiveness of those actions
S1; S1-4
S1-5
Targets
 
related to managing material negative impacts, advancing
positive impacts, and managing material risks and opportunities
Omitted in accordance
with Appendix C of
ESRS 1 General
requirements
S1-6
Characteristics of the undertaking's employees
S1; S1-6
S1-7
Characteristics of non-employee workers in the undertaking’s
 
own
workforce
 
Defined as non-material
S1-8
Collective bargaining coverage and social dialogue
 
Defined as non-material
S1-9
Diversity metrics
 
Defined as non-material
S1-10
Adequate wages
Defined as non-material
S1-11
Social protection
Defined as non-material
S1-12
Persons with disabilities
 
Defined as non-material
S1-13
Training and skills development metrics
Defined as non-material
S1-14
Health and safety metrics
S1; S1-14
S1-15
Work-life balance metrics
Defined as non-material
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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S1-16
Compensation metrics (pay gap and total compensation)
Defined as non-material
S1-17
Incidents, complaints and severe human rights impacts
Defined as non-material
ESRS S2 Workers in the value chain
ESRS 2; SBM-2
Interests and views of stakeholders
 
ESRS 2; SBM-2
ESRS 2; SBM-3
Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction
 
with
strategy and business model
ESRS 2; SBM-3
S2-1
Policies related to value chain workers
S2; S2-1
S2-2
Processes for communicating about impacts with employees
 
in the
value chain
S2; S2-2
S2-3
Processes to remediate negative impacts and channels
 
for value
chain workers to raise concerns
Omitted in accordance
with Appendix C of
ESRS 1 General
requirements
S2-4
Taking
 
action on material impacts on value chain workers,
 
and
approaches to managing material risks and pursuing material
opportunities related to value chain workers, and effectiveness
 
of
those actions
Omitted in accordance
with Appendix C of
ESRS 1 General
requirements
S2-5
Targets
 
related to managing material negative impacts, advancing
positive impacts, and managing material risks and opportunities
Omitted in accordance
with Appendix C of
ESRS 1 General
requirements
ESRS S3 Affected communities
ESRS 2; SBM-2
Interests and views of stakeholders
 
Defined as non-material
ESRS 2; SBM-3
Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction
 
with
strategy and business model
Defined as non-material
S3-1
Policies related to affected communities
Defined as non-material
S3-2
Processes for engaging with affected communities
 
about impacts
Defined as non-material
S3-3
Processes to remediate negative impacts and channels
 
for affected
communities to raise concerns
Defined as non-material
S3-4
Taking
 
action on material impacts on affected communities,
 
and
approaches to managing material risks and pursuing material
opportunities related to affected communities, and
 
effectiveness of
those actions
Defined as non-material
S3-5
Targets
 
related to managing material negative impacts, advancing
positive impacts, and managing material risks and opportunities
Defined as non-material
ESRS S4 Consumers and end-users
ESRS 2; SBM-2
Interests and views of stakeholders
 
ESRS 2; SBM-2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ESRS 2; SBM-3
Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction
 
with
strategy and business model
ESRS 2; SBM-3, S4;
SBM-3
S4-1
Policies related to consumers and end-users
S4; S1-4
S4-2
Processes for engaging with consumers and end-users
 
about impacts
S4; S1-2
S4-3
Processes to remediate negative impacts and channels
 
for
consumers and end-users to raise concerns
Defined as non-material
S4-4
Taking
 
action on material impacts on consumers and end-users,
 
and
approaches to managing material risks and pursuing material
opportunities related to consumers and end-users, and
 
effectiveness
of those actions
Omitted in accordance
with Appendix C of
ESRS 1 General
requirements
S4-5
Targets
 
related to managing material negative impacts, advancing
positive impacts, and managing material risks and opportunities
Omitted in accordance
with Appendix C of
ESRS 1 General
requirements
Governance information
ESRS G1 Business conduct
ESRS 2, GOV-1
The role of the administrative, management and supervisory
 
bodies
ESRS 2, GOV-1
ESRS 2, IRO-1
Description of the processes to identify and assess material
 
impacts,
risks and opportunities
ESRS 2, IRO-1
G1-1
Corporate culture and business conduct policies and corporate
 
culture
G1; G1-1
G1-2
Management of relationships with suppliers
Defined as non-material
G1-3
Prevention and detection of corruption and bribery
Defined as non-material
G1-4
Confirmed incidents of corruption or bribery
Defined as non-material
G1-5
Political influence and lobbying activities
Defined as non-material
G1-6
Payment practices
Defined as non-material
Appendix B. List of data points in cross-cutting and topical standards
 
that derive from other EU legislation
 
Disclosu
re
requirem
ent
Data point
Sustainability report
SFDR reference
Pillar 3 reference
Benchmark Regulation
reference
EU Climate
Law
reference
Section
ESRS 2,
GOV-1
paragraph
21 (d)
Board's gender
diversity
Indicator number 13
of Table #1 of Annex
1
Commission Delegated
Regulation
(EU) 2020/1816 (27),
Annex II
ESRS 2,
GOV-1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
36
ESRS 2,
GOV-1
paragraph
21 (e)
Percentage of board
members who are
independent
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1816, Annex
II
ESRS 2,
GOV-1
ESRS 2,
GOV-4
paragraph
30
Statement on due
diligence
Indicator number 10
Table #3 of Annex 1
The
Company
does not
have
ESRS 2,
SBM-1
paragraph
40 (d) i
Involvement in activities
related to fossil fuel
activities
Indicator number 4
Table #1 of Annex 1
Article 449a Regulation
(EU) No 575/2013;
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1816, Annex
II
Defined as
non-
material
Commission
Implementing
Regulation (EU)
2022/2453(6) Table 1:
Qualitative information
on Environmental risk
and Table 2: Qualitative
information on Social
risk
ESRS 2,
SBM-1
paragraph
40 (d) ii
Involvement in activities
related to chemical
production
Indicator number 9
Table #2 of Annex 1
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1816, Annex
II
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS 2,
SBM-1
paragraph
40 (d) iii
Involvement in activities
related to controversial
weapons
Indicator number 14
Table #1 of Annex 1
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1818(7),
Article 12(1) Delegated
Regulation
(EU) 2020/1816,
Annex II
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS 2,
SBM-1
paragraph
40 (d) iv
Involvement in activities
related to cultivation
and production of
tobacco
Article 12(1) of
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1818, Annex
II to Delegated
Regulation (EU)
2020/1816
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
E1-1
paragraph
14
Transition plan to reach
climate neutrality by
2050
Article 2(1) of
Regulation
(EU)
2021/1119
E1; E1-1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
37
ESRS
E1-1
paragraph
16 (g)
Undertakings excluded
from Paris-aligned
Benchmarks
Article 449a | Regulation
(EU) No 575/2013;
Commission
Implementing
Regulation
(EU) 2022/2453
Template 1: Banking
book-Climate Change
transition risk: Credit
quality of exposures by
sector, emissions and
residual maturity
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1818, Article
12.1 (d) to (g), and
Article 12.2
E1; E1-1
ESRS
E1-4
paragraph
34
GHG emission
reduction targets
Indicator number 4
Table #2 of Annex 1
Article 449a Regulation
(EU) No 575/2013;
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1818, Article
6
E1; E1-4
komission
täytäntöönpanoasetukse
n (EU) 2022/2453
lomake 3:
Kaupankäyntivaraston
ulkopuoliset erät –
Ilmastonmuutokseen
liittyvä siirtymäriski:
Mukauttamismittarit
ESRS
E1-5
paragraph
38
Energy consumption
from fossil sources
disaggregated by
sources (only high
climate impact sectors)
Indicator number 5
Table #1 and
Indicator n. 5 Table
#2 of Annex 1
E1; E1-5
ESRS
E1-5
paragraph
37
Energy consumption
and mix
Indicator number 5
Table #1 of Annex 1
E1; E1-5
ESRS
E1-5
paragraphs
40 to 43
Energy intensity
associated with
activities in high climate
impact sectors
Indicator number 6
Table #1 of Annex 1
E1; E1-5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
38
ESRS
E1-6
paragraph
44
Gross Scope 1, 2, 3
and Total GHG
emissions
Indicators number 1
and 2 Table #1 of
Annex 1
Article 449a | Regulation
(EU) No 575/2013;
Commission
Implementing
Regulation
(EU) 2022/2453
Template 1: Banking
book-Climate Change
transition risk: Credit
quality of exposures by
sector, emissions and
residual maturity
Article 5(1), Article 6
and Article 8(1) of
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1818
E1; E1-6
ESRS
E1-6
paragraphs
53 to 55
Gross GHG emissions
intensity
Indicator number 3
Table #1 of Annex 1
Article 449a | Regulation
(EU) No 575/2013;
Commission
Implementing
Regulation
(EU) 2022/2453
Template 3: Banking
book-Climate Change
transition risk: Alignment
metrics
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1818, Article
8(1)
E1; E1-6
ESRS
E1-7
paragraph
56
GHG removals and
carbon credits
Article 2(1) of
Regulation
(EU)
2021/1119
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
E1-9
paragraph
66
Exposure of the
benchmark portfolio to
climate-related physical
risks
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1818,
Annex II; Delegated
Regulation
(EU) 2020/1816,
Annex II
Omitted in
accordance
with
Appendix C
of ESRS 1
General
requirement
s
ESRS
E1-9
paragraph
66 (a)
Disaggregation of
monetary amounts by
acute and chronic
physical risk
Article 449a Regulation
(EU) No 575/2013;
Commission
Implementing
Regulation
(EU) 2022/2453
paragraphs 46 and 47;
Template 5: Banking
book - Climate change
physical risk: Exposures
subject to physical risk
Omitted in
accordance
with
Appendix C
of ESRS 1
General
requirement
s
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
39
ESRS
E1-9
paragraph
66 (c)
The location of
significant assets at
material physical risk
Article 449a Regulation
(EU) No 575/2013;
Commission
Implementing
Regulation
(EU) 2022/2453
paragraphs 46 and 47;
Template 5: Banking
book - Climate change
physical risk: Exposures
subject to physical risk
Omitted in
accordance
with
Appendix C
of ESRS 1
General
requirement
s
ESRS
E1-9
paragraph
67 (c)
Breakdown of the
carrying value of the
undertaking's real
estate assets by
energy-efficiency
classes
Article 449a Regulation
(EU) No 575/2013;
Commission
Implementing
Regulation
(EU) 2022/2453
paragraph 34; Template
2: Banking book-Climate
Change transition risk:
Loans collateralised by
immovable property -
Energy efficiency of the
collateral
Omitted in
accordance
with
Appendix C
of ESRS 1
General
requirement
s
ESRS
E1-9
paragraph
69
Degree of exposure of
the portfolio to climate-
related opportunities
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1818, Annex
II
Omitted in
accordance
with
Appendix C
of ESRS 1
General
requirement
s
ESRS
E2-4
paragraph
28
Quantity of each air,
water and soil pollutant
listed in Annex II to E-
PRTR (European
Pollutant Release and
Transfer Register)
Indicator number 8
Table #1 of Annex 1,
Indicator number 2
Table #2 of Annex 1,
Indicator number 1
Table #2 of Annex 1,
Indicator number 3
Table #2 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
E3-1
paragraph 9
Water and marine
resources
Indicator number 7
Table #2 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
40
ESRS
E3-1
paragraph
13
Dedicated policy
 
Indicator number 8
Table #2 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
E3-1
paragraph
14
Sustainable oceans
and seas
 
Indicator number 12
Table #2 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
E3-4
paragraph
28 (c)
Total water recycled
and reused
Indicator number 6.2
Table #2 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
E3-4
paragraph
29
Total water
consumption in m3 per
net revenue in the
Company's own
operations
Indicator number 6.1
Table #2 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS 2
– IRO-1
– E4
paragraph
16 (a) i
Indicator number 7
Table #1 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS 2
– IRO-1
– E4
paragraph
16 (b)
Indicator number 10
Table #2 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS 2
– IRO-1
– E4
paragraph
16 (c)
Indicator number 14
Table #2 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
E4-2
paragraph
24 (b)
Sustainable
land/agriculture
practices or policies
Indicator number 11
Table #2 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
E4-2
paragraph
24 (c)
Sustainable
oceans/seas practices
or policies
Indicator number 12
Table #2 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
E4-2
paragraph
24 (d)
Policies to address
deforestation
Indicator number 15
Table #2 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
E5-5
paragraph
37 (d)
Non-recycled waste
Indicator number 13
Table #2 of Annex 1
E5; E5-5
ESRS
E5-5
paragraph
39
Hazardous waste and
radioactive waste
Indicator number 9
Table #1 of Annex 1
E5; E5-5
ESRS 2
– SBM-3
– S1
paragraph
14 (f)
Risk of incidents of
forced labour
Indicator number 13
Table #3 of Annex I
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS 2
– SBM-3
– S1
paragraph
14 (g)
Risk of incidents of
child labour
Indicator number 12
Table #3 of Annex I
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
S1-1
paragraph
20
Human rights policy
commitments
Indicator number 9
Table #3 and
Indicator number 11
Table #1 of Annex I
Defined as
non-
material
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
41
ESRS
S1-1
paragraph
21
Due diligence policies
on issues addressed by
the fundamental
International Labor
Organisation
Conventions 1 to 8
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1816, Annex
II
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
S1-1
paragraph
22
Processes and
measures for
preventing trafficking in
human beings
Indicator number 11
Table #3 of Annex I
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
S1-1
paragraph
23
Workplace accident
prevention policy or
management system
Indicator number 1
Table #3 of Annex I
S1; S1-1
ESRS
S1-3
paragraph
32 (c)
Grievance/complaints
handling mechanisms
Indicator number 5
Table #3 of Annex I
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
S1-14
paragraph
88 (b) and
(c)
Number of fatalities and
number and rate of
work-related accidents
Indicator number 2
Table #3 of Annex I
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1816, Annex
II
Omitted in
accordance
with
Appendix C
of ESRS 1
General
requirement
s
ESRS
S1-14
paragraph
88 (e)
Number of days lost to
injuries, accidents,
fatalities or illness
Indicator number 3
Table #3 of Annex I
Omitted in
accordance
with
Appendix C
of ESRS 1
General
requirement
s
ESRS
S1-16
paragraph
97 (a)
Unadjusted gender pay
gap
Indicator number 12
Table #1 of Annex I
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1816, Annex
II
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
S1-16
paragraph
97 (b)
Excessive CEO pay
ratio
Indicator number 8
Table #3 of Annex I
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
S1-17
paragraph
103 (a)
Incidents of
discrimination
Indicator number 7
Table #3 of Annex I
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
S1-17
paragraph
104 (a)
Non-respect of UNGPs
on Business and
Human Rights and
OECD guidelines
Indicator number 10
Table #1 and
Indicator n. 14 Table
#3 of Annex I
Annex II to Delegated
Regulation (EU)
2020/1816; Article 12(1)
of Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1818
Defined as
non-
material
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
42
ESRS 2
– SBM-3
– S2
paragraph
11 (b)
Significant risk of child
labour or forced labour
in the value chain
Indicators number
12 and n. 13 Table
#3 of Annex I
ESRS 2;
SBM-3,S2;
SBM-3
ESRS
S2-1
paragraph
17
Human rights policy
commitments
Indicator number 9
Table #3 and
Indicator n. 11 Table
#1 of Annex 1
Omitted in
accordance
with
Appendix C
of ESRS 1
General
requirement
s
ESRS
S2-1
paragraph
18
Policies related to value
chain workers
Indicator number 11
and n. 4 Table #3 of
Annex 1
Omitted in
accordance
with
Appendix C
of ESRS 1
General
requirement
s
ESRS
S2-1
paragraph
19
Non-respect of UNGPs
on Business and
Human Rights and
OECD guidelines
Indicator number 10
Table #1 of Annex 1
Annex II to Delegated
Regulation (EU)
2020/1816; Article 12(1)
of Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1818
S2; S2-1
ESRS
S2-1
paragraph
19
Due diligence policies
on issues addressed by
the fundamental
International Labor
Organisation
Conventions 1 to 8
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1816, Annex
II
S2; S2-1
ESRS
S2-4
paragraph
36
Human rights issues
and incidents
connected to the
upstream and
downstream value
chain
Indicator number 14
Table #3 of Annex 1
Omitted in
accordance
with
Appendix C
of ESRS 1
General
requirement
s
ESRS
S3-1
paragraph
16
Human rights policy
commitments
Indicator number 9
Table #3 and
Indicator n. 11 Table
#1 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
43
ESRS
S3-1
paragraph
17
Non-respect of UNGPs
on Business and
Human Rights, ILO
principles or and OECD
guidelines
Indicator number 10
Table #1 of Annex 1
Annex II to Delegated
Regulation (EU)
2020/1816; Article 12(1)
of Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1818
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
S3-4
paragraph
36
Human rights issues
and incidents
Indicator number 14
Table #3 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
S4-1
paragraph
16
Policies related to
consumers and end-
users
Indicator number 9
Table #3 and
Indicator n. 11 Table
#1 of Annex 1
S4; S4-1
ESRS
S4-1
paragraph
17
Non-respect of UNGPs
on Business and
Human Rights and
OECD guidelines
Indicator number 10
Table #1 of Annex 1
Annex II to Delegated
Regulation (EU)
2020/1816; Article 12(1)
of Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1818
S4; S4-1
ESRS
S4-4
paragraph
35
Human rights issues
and incidents
Indicator number 14
Table #3 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
G1-1
paragraph
10 (b)
United Nations
Convention against
Corruption
Indicator number 15
Table #3 of Annex 1
G1; G1-1
ESRS
G1-1
paragraph
10 (d)
Protection of
whistleblowers
Indicator number 6
Table #3 of Annex 1
G1; G1-1
ESRS
G1-4
paragraph
24 (a)
Fines for violation of
anti-corruption and anti-
bribery laws
Indicator number 17
Table #3 of Annex 1
Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/1816, Annex
II
Defined as
non-
material
ESRS
G1-4
paragraph
24 (b)
Standards of anti-
corruption and anti-
bribery
Indicator number 16
Table #3 of Annex 1
Defined as
non-
material
EU taxonomy
 
The European Union’s sustainable finance classification
 
system (EU Taxonomy)
 
was published in 2020. The
six environmental objectives defined by the EU taxonomy
 
are:
 
1.
 
climate change mitigation
 
2.
 
climate change adaptation
 
3.
 
sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources
 
4.
 
transition to a circular economy
 
5.
 
pollution prevention and control
 
6.
 
protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems
 
 
 
 
44
Vesivek
 
has conducted
 
an
 
EU taxonomy
 
review of
 
turnover,
 
capital expenditure
 
and operating
 
expenditure
regarding
 
the
 
aforementioned
 
objectives.
 
In
 
respect
 
of
 
turnover,
 
capital
 
expenditure
 
and
 
operating
expenditure, the
 
IFRS definitions
 
and accounting
 
principles applied
 
in consolidated
 
financial statements
 
are
applied. The
 
review was
 
carried out
 
in collaboration
 
with management,
 
different
 
business functions
 
and the
finance
 
department.
 
As
 
in
 
previous
 
years,
 
Vesivek
 
has
 
identified
 
taxonomy-eligible
 
activities
 
during
 
the
financial year 2025 (1 February 2024–31 March 2025).
 
Turnover
 
For
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
2025,
 
with
 
regard
 
to
 
climate
 
change
 
mitigation,
 
Vesivek
 
has
 
identified
 
two
 
activities
that are
 
taxonomy-eligible
 
but not
 
taxonomy-aligned:
 
CCM 7.2
 
“Renovation
 
of existing
 
buildings”
 
and CCM
7.6
 
“Installation,
 
maintenance
 
and
 
repair
 
of
 
renewable
 
energy
 
technologies”.
 
Vesivek
 
also
 
identified
 
one
activity that
 
is taxonomy
 
-eligible
 
but
 
not
 
taxonomy-aligned
 
in
 
terms
 
of the
 
transition
 
to
 
a
 
circular
 
economy:
CE 3.2 "Renovation of existing buildings".
 
The
 
activities
 
that
 
have
 
been
 
assessed
 
as
 
taxonomy-eligible
 
for
 
activity
 
CCM
 
7.2
 
relate
 
to
 
roof,
 
rainwater
system
 
and
 
drainage
 
renovations
 
of
 
existing
 
buildings
 
in
 
both
 
Finland
 
and
 
Sweden.
 
Taxonomy
 
-eligible
activities
 
under
 
activity
 
CCM
 
7.6
 
relate
 
to
 
solar
 
panel
 
installations
 
for
 
detached
 
houses
 
carried
 
out
 
by
Vesivek
 
Sverige
 
Ab during
 
the financial
 
year.
 
The circular
 
economy target,
 
CE
 
3.2, has
 
been assessed
 
as
taxonomy-eligible operations for roof and rainwater system renovations
 
in Finland and Sweden.
 
Capital expenditure
 
In taxonomy-eligible
 
business for
 
financial year 2023,
 
Vesivek has
 
invested in the
 
following activities
 
related
to
 
the
 
objective
 
of
 
climate
 
change
 
mitigation:
 
CCM
 
7.2
 
"Renovation
 
of
 
existing
 
buildings”,
 
CCM
 
7.7
"Acquisition
 
and
 
ownership
 
of
 
buildings",
 
CCM
 
6.5
 
"Transport
 
by
 
motorbikes,
 
passenger
 
cars
 
and
 
light
commercial
 
vehicles"
 
and
 
CCM
 
6.6
 
"Freight
 
transport
 
services
 
by
 
road".
 
The
 
Group’s
 
total
 
capital
expenditure
 
consists
 
of
 
additions
 
to
 
tangible
 
and
 
intangible
 
assets
 
during
 
the
 
financial
 
year.
 
Goodwill
increases are not taken
 
into account. Further
 
information on the
 
capital expenditure during
 
the financial year
can
 
be
 
found
 
in
 
the
 
section
 
of
 
the
 
financial
 
statements
 
entitled
 
"Assets
 
and
 
liabilities
 
used
 
in
 
business
operations".
 
Operating expenditure
 
At
 
Vesivek,
 
operating
 
expenditure
 
identified
 
as
 
taxonomy-eligible
 
related
 
to
 
climate
 
change
 
mitigation
includes,
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
activities
 
CCM
 
7.2
 
"Renovation
 
of
 
existing
 
buildings",
 
CCM
 
6.5
 
"Transport
 
by
motorbikes, passenger cars and light commercial vehicles"
 
and CCM 6.6 "Freight transport services by road",
such
 
non-capitalised
 
Group
 
expenses
 
exclusive
 
of
 
raw
 
material
 
costs
 
that
 
relate
 
to
 
roof,
 
rainwater
 
and
drainage system renovations of buildings,
 
and all such direct expenses that relate
 
to the daily use of tangible
assets, including the leasing costs of vehicles.
 
No taxonomy-aligned operating expenditure was identified.
 
The
 
functions
 
underlying
 
the
 
performance
 
indicators
 
are
 
separate;
 
taxonomy-eligible
 
turnover
 
and
 
capital
and
 
operating
 
expenditure
 
are
 
only
 
allocated
 
to
 
a
 
single
 
financial
 
activity,
 
so
 
therefore
 
there
 
is
 
no
 
risk
 
of
duplicate calculation.
 
Share
 
of
 
turnover
 
generated
 
from
 
products
 
or
 
services
 
related
 
to
 
taxonomy-aligned
 
economic
activities for the financial period 1 February 2024–31 January
 
2025 (EUR million):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
45
Code (2)
Turnover
 
(3)
Proportion
of Turnover,
2024 (4)
Climate
 
Change
Mitigation
 
(5)
Climate
 
Change
Adaptation
 
(6)
Water
 
(7)
Pollution
 
(8)
Circular
 
Economy
 
(9)
Biodiversity
 
(10)
Climate
 
Change
Mitigation
 
(11)
Climate
 
Change
Adaptation
 
(12)
Water
 
(13)
Pollution
 
(14)
Circular
 
Economy
 
(15)
Biodiversity
 
(16)
Minimum Safeguards
(17)
Proportion
 
of
Taxonomy-
aligned
 
(A.1) or
-eligible
 
(A.2)
turnover,
 
2022
(18)
Category
enabling
activity
(20)
Category
transition
al activity
(21)
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
E
0 %
%
%
0 %
T
CCM 7.2/CE 3.2
91,0
88,4 %
EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
EL
N/EL
88,4 %
CCM 7.6
2,5
2,4 %
93,5
 
90,9 %
91 %
%
%
%
77 %
%
90,9 %
93,5
 
90,9 %
91 %
%
%
%
77 %
%
90,9 %
9,4
9,1 %
102,9
 
100 %
Installation, maintenance and repair of renewable
energy technology
DNSH criteria
 
("Does Not
 
Significantly
 
Harm")
A.1. Environmentally
 
sustainable
 
activities
 
(Taxonomy-aligned)
A. TAXONOMY-ELIGIBLE
 
ACTIVITIES
A.2. Taxonomy-eligible
 
but
 
not
 
environmentally
 
sustainable
 
activities
 
(not
 
Taxonomy-aligned
 
activities)
2024
Of which transitional
Of which enabling
Substantial
 
contribution
 
criteriaFinancial
 
year 02/2024-01/2025
Economic
 
Activities
 
(1)
TOTAL
 
(A+B)
Turnover
 
of Taxonomy-non-eligible
 
activities
Turnover
 
of environmentally
 
sustainable
 
activities
 
(Taxonomy-
aligned)
 
(A.1)
Turnover
 
of Taxonomy-eligible
 
but
 
not
 
environmentally
sustainable
 
activities
 
(not
 
Taxonomy-aligned
 
activities)
 
(A.2)
A. Turnover
 
of Taxonomy-eligible
 
activities
 
(A.1+A.2)
B. TAXONOMY-NON-ELIGIBLE
 
ACTIVITIES
Reparation for existing
 
buildings
Code (2)
CapEx (3)
Proportion
of CapEx,
2024 (4)
Climate
 
Change
Mitigation
 
(5)
Climate
 
Change
Adaptation
 
(6)
Water
 
(7)
Pollution
 
(8)
Circular
 
Economy
 
(9)
Biodiversity
 
(10)
Climate
 
Change
Mitigation
 
(11)
Climate
 
Change
Adaptation
 
(12)
Water
 
(13)
Pollution
 
(14)
Circular
 
Economy
 
(15)
Biodiversity
 
(16)
Minimum Safeguards
(17)
Proportion
 
of
Taxonomy-
aligned
 
(A.1) or
-eligible
 
(A.2)
CapEx, 2022 (18)
Category
enabling
activity
(20)
Category
transitiona
l activity
(21)
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
E
0 %
0 %
0 %
T
CCM 7.2
0,2
4,6 %
EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
4,6 %
CCM 7.7
1,8
40,5 %
EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
40,5 %
CCM 6.5
0,8
17,4 %
EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
17,4 %
CCM 6.6
1,3
30,6 %
EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
30,6 %
4,0
 
93,1 %
34,6 %
0,0 %
0,0 %
0,0 %
0,0 %
0,0 %
93,1 %
4,0
 
93,1 %
34,6 %
0,0 %
0,0 %
0,0 %
0,0 %
0,0 %
93,1 %
0,3
6,9 %
4,3
 
100 %
A. TAXONOMY-ELIGIBLE
 
ACTIVITIES
Financial
 
year 02/2024-01/2025
Substantial
 
contribution
 
criteria
DNSH criteria
 
("Does Not
 
Significantly
Harm")
Economic
 
Activities
 
(1)
CapEx of Taxonomy-non-eligible
 
activities
A.1. Environmentally
 
sustainable
 
activities
 
(Taxonomy-aligned)
CapEx of environmentally
 
sustainable
 
activities
 
(Taxonomy-
aligned)
 
(A.1)
Of which enabling
Of which transitional
A.2. Taxonomy-eligible
 
but
 
not
 
environmentally
 
sustainable
 
activities
 
(not
 
Taxonomy-aligned
 
activities)
Road traffic
 
services
CapEx of Taxonomy-eligible
 
but
 
not
 
environmentally
sustainable
 
activities
 
(not
 
Taxonomy-aligned
 
activities)
 
(A.2)
A. CapEx of Taxonomy-eligible
 
activities
 
(A.1+A.2)
B. TAXONOMY-NON-ELIGIBLE
 
ACTIVITIES
Reparation for existing
 
buildings
Motorcycle-, passenger car-
 
and utility vehicle transportation
Acquisition and ownership of buildings
TOTAL
 
(A+B)
Share of capital expenditure associated
 
with products or services related to
 
taxonomy-aligned economic
activities for the financial period 1 February 2024–31 January
 
2025 (EUR million):
 
Share
 
of
 
operating
 
expenditure
 
associated
 
with
 
products
 
or
 
services
 
related
 
to
 
taxonomy-aligned
economic activities for the financial period 1 February
 
2024–31 January 2025 (EUR million):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
46
Code (2)
OpEx (3)
Proport
ion of
OpEx,
2024 (4)
Climate
 
Change
Mitigation
 
(5)
Climate
 
Change
Adaptation
 
(6)
Water
 
(7)
Pollution
 
(8)
Circular
 
Economy
 
(9)
Biodiversity
 
(10)
Climate
 
Change
Mitigation
 
(11)
Climate
 
Change
Adaptation
 
(12)
Water
 
(13)
Pollution
 
(14)
Circular
 
Economy
 
(15)
Biodiversity
 
(16)
Minimum Safeguards
(17)
Proportion
 
of
Taxonomy-
aligned
 
(A.1) or
-eligible
 
(A.2)
OpEx, 2022 (18)
Category
enabling
activity
(20)
Category
transition
al activity
(21)
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
0 %
E
0 %
%
%
0 %
T
CCM 7.2
1,1
30,6 %
EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
30,6 %
CCM 6.5
0,6
16,7 %
EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
16,7 %
CCM 6.6
1,4
38,9 %
EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
N/EL
38,9 %
3,1
 
86 %
86 %
%
%
%
%
%
86,1 %
3,1
 
86 %
86 %
%
%
%
%
%
86,1 %
0,5
14 %
3,6
 
100 %
TOTAL
 
(A+B)
OpEx of
 
Taxonomy-non-eligible
 
activities
A.1. Environmentally
 
sustainable
 
activities
 
(Taxonomy-aligned)
OpEx of
 
environmentally
 
sustainable
 
activities
 
(Taxonomy-aligned)
 
(A.1)
Of which enabling
Of which transitional
A.2. Taxonomy-eligible
 
but
 
not
 
environmentally
 
sustainable
 
activities
 
(not
 
Taxonomy-aligned
 
activities)
Road traffic
 
services
OpEx of
 
Taxonomy-eligible
 
but
 
not
 
environmentally
 
sustainable
activities
 
(not
 
Taxonomy-aligned
 
activities)
 
(A.2)
A. OpEx of
 
Taxonomy-eligible
 
activities
 
(A.1+A.2)
B. TAXONOMY-NON-ELIGIBLE
 
ACTIVITIES
Reparation for existing
 
buildings
Motorcycle-, passenger car-
 
and utility vehicle transportation
A. TAXONOMY-ELIGIBLE
 
ACTIVITIES
Financial
 
year 02/2024-01/2025
Substantial
 
contribution
 
criteria
DNSH criteria
 
("Does Not
 
Significantly
 
Harm")
Economic
 
Activities
 
(1)
E1 – Climate change
 
Environmental
 
responsibility
 
is
 
a
 
central
 
aspect
 
of
 
our
 
operations,
 
and
 
it
 
guides
 
adherence
 
to
 
sustainable
development
 
and
 
principles
 
throughout
 
the
 
value
 
chain.
 
We
 
focus
 
on
 
sustainable
 
construction
 
in
 
order
 
to
minimise
 
life-cycle
 
environmental
 
impacts.
 
Our
 
target
 
is
 
to
 
reduce
 
CO
 
emissions
 
through
 
concrete
 
actions.
Sustainable value
 
chains and
 
waste recycling
 
are part
 
of our operating
 
models, which
 
support extending
 
the life
cycle of buildings and reducing adverse environmental
 
impacts.
 
Vesivek
 
is
 
committed
 
to
 
sustainable
 
development
 
and
 
climate
 
risk
 
management
 
as
 
part
 
of
 
its
 
business.
 
We
continuously
 
assess
 
climate-related
 
factors,
 
such
 
as the
 
impacts
 
of
 
weather
 
phenomena
 
and
 
market
 
changes,
and strive
 
to reduce
 
environmental impacts
 
in all
 
areas of
 
our operations.
 
In cooperation
 
with our
 
stakeholders,
we develop sustainable solutions and support the achievement
 
of global climate goals through our actions.
 
Vesivek has
 
identified risks
 
and opportunities related
 
to climate change
 
in a double
 
materiality assessment.
 
The
key themes identified include
 
the risk related to climate
 
change mitigation, which
 
can be influenced by
 
measures
that reduce CO
2
 
emissions. At the same
 
time, increased rainfall
 
related to climate change
 
can also be seen
 
as a
business
 
opportunity.
 
The
 
core
 
of
 
Vesivek’s
 
business
 
is
 
external
 
moisture
 
control
 
for
 
properties,
 
which
 
will
become increasingly
 
significant for
 
buildings in
 
the future.
 
It should
 
also be
 
noted that
 
the warming
 
climate may
extend
 
the
 
Company's
 
favourable
 
installation
 
season
 
by
 
reducing
 
the
 
duration
 
of
 
snow
 
cover.
 
However,
 
some
climate
 
models
 
have
 
highlighted
 
the
 
possibility
 
of
 
a
 
cooler
 
climate
 
in
 
Finland
 
due
 
to
 
the
 
weakening
 
of
 
sea
currents. If this scenario were to be realised, it would result
 
in a shorter favourable installation season.
 
In connection
 
with the
 
double materiality
 
assessment, Vesivek's
 
emission sources
 
were assessed
 
by the
 
same
working group. Vesivek’s
 
most significant sources of emissions are its
 
own vehicles and purchased products and
services, especially steel
 
purchased from SSAB.
 
Vesivek
 
aims to develop
 
its operations towards
 
a lower-carbon
future. The Company does not
 
have a transition plan related
 
to climate change mitigation.
 
The Company aims to
develop a transition plan during the financial years 2026–2027.
 
E1.SBM-3 Physical risks related to climate change
 
adaptation and their management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
47
Topic
 
Sub-topic and IRO
 
Type
Part of the value
chain
 
Time horizon
E1 Climate change
E1 Climate change mitigation -
reduction of CO2 emissions
Risk
Upstream and
company's own
operations
Long-term
Explanation: Vesivek’s
 
business causes significant CO2 emissions, which
 
may pose a risk to the business due to, for
example, increasing regulation or emissions trading, which
 
may have a significant impact on raw material
 
prices.
Similarly, as climate change
 
becomes increasingly prevalent, CO2 emissions can also be seen
 
as having negative
reputation-related impacts for the company.
Written policies:
The Group's environmental policy.
 
Monitored annually in connection with reporting.
Measures:
A transition plan will be drawn up during the coming financial
 
years.
 
Metrics:
CO2 emissions
E1 Climate change mitigation; the
operations cause emissions
Negative impact
Upstream and
company's own
operations
Short-, medium-
and long-term
Explanation:
Vesivek’s business
 
causes significant CO2 emissions that have a negative
 
impact on climate change
mitigation
Written policies:
The Group's environmental policy.
 
Monitored annually in connection with reporting.
 
Measures: A transition plan will be drawn up during
 
the coming financial years.
 
Metrics:
CO2 emissions
E1 Climate change mitigation and
the opportunities it presents for
Vesivek’s business
Opportunity
Upstream and
Downstream
Long-term
Explanation:
Climate change is expected to lead to increased rainfall.
 
As Vesivek operates in the field
 
of external
moisture control for properties, this can be seen as a source
 
of opportunities for Vesivek’s
 
business
 
Policies:
The Group's environmental policy.
 
Monitored annually in connection with reporting
Vesivek
 
conducted a
 
climate change-related
 
risk assessment
 
as part
 
of the
 
double materiality
 
assessment. The
assessment was carried
 
out by the
 
same working
 
group as the
 
double materiality
 
assessment. The assessment
was carried out during
 
the financial years
 
2023 and 2024,
 
and the conclusion
 
was that Vesivek’s
 
business could
benefit from the
 
warming of the
 
climate due to
 
a longer favourable
 
installation season,
 
for example. At
 
the same
time, increasing heat waves could complicate
 
installation work during the summer season
 
due to excessive heat.
In
 
addition,
 
as
 
the
 
Company's
 
operations
 
are
 
largely
 
dependent
 
on
 
steel,
 
increases
 
in
 
the
 
pricing
 
of
 
CO
2
emissions
 
could
 
have a
 
negative
 
impact
 
on the
 
Company's
 
business. The
 
Company
 
has taken
 
its entire
 
value
chain
 
into
 
account
 
in
 
its climate
 
-related
 
analyses.
 
With
 
regard
 
to
 
climate
 
change,
 
the
 
analysis
 
is not
 
based
 
on
any climate scenario,
 
but the Company
 
has taken
 
into account assumptions
 
of the climate
 
warming by 1.5°C,
 
in
accordance with the Paris Agreement.
 
The time
 
horizons
 
applied
 
in the
 
analysis
 
were short
 
-term (one
 
year),
 
medium-term
 
(1–5
 
years)
 
and
 
long-term
(over 5 years).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
48
Physical risks
Temperature
 
change and
thermal stress
Negative /
 
Positive
This is both a risk and an opportunity.
 
A general rise in
temperatures could shorten the winter season, providing
 
the
Company with opportunities to carry out installation work
 
in more
favourable weather conditions. However,
 
summer heat waves,
for example, have a negative impact on installation work
 
by
making the working conditions excessively hot.
Changing wind models
Negative
Strong gusts of wind make installation work challenging,
especially for sheet metal roofs
Changing rainfall
Positive
Increased rainfall is an opportunity for the Company,
 
as it
increases the Company’s business opportunities
Transition risks
Changing customer behaviour
Negative /
 
Positive
In the long term, customers’ interest in lower-emission
 
products
is certain to increase. Vesivek
 
aims to respond to these customer
requirements as effectively as possible.
Increased pricing of GHG
emissions
Negative
The impacts could be significant, especially for steel prices.
Vesivek aims to reduce emissions
 
in its own operations and
cooperates with SSAB on the development of fossil-free steel.
Increased raw material costs
Negative
Sheet metal is currently a high-emission product, and if
 
it were to
be subject to increased upward price pressure due to
 
emissions,
this would have extensive impacts on the entire business.
 
With
this in mind, Vesivek cooperates
 
with SSAB on the development
of fossil-free steel
Vesivek has
 
identified physical risks
 
as the most
 
critical climate risks,
 
as they can
 
pose significant challenges
 
to
business
 
operations
 
in
 
the
 
medium
 
and
 
long
 
term.
 
For
 
example,
 
it
 
is
 
practically
 
impossible
 
to
 
carry
 
out
 
roof
renovations
 
in
 
stormy
 
conditions.
 
Although
 
storms
 
and
 
increasing
 
rainfall
 
temporarily
 
hamper
 
business
operations,
 
they
 
simultaneously
 
provide
 
opportunities
 
for
 
business
 
due
 
to
 
growing
 
demand.
 
Shorter
 
winter
periods, for their part, improve installation conditions when compared
 
to winter months with high snowfall.
 
One significant
 
future
 
risk
 
is
 
also related
 
to raw
 
materials
 
and
 
the
 
associated
 
GHG
 
emissions.
 
If
 
the
 
pricing
 
of
emissions were to have a material impact on the prices
 
of raw materials, this would likely be reflected in the price
of the sheet metal used by the Group and pose challenges
 
to the business in the long term.
 
The
 
Company
 
is
 
able
 
to
 
adapt
 
its
 
operations
 
to
 
the
 
challenges
 
caused
 
by
 
climate
 
change.
 
Increasing
 
rainfall
increases
 
demand
 
for
 
the
 
Company’s
 
products,
 
and
 
the
 
Company
 
is
 
able
 
to
 
create
 
value
 
for
 
its
 
customers
 
by
making properties long-lasting and safe
 
to live in. Rising raw material prices
 
are seen as the largest challenge by
the Company.
 
For this
 
reason, the
 
Company aims
 
to use
 
all available
 
means to
 
make the
 
raw materials
 
it uses
more
 
environmentally
 
friendly
 
and
 
thereby
 
reduce
 
the
 
price
 
pressure
 
on
 
raw
 
materials
 
related
 
to
 
emissions
trading.
 
E1-2 Policies related to climate change mitigation and
 
adaptation
 
49
The environmental
 
policy adopted
 
by Vesivek
 
during the
 
financial year
 
is aimed
 
at sustainable
 
construction and
climate change mitigation. Through its
 
own actions, Vesivek
 
strives to reduce the CO
2
 
emissions associated with
its
 
own
 
vehicles
 
and
 
products,
 
for
 
example.
 
Similarly,
 
waste
 
generated
 
at
 
factories
 
and
 
construction
 
sites
 
is
sorted at source to the greatest possible extent
 
and removed immediately.
 
External moisture control solutions for
properties are the core of Vesivek's
 
business. This means that Vesivek's
 
operations contribute to the longevity
 
of
buildings and
 
thus provide
 
their residents
 
with long-lasting
 
and healthy
 
living. In
 
the coming
 
years, Vesivek
 
will
also take the environmental perspective
 
into account in its investments and will
 
also invest in the green transition.
Vesivek’s environmental
 
policy is available in full in the sustainability section
 
of the Company’s website.
 
Vesivek’s
 
environmental
 
policy
 
takes
 
into
 
account
 
the
 
Company's
 
entire
 
value
 
chain,
 
from
 
the
 
origin
 
of
 
the
materials to
 
the end
 
of the
 
product life
 
cycle of
 
roof products
 
and other
 
products.
 
Matters are
 
communicated to
the
 
Company's
 
employees
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
Company's
 
policy.
 
In
 
the
 
future,
 
the
 
aim
 
is
 
to
 
provide
employees with instructions and
 
guidance on what they
 
need to take into consideration
 
in performing duties, and
how to do this. The
 
implementation of the policy
 
is the responsibility of the
 
Group CEO together with
 
the Group's
management team, and it has also been confirmed by the
 
Company's Board of Directors.
 
E1-3 Actions and resources in relation to climate change
 
policies
 
At Vesivek,
 
environmental responsibility
 
has been
 
taken into
 
account in
 
the development
 
of operations.
 
Vesivek
has developed
 
a new
 
sales model
 
that helps
 
optimise sales-related
 
driving and
 
thereby reduce
 
CO
2
 
emissions.
In installation work, the principle is
 
to bring the required goods to
 
the site as needed, and to take
 
waste out when
leaving.
 
The
 
Group
 
has
 
control
 
over
 
its
 
entire
 
supply
 
chain
 
from
 
manufacture
 
to
 
installation,
 
which
 
enables
efficient
 
logistics.
 
Waste
 
is
 
sorted
 
on
 
site
 
and,
 
as
 
a
 
rule,
 
recycled
 
or
 
recovered
 
as
 
energy.
 
One
 
significant
exception to
 
the general
 
operating model
 
is asbestos
 
in the
 
context
 
of renovations,
 
which cannot
 
be recovered
or
 
utilised.
 
Vesivek
 
also
 
has
 
its
 
own
 
thermal
 
power
 
plant
 
in
 
Pirkkala,
 
which
 
utilises
 
demolished
 
wood
 
material
from roof renovations.
 
Vesivek
 
is also
 
working with
 
SSAB on
 
the development
 
of fossil-free
 
steel that,
 
if introduced,
 
would significantly
reduce Scope 3 CO
2
 
emissions.
 
Vesivek
 
has
 
taken several
 
environmental
 
measures
 
throughout
 
the
 
Group’s
 
history.
 
In 2024,
 
Vesivek
 
replaced
some
 
of
 
the
 
diesel
 
used
 
with
 
biodiesel.
 
The
 
Company
 
has
 
also
 
begun
 
to
 
assess
 
opportunities
 
to
 
use
 
electric
cars
 
in
 
the
 
Group's
 
sales
 
and
 
installation
 
functions.
 
Similarly,
 
during
 
the
 
year
 
under
 
review,
 
Vesivek
 
Oy
 
and
Vesivek
 
Salaojat Oy
 
developed a
 
sales model
 
that enables
 
sales meetings
 
to be
 
more effectively
 
conducted in
the same
 
direction, which
 
reduces kilometres
 
driven. These
 
measures enable
 
Vesivek
 
to reduce
 
the emissions
generated by its own vehicles in the short term and the
 
medium term.
 
Vesivek
 
cooperates
 
with
 
SSAB
 
on
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
fossil-free
 
steel.
 
This
 
will
 
enable
 
Vesivek
 
to
 
reduce
 
its
emissions in the long term.
 
It is also a key factor
 
in the Company’s preparation
 
for the impacts of climate
 
change
and the management of financial risks.
 
The Company aims
 
to draw up a climate
 
roadmap during the
 
financial years 2026–2027.
 
In connection with
 
this,
the Company
 
will also
 
assess the
 
extent to
 
which its
 
targets are
 
aligned with
 
the Paris
 
Agreement and
 
the Net
Zero 2050
 
target. Also
 
in connection
 
with this,
 
the Company
 
will examine
 
the emissions
 
reductions achieved
 
by
its actions and the resources required for the actions.
 
E1-4 – Targets related
 
to climate change mitigation and adaptation
 
Vesivek's
 
focus
 
in
 
recent
 
years
 
has
 
been
 
on
 
restoring
 
the
 
profitability
 
of
 
its
 
business.
 
For
 
this
 
reason,
 
the
Company has not yet drawn up a
 
climate roadmap. Vesivek’s
 
target is to draw up a
 
climate roadmap and related
targets during
 
the financial
 
years 2026–2027.
 
In connection
 
with this,
 
Vesivek
 
will also
 
update its
 
environmental
policy and identify measures to achieve the set targets.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
50
In 2024,
 
Vesivek
 
set a
 
target of
 
replacing 10%
 
of the
 
diesel it
 
uses with
 
biodiesel during
 
the financial
 
year 2025
when compared
 
to 2024.
 
Progress towards
 
the
 
target
 
was
 
monitored
 
on the
 
basis
 
of the
 
fuel supplier’s
 
report.
This target was set internally by the Company’s management.
 
E1-5 Energy consumption and mix
 
Energy consumption and mix
FY 2025
Fuel consumption from coal and coal products (MWh)
0
Fuel consumption from crude oil and petroleum products
 
(MWh)
16.399
Fuel consumption from natural gas (MWh)
0
Fuel consumption from other fossil sources (MWh)
0
Consumption
 
of
 
purchased
 
or
 
acquired
 
electricity,
 
heat,
 
steam,
 
or
 
cooling
 
from
 
fossil
 
sources
(MWh)
510
Total
 
fossil energy consumption (MWh)
16.909
Share of fossil sources in total energy consumption (%)
80%
Consumption from nuclear sources (MWh)
2.898
Share of consumption from nuclear sources in total energy
 
consumption (%)
14%
Fuel
 
consumption
 
from
 
renewable
 
sources,
 
including
 
biomass
 
(also
 
comprising
 
industrial
 
and
municipal waste of biologic origin, biogas, renewable hydrogen,
 
etc.) (MWh)
1.258
Consumption
 
of
 
purchased
 
or
 
acquired
 
electricity,
 
heat,
 
steam,
 
and
 
cooling
 
from
 
renewable
sources (MWh)
0
Consumption of self-generated non-fuel renewable energy
 
(MWh)
78
Total
 
renewable energy consumption (MWh)
1.336
Share of renewable sources in total energy consumption (%)
6%
Total
 
energy consumption (MWh)
21.144
Energy intensity MWh/EUR million
205
The energy
 
intensity
 
takes
 
into account
 
the
 
entire Group’s
 
energy consumption
 
and turnover.
 
Vesivek
 
Group's
entire business has significant climate impacts.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
51
Energy
 
consumption
 
takes
 
into
 
account
 
the
 
entire
 
Group's
 
fuel
 
used
 
for
 
vehicles,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
heating
 
and
electricity. The information
 
has been obtained from each supplier and therefore does
 
not contain assumptions.
 
 
Vehicle
 
fuels account
 
for most
 
of the
 
fossil energy
 
consumed by
 
the Company.
 
Vesivek’s
 
target was
 
to replace
10% of diesel with biodiesel
 
during the financial year
 
under review when compared
 
to the previous financial
 
year,
but this target was not achieved due to financial reasons.
 
The actual figure was approximately 1%.
 
Most of the
 
electricity used
 
by Vesivek
 
in Finland
 
is within the
 
scope of
 
guarantees of
 
origin and
 
is produced
 
by
nuclear power.
 
E1-6 Gross Scope 1, 2, 3 and Total
 
GHG emissions
 
Emissions t/CO2
Financial year 2024
Financial year 2025
Change, %
SCOPE 1
4.967
5.321
7%
Commercial buildings
727
609
-16%
Company vehicles
4.24
4.712
11%
SCOPE2
318
Purchased heating
Purchased electricity,
 
market-based
0
318
Purchased electricity,
 
location-based
95
106
11%
SCOPE3
22.97
24.536
7%
Purchased goods and services
21.641
22.419
4%
Capital goods
Fuel- and energy-related activities
1.008
Upstream transportation and distribution
206
218
6%
Waste
122
24
-80%
Business travel
142
149
5%
Employee commuting
726
616
-15%
Upstream leased assets
Downstream transportation and distribution
132
102
-23%
Processing of sold products
Use of sold products
End-of-life treatment of sold products
Downstream leased assets
Franchises
Investments
Total,
 
location-based
27.829
29.963
7%
Total,
 
market-based
30.175
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
52
Emission intensity figures
Market-based
tCO2eq/EUR million
Location-based
tCO2eq/EUR million
2024
293
291
Reporting principles
 
Reporting
 
is
 
first
 
carried
 
out
 
at
 
the
 
company
 
level
 
and
 
subsequently
 
consolidated
 
for
 
Group-level
 
emissions
calculations. The
 
GHG standard
 
is applied in
 
the calculation
 
of emissions.
 
Data collection
 
is largely
 
manual and
the emission factors used are general
 
emission factors. For purchased products,
 
the calculation is based only on
core raw materials, but they cover approximately
 
80% of purchases. This creates uncertainty
 
in the calculation of
emissions. The Company
 
aims to develop the
 
emissions calculation process
 
in the future to
 
eliminate errors and
uncertainty.
 
Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions calculation principles
 
Under Scope
 
1 emissions,
 
Vesivek
 
has included
 
the emissions
 
of the thermal
 
power plant
 
operating in
 
Pirkkala,
the LPG
 
heating of
 
Vesivek
 
Tuotteet,
 
the oil
 
heating of
 
Tuusulan
 
Peltikeskus Oy
 
and Vesivek
 
Ab, and
 
the fuels
used
 
by
 
the
 
Company's
 
vehicles.
 
An
 
emissions
 
report
 
is
 
available
 
for
 
the
 
thermal
 
power
 
plant,
 
and
 
vehicle
emissions
 
have
 
been
 
calculated
 
based
 
on
 
fuel
 
consumption.
 
Other
 
nitrogen
 
and
 
sulphur
 
particulate
 
emissions
have
 
also
 
been
 
taken
 
into
 
account
 
in
 
the
 
emissions
 
of
 
the
 
thermal
 
power
 
plant.
 
Some
 
of
 
the
 
emission
 
factors
have been
 
obtained
 
directly
 
from suppliers,
 
while
 
general emission
 
factors
 
are applied
 
in some
 
instances.
 
The
general emission factors are obtained from Statistics Finland.
 
Under
 
Scope
 
1,
 
the
 
wood
 
chips
 
burned
 
at
 
the
 
Pirkkala
 
thermal
 
power
 
plant
 
also
 
cause
 
biogenic
 
emissions.
Biogenic emissions for the financial year 2025 amounted
 
to 460 tCO2.
 
Under Scope 1, 0% of Vesivek's
 
emissions are covered by emissions trading.
 
The
 
entire
 
Group's
 
electricity
 
consumption
 
is
 
taken
 
into
 
account
 
in
 
the
 
calculation
 
of
 
Scope
 
2
 
emissions.
 
The
emission
 
factors
 
are
 
general
 
emission
 
factors.
 
Most
 
of
 
the
 
electricity
 
used
 
by
 
Vesivek
 
in
 
Finland
 
is
 
within
 
the
scope of guarantees of origin and is produced by nuclear
 
power.
 
Scope 3 emissions calculation principles
 
For purchased products,
 
Vesivek has
 
identified the most
 
significant sources of
 
emissions. Steel accounts
 
for the
majority of the company’s
 
emissions, and the emissions
 
also take into account the most
 
significant raw materials.
Some of
 
the emission
 
factors
 
have been
 
obtained
 
directly from
 
suppliers'
 
EDPs,
 
such as
 
SSAB’s,
 
which cover
approximately 90%
 
of emissions.
 
Otherwise, general
 
emission factors
 
have been
 
used, such
 
as those
 
obtained
from the CO2 data of VTT Technical
 
Research Centre of Finland and Defra.
 
For fuel-related activities, the WTT emissions of the fuels used
 
by the Company,
 
which are not included in Scope
1, are taken into account. Defra’s emission factors
 
have been used for these.
 
For transport
 
in the
 
upstream production
 
chain, transport
 
of sheet
 
metal from
 
Pirkkala to
 
the installation
 
units is
taken into
 
account. The
 
Company
 
keeps records
 
of kilometres
 
driven for
 
these transport
 
activities, and
 
Defra's
emission factors are used.
 
With
 
regard
 
to
 
waste,
 
the
 
Company’s
 
reporting
 
has
 
been
 
improved,
 
but
 
some
 
of
 
the
 
waste
 
calculations
 
for
Finnish
 
units
 
and
 
some
 
of
 
the
 
Swedish
 
companies
 
are
 
calculated
 
by
 
estimation.
 
The
 
biggest
 
change
 
from
 
the
previous year
 
is in
 
the emission
 
factors applied
 
for metal,
 
which affects
 
CO2 emissions.
 
The figure
 
reported for
the
 
previous
 
year
 
was
 
based
 
on
 
Defra's
 
2023
 
emission
 
factors,
 
while
 
the
 
figure
 
for
 
the
 
year
 
under
 
review
 
is
based on Defra's 2024 emission factors.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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For business travel, emissions are
 
estimated based on kilometre
 
allowances paid by the Company
 
to employees.
For these kilometres, the
 
Company has estimated
 
the shares of electric,
 
petrol and diesel vehicles.
 
Factors from
the Lipasto database were used as the emission factors.
 
Emissions from
 
employee commuting
 
are estimated
 
on the
 
basis of
 
postal codes.
 
The number
 
of working
 
days
per year
 
is
 
estimated,
 
as is
 
the share
 
of different
 
modes
 
of transport.
 
Factors
 
from the
 
Lipasto
 
database
 
were
used as the emission factors.
 
Transportation
 
in
 
the
 
downstream
 
production
 
chain
 
takes
 
into
 
account
 
the
 
outbound
 
transport
 
activities
 
of
Vesivek Tuotteet.
 
The emissions data is obtained directly from reports
 
received from transport companies.
 
E1-9
 
Anticipated
 
financial
 
effects
 
from
 
material
 
physical
 
and
 
transition
 
risks
 
and
 
potential
 
climate-
related opportunities
 
For
 
this
 
section,
 
Vesivek
 
applies
 
the
 
transitional
 
provisions
 
and
 
will
 
report
 
on
 
these
 
in
 
later
 
financial
 
periods
when the Company's transition plan has been drawn up.
 
E-E5 Resource use and circular economy
 
E5-SBM3 Risks related to resource use and circular economy,
 
and their management
 
Topic
 
Sub-topic and IRO
Type
Part of the
value chain
 
Time
horizon
E5 Resource
use and
circular
economy
E5 Resource inflows, including resource use - Availability
of raw materials. Vesivek’s
 
business operations are largely
based on a small number of core raw materials
Risk
Upstream
and the
Company's
own
operations
Long-term
Explanation:
Vesivek’s operations
 
are largely based on a few core raw materials, such as
 
steel, aluminium and
wood. Consequently,
 
changes in the markets for these raw materials present
 
a risk to the business.
 
Written policies:
 
The Group’s principle is to strive to make purchases
 
directly as factory purchases without
intermediaries. The Group aims to maintain inventories
 
of the most critical raw materials so that operations are not
jeopardised by market fluctuations.
E5 Resource inflows, including resource use - Availability
of raw materials. Vesivek cooperates
 
with SSAB on the
development of fossil-free steel
Positive
impact
Upstream
and the
Company's
own
operations
Medium-
and long-
term
Explanation:
Fossil-free steel is made from highly recycled steel, and
 
it reduces the use of primary raw material.
Steel is Vesivek’s
 
most used raw material, which is why fossil-free steel
 
has a significant impact on Vesivek’s
 
raw
materials. Because fossil-free steel is lower in emissions,
 
its use leads to lower CO2 emissions. This also helps
avoid price pressure caused by emissions trading for steel.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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E5 Waste - Waste
 
recycling - Vesivek’s
 
construction sites
generate large amounts of various waste.
Risk and
positive
impact
Company's
own
operations
Long-term
Explanation:
 
Vesivek’s construction sites
 
generate large amounts of waste. The appropriate sorting
 
of the waste
reduces the Company’s waste fees and helps to reduce
 
the consumption of primary raw material in general.
Asbestos is also among the waste fractions generated
 
at demolition sites, and its appropriate handling is important
from the perspective of employee health.
Written policies:
Vesivek's principle is to
 
bring the required goods to the site as needed, and to
 
take waste out
when leaving. In addition, waste is sorted on site to the
 
greatest possible extent. The waste management provider
also sorts miscellaneous construction waste for recycling.
 
Policies:
Cooperation started in Finland with Remeo Oy,
 
which has helped to centralise waste management.
Metrics:
Recycling rate
Targets:
Progress towards the recycling rate target of over 70% is monitored
 
regularly.
At
 
Vesivek,
 
we
 
focus
 
on
 
sustainable
 
resource
 
use
 
and
 
circular
 
economy
 
principles.
 
Our
 
goal
 
is
 
to
 
reduce
 
the
consumption of
 
natural resources
 
and the
 
generation
 
of waste
 
by utilising
 
recycling and
 
the reuse
 
of materials.
This way,
 
we
 
promote
 
environmental
 
protection
 
and
 
resource
 
efficiency
 
while
 
reducing
 
the
 
need for
 
virgin
 
raw
materials.
 
E5-1 Policies related to resource use and circular economy
 
At
 
Vesivek's
 
installation
 
sites,
 
the
 
long-standing
 
principle
 
is
 
to
 
bring
 
the
 
required
 
goods
 
to
 
the
 
site
 
as
 
needed,
and
 
to
 
take
 
waste
 
out
 
when
 
leaving.
 
In
 
addition,
 
waste
 
is
 
sorted
 
on
 
site
 
to
 
the
 
greatest
 
possible
 
extent.
 
The
Group also
 
utilises the
 
waste management
 
provider's mechanical
 
sorting for
 
miscellaneous construction
 
waste.
Employees receive training
 
in waste sorting,
 
and waste
 
volumes and the
 
recycling rate are
 
actively monitored
 
in
collaboration
 
with
 
suppliers.
 
Vesivek
 
is
 
also
 
in
 
the
 
process
 
of
 
applying
 
for
 
ISO
 
14001
 
certification
 
for
 
its
operations.
 
By
 
recycling
 
the
 
waste
 
generated
 
by
 
its
 
operations
 
as
 
efficiently
 
as
 
possible,
 
Vesivek
 
aims
 
to
contribute
 
to
 
the
 
circular
 
economy.
 
Vesivek's
 
target
 
is
 
to
 
have
 
a
 
recycling
 
rate
 
of
 
over
 
70%
 
for
 
the
 
waste
generated
 
by
 
its
 
own
 
operations.
 
This
 
target
 
is
 
also
 
related
 
to
 
obligations
 
stipulated
 
by
 
Finnish
 
legislation
governing construction activities.
 
Vesivek
 
will develop
 
its procurement
 
function in
 
the short
 
term. The
 
aim is
 
to ensure
 
the Company's
 
access
 
to
core raw
 
materials and
 
to take
 
related sustainability
 
matters, such
 
as climate
 
and human
 
rights, into
 
account in
the procurement process.
 
E5-2 – Actions and resources related to resource use
 
and circular economy
 
Vesivek
 
has
 
systematically
 
developed
 
its
 
procurement
 
activities
 
for
 
several
 
years
 
now.
 
For
 
the
 
core
 
raw
materials, procurement is based on long-term
 
customer relationships and joint product development
 
over several
years. Vesivek
 
Oy also
 
hired a full
 
-time Procurement
 
Director during
 
the financial year
 
2025. Vesivek
 
has noted
that the amounts of resources related to resource use
 
and circular economy are not significant.
 
During the
 
financial year,
 
Vesivek
 
Oy and
 
Vesivek
 
Salaojat Oy
 
transitioned to
 
a centralised
 
waste management
solution for most of
 
their units, which enhanced
 
the monitoring and sorting
 
of waste. Surveys and
 
training for the
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
55
personnel
 
were
 
organised
 
in cooperation
 
with
 
the
 
waste
 
management
 
company
 
Remeo.
 
Remeo
 
also
 
provides
efficient mechanical sorting for miscellaneous construction
 
waste from Vesivek’s
 
installation sites.
 
E5-3 Targets related
 
to resource use and circular economy
 
Vesivek's target is
 
to reduce the waste generated
 
by its own operations and to
 
have a recycling rate of over
 
70%.
The
 
target
 
is
 
set
 
by
 
the
 
Company
 
itself
 
and
 
is
 
not
 
a
 
science-based
 
target.
 
Instead,
 
the
 
target
 
is
 
based
 
on
 
the
goal laid down
 
in the Finnish
 
Building Act. The
 
scope of Vesivek’s
 
target includes waste
 
generated by the
 
entire
Group’s own operations,
 
including factories as well
 
as installation operations.
 
Vesivek
 
has achieved the targeted
recycling rate.
 
In
 
order
 
to
 
facilitate
 
the
 
achievement
 
and
 
monitoring
 
of
 
this
 
target,
 
Vesivek
 
has
 
developed
 
the
 
monitoring
 
of
waste volumes with its partners.
 
The waste management companies are
 
also committed to Vesivek’s
 
target, and
the achievement of the target is actively monitored in collaboration
 
with them.
 
E5-4 Resource inflows
 
Vesivek
 
has recognised
 
that it
 
currently uses
 
a lot
 
of steel
 
in its
 
operations. Thus
 
far,
 
the steel
 
used by
 
Vesivek
has
 
been
 
largely
 
produced
 
from
 
primary
 
raw
 
material,
 
meaning
 
raw
 
material
 
obtained
 
directly
 
from
 
nature
 
by
mining.
 
The
 
transition
 
to
 
fossil-free
 
steel
 
production
 
will
 
result
 
in
 
the
 
steel
 
used
 
by
 
Vesivek
 
being
 
largely
produced
 
from
 
recycled
 
raw
 
materials.
 
Vesivek
 
also
 
carries
 
out
 
tiled
 
roof
 
renovations,
 
which
 
provides
 
the
Company with an alternative if there are problems with the
 
availability of steel.
 
The table below shows the Group’s purchasing volumes
 
for the most significant raw materials.
Material
Quantity (tonnes)
Steel
7.453
Aluminium
136
Wood
6.037
The
 
data
 
on
 
purchased
 
materials
 
has
 
been
 
obtained
 
from
 
the
 
Company’s
 
suppliers
 
and
 
from
 
the
 
purchasing
statistics
 
of
 
the
 
manufacturing
 
companies,
 
and
 
it
 
does
 
not
 
involve
 
any
 
assumptions.
 
However,
 
the
 
information
has not been externally certified.
 
E5-5 Resource outflows
 
Waste type
Tonnes
 
in 2024
Tonnes
 
in 2025
Change, %
Disposal
Metal
2.903
2.738
-6%
Repurposing
Mixed waste
624
604
-3%
Incineration with
energy recovery
Cardboard
26
25
-4%
Repurposing
Concrete
17
24
41%
Repurposing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Construction waste
2.903
2.738
-22%
Repurposing
Hazardous waste
14
14
-3%
Incineration with
energy recovery
Brick waste
4.35
5.036
16%
Repurposing
Asbestos
1.494
865
-42%
Landfill
Wood
1.456
935
-36%
Incineration with
energy recovery
Recycled wood
 
-
 
41
Repurposing
Paper
0.1
2
1445%
Repurposing
Energy fraction
26
22
-16%
Incineration with
energy recovery
Biowaste
2
4
75%
Repurposing
Total
12.209
11.318
-10%
Recycled
8.594
8.878
Recycling rate
70.40%
78.40%
Recovered
10.715
10.453
Tonnes
2025
Preparation of non-hazardous waste for reuse
Recycling of non-hazardous waste
8.878
Recovery operations for non-hazardous waste
1.561
Amount of non-hazardous waste diverted from disposal
10.439
Preparation of hazardous waste for reuse
Recycling of hazardous waste
Other recovery operations for hazardous waste
Total amount of
 
hazardous waste diverted from disposal
 
-
 
Incineration of non-hazardous waste
Landfill of non-hazardous waste
Disposal of non-hazardous waste
Total amount of
 
non-hazardous waste directed to disposal
 
-
 
Incineration of hazardous waste
14
Landfill of hazardous waste
865
Other disposal of hazardous waste
Total amount of
 
hazardous waste directed to disposal
879
Total amount of
 
non-recycled waste
2.440
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Percentage of non-recycled waste
22%
Total amount of
 
hazardous waste generated
879
Total amount of
 
waste generated
11.318
For
 
Vesivek
 
Oy
 
and
 
Vesivek
 
Salaojat,
 
the
 
data
 
on
 
waste
 
volumes
 
has
 
become
 
more
 
precise
 
due
 
to
 
the
Company
 
adopting
 
a
 
more
 
centralised
 
waste
 
management
 
solution.
 
The
 
waste
 
volumes
 
have
 
been
 
calculated
by estimation
 
for only
 
two units.
 
For Vesivek
 
Ab, the
 
amount of
 
brick waste
 
has been
 
estimated based
 
on data
on
 
the
 
square
 
metres
 
of
 
demolished
 
roofs.
 
In
 
other
 
respects,
 
the
 
Group’s
 
reporting
 
is
 
based
 
on
 
statistics
obtained from
 
waste management
 
companies. As
 
a result, the
 
risk of
 
reporting errors
 
has also decreased
 
when
compared to the previous year.
 
The information has not been subject to third-party
 
verification.
 
E5-6
 
Anticipated
 
financial
 
effects
 
from
 
resource
 
use
 
and
 
circular
 
economy-related
 
risks
 
and
opportunities
 
Vesivek has applied transition
 
periods in this section and will report on the section
 
in future periods.
 
S-1 Own workforce
 
Transitional provisions are applied in this
 
section.
 
Competent
 
and
 
professional
 
personnel,
 
and
 
operations
 
and
 
leadership
 
that
 
are
 
aligned
 
with
 
the
 
Company's
values, are
 
at the
 
heart of
 
Vesivek's
 
business. The
 
Company develops
 
its industry
 
towards a
 
society of
 
greater
sustainability and
 
well-being through
 
cooperation both
 
internally and
 
with partners.
 
The Company
 
invests in
 
the
development of personnel competence and encourages continuous
 
learning and development.
 
Competent and committed employees are
 
a key success factor.
 
The company trains and supports
 
its employees
in key areas, such as
 
leadership, work tasks and
 
well-being at work. The
 
health and safety of the
 
personnel is at
the heart of the operations, and the operations
 
are guided by the company’s equality
 
and non-discrimination plan.
The
 
personnel
 
are
 
of
 
paramount
 
importance,
 
and
 
remuneration
 
is
 
part
 
of
 
engaging
 
the
 
commitment
 
of
 
the
personnel.
 
If
 
any
 
human
 
rights
 
violations,
 
unethical
 
conduct
 
or
 
other
 
incidents
 
of
 
legal
 
non-compliance
 
are
detected, the problems are addressed with the aim of achieving
 
quick and effective remedies.
 
Significant impacts
 
and key
 
risks and
 
opportunities related
 
to social
 
responsibility
 
topics have
 
been identified
 
in
the
 
company’s
 
double
 
materiality
 
assessment.
 
Social
 
value
 
creation,
 
impact,
 
risk
 
and
 
opportunity
 
assessment
and
 
measures
 
are
 
focused
 
on
 
work-life
 
balance,
 
and
 
health
 
and
 
safety.
 
They
 
are
 
focused
 
not
 
only
 
on
 
the
Company's own employees
 
but also the health
 
and safety of value
 
chain workers, consumers
 
and end-users, as
well as child labour and forced labour.
 
S1.SBM-3
 
Material
 
impacts,
 
risks
 
and
 
opportunities
 
and
 
their
 
interaction
 
with
 
strategy
 
and
 
business
model
 
Topic
Sub-topic and IRO
Type
Part of the
value chain
 
Time horizon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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S1 Own
workforce
S1 Work-life balance - Personnel turnover
Risk
Company's
own
operations
Medium-term
Explanation:
Personnel turnover has been identified as a risk primarily
 
in sales and installation operations. An
excessive rate of personnel turnover leads to uncontrolled
 
loss of competence and higher recruitment costs.
Written policies:
The Group provides opportunities for flexible working hours
 
and hybrid work for its personnel.
 
The
Group has also invested in supervisor training.
Metrics:
Staff turnover
S1 Own
workforce
S1 Health and safety - Occupational safety
Risk
Company's
own
operations
Medium-term
Explanation:
Roofing and factory work are known to involve a risk of accidents.
 
Accidents affect the company’s
performance and can also cause risks related to access
 
to construction sites or fines, for example.
Written policies:
Safety plans have been drawn up for factories and installation
 
sites, and they are monitored by
carrying out inspections.
Policies:
Occupational safety instructions have been developed.
 
Site safety plans have been enhanced.
Metrics:
Accident frequency
Target:
Under 50 (Vesivek Oy)
S1 Health and safety - Occupational safety
Negative
impact
Company's
own
operations
Medium-term
Explanation:
Workplace accidents can have serious consequences
 
for employees. In the worst case, accidents can
have long-term adverse impacts on an employee's
 
life.
In reporting concerning its own workforce,
 
the Company has taken into account
 
all employees who worked in the
Company
 
during the
 
reporting
 
period.
 
As a
 
rule,
 
the
 
Company's
 
own workforce
 
is employed
 
in permanent
 
and
full-time employment relationships.
 
The Company’s workers
 
are primarily its own employees.
 
Temporary
 
agency
workers
 
represent
 
less
 
than
 
5%
 
of
 
the
 
workers.
 
The
 
impacts
 
of
 
Vesivek’s
 
operations
 
on
 
the
 
Company’s
 
own
workforce concern
 
all of
 
the Company’s
 
employees, regardless
 
of the
 
location or
 
work task.
 
However,
 
it should
be noted that occupational safety
 
issues are particularly emphasised at
 
installation sites and in factory
 
work. The
operations are guided by the Company’s equality
 
and non-discrimination plan.
 
Vesivek’s
 
outputs
 
are
 
highly
 
dependent
 
on
 
people.
 
This
 
includes
 
sales,
 
installation
 
work
 
and
 
factory
 
work.
 
For
this
 
reason,
 
the
 
retention
 
of
 
skilled
 
workers
 
is
 
one
 
of
 
the
 
key
 
factors
 
for
 
the
 
company’s
 
success,
 
and
 
high
personnel turnover and absences are risks.
 
The
 
Company
 
recognises
 
that,
 
among
 
its
 
activities,
 
roof
 
installation
 
work
 
and
 
factory
 
work
 
involve
 
a
 
particular
risk of workplace accidents. With this in
 
mind, the Company has systematically developed
 
occupational safety by,
for example, using scaffolding and focusing on
 
orientation training at installation sites and in the factory.
 
S1-1 Policies related to own workforce
 
The Company’s
 
operations are
 
strongly based
 
on the Code
 
of Conduct
 
and the non-discrimination
 
policy,
 
which
prohibit all
 
forms of
 
discrimination based
 
on gender,
 
age, origin,
 
race, nationality,
 
language, religion,
 
conviction,
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opinion,
 
political
 
activity,
 
trade
 
union
 
activities,
 
family
 
relationships,
 
pregnancy,
 
health,
 
disability,
 
sexual
orientation
 
and
 
other
 
reasons
 
related
 
to
 
an
 
individual's
 
identity.
 
Indirect
 
discrimination
 
is
 
also
 
prohibited.
 
This
prohibition
 
of
 
discrimination
 
applies
 
throughout
 
the
 
employment
 
relationship,
 
regardless
 
of
 
the
 
form
 
of
employment (permanent, fixed-term or part-time).
 
The Company will update its
 
equality and non-discrimination plan during
 
the financial year 2026. The
 
plan will be
aligned with
 
national and
 
EU legislation.
 
The Company
 
monitors the
 
realisation of
 
these principles
 
on a
 
regular
basis by means of equality and non-discrimination surveys.
 
Vesivek Oy/Vesivek
 
Salaojat Oy, Vesivek
 
Sverige Ab and Vesivek Tuotteet
 
Oy each have their own occupational
health and safety committee
 
consisting of representatives
 
of both employees and
 
the employer.
 
The committees
meet
 
regularly
 
and/or
 
as
 
necessary.
 
More
 
detailed
 
information
 
is
 
provided
 
in
 
the
 
Company’s
 
sustainability
programme, which is available on the Company’s
 
website
 
With
 
regard
 
to
 
corporate
 
responsibility,
 
social
 
responsibility
 
is
 
at
 
the
 
core
 
of
 
operations,
 
and
 
its
 
foundation
 
is
compliance with
 
requirements and
 
regulations. The
 
Company has
 
developed a
 
work ability
 
management model
and related processes to support the well-being and productivity
 
of the personnel.
 
Responsibility
 
and
 
regulatory
 
compliance
 
related
 
to
 
the
 
Company's
 
own
 
workforce
 
is
 
managed
 
in
 
accordance
with the applicable legislation
 
and the policies approved
 
by the Company's Board
 
of Directors and management.
These
 
policies
 
and
 
principles
 
include
 
the
 
Company’s
 
values,
 
Code
 
of
 
Conduct,
 
vision
 
and
 
mission,
 
and
management
 
systems.
 
The
 
key
 
policies
 
that
 
guide
 
the
 
well-being
 
and
 
occupational
 
safety
 
of
 
the
 
personnel
include
 
the
 
remote
 
work
 
guidelines,
 
the
 
job
 
descriptions
 
of
 
the
 
JOT
 
model,
 
flexible
 
working
 
hours,
 
work
 
ability
management, insurance
 
instructions and
 
models, the
 
workplace community
 
development plan,
 
and recognising
employees for milestones in their
 
years of service and on
 
other special occasions. These
 
policies cover all of the
personnel
 
and
 
ensure
 
that
 
the
 
necessary
 
occupational
 
safety
 
training
 
is
 
also
 
provided
 
to
 
temporary
 
agency
workers. The Group has also prepared occupational safety
 
plans for all Group companies.
 
The
 
Company’s
 
management
 
and
 
personnel
 
development
 
are
 
guided
 
by
 
the
 
work
 
ability
 
management
 
model
and the
 
workplace community
 
development
 
plan. Their
 
implementation is
 
the responsibility
 
of the
 
management
and the
 
HR functions.
 
Management and
 
supervisory work
 
is supported
 
by training
 
activities that
 
are focused
 
on
the
 
Company’s
 
management
 
practices,
 
and
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
personnel
 
competence
 
is
 
based
 
on
 
the
Company’s
 
strategy
 
and
 
goals.
 
Competent
 
and
 
professional
 
personnel
 
and
 
competence
 
management
 
are
 
key
aspects
 
of
 
the
 
Company’s
 
operations.
 
In
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
Vesivek
 
Academy
 
training
 
paths,
 
we
 
encourage
our
 
personnel
 
to
 
pursue
 
continuous
 
development.
 
The
 
training
 
plan
 
is
 
part
 
of
 
the
 
workplace
 
community
development plan, and we monitor the number of training days
 
annually.
 
S1-2 Processes for engaging with own workers and
 
workers’ representatives about impacts
 
The
 
Company’s
 
management
 
is
 
represented
 
in
 
the
 
personnel
 
cooperation
 
groups,
 
which
 
ensures
 
that
information
 
is
 
also
 
passed
 
on
 
to
 
the
 
Company’s
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
and
 
management
 
teams.
 
In
 
addition,
 
the
Group
 
companies
 
have
 
occupational
 
safety
 
and
 
health
 
committees
 
that
 
include
 
management
 
representatives.
Any member of the personnel can register their interest
 
in participating in these groups and committees.
 
S1-3 Processes to remediate negative impacts and channels for
 
own workers to raise concerns
 
Targets
 
are set annually in connection with
 
business planning and budgeting to
 
ensure that they are aligned
 
with
the Company's strategic objectives and
 
HR planning.Business planning is carried
 
out between senior and middle
management,
 
engaging
 
the
 
organisation’s
 
key
 
personnel
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
their
 
respective
 
areas
 
of
responsibility.
 
Management
 
forums
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
management
 
system,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
oral
 
and
 
written
information collected from the organisation, are utilised in the
 
identification of development areas.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The
 
Company’s
 
employees
 
have
 
the
 
right
 
to
 
freedom
 
of
 
association.
 
The
 
Company
 
also
 
has
 
an
 
anonymous
whistleblowing channel
 
for reporting
 
misconduct. Employees
 
have been
 
provided with
 
instructions regarding
 
the
channel, and the instructions
 
are also available
 
on the Company’s
 
intranet and website.
 
The cooperation groups
that operate
 
in the Group
 
companies enable
 
the engagement
 
of the
 
personnel and
 
active dialogue
 
between the
Company and the personnel.
 
S1-4 Taking
 
action
 
on
 
material
 
impacts on
 
own
 
workforce,
 
and
 
approaches
 
to
 
mitigating
 
material
 
risks
and pursuing material opportunities related to own
 
workforce, and effectiveness of those actions
 
The Company takes safety
 
issues seriously,
 
and the aim is to promote
 
the creation of safe working
 
methods and
environments.The Company designs, manufactures
 
and installs products, such
 
as roof safety products, provides
a safe working environment in and
 
around buildings, and creates safe
 
access routes and working areas
 
for other
professionals. The
 
Company takes
 
care of the
 
safety and
 
health of
 
its employees
 
by providing
 
them with
 
a safe
working environment and the necessary protective equipment.
 
Vesivek has
 
invested in occupational safety
 
over the years. For
 
example, the Company introduced
 
scaffolding in
roof
 
renovations
 
in
 
2018.
 
Effective
 
training
 
and
 
safety
 
planning
 
has
 
led
 
to
 
a
 
reduction
 
in
 
accidents.
 
The
Company has
 
also developed
 
a new
 
sales and
 
installation model
 
that has
 
improved work
 
-life balance.
 
Vesivek
uses accident frequency and personnel turnover as metrics
 
for these measures.
 
The
 
Company
 
measures
 
job
 
satisfaction
 
by
 
means
 
of
 
annual
 
surveys
 
and
 
more
 
frequent
 
pulse
 
surveys.
 
The
Company
 
invests
 
in
 
competence
 
through
 
the
 
Vesivek
 
Academy’s
 
training
 
paths
 
and
 
encourages
 
continuous
development.
 
The
 
operations
 
are
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
equality
 
and
 
non-discrimination
 
plan,
 
and
 
the
 
personnel’s
experiences
 
are
 
monitored
 
by
 
means
 
of
 
equality
 
and
 
non-discrimination
 
surveys.
 
Training
 
is
 
a
 
key
 
part
 
of
development activities, and
 
our management system
 
supports continuous dialogue
 
in workplace communities
 
to
address matters related to finances, safety and competence.
 
At
 
Vesivek,
 
performance
 
reviews,
 
sales
 
target
 
reviews
 
and
 
one-to-one
 
discussions
 
are
 
an
 
important
 
part
 
of
performance management and good supervisory work. 
 
S1-6 Characteristics of the undertaking's employees
 
Personnel turnover
 
HLRE
Group Oy
Tuusulan
Peltikeskus Oy
Vesivek
Salaojat Oy
Vesivek Oy
Vesivek
Tuotteet Oy
Vesivek
Sverige Ab
Total
 
number
 
of
employment
relationships
 
valid
during
 
the
 
financial
year
20
10
135
682
75
100
Started
 
during
 
the
financial year
2
0
58
260
0
54
Ended
 
during
 
the
financial year
1
0
57
233
6
43
The
 
information
 
has
 
been
 
obtained
 
directly
 
from
 
the
 
Group’s
 
payroll
 
system,
 
and
 
it
 
does
 
not
 
include
 
any
assumptions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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S1-14 Health and safety metrics
 
Company
Number of accidents
Accident frequency per one million hours
worked
Vesivek Oy
51
66
Vesivek Salaojat Oy
5
35
Vesivek Sverige Ab
2
10
Vesivek Tuotteet
 
Oy
0
0
Tuusulan Peltikeskus Oy
1
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The
 
information
 
for
 
the
 
metrics
 
has
 
been
 
obtained
 
from
 
the
 
company’s
 
payroll
 
software.
 
It
 
does
 
not
 
contain
assumptions.
 
Instead,
 
everything
 
is
 
recorded
 
in
 
the
 
system.
 
However,
 
the
 
information
 
has
 
not
 
been
 
subject
 
to
third-party verification.
 
Vesivek’s
 
target for
 
Vesivek
 
Oy was
 
to reduce
 
accident frequency
 
to 50,
 
but this
 
target was
 
not quite
 
achieved.
Nevertheless,
 
accident
 
frequency
 
decreased
 
from
 
the
 
previous
 
year's
 
level
 
of
 
75.
 
At
 
the
 
time
 
of
 
reporting,
Vesivek Tuotteet
 
had operated for over a year without any accidents.
 
S2 – Workers in the value chain
 
Transitional provisions are applied in this
 
section.
Material impacts, risks and opportunities related to value
 
chain workers
 
Topic
Sub-topic and IRO
Type
Part of the
value chain
 
Time
horizon
S2 Workers in
the value chain
S2 Health and safety - Safety and working conditions of
value chain workers
Negative
impact
Upstream
Long-term
Explanation:
No measures were observed with respect to the Company’s
 
own suppliers. In 2024, the Company did not
have a clear view of the suppliers of suppliers, such as
 
ore excavation and the supply chains of plastic products,
 
which
are seen as risks with regard to appropriate working conditions
 
and equal treatment.
Measures:
The Group aims to raise these issues on a regular basis
 
in discussions with suppliers.
S2 Other work-related rights - Rights of value chain
workers
Negative
impact
Upstream
Long-term
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Explanation:
With regard to the suppliers of suppliers, the Company does
 
not have a view of the use of child labour or
forced labour in activities such as ore excavation or the
 
international supply chains for plastic products.
Measures:
The Group aims to raise these issues on a regular basis
 
in discussions with suppliers.
Vesivek
 
has determined
 
that, as
 
a rule,
 
its direct
 
suppliers are
 
companies that
 
operate nearby,
 
in either
 
Finland
or Sweden.
 
The Group
 
also has
 
a few
 
European suppliers
 
whose operations
 
are primarily
 
well-organised.
 
The
suppliers
 
are
 
mainly
 
large
 
suppliers.
 
For
 
this
 
reason,
 
Vesivek
 
has
 
determined
 
that
 
the
 
suppliers'
 
practices
concerning working life and their social responsibility processes
 
are at an adequate level.
 
At
 
the
 
same
 
time,
 
Vesivek
 
recognises
 
that
 
its
 
key
 
raw
 
materials,
 
such
 
as
 
steel
 
and
 
the
 
plastic
 
used
 
to
manufacture
 
drainage
 
pipes,
 
are
 
largely
 
sourced
 
through
 
mining
 
and
 
oil
 
refining,
 
and
 
the
 
raw
 
materials
 
often
originate from
 
third countries.
 
The subcontractors
 
of the
 
company's
 
suppliers may
 
have challenges
 
with regard
to compliance with regulations
 
governing the working
 
conditions of their employees
 
and other legislation, as
 
well
as environmental
 
regulations. If
 
such challenges
 
were to
 
materialise, they
 
would have
 
a negative
 
impact on
 
the
Company.
 
Policies
 
Vesivek
 
recognises
 
that
 
its
 
visibility
 
to
 
its
 
suppliers’
 
subcontractors
 
is
 
limited.
 
For
 
this
 
reason,
 
Vesivek
 
has
included this
 
theme in
 
its discussions
 
with suppliers.
 
By doing
 
this, Vesivek
 
aims to
 
underline the
 
importance of
the issue and encourage its suppliers to examine these
 
issues.
 
Measures
 
During
 
the
 
year
 
under
 
review,
 
Vesivek
 
raised
 
the
 
issue
 
in
 
discussions
 
with
 
suppliers.
 
In
 
the
 
coming
 
years,
Vesivek will draw up a Supplier
 
Code of Conduct and encourage suppliers to commit to it.
 
S4 – Consumers and end-users
 
Transitional provisions are applied in this
 
section.
 
S4.SBM-3 Material impacts, risks and opportunities related
 
to consumers and end-users
 
Topic
Sub-topic and IRO
Type
Part of the
value chain
 
Time
horizon
S4 Consumers and
end-users
S4 Personal safety of consumers or end-users -
Improvement of Vesivek’s
 
customers' properties
Positive
impact
Downstream
Long-term
Explanation:
Property improvement. The services provided by Vesivek
 
make properties longer-lasting, healthier and
safer to live in.
Written policies:
Vesivek's offering
 
includes everything that is needed for the external moisture
 
management of
buildings.
Policies:
Vesivek develops long-lasting
 
products and invests in installation quality in order to
 
make properties in
Finland and Sweden as long-lasting as possible.
 
 
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Vesivek’s
 
customers
 
include
 
consumers,
 
construction
 
companies,
 
housing
 
companies,
 
property
 
management
companies,
 
roofers
 
and
 
hardware
 
stores.
 
Vesivek’s
 
operations
 
affect
 
all
 
customer
 
groups
 
and,
 
as
 
a
 
more
significant opportunity,
 
the Company has identified
 
healthy and long-lasting
 
properties, which Vesivek’s
 
products
and services help to accomplish through external moisture
 
control solutions and roof safety products.
 
Vesivek
 
does
 
not
 
supply
 
its
 
customers
 
or
 
end-users
 
with
 
products
 
that
 
are
 
defective
 
or
 
otherwise
 
harmful.
Instead,
 
the
 
Company
 
ensures
 
that
 
its
 
products
 
meet
 
the
 
regulatory
 
requirements
 
related
 
to
 
construction.
Vesivek
 
provides
 
long
 
warranties
 
for
 
its
 
products
 
and
 
also
 
provides
 
operating
 
and
 
maintenance
 
instructions
 
in
connection
 
with
 
renovations
 
and
 
offers
 
statutory
 
inspections.
 
Vesivek
 
also
 
operates
 
responsibly
 
in
 
consumer
sales
 
and
 
does
 
not
 
offer
 
renovation
 
services
 
if
 
the
 
condition
 
inspection
 
does
 
not
 
indicate
 
a
 
genuine
 
need
 
for
renovation.
 
In
 
addition,
 
Vesivek
 
does
 
not
 
offer
 
renovations
 
if
 
it
 
suspects
 
that
 
the
 
customer
 
is
 
in
 
a
 
vulnerable
position. In such cases,
 
Vesivek requests
 
that the customer be
 
accompanied in the process
 
by a trusted person.
Vesivek’s
 
objective
 
is
 
that,
 
through
 
its
 
operations,
 
the
 
Company
 
can
 
provide
 
consumers
 
and
 
end-users
 
with
healthy and long-lasting housing while safeguarding the value
 
of the customer’s property.
 
Vesivek
 
strives
 
to
 
be
 
a reliable
 
and
 
trustworthy
 
operator
 
in
 
all
 
of
 
its
 
activities,
 
and
 
to
 
operate
 
responsibly.
 
The
Company
 
believes
 
that
 
operating
 
responsibly
 
also
 
has
 
a
 
positive
 
impact
 
on
 
the
 
Company's
 
reputation
 
and
thereby promotes better financial performance.
 
S4.1- 4 Policies
 
Vesivek’s
 
sales-related policies and
 
principles are documented
 
in the Company’s
 
sales playbook, which
 
is a tool
for
 
every
 
salesperson.
 
The
 
instructions
 
emphasise
 
respect
 
for
 
the
 
customer’s
 
home
 
in
 
sales
 
and
 
inspection
meetings,
 
and
 
that
 
Vesivek
 
always
 
operates
 
with
 
openness,
 
transparency,
 
clarity
 
and
 
integrity
 
in
 
all
 
of
 
its
activities
 
and
 
is
 
committed
 
to
 
keeping
 
its
 
promises.
 
The
 
Company's
 
quality
 
manual
 
includes
 
documentation
 
of
installation instructions.
 
The instructions emphasise
 
respect for the
 
customer’s home in
 
sales and inspection
 
meetings, and that
 
Vesivek
always
 
operates
 
with
 
openness,
 
transparency,
 
clarity
 
and
 
integrity
 
in
 
all
 
of
 
its
 
activities
 
and
 
is
 
committed
 
to
keeping its promises.
 
 
Vesivek's principle
 
is to keep the
 
customer informed of
 
the progress of the
 
process throughout its
 
duration. This
is achieved through
 
customer communication
 
at different
 
stages of the
 
process, from the
 
customer encounter
 
to
the warranty inspection.
 
S4 1- 4 Measures
 
Vesivek has
 
drawn up sales
 
instructions, and new
 
project managers and
 
customer-facing employees
 
receive in-
depth orientation
 
training for
 
their work.
 
The orientation
 
training also
 
covers the
 
Company’s operating
 
practices
with regard to responsible in-home sales.
 
Vesivek also
 
has its own
 
product development function,
 
which is responsible
 
for the compliance
 
of products and
monitors the quality of the products. In-house
 
product development also enables an unbroken
 
chain directly from
the
 
installer
 
to
 
product
 
development,
 
through
 
which
 
products
 
can
 
be
 
developed
 
exactly
 
as
 
needed.
 
Product
development also
 
involves actively
 
listening to
 
feedback
 
and developing
 
products
 
in response
 
to feedback
 
and
changing regulations.
 
G1 - Governance
 
 
 
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G1.GOV-1 Governance bodies
 
The Group's Board of Directors
The Group’s Board
 
of Directors consists of
 
six (6) members, three
 
(3) of whom are
 
Board members independent
of the Company. The
 
Board of Directors consists of one (1) female member and
 
five (5) male members.
 
The
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
sees
 
to
 
the
 
administration
 
and
 
appropriate
 
organisation
 
of
 
the
 
operations
 
of
 
the
 
entire
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Group
 
and
 
directs
 
and
 
oversees
 
the
 
operations
 
of
 
the
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Group.
 
The
 
Board
 
of
Directors' task is to promote the interests of the HLRE
 
Holding Group and HLRE Holding Plc’s shareholders.
 
The Board of
 
Directors is
 
responsible for
 
the appropriate
 
arrangement of
 
the control
 
of the Company's
 
accounts
and finances.
 
The Board
 
of Directors
 
reviews and
 
adopts the
 
Company’s financial
 
statements and
 
consolidated
financial statements for the financial
 
year ended, as well as
 
any half-year report for the
 
period ended in July,
 
and
any interim
 
reports for
 
the periods
 
ended in
 
April and
 
October.
 
In addition,
 
the Board
 
of Directors
 
oversees the
Company's
 
CEO and
 
Executive
 
Board and
 
approves
 
the Group-wide
 
strategic
 
objectives
 
and the
 
principles
 
for
risk
 
management
 
and
 
governance
 
systems.
 
The
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
addresses
 
and
 
decides
 
on
 
all
 
matters
 
of
major significance in view of the Group’s operations.
 
Composition of the Board (31 January 2025):
 
 
Pentti Tuunala, Chair of the Board
 
since 2014
 
 
Ari Haapakoski, member of the Board since 2018
 
 
Kimmo Riihimäki, member of the Board since 2014
 
 
Anu Syrmä, member of the Board since 2018
 
 
Timo Pirskanen, member of the Board since
 
2018
 
 
Mika Uotila, member of the Board since 2020
 
Group Management Team
 
(31 January 2025):
The Group
 
Management
 
Team
 
consists
 
of six
 
(6)
 
representatives
 
from the
 
Group’s
 
various
 
business
 
functions
and administration. The Group Management Team
 
has one (1) female member and five (5) male members.
 
The management
 
team supports
 
the CEO
 
in preparing
 
strategic matters,
 
addressing significant
 
or fundamental
operational matters,
 
and ensuring
 
internal flow
 
of information.
 
The management
 
team is
 
chaired by
 
the Group's
CEO, and it convenes regularly upon invitation by the CEO.
 
As
 
an
 
expert
 
body,
 
the
 
management
 
team
 
assists
 
the
 
CEO
 
in
 
the
 
management
 
of
 
the
 
Group’s
 
operational
business. The management
 
team prepares and steers
 
the development of the
 
Group’s processes
 
and business,
as
 
well
 
as
 
the
 
Group’s
 
common
 
functions,
 
and
 
promotes
 
the
 
flow
 
of
 
information
 
and
 
cooperation
 
between
different
 
parts
 
of
 
the
 
organisation.
 
In
 
particular,
 
the
 
Group’s
 
strategy
 
and
 
target
 
setting,
 
the
 
budget,
 
major
procurements
 
and
 
projects,
 
the
 
Group’s
 
structure
 
and
 
organisation,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
the
 
main
 
management
 
policies
and HR policy
 
issues, are
 
discussed in the
 
management team.
 
In addition,
 
the management
 
team monitors
 
and
evaluates
 
the
 
profitability
 
of
 
business
 
operations
 
and
 
the
 
effectiveness
 
of
 
internal
 
control
 
and
 
reporting
systems.
 
In
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
2025,
 
the
 
management
 
team’s
 
tasks
 
also
 
included
 
new
 
tasks
 
related
 
to
 
sustainability
reporting.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The
 
management
 
team
 
informs
 
the
 
Group's
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
without
 
delay
 
of
 
any
 
matters
 
it
 
has
 
become
aware
 
of
 
that
 
may
 
be
 
expected
 
to
 
have
 
a
 
material
 
impact
 
on
 
the
 
Group’s
 
operations.
 
The
 
management
 
team
must
 
also
 
inform
 
the
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
of
 
issues
 
such
 
as
 
occupational
 
accidents
 
resulting
 
in
 
serious
 
injury,
significant complaints concerning the
 
Group, significant legal
 
proceedings and/or claims, and
 
any other issues of
relevance in view of the duties or responsibility of the Group’s
 
Board of Directors.
 
Composition of the Management Team
 
on 31 January 2025:
 
Kimmo Riihimäki, Group CEO since 2014
 
 
Antti Astejoki, Chief Operative Officer of Vesivek
 
Oy/Vesivek Salaojat Oy since
 
2024
 
 
Jani Jylhä, Managing Director of Vesivek
 
Sverige AB since 2015
 
 
Pasi Heikkonen, Managing Director of Vesivek
 
Tuotteet Oy/Tuusulan
 
Peltikeskus Oy since 2018
 
 
Anu Lapiolahti, interim HR Director since 2023
 
 
Jari Raudanpää, CFO since 2018
 
G1-1 Corporate culture and business conduct policies
 
Topic
Sub-topic and IRO
Type
Part of the value
chain
 
Time
horizon
G1 Business
conduct
G1 Corporate culture - Vesivek’s
 
Code of
Conduct
Risk
Upstream,
Company's own
operations,
Downstream
Long-term
Explanation:
Vesivek’s Code of
 
Conduct and conducting business in accordance
 
with it
Written policies:
The Company's Code of Conduct
Policies:
The Code of Conduct is included in employment contracts
 
as an appendix. In the future, the Company also
intends to obtain written confirmation of commitment to the
 
Code of Conduct from all personnel and suppliers.
G1 Corporate culture - Vesivek’s
 
Code of
Conduct - Engaging the personnel's commitment
to the Code of Conduct promotes the
improvement of the corporate culture
Positive
impact
Company's own
operations
Medium-term
Explanation:
Engaging the personnel's commitment to the Company's Code
 
of Conduct helps to strengthen the
Company's corporate culture.
The Group CEO
 
is responsible
 
for the
 
Group's legal
 
and ethical
 
compliance and
 
reports to
 
the Audit Committee
and the
 
parent
 
company's
 
Board
 
of Directors
 
as necessary
 
with regard
 
to significant
 
processes
 
involving
 
legal
proceedings and the authorities.
 
The sustainability
 
of the Group's
 
business conduct
 
is guided
 
by the
 
applicable legislation,
 
as well as
 
the values,
Code of Conduct and policies approved by the parent company's
 
Board of Directors.
 
 
 
 
66
The Code of Conduct
 
applies to all
 
of the Group’s
 
personnel. The aim
 
and purpose of
 
the Code of
 
Conduct is to
present shared
 
operating practices
 
and the
 
Company's expectations
 
for all
 
members of
 
the organisation
 
in their
day-to-day work and interaction.
 
The foundation
 
for the
 
Company's operations
 
is compliance
 
with laws,
 
regulations and
 
practices, including
 
anti-
bribery
 
and
 
anti-corruption
 
practices
 
and
 
environmental
 
issues.
 
The
 
Company
 
has
 
an
 
equal
 
and
 
non-
discriminatory
 
workplace
 
environment.
 
Shared
 
operating
 
practices
 
create
 
cohesion
 
and
 
help
 
to
 
address
challenging situations. The Company also requires its
 
upstream suppliers to adhere to the same principles.
 
The
 
Company
 
complies
 
with
 
an
 
anti-corruption
 
and
 
anti-bribery
 
policy
 
that
 
is
 
aligned
 
with
 
the
 
United
 
Nations
Convention against Corruption (127).
 
The Group's
 
target is
 
that 80%
 
of the
 
personnel have
 
verifiably reviewed
 
and accepted
 
the Code
 
of Conduct
 
by
taking
 
a
 
one-time
 
action
 
during
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
2026.
 
At
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
March
 
2025,
 
approximately
 
45%
 
of
 
the
Group's
 
personnel
 
had
 
verifiably
 
accepted
 
and
 
signed
 
the
 
Code
 
of
 
Conduct.
 
Code
 
of
 
Conduct
 
orientation
 
and
acceptance takes place
 
via a service
 
maintained by an
 
external party,
 
using a personal
 
link. The Company's
 
HR
Director
 
has
 
real-time
 
access
 
to
 
data
 
in
 
the
 
service.
 
The
 
measurement
 
has
 
not
 
been
 
validated
 
by
 
an
 
external
party.
 
Vesivek
 
also
 
has
 
separate
 
ethical
 
guidelines
 
for
 
in-home
 
sales,
 
the
 
aim
 
of
 
which
 
is
 
to
 
provide
 
Vesivek
salespersons
 
with
 
clear
 
operational
 
instructions
 
for
 
customer
 
encounters.
 
The
 
instructions
 
emphasise
 
respect
for
 
the
 
customer’s
 
home
 
in
 
sales
 
and
 
inspection
 
meetings,
 
and
 
that
 
Vesivek
 
always
 
operates
 
with
 
openness,
transparency, clarity
 
and integrity in all of its activities and is committed
 
to keeping its promises.
 
The sustainability
 
of the
 
Group's
 
business conduct
 
is guided
 
by the
 
Code of
 
Conduct and
 
the values
 
approved
by the Board of Directors.
 
Mechanisms for identifying and reporting illegal and
 
inappropriate conduct
 
Personnel
 
and
 
stakeholders
 
are
 
encouraged
 
to
 
report
 
any
 
observed
 
violations
 
of
 
legislation
 
and
 
ethical
misconduct related to Vesivek
 
Group’s operations. Observations can
 
be reported to one's supervisor.
 
The Group
has a whistleblowing channel in place.
 
Whistleblowing channel
 
The
 
whistleblowing
 
channel
 
is
 
available
 
on
 
the
 
Company's
 
website
 
in
 
three
 
languages:
 
Finnish,
 
Swedish
 
and
English.
 
The
 
website
 
also
 
includes
 
instructions
 
on
 
how
 
to
 
use
 
the
 
channel.
 
In
 
addition,
 
training
 
has
 
been
provided to the
 
Company’s own
 
personnel on how
 
to use the
 
channel, and instructions
 
are also available
 
on the
Company’s
 
intranet.
 
Managed
 
and
 
maintained
 
by
 
an
 
external
 
service
 
provider,
 
the
 
channel
 
is
 
a
 
secure
 
and
information security-audited
 
cloud service
 
that complies
 
with the
 
requirements of
 
EU Directives
 
and the
 
GDPR.
The
 
channel
 
provides
 
the
 
Group
 
with
 
access
 
to
 
information
 
on
 
concerns
 
and
 
suspected
 
misconduct
 
in
 
the
organisation and among its external stakeholders.
 
Whistleblowers can use
 
the channel to
 
report concerns
 
either in their
 
own name or
 
in complete anonymity.
 
After
submitting a whistleblower report, the
 
whistleblower receives a code
 
that is known only to
 
the whistleblower.
 
The
information security risk
 
is highly contained. The
 
whistleblower can use the
 
code to view open
 
questions that the
whistleblower
 
has
 
not
 
yet
 
answered.
 
The
 
code
 
cannot
 
be
 
used
 
to
 
access
 
the
 
original
 
report
 
or
 
previous
responses to requests for additional information.
 
Processing of whistleblower reports
 
The Group
 
CEO has
 
appointed members
 
of the Group's
 
management and
 
Group administration
 
to a
 
group that
processes whistleblower reports.
 
67
The
 
members
 
of
 
the
 
Group,
 
numbering
 
three
 
in
 
January
 
2025,
 
receive
 
e-mail
 
alerts
 
of
 
all
 
new
 
whistleblower
reports.
 
The
 
members
 
read
 
the
 
message
 
and
 
designate
 
a
 
person
 
responsible
 
for
 
the
 
report
 
from
 
among
 
their
number.
 
The report
 
is assessed
 
to determine
 
whether
 
it concerns
 
a legal
 
violation
 
or a
 
supervisory
 
matter,
 
for
example, and
 
to assess
 
the urgency
 
and severity
 
of the
 
issue. If
 
the matter
 
does not
 
lead to
 
further measures,
the
 
decision
 
to
 
terminate
 
the
 
processing
 
of
 
the
 
issue
 
is
 
recorded
 
in
 
the
 
system
 
along
 
with
 
the
 
reasons
 
for
 
the
decision.
 
If
 
the
 
report
 
requires
 
further
 
processing,
 
the
 
persons
 
responsible
 
for
 
the
 
investigation
 
are
 
appointed,
the
 
investigation
 
is
 
carried
 
out,
 
and
 
the
 
observations
 
are
 
documented.
 
If
 
the
 
observations
 
lead
 
to
 
corrective
measures, they
 
are implemented
 
systematically,
 
for example,
 
by updating
 
the relevant
 
instructions, carrying
 
out
training, pursuing labour
 
law sanctions or
 
reporting a crime.
 
Finally,
 
the measures are
 
documented and reported
to the whistleblower.
 
The task
 
of the
 
group responsible
 
for handling
 
reports received
 
through the
 
whistleblowing channel
 
is to
 
ensure
that
 
the
 
consequences
 
of
 
investigations
 
are
 
consistent
 
in
 
cases
 
of
 
similar
 
severity
 
and
 
that
 
the
 
corrective
measures
 
are
 
sufficient
 
as
 
described
 
in
 
the
 
Company’s
 
Code
 
of
 
Conduct
 
and
 
according
 
to
 
the
 
principles
governing
 
the
 
reporting
 
of
 
violations
 
and
 
their
 
interpretation.
 
Illegal
 
actions
 
are
 
reported
 
to
 
the
 
authorities.
Neither
 
the
 
person
 
whom
 
the
 
report
 
concerns
 
nor
 
their
 
supervisor
 
ever
 
participate
 
in
 
the
 
investigation
 
of
violations
 
or
 
suspected
 
violations.
 
If
 
it
 
is
 
deemed
 
necessary
 
due
 
to
 
the
 
significance
 
of
 
the
 
violation
 
being
investigated, the
 
group reports
 
the incident
 
to the
 
Group CEO,
 
who then
 
communicates the
 
matter to
 
the Audit
Committee and
 
the parent
 
company's Board
 
of Directors
 
in a
 
regularly scheduled
 
meeting or
 
immediately if
 
the
situation so requires.
 
No
 
confirmed
 
incidents
 
related
 
to
 
bribery
 
or
 
corruption
 
were
 
reported
 
via
 
the
 
whistleblowing
 
channel
 
in
 
2022–
2024. No whistleblower reports have been received regarding
 
forced labour or the use of child labour.
 
Total
 
number
 
of reports
 
received via
 
the
 
whistleblowing
 
channel
 
in 2022–2024
 
and incidents
 
of misconduct
 
by
type:
 
 
2024
 
2023
 
2022
 
All
Total number of incidents
 
5
 
2
 
5
 
12
Types of misconduct
Customer and stakeholder relations
 
1
 
0
 
2
 
3
Financial and administrative matters
 
1
 
1
 
1
 
3
Employment- and personnel-related
 
matters
 
3
 
1
 
1
 
5
Subcontractors and partners
 
0
 
0
 
1
 
1
G1 - Business conduct
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Values and
Code of
Conduct
The Group’s actions to
strengthen the values and
promote an ethical corporate
culture enable a safe
working environment for the
personnel and an ethically
reliable partner for
stakeholders.
Opportunity: The perceptions of the
personnel and other stakeholders of the
Group as an ethical operator are
strengthened further.
 
The personnel are provided
with information during
orientation training and later
through separate training.
The impact is positive.
Risk: Unethical or unlawful conduct
undermines the Group’s reputation as an
ethical operator. Unequal treatment
 
and
harassment have a negative impact on
employee satisfaction and engagement.
The aim is to strengthen
awareness among supervisors
in particular. The Company
 
has
a whistleblowing channel that is
open to everyone.
Whistleblow
er protection
Failure to ensure the
anonymity of whistleblowers
could result in retaliation
against whistleblowers. No
such incidents have
occurred in 2022–2024.
Risk: Trust in the whistleblowing channel
would decrease and suspected incidents
of misconduct would no longer be
reported. As a result, actions that are
contrary to the Company's values and
Code of Conduct could go undetected.
Unlawful actions may cause financial
losses and decrease employee
satisfaction.
The whistleblowing channel can
be used to report concerns in
full anonymity and with a high
level of information security.
Whistleblower reports are
handled equally, consistently
and confidentially,
 
in
accordance with an established
process.
The impact is negative.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Financial statements
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
 
1000 EUR
 
Note
1.2.2024-
31.1.2025
1.2.2023-
31.1.2024
REVENUE
4
102,929
108,161
Other operating income
5
997
1,330
Material and services
6
-39,350
-39,864
Employee benefits expense
7
-43,459
-46,487
Depreciation and amortisation
6
-6,937
-12,810
Other operating expenses
6
-19,232
-21,001
OPERATING PROFIT
-5,052
-10,671
Finance income
16
587
259
Finance costs
16
-5,166
-4,635
Finance income and costs total
-4,579
-4,376
PROFIT/LOSS BEFORE TAX
-9,630
-15,047
Tax
 
on income from operations
21
1,206
1,769
PROFIT/LOSS FOR THE PERIOD
-8,425
-13,278
Profit attributable to:
Owners of the parent company
-8,011
-13,113
Non-controlling interests
-414
-165
-8,425
-13,278
Other comprehensive income:
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit
 
or loss
Exchange differences on translating foreign operations
-33
12
Erät, jotka saatetaan myöhemmin siirtää tulosvaikutteisiksi
-33
12
TOTAL
 
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
-8,458
-13,266
Total comprehensive
 
income attributable to:
Owners of the parent company
-8,041
-13,102
Non-controlling interests
-417
-164
-8,458
-13,266
Undiluted and dilution-adjusted earnings per share
-0.49
-0.79
 
 
 
 
 
 
70
Consolidated balance sheet
 
 
1000 EUR
 
Note
31.1.2025
31.1.2024
ASSETS
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Intangible assets
9
629
685
Goodwill
9
35,273
35,273
Property, plant, equipment
10
9,310
11,288
Property, plant,
 
equipment Right-of-use
10
13,384
14,975
Other non-current financial assets
48
48
Loan receivables
15
5
13
Deferred tax assets
21
3,256
1,940
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
61,904
64,221
CURRENT ASSETS
Inventories
11
11,228
12,833
Trade receivables and other receivables
12
6,618
6,261
Loan receivables
15
47
52
Income tax receivable
724
713
Cash and cash equivalents
2,498
2,574
CURRENT ASSETS
21,115
22,433
ASSETS
83,019
86,654
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Owners of the parent company
Share capital
18
80
80
Reserve for invested unrestricted equity
18
18,002
18,002
Translation differences
18
-170
-140
Retained earnings
18
-11,683
-3,599
Owners of the parent company
6,229
14,343
Non-controlling interests
-458
-91
EQUITY
5,771
14,252
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Finance and lease liabilities
15
58,318
10,738
Employee benefit obligation
7
374
400
Deferred tax liabilities
21
74
105
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
58,766
11,243
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Finance and lease liabilities
15
5,299
42,066
Other current liabilities
13
13,125
17,098
Derivatives
15
0
1,852
Income tax liabilities
59
143
CURRENT LIABILITIES
18,483
61,159
Liabilities
77,249
72,401
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
83,019
86,654
 
 
 
71
Consolidated statement of changes in equity
 
1000 EUR
 
Note
Share
capital
Reserve for
invested
unrestricted
equity
Translatio
n
difference
s
Retained
earnings
Total
Non-
controlling
interests
Total equity
18
EQUITY 1.2.2024
80
18,002
-140
-3,599
14,343
-91
14,252
Comprehensive income
Profit/loss for the period
-8,011
-8,011
-414
-8,425
Other comprehensive income
Translation differences
0
0
-30
0
-30
-3
-33
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE
 
INCOME
0
0
-30
-8,011
-8,041
-417
-8,458
Other changes
0
0
0
-22
-22
0
-22
Total transactions with owners
0
0
0
-22
-22
0
-22
Changes in ownership interests in subsidiaries
Changes in ownership interest without loss of
control
-52
-52
50
-2
TOTAL EQUITY 31.1.2025
80
18,002
-170
-11,683
6,229
-458
5,771
 
1000 EUR
 
Note
Reserve for
invested
unrestricte
d equity
Translati
on
differenc
es
Retained
earnings
Total
Non-
controlling
interests
Total equity
EQUITY 1.2.2023
18
80
18,002
-151
9,511
27,442
71
27,512
Comprehensive income
Profit/loss for the period
-13,113
-13,113
-165
-13,278
Other comprehensive income
Translation differences
0
0
11
0
11
1
12
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE
 
INCOME
0
0
11
-13,113
-13,102
-164
-13,266
Other changes
0
0
0
4
4
2
6
Total transactions with owners
0
0
0
4
4
2
6
TOTAL EQUITY 31.1.2024
80
18,002
-140
-3,599
14,343
-91
14,252
 
 
 
72
Consolidated cash flow statement
 
1000 EUR
 
1.2.2024-
31.1.2025
1.2.2023-
31.1.2024
Cash flows from operating activities
Note
PROFIT/LOSS FOR THE PERIOD
-8,425
-13,278
Adjustments to the profit/loss for the period
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment
6
6,937
12,810
Financial income and expenses
16
4,995
3,801
Tax
 
on income from operations
21
-1,206
-1,769
Other adjustments
-546
169
Adjustments total
10,180
15,011
Working capital changes
Increase / decrease in inventories
11
1,569
2,947
Increase /decrease in trade and other receivables
12
-465
3,584
Increase / decrease in trade payables
13
1,478
-541
Interest paid
16
-1,628
-3,030
Interest received
16
155
192
Other financial items
16
-2,477
-12
Income taxes paid
21
-239
-551
Net cash from operating activities
148
4,322
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible and intangible assets
9,10
-614
-999
Proceeds from sale of tangible and intangible assets
9,10
412
587
Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired
9,20
-2
0
Loans granted
-1
-9
Proceeds from repayments of loans
13
14
Net cash used in investing activities
-191
-407
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from current borrowings
14
976
0
Proceeds from non-current borrowings
15
3,066
0
Payment of lease liabilities
-4,074
-4,898
Net cash used in financing activities
-32
-4,898
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
-75
-983
Cash and cash equivalents, opening amount
15
2,574
3,557
Net increase/decrease in cash and cash equivalents
-75
-983
Cash and cash equivalents
15
2,498
2,574
73
INFORMATION
 
ABOUT
 
THE
 
CONSOLIDATED
 
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
These
 
consolidated
 
financial
 
statements
 
are
 
the
 
financial
 
statements
 
of
 
a
 
group
 
of
 
companies
 
comprised
 
of
HLRE Holding Oyj
,
 
Business
 
ID
 
2611405-7
 
(hereinafter
 
referred
 
to
 
as
 
“HLRE
 
Holding”,
 
“the
 
Company”
 
or
 
“the
parent company”) and its subsidiaries, which are jointly
 
referred to as “HLRE”,
“HLRE Group”
 
or “the Group”.
 
The
 
parent
 
company
 
of
 
the
 
Group
 
is
 
domiciled
 
in
 
Pirkkala,
 
and
 
its
 
registered
 
address
 
is
Jasperintie 273, FI-
33960 Pirkkala,
 
Finland.
 
A
 
copy
 
of
 
the
 
financial
 
statements
 
is
 
available
 
from
 
the
 
address
 
Jasperintie
 
273,
 
FI-
33960
Pirkkala
, Finland.
These
 
consolidated
 
financial
 
statements
 
include
 
the
 
consolidated
 
statement
 
of
 
comprehensive
 
income,
consolidated balance
 
sheet, consolidated
 
cash flow
 
statement and
 
consolidated statement
 
of changes
 
in equity
for the
 
financial years
 
ended 31
 
January 2025
 
and 31
 
January 2024,
 
and notes
 
thereto.
The Company’s
 
Board
of Directors approved the consolidated financial statements
 
for publication on 28 May 2025.
 
In
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
Finnish
 
Limited
 
Liability
 
Companies
 
Act,
 
shareholders
 
can
 
adopt
 
or
 
reject
 
the
 
financial
statements at a general meeting of shareholders
 
held after their publication. The general meeting
 
has the right to
amend the consolidated financial statements.
 
1. Accounting principles
The
 
consolidated
 
financial
 
statements
 
have
 
been
 
prepared
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
International
 
Financial
Reporting
 
Standards
 
(IFRS)
 
and
 
interpretations
 
published
 
by
 
the
 
IFRS
 
Interpretations
 
Committee
 
(IFRS
 
IC)
applied by
 
companies
 
reporting
 
under
 
the
 
IFRS
 
standards
 
as approved
 
for
 
application
 
in
 
the
 
European
 
Union.
The notes to
 
the financial statements
 
also meet the
 
requirements of the
 
Finnish accounting
 
and companies acts
which supplement the IFRS.
 
The
 
measurement
 
of
 
assets
 
and
 
liabilities
 
is
 
based
 
on
 
cost,
 
except
 
for
 
certain
 
financial
 
assets
 
and
 
liabilities
(derivative
 
instruments
 
and
 
financial
 
assets
 
at
 
fair
 
value
 
through
 
profit
 
and
 
loss),
 
which
 
are
 
measured
 
at
 
fair
value.
The consolidated
 
financial statements
 
are presented
 
in thousands
 
of euros,
 
unless otherwise
 
specified, and
 
the
numbers are
 
rounded
 
to the
 
nearest thousand.
 
Because
 
of this,
 
the sum
 
of individual
 
figures can
 
deviate from
the reported total. The operating currency
 
of the Company is the euro, which
 
is also the reporting currency of
 
the
Company and
 
Group. The
 
assets included
 
in the
 
financial statements
 
of the
 
subsidiaries
 
included in
 
the Group
are measured in the currency of the primary operating
 
environment of each subsidiary.
 
 
Business continuity
The
 
financial
 
statements
 
for
 
the
 
financial
 
period
 
2/1/2024-1/31/2025
 
have
 
been
 
prepared
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
going
concern principle, assuming that the Company
 
will be able to liquidate its assets
 
and settle its liabilities as part of
normal business operations in the foreseeable future.
74
The consolidated
 
loss for
 
the financial
 
year ended
 
1/31/2025 was
 
EUR -8.4
 
million. The
 
consolidated
 
result for
the previous
 
financial year
 
was EUR
 
-13.3 million,
 
which included
 
an impairment
 
of goodwill
 
of EUR
 
5.0 million.
The Company's
 
operating cash
 
flow came
 
to EUR
 
0.1 (4.3)
 
million, and
 
net debt
 
amounted to
 
EUR 61.1
 
(55.2)
million. During the financial year,
 
the Company refinanced the SEK 300 million
 
bond issued by the Company that
matured
 
in
 
February
 
2024.
 
The
 
bond
 
will
 
mature
 
in
 
February
 
2027.
 
The
 
bond
 
includes
 
a
 
Swedish
 
krona
exchange rate risk that was
 
not hedged at the time
 
of signing the financial statements.
 
A change of +-10%
 
in the
exchange rate of the Swedish
 
krona against the euro
 
would affect the result
 
by approximately EUR +/-2.6
 
million
before
 
taxes.
 
The
 
terms
 
and
 
conditions
 
of
 
the
 
bond
 
are
 
described
 
in
 
more
 
detail
 
in
 
sections
 
15
 
Loans
 
and
financial assets and 17 Financial risk management.
The bond
 
includes
 
a cash
 
covenant of
 
EUR 2
 
million
 
and, effective
 
from 1
 
August
 
2025, a
 
leverage
 
covenant.
The Group’s
 
cash and
 
cash equivalents
 
amounted to
 
EUR 2.50
 
million on
 
31 January
 
2025. The
 
Group has
 
an
unused
 
overdraft
 
facility
 
of
 
EUR
 
1.0
 
million
 
that
 
was
 
negotiated
 
in
 
March
 
2024
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
the
restructuring of the SEK 300 million bond.
The
 
Group’s
 
operating
 
environment
 
is
 
subject
 
to
 
uncertainty
 
caused
 
by
 
the
 
impairment
 
of
 
the
 
general
 
security
situation
 
in
 
Europe
 
and
 
continued
 
increases
 
in
 
raw
 
material
 
and
 
energy
 
prices
 
and
 
general
 
costs.
 
The
 
rising
costs and
 
uncertainty have
 
impacts on
 
disposable income,
 
purchase choices
 
and consumer
 
behaviour,
 
among
other things.
 
In addition,
 
the potential
 
impacts of
 
the significant
 
and extensive
 
tariffs imposed
 
by the
 
US in
 
April
2025 and the uncertainty
 
they cause are
 
difficult to estimate
 
and predict.
 
They can present
 
both challenges and
opportunities
 
to
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
the
 
Group’s
 
business.
 
Ideally,
 
the
 
impacts
 
will
 
accelerate
 
the
 
recovery
 
of
development
 
activity
 
in
 
the
 
property
 
market.
 
At
 
the
 
same
 
time,
 
uncertainty
 
about
 
the
 
future
 
impacts
 
of
 
trade
policy causes delays in decision-making concerning property
 
investments.
The Group’s growth and
 
development are strongly linked
 
with the growth and development
 
of sales and success
in
 
internationalisation,
 
and
 
failure
 
in
 
them
 
might
 
have
 
direct
 
or
 
indirect
 
impacts
 
on
 
the
 
Group’s
 
business
 
and
growth opportunities or the development of its profitability.
In
 
the
 
first
 
quarter
 
of
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
2025,
 
the
 
Group
 
continued
 
the
 
organisational
 
efficiency
 
improvement
measures
 
it
 
initiated
 
in
 
2023
 
in
 
a
 
few
 
of
 
Vesivek
 
Oy's
 
units.
 
All
 
in
 
all,
 
the
 
efficiency
 
improvement
 
measures
initiated
 
in
 
2023
 
have
 
had
 
extensive
 
impacts
 
on
 
the
 
Group's
 
Finnish
 
companies.
 
The
 
executive
 
management
closely
 
monitors
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
the
 
Group’s
 
various
 
companies
 
and
 
businesses,
 
and
 
is
 
prepared
 
to
 
react
further if the performance of the businesses is not in line with
 
the set plans.
 
With due account taken of the
 
refinancing of the bond and the
 
extensive efficiency improvement
 
measures taken,
the
 
Company’s
 
management
 
has
 
prepared
 
financial
 
forecasts
 
for
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
turnover,
 
expenses
 
and
investments. In assessing
 
the continuity of
 
business operations,
 
the Company’s
 
management estimates that
 
the
Company’s current liquid assets
 
and projected cash flow from
 
operations are sufficient to
 
cover the liabilities and
obligations arising
 
from its
 
operations for
 
at least
 
12 months.
 
Consequently,
 
the financial
 
statements have
 
been
prepared
 
on
 
the
 
basis
 
of
 
the
 
going
 
concern
 
principle.
 
The
 
forecasts
 
assume
 
that
 
there
 
will
 
be
 
a
 
moderate
positive
 
turn
 
in
 
the
 
market.
 
In
 
addition,
 
the
 
Group’s
 
management
 
has
 
taken
 
measures
 
to
 
improve
 
the
 
cash
position
 
by,
 
for
 
example,
 
switching
 
to
 
the
 
use
 
of
 
consignment
 
stock
 
for
 
steel
 
products.
 
Due
 
to
 
the
 
general
economic
 
uncertainty,
 
the
 
cyclical
 
nature
 
of
 
the
 
industry
 
and
 
the
 
short
 
term
 
of
 
the
 
order
 
book,
 
forecasting
 
is
subject to more management judgement
 
than usual. If the business
 
does not develop according to
 
the forecasts,
there
 
is
 
a
 
risk
 
of
 
liquidity
 
being
 
jeopardised
 
and
 
the
 
covenants
 
being
 
breached,
 
which
 
may
 
cause
 
significant
grounds
 
for
 
doubting
 
the
 
ability
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
and
 
the
 
Group
 
to
 
continue
 
as
 
a
 
going
 
concern.
 
Such
circumstances would also
 
have an impact on
 
the balance sheet valuation
 
of the Group’s
 
goodwill and the parent
company’s shares in, and receivables from, its
 
subsidiaries.
 
 
Conversion of items denominated in foreign currencies
Transactions denominated
 
in foreign currencies are
 
converted into EUR at
 
the exchange rates of
 
the transaction
dates,
 
or
 
if
 
the
 
items
 
have
 
been
 
re-measured,
 
at
 
the
 
exchange
 
rates
 
of
 
the
 
measurement
 
dates.
 
Foreign
exchange
 
gains
 
and
 
losses
 
arising
 
from
 
sales
 
and
 
purchase
 
payments
 
associated
 
with
 
actual
 
business
75
operations
 
are
 
recognised
 
above
 
operating
 
profit,
 
and
 
financing-related
 
exchange
 
rate
 
differences
 
are
recognised in financial items in the income statement.
The assets
 
and liabilities
 
of the
 
Swedish subsidiary
 
are converted
 
into EUR
 
at the
 
exchange rate
 
of the
 
closing
date.
 
The
 
income
 
and
 
expenses
 
of
 
the
 
Swedish
 
subsidiary
 
are
 
converted
 
into
 
EUR
 
monthly
 
at
 
the
 
average
exchange
 
rate.
 
Conversion
 
differences
 
arising
 
from
 
the
 
translation
 
of
 
a
 
subsidiary’s
 
financial
 
statements
 
are
recognised
 
in
 
other
 
comprehensive
 
income,
 
and
 
they
 
are
 
accumulated
 
in
 
a
 
separate
 
Conversion
 
differences
item under shareholders’ equity.
In its financial statements, the HLRE Holding Group
 
focuses on information that it considered to be
 
relevant to its
stakeholders
 
and
 
other
 
readers
 
of the
 
financial
 
statements.
 
The
 
notes
 
to
 
the consolidated
 
financial
 
statements
are
 
divided
 
into
 
six
 
sections,
 
with
 
each
 
section
 
containing
 
the
 
related
 
relevant
 
accounting
 
principles.
 
These
sections are information about the consolidated
 
financial statements, key information relating
 
to profit, personnel,
assets and
 
liabilities used
 
in business
 
operations, capital
 
structure and
 
financing, and
 
other notes.
 
The purpose
of this
 
presentation method
 
is to provide
 
the reader
 
with a
 
clear idea
 
of the Group’s
 
financial position
 
and result
and the chosen accounting principles.
2. Management judgement and sources of uncertainty
Preparing the consolidated
 
financial statement requires
 
the management to
 
use estimates and
 
assumptions that
have
 
impacts
 
on
 
applying
 
the
 
accounting
 
principles
 
and
 
amounts
 
of
 
assets,
 
liabilities,
 
income
 
and
 
expenses
recognised
 
in
 
the
 
financial
 
statements.
 
Significant
 
estimates
 
or
 
management
 
judgements
 
are
 
reviewed
 
in
 
the
following notes:
 
business continuity,
 
note 1
 
impairment of goodwill, note 9
 
leases, note 10
 
measurement of inventories, note 11
 
impairment of trade receivables, note 17
The
 
estimates
 
and
 
management
 
judgements
 
are
 
continuously
 
reviewed.
 
They
 
are
 
based
 
on
 
prior
 
experience
and other
 
factors, such
 
as expectations
 
of future
 
events with
 
potential financial
 
impacts on
 
the company,
 
which
are considered to be reasonable under the circumstances
 
in question.
 
As
 
stated
 
in
 
note
 
1,
 
the
 
Company’s
 
management
 
has
 
assessed
 
the
 
Company’s
 
ability
 
to
 
continue
 
as
 
a
 
going
concern
 
for
 
the
 
foreseeable
 
future.
 
In
 
spite
 
of
 
the
 
challenging
 
market
 
situation
 
and
 
general
 
uncertainty,
 
the
management
 
is
 
confident
 
in
 
the
 
Company's
 
ability
 
to
 
cope
 
with
 
its
 
challenges
 
and
 
take
 
advantage
 
of
 
its
opportunities. According to
 
the management's estimate,
 
the Company’s
 
current liquid assets
 
and projected cash
flow from
 
operations are
 
sufficient to
 
cover known
 
liabilities and
 
obligations for
 
at least
 
the next
 
12 months.
 
For
this reason, the Company’s financial statements
 
have been prepared on the going concern principle.
 
Each
 
year,
 
the
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Group
 
tests
 
goodwill
 
for
 
impairment
 
and,
 
if
 
necessary,
 
whenever
 
there
 
are
 
any
indications
 
that
 
the
 
goodwill
 
may
 
be
 
impaired.
 
The
 
calculations
 
involve
 
management
 
judgement
 
and
uncertainties
 
related
 
to
 
future
 
cash
 
flows,
 
the
 
discount
 
rate
 
and
 
growth
 
factors.
 
The
 
decrease
 
in
 
interest
 
rates
has affected the result of the testing in the financial statements
 
dated 31 January 2025.
 
76
For
 
the
 
Nesco
 
subgroup
 
and
 
the
 
Vesivek
 
Oy/Vesivek
 
Salaojat
 
Oy
 
businesses,
 
no
 
need
 
for
 
a
 
writedown
 
was
identified in goodwill
 
impairment testing, and
 
the recoverable cash
 
flows are sufficient
 
to cover the book
 
value of
the assets.
 
At the
 
end of
 
the financial
 
year 2025,
 
the balance
 
sheet of
 
the HLRE
 
Holding Group
 
included EUR
35.3 million of goodwill. More detailed information on goodwill
 
impairment is given in note 9.
 
77
KEY INFORMATION
 
RELATING
 
TO INCOME STATEMENT
This section discloses information
 
that is relevant to
 
understanding the Group’s
 
profit/loss for the financial
 
period
and performance.
 
3. Segment information
The Board of
 
Directors of HLRE
 
Holding is the
 
Group’s chief
 
operating decision-maker,
 
and operating segments
have been
 
specified based
 
on the
 
information reviewed
 
by the
 
Board of
 
Directors in
 
order to
 
allocate resources
and assess the profitability of business operations.
 
The Board of Directors manages the HLRE Group
 
as a single
integrated business aggregate, and therefore HLRE has
 
a single operating and reporting segment.
The
 
profitability
 
of
 
the
 
business
 
is
 
estimated
 
internally
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
Finnish
 
Accounting
 
Standards
(FAS),
 
based on
 
turnover,
 
EBITDA and
 
operating profit.
 
In FAS
 
-compliant internal
 
reporting, EBITDA
 
is defined
as operating profit before depreciation, amortisation and impairment.
FAS
Adjustments
IFRS
Consolidated income
statement
1.2.2024-
31.1.2025
1.2.2024-
31.1.2025
Consolidated statement of
comprehensive income
Turnover
102,929
102,929
Turnover
EBITDA (*)
-2,904
Depreciation, amortisation
and impairment
-2,505
-4,432
-6,937
Depreciation, amortisation and
impairment
Operating profit
-5,409
-357
-5,052
Operating profit
-4,579
Financial income and expenses
-9,631
Profit/loss before tax
1,206
Income tax
-8,425
Profit/loss for the financial year
 
1000 EUR
FAS
Oikaisut
IFRS
Consolidated income
statement
1.2.2023-
31.1.2024
1.2.2023-
31.1.2024
Consolidated statement of
comprehensive income
Turnover
108,161
108,161
Turnover
EBITDA (*)
-2,427
Depreciation, amortisation
and impairment
-8,029
-4,781
-12,810
Depreciation, amortisation and
impairment
Operating profit
-10,455
-216
-10,671
Operating profit
-4,376
Financial income and expenses
-15,047
Profit/loss before tax
1,769
Income tax
78
-13,278
Profit/loss for the financial year
(*) FAS EBITDA = FAS
 
operating profit + FAS depreciation
 
and amortisation exclusive of FAS
 
amortisation of
Group goodwill.
The most significant differences between the Group’s
 
net result reported internally in accordance with FAS
 
and
HLRE’s profit and loss for the financial period reported
 
according to IFRS comprise the following item:
The Group’s
 
depreciation, amortisation
 
and impairment
 
reported according
 
to FAS
 
does not
 
include the
amortisation
 
of
 
right-of-use
 
assets
 
included
 
in
 
the
 
depreciation,
 
amortisation
 
and
 
impairment
 
reported
according
 
to
 
IFRS.
 
The
 
depreciation
 
and
 
amortisation
 
in
 
internal
 
FAS-compliant
 
reporting
 
does
 
not
include amortisation of goodwill. More information on goodwill
 
impairment is provided in note 9.
4. Turnover
The revenue of the HLRE Holding Group is primarily generated by roofing and roof product installations for
single-family homes and housing companies pursuant to the service concept developed by the Company, as
well as project and direct sales of rainwater management systems and roof safety products. The entire service
chain – product development, manufacturing, sales and installation – is managed in-house by the Group.
 
The “Weather
 
protection in
 
just one
 
day” installation
 
for a
 
single-family home
 
pursuant to
 
the service
 
concept is
realised
 
in
 
two
 
days
 
in
 
the
 
best-case
 
scenario.
 
A
 
two-day
 
roofing
 
renovation
 
is
 
made
 
possible
 
by
 
skilled
installation
 
assisted
 
by
 
a
 
crane,
 
in
 
which
 
each
 
work
 
phase
 
is
 
planned
 
and
 
assigned
 
in
 
advance
 
and
 
the
 
work
phases have been prepared, as well as by a proprietary
 
sheet metal roofing factory.
In addition, the Group acquired
 
a majority holding in
 
a company carrying out drainage
 
renovations for small sites
in
 
Finland
 
in
 
February
 
2021.
 
Drainage
 
consists
 
of
 
a
 
carefully
 
considered
 
installation
 
concept
 
for
 
single-family
homes
 
and
 
housing
 
companies.
 
With
 
the
 
help
 
of
 
the
 
service
 
package
 
concept,
 
the
 
drainage
 
renovation
 
of
 
a
single-family home is carried out in an average of 3–5
 
days.
 
In
 
Finland,
 
receivables
 
from
 
roofing,
 
roof
 
product
 
and
 
drainage
 
installations,
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
consumer
service concept,
 
are primarily
 
allocated to
 
Laatutili. Laatutili
 
is a
 
renovation loan
 
granted by
 
the OP
 
bank. Using
a
 
Laatutili
 
loan,
 
the
 
customer
 
can
 
pay
 
for
 
the
 
roofing
 
renovation
 
in
 
a
 
single
 
interest-free
 
and
 
expense-free
instalment with a
 
term of payment
 
of 30 days,
 
or over a
 
longer repayment period
 
as monthly instalments
 
agreed
separately with
 
the OP
 
bank. The
 
term of
 
payment for
 
installations not
 
realised
 
under the
 
Laatutili facility
 
is 10
days.
 
In
 
direct
 
sales,
 
the
 
term
 
of
 
payment
 
varies
 
from
 
14
 
to
 
30
 
days,
 
depending
 
on
 
the
 
customer.
 
Further
information about Laatutili is provided in the notes in section
 
17 Management of financial risks.
The
 
Group’s
 
IFRS-compliant
 
principles
 
of
 
revenue
 
recognition
 
are
 
described
 
in
 
more
 
detail
 
under
 
“Revenue:
Accounting principle".
Breakdown of
 
revenue by
 
income stream for
 
the financial
 
year ended 31
 
January 2025
 
and for
two comparison years
The
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Group’s
 
revenue
 
is
 
broken
 
down
 
by
 
income
 
stream
 
into
 
products
 
and
 
services.
Revenue
 
for
 
the
 
financial
 
period
 
ended
 
31
 
January
 
2025
 
and
 
for
 
the
 
comparison
 
years
 
was
 
broken
down by income streams as follows:
79
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1000 EUR
1.2.2024-
31.1.2025
%
1.2.2023-
31.1.2024
%
1.2.2022-
31.1.2023
Products
11,356
11.0 %
12,878
11.9 %
16,953
Services
91,573
89.0 %
95,283
88.1 %
112,502
Total
102,929
100.0 %
108,161
100.0 %
129,455
Breakdown
 
of
 
revenue
 
by
 
country
 
for
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
ended
 
31
 
January
 
2025
 
and
 
for
 
two
comparison years
During the
 
financial year
 
ended 31
 
January 2025,
 
the HLRE
 
Holding Group
 
operated in
 
Finland and
Sweden.
 
In
 
2023,
 
Vesivek
 
Salaojat
 
Oy
 
expanded its
 
operations
 
into
 
Turku,
 
operating
 
as
 
a
 
separate
business
 
in
 
conjunction
 
with
 
Vesivek
 
Oy’s
 
unit.
 
The
 
Company
 
did
 
not
 
open
 
any
 
new
 
units
 
in
 
the
financial
 
year
 
2025.
 
In
 
addition,
 
a
 
marginal
 
share
 
of
 
the
 
Group’s
 
revenue
 
came
 
from
 
direct
 
sales
 
of
Vesivek Tuotteet Oy’s products to the Baltic countries.
1000 EUR
1.2.2024-
31.1.2025
%
1.2.2023-
31.1.2024
%
1.2.2022-
31.1.2023
Finland
82,372
80.0 %
89,354
82,6 %
107,387
Sweden
 
19,964
19.4 %
18,174
16,8 %
21,389
Baltic countries
593
0.6 %
633
0,6 %
679
Total
102,929
100.0 %
108,161
100,0 %
129,455
Of the
 
Group’s
 
revenue for
 
the financial
 
year 1
 
February
 
2024–31 January
 
2025, Finland
 
accounted
 
for 79.2%
(82.6%), Sweden for 20.2% (16.8%) and export sales to the
 
Baltic countries for 0.6% (0.6%).
The
 
Group’s
 
non-current
 
assets
 
totalled
 
EUR
 
58.6
 
million
 
(EUR
 
62.3
 
million)
 
on
 
31
 
January
 
2025,
 
of
 
which
Sweden accounted for EUR 2.2 million (EUR 2.8 million) converted
 
into euros.
 
Assets and liabilities based on contracts with customers
Non-invoiced receivables
 
are short-term
 
by nature
 
and typically
 
due during
 
the next
 
reporting period.
 
The trade
and other payables include liabilities of EUR 33
 
(0) thousand based on volume discounts
 
and advance payments
from customers of EUR 110
 
(83) thousand.
Accounting principle
The
 
turnover
 
of
 
the
 
HLRE
 
Group
 
was
 
primarily
 
generated
 
from
 
the
 
sales
 
of
 
roofing,
 
drainage
 
and
 
rainwater
management systems and
 
roof safety products and
 
their installations during
 
the financial year.
 
The performance
obligations are clearly identifiable in the customer contracts
 
and orders.
 
IFRS 15
 
Revenue
 
from Contracts
 
with Customers
 
includes a
 
five-step guideline
 
on the
 
recognition
 
of revenue,
which
 
determines
 
the
 
amount
 
and
 
timing
 
when
 
recognising
 
revenue.
 
Revenue
 
is
 
recognised
 
based
 
on
 
the
transfer of
 
control, either
 
over time or
 
at a
 
point in time.
 
When calculating
 
turnover,
 
sales income
 
is adjusted
 
for
indirect taxes and discounts.
Roofing and
 
roof product
 
installations
 
include the
 
products and
 
their installation
 
service. Typically,
 
the products
are
 
customised
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
customer’s
 
needs,
 
such
 
as
 
the
 
dimensions
 
of
 
roofs,
 
in
 
conjunction
 
with
 
the
installation.
 
The
 
customer
 
has
 
ordered
 
turnkey
 
delivery
 
of
 
a
 
functional
 
roof
 
solution
 
from
 
the
 
Company,
 
which
constitutes
 
a
 
single
 
performance
 
obligation.
 
The
 
installation
 
takes
 
place
 
very
 
quickly,
 
usually
 
over
 
a
 
few
 
days,
and the corresponding sale is recognised at a point in time
 
once the turnkey delivery has been made.
 
80
Drainage for single-family houses consists of
 
a carefully considered installation concept,
 
including the installation
of
 
drainage
 
products
 
and
 
ground
 
and
 
yard
 
work.
 
With
 
the
 
help
 
of
 
the
 
service
 
package
 
concept,
 
the
 
drainage
renovation of
 
a single-family
 
house can
 
be carried
 
out in
 
an average
 
of 3–5
 
days in
 
thawed soil.
 
The company
has a very limited number of larger sites that take from a few
 
weeks to slightly over a month to complete.
 
In winter, the
 
drainage service package is
 
divided into two deliveries
 
made at different times:
 
when the soil is not
thawed,
 
drainage
 
work
 
taking
 
on
 
average
 
a
 
few
 
days,
 
and
 
finishing
 
work
 
in
 
the
 
yard
 
in
 
thawed
 
soil.
 
Finishing
work
 
carried
 
out
 
in
 
thawed
 
soil
 
is
 
mainly
 
carried
 
out
 
within
 
one
 
day
 
and
 
its
 
share
 
of
 
the
 
total
 
delivery
 
of
 
the
drainage
 
project
 
is
 
invoiced
 
when
 
the
 
finishing
 
work
 
is
 
completed.
 
The
 
customer
 
may
 
choose
 
to
 
carry
 
out
 
the
finishing work on the yard themselves, in which
 
case the drainage will be carried out quickly
 
in one project during
the
 
non-thawed
 
soil
 
period
 
and
 
fully
 
invoiced
 
when
 
the
 
work
 
is
 
completed.
 
The
 
performance
 
obligations
 
are
clearly identifiable in the customer contracts and orders.
With regard to
 
product sales,
 
individual products constitute
 
a performance obligation,
 
and the sale
 
is recognised
as revenue at a
 
single point in
 
time when control
 
is transferred to
 
the customer.
 
Typically,
 
this takes place
 
at the
time of
 
delivery,
 
when the
 
significant risks
 
and benefits
 
associated with
 
ownership have
 
been passed
 
on to
 
the
buyer
 
and
 
the
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Group
 
does
 
not
 
have
 
factual
 
control
 
over
 
the
 
sold
 
goods,
 
and
 
when
 
receiving
consideration
 
is
 
probable.
 
The
 
account
 
receivable
 
is
 
recognised
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
revenue
 
recognition
 
of
 
the
sale, because
 
the Company
 
is thereafter
 
entitled to
 
a payment
 
that
 
is only
 
conditional
 
on the
 
passage
 
of time.
Because
 
the
 
performance
 
obligations
 
are
 
fulfilled
 
over
 
a
 
very
 
short
 
period
 
or
 
at
 
a
 
single
 
point
 
in
 
time
 
when
control is transferred
 
as described
 
above, the Company
 
makes use of
 
the exemption allowed
 
by the standard
 
to
not report the transaction price allocated to the remaining
 
performance obligations.
The terms of payment of sold products are primarily less
 
than 30 days.
Key discretionary decisions and estimates
The
 
Company’s
 
management
 
exercises
 
judgement
 
to
 
assess
 
whether
 
revenue
 
has
 
been
 
recognised
 
for
 
the
appropriate period at each balance sheet date, taking
 
into account materiality.
 
The
 
Company
 
grants
 
roof
 
installations
 
a
 
fixed
 
five-year
 
installation
 
warranty.
 
Because
 
the
 
costs
 
relating
 
to
repairs under warranty have not been significant, the
 
Company has not recognised a related provision.
The Company
 
also grants
 
a limited
 
five-year installation
 
warranty for
 
drainage installations.
 
Moreover,
 
the costs
of
 
repairs
 
under
 
the
 
installation
 
warranty
 
have
 
not
 
been
 
significant,
 
and
 
the
 
Company
 
has
 
not
 
entered
 
a
provision for them.
 
 
 
5. Other operating income
1000 eur
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Proceeds from sale of property,
 
plant and equipment and intangible
assets
129
405
Rent income
92
100
Commission income
391
467
Other operating income
385
358
Liiketoiminnan muut tuotot
997
1,330
Other operating
 
income
 
comprises
 
rent income
 
from
 
owned premises
 
and equipment
 
(mainly
 
gutter machines)
leased
 
to
 
external
 
parties,
 
insurance
 
indemnities
 
received,
 
and
 
bank
 
commissions
 
from
 
Laatutili
 
customer
financing.
81
6. Operating expenses
 
 
 
Materials and services
1000 eur
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Purchases during the financial period
-29,349
-29,603
Change in inventories of finished goods and work in progress
-970
41
Production for own use
62
140
Increase/decrease in inventories
-595
-2,984
External services
-8,498
-7,459
Materials and services
-39,350
-39,864
External services
 
comprise scaffolding
 
subcontracting expenses
 
to a
 
significant extent
 
and, as
 
of the
 
beginning
of the financial year 2022, subcontracting costs associated with
 
transport for the drainage business.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment
1000 eur
Depreciation according to plan, intangible
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Development expenses
-46
-18
Intangible rights
-104
-133
-150
-151
Depreciation according to plan, tangible
Buildings and structures
-2,770
-2,871
Machinery and equipment
-4,012
-4,490
Other tangible assets
-5
-9
-6,787
-7,370
Impairment
Intangible rights
0
-257
Goodwill
0
-5,032
0
-5,289
 
 
 
Other operating expenses
1000 eur
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Premises expenses
-1,118
-1,350
Machinery and equipment expenses
-5,634
-6,160
Marketing expenses
-2,092
-2,820
Other operating expenses
-10,387
-10,672
#ARVO!
-19,232
-21,001
82
The other largest unspecified items are voluntary
 
personnel costs of EUR 1,605 thousand (EUR
 
1,568 thousand)
and mileage and daily allowances of EUR 2,202 thousand (EUR
 
2,378 thousand).
 
 
 
 
Auditors’ fees
1000 eur
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Statutory audit
-96
-169
PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy
0
-74
KPMG Oy Ab
-96
-95
Statements and advisory opinions
-50
0
KPMG Oy Ab
-50
0
Other exper services
0
-19
PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy
0
-7
KPMG Oy Ab
0
-12
-146
-188
83
PERSONNEL
This section provides
 
information about how
 
the HLRE Holding
 
Group rewards its
 
personnel and key
 
managers.
The
 
section
 
includes
 
information
 
about
 
employee
 
benefits
 
and
 
related
 
party
 
information
 
relating
 
to
 
the
 
key
personnel as follows:
 
 
Employee benefit expenses
 
Information about key managers
 
 
 
7. Employee benefit expenses
The Group personnel averaged 735 (801) FTE, a decrease of
 
66 employees, or -8.2 per cent.
The employee benefit expenses and other personnel expenses
 
are as follows:
1000 eur
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Wages, salaries and fees
34,417
36,991
Pension expenses - defined contribution plans
5,815
6,198
Other social security contributions
3,227
3,298
43,459
46,487
Personnel
 
expenses
 
decreased
 
by
 
approximately
 
-6.4%
 
during
 
the
 
financial
 
period
 
when
 
compared
 
to
 
the
previous financial period.
Wages
 
and
 
salaries
 
mainly
 
comprise
 
monthly
 
salaries,
 
hourly
 
wages
 
and
 
performance
 
bonuses
 
paid
 
to
 
the
employees.
 
Employees
 
are entitled
 
to extensive
 
occupational
 
health care
 
services,
 
and some
 
employees
 
have
company
 
cars
 
and
 
phone
 
benefits.
 
In
 
addition
 
to
 
statutory
 
insurance,
 
employees
 
are
 
covered
 
by
 
leisure-time
accident insurance.
 
In
 
spring
 
2020,
 
the
 
Finnish
 
government
 
decided
 
to
 
lower
 
the
 
employment
 
pension
 
contributions
 
of
 
employers
temporarily by
 
2.6 percentage
 
points due
 
to the COVID
 
-19 pandemic.
 
The decrease
 
was in force
 
from 1
 
May to
31 December
 
2020 with
 
regard to
 
the
 
employer’s statutory
 
insurance
 
contributions
 
(“TyEL”)
 
paid between
 
May
and
 
December
 
2020.
 
The
 
decrease
 
has
 
been
 
compensated
 
for
 
by
 
increasing
 
the
 
employer’s
 
pension
contribution share in 2022–2025.
Other social security contributions mainly include other
 
social security expenses apart from pension expenses.
 
The
 
Vesivek
 
Group
 
has
 
a
 
years
 
of
 
service
 
reward
 
scheme
 
according
 
to
 
which
 
an
 
employee
 
is
 
entitled
 
to
additional
 
pay
 
amounting
 
to
 
pay
 
for
 
1–3
 
weeks
 
when
 
the
 
years
 
of
 
service
 
pursuant
 
to
 
the
 
bonus
 
scheme
 
are
fulfilled. In
 
accordance with
 
the rewards
 
for years
 
of service,
 
employees are
 
paid a
 
lump-sum reward
 
for having
worked a certain number of years as follows:
5 years
1 week salary
30 years
3 weeks salary
10 years
1,5 weeks salary
35 years
3 weeks salary
15 years
2 weeks salry
40 years
3 weeks salary
20 years
2 weeks salry
84
 
 
 
 
 
 
25 years
2 weeks salry
1000 eur
1/31/2025
1/31/2024
Employee benefit obligation
Balance sheet
Defined benefit obligation
299
320
Statutory employee benfit expense
75
80
Employee benefit obligation
374
400
Opening net balance sheet liability
320
341
Items recognized in operating profit
Expense(+)/income(-) recognized in Profit or Loss
40
46
Contributions paid
-61
-67
Net defined benefit liability in balance sheet
299
320
Assumptions and census data statistics
Discount rate
3.0%
3.2%
Inflation rate
2.0%
2.1%
Rate of salary increases
2.5%
2.6%
Employee turnover
15.0%
15.0%
The Group anticipates
 
that it will
 
pay EUR 100
 
thousand relating to
 
years of service
 
benefits during the
 
financial
year ending on 31 January 2026.
 
 
 
Accounting principle
Short-term benefits
 
Short-term employee benefits
 
include wages and salaries,
 
including fringe benefits
 
and annual holiday pay
 
to be
paid within 12 months,
 
and bonus and performance
 
rewards connected to
 
profit or personal performance.
 
Short-
term employee
 
benefits are
 
recognised in
 
other liabilities
 
with regard
 
to work
 
performed by
 
the closing
 
date and
measured at the value expected to be paid once the liabilities
 
are settled.
 
Post-employment benefits
The
 
pension
 
arrangements
 
of
 
the
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Group
 
are
 
defined
 
contribution
 
plans.
 
A
 
defined
 
contribution
plan is a pension arrangement under
 
which the Group makes fixed
 
payments to a separate unit and
 
has no legal
or
 
factual
 
obligation
 
to
 
make
 
additional
 
payments
 
if
 
the
 
said
 
unit
 
does
 
not
 
have
 
adequate
 
funds
 
for
 
paying
 
all
benefits relating
 
to work
 
performed during
 
the current
 
and previous
 
financial years
 
to all
 
employees.
 
Payments
made
 
to
 
defined
 
contribution
 
plans
 
are
 
recognised
 
directly
 
through
 
comprehensive
 
income
 
for
 
the
 
period
 
to
which the payments are connected.
Other long-term benefits
 
Other
 
long-term
 
employee
 
benefits
 
include
 
leave
 
associated
 
with
 
long
 
service
 
or
 
sabbaticals,
 
anniversary
benefits or other benefits relating to long service and
 
long-term unemployment benefits.
 
85
The accumulated benefits related to years
 
of service are determined annually based
 
on calculations by actuaries.
Any actuarial gains and losses are recognised through
 
profit or loss in employee benefit expenses.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Information about key management personnel
 
(incl. key
management shareholdings) and share-based payment schemes
Remuneration of key management personnel
The
 
Company’s
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
appoints
 
the
 
CEO
 
and
 
the
 
Deputy
 
CEO
 
and
 
decides
 
on
 
the
 
terms
 
and
conditions
 
of
 
their
 
employment.
 
The
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
confirms
 
the
 
wages
 
and
 
other
 
benefits
 
paid
 
to
 
the
management
 
team
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
CEO’s
 
proposal
 
and
 
the
 
principles
 
of
 
remuneration
 
of
 
the
 
Company’s
 
other
senior management.
The salaries
 
and other
 
taxable benefits
 
paid to
 
CEO Kimmo
 
Riihimäki and
 
the rest
 
of the
 
Group’s management
team
 
for
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
ended
 
31
 
January
 
2025
 
are
 
presented
 
below.
 
The
 
compensation
 
paid
 
comprises
 
a
fixed monthly salary and fringe benefits.
1000eur
1.2.2024-
31.1.2025
1.2.2023-
31.1.2024
Remuneration of the CEO
Salary, other remunerations
 
and benefits
122
11
Pension expense - defined contribution plan
13
12
Total
135
23
Remuneration of the group management team (excluding
 
the CEO)
Salary, other remunerations
 
and benefits
502
540
Pension expense - defined contribution plan
110
114
Total
612
654
Remuneration of Board members
Ari Haapakoski
12
12
Timo Pirskanen
12
12
Anu Syrmä
12
12
36
36
Key management and Board of Directors total
783
713
The employment
 
contract of
 
CEO Kimmo
 
Riihimäki can
 
be terminated
 
by either
 
party with
 
a period
 
of notice
 
of
three (3) months. If the Company terminates
 
the contract, the Company pays
 
the CEO an amount corresponding
to the total wages for three (3) months as a lump-sum
 
compensation.
 
Kimmo Riihimäki is
 
subject to a
 
24-month non-competition
 
and non-solicitation clause,
 
with a related contractual
penalty of EUR
 
100,000 for
 
each breach by
 
the CEO.
 
If the losses
 
incurred by the
 
Company exceed
 
the above-
mentioned contractual penalty,
 
the CEO must compensate the amount of the loss
 
in full.
The CEO contract
 
will expire
 
at the latest
 
upon the
 
retirement of
 
Kimmo Riihimäki.
 
The CEO’s
 
retirement age
 
is
65.
86
The members of the Group management
 
team have periods of notice of
 
three or six months. They
 
are entitled to
severance
 
pay.
 
In
 
addition,
 
the
 
members
 
of
 
the
 
management
 
team
 
are
 
bound
 
by
 
non-competition
 
and
 
non-
solicitation clauses with contractual penalties.
 
HLRE Holding
 
Oyj realised
 
share issues
 
and transfers
 
of treasury
 
shares directed
 
at the Group’s
 
key personnel
in 2014–2023.
 
For 1
 
February
 
2020–31 January
 
2021, the
 
Company decided
 
on a
 
directed transfer
 
of treasury
shares,
 
wherein
 
the
 
company’s
 
key
 
management
 
personnel
 
and
 
other
 
key
 
employees
 
were
 
offered
 
a
 
total
 
of
107,550
 
treasury
 
shares
 
to
 
purchase
 
at
 
a
 
price
 
of
 
EUR
 
1
 
per
 
share.
 
The
 
purchase
 
price
 
of
 
the
 
shares
 
is
considered to be equal to
 
the fair value of
 
the shares at the time
 
of purchase. At the end
 
of the financial period
 
1
February
 
2020–31
 
January
 
2021,
 
the
 
company
 
had
 
77,550
 
treasury
 
shares.
 
The
 
company’s
 
key
 
personnel
acquired a
 
total of
 
50,000 of
 
these during
 
the financial
 
period 1
 
February 2021–31
 
January 2022.
 
At the
 
end of
the financial period 1 February 2024–31 January 2025,
 
the company held 201,304 treasury shares.
Because
 
the
 
key
 
employees’
 
share
 
purchases
 
took
 
place
 
at
 
fair
 
value,
 
the
 
schemes
 
do
 
not
 
include
 
a
 
benefit
pursuant to IFRS 2, and no expense has been recognised
 
for them.
The
 
key
 
employees’
 
shareholdings
 
include
 
an
 
obligation
 
to
 
work.
 
The
 
Company
 
has
 
the
 
right,
 
but
 
not
 
an
obligation, to
 
redeem the
 
shares at
 
the lower
 
of the
 
original subscription
 
prices of
 
the share
 
issues or
 
fair value
as specified in the shareholders’ agreement in the case of the
 
resignation of the key employees.
 
 
Because
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Oyj,
 
or
 
its
 
subsidiary,
 
has
 
no
 
contractual
 
obligation
 
or
 
prior
 
established
 
practice
 
to
redeem shares from leavers,
 
the arrangement is classified
 
as an equity-settled
 
arrangement under IFRS.
 
During
the financial year, the company
 
exercised its redemption rights and redeemed a total of 145,509
 
shares.
A share-based
 
payment
 
scheme has
 
also
 
been realised
 
with
 
the key
 
personnel
 
of Vesivek
 
Sverige
 
AB so
 
that
three key persons at Vesivek
 
Sverige AB have holdings in Vesivek
 
Sverige AB.
 
The
 
shareholdings
 
of
 
Board
 
members,
 
the
 
CEO
 
and
 
members
 
of
 
the
 
management
 
team
 
Group’s
 
parent
company HLRE Holding Oyj on 31 January 2025 are presented
 
in the following table:
Management shareholdings
 
The management held shares on 1/31/2025 as follows:
1/31/2025
1/31/2024
Shares
% holding
Shares
% holding
CEO
5,547,826
33
5,547,826
33
Other management team members
6,873
6,873
87
ASSETS
 
AND
 
LIABILITIES
 
USED
 
IN
 
BUSINESS
OPERATIONS
This section provides information
 
about the assets
 
used in business operations
 
and liabilities incurred
 
due to the
Group’s business operations.
 
 
Goodwill and other intangible assets, including impairment
 
testing
 
Property, plant and
 
equipment
 
Trade and other receivables
 
Trade and other payables
9. Goodwill and other intangible assets, including
 
impairment
testing
 
The table below presents changes in goodwill and other
 
intangible assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1000 EUR
 
Developmen
t expenses
Intangible
rights
Other
intangible
assets
Advance payments
for intangible
assets
Goodwill
Total
Cost 2/1/2024
141
787
0
194
40,304
41,427
Additions
0
4
0
90
0
94
Disposals
0
0
0
0
0
0
Reclassifications
186
4
0
-191
0
0
Cost 1/31/2025
328
796
0
93
40,304
41,520
Cumulative amortization and impairment
2/1/2024
-60
-378
0
0
-5,032
-5,470
Cumulative amortization on disposals and
reclassifications
0
0
0
0
0
0
Amortization
-46
-104
0
0
0
-150
Impairment
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cumulative amortization and impairment
1/31/2025
-106
-482
0
0
-5,032
-5,620
Carrying amount 2/1/2024
81
409
0
194
35,273
35,957
Carrying amount 1/31/2025
221
314
0
93
35,273
35,901
 
1000 EUR
 
Developmen
t expenses
Intangible
rights
Other
intangible
assets
Advance payments
for intangible
assets
Goodwill
Total
88
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost 2/1/2023
85
1,439
0
575
40,304
42,403
Additions
0
3
0
113
0
117
Disposals
0
-1,093
0
0
0
-1,093
Reclassifications
56
438
0
-494
0
0
Cost 1/31/2024
141
787
0
194
40,304
41,427
Cumulative amortization and impairment 2/1/2023
-42
-1,081
0
0
0
-1,122
Cumulative amortization on disposals and
reclassifications
0
1,093
0
0
0
1,093
Amortization
-18
-133
0
0
0
-151
Cumulative amortization and impairment 1/31/2024
-60
-378
0
0
-5,032
-5,470
Carrying amount 2/1/2023
43
358
0
575
40,304
41,280
Carrying amount 1/31/2024
81
409
0
194
35,273
35,957
89
Intangible rights
 
and other
 
intangible assets
 
comprise information
 
systems and
 
patents, trademarks
 
and design
rights applied
 
for by
 
group companies.
 
Of the
 
goodwill on
 
the consolidated
 
balance sheet,
 
the majority
 
arose in
conjunction
 
with
 
the
 
acquisition
 
of
 
Hämeen
 
Laaturemontti
 
Oy
 
in
 
2014,
 
when
 
a
 
fund
 
managed
 
by
 
Sentica
Partners
 
Oy
 
acquired
 
a
 
majority
 
holding
 
in
 
what
 
was
 
then
 
Hämeen
 
Laaturemontti
 
Oy,
 
the
 
current
 
Vesivek
 
Oy.
The goodwill
 
increased when
 
HLRE Group
 
Oy acquired
 
the shares
 
in the
 
Nesco Invest
 
group of
 
companies
 
in
2016.
 
In
 
February
 
2021,
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
the
 
reorganisation
 
of
 
financing,
 
the
 
group
 
company
 
Vesivek
 
Oy
acquired a 71.63% holding in
 
Salaojakympit Oy,
 
which was renamed Vesivek
 
Salaojat Oy in February 2021. The
acquisition
 
generated
 
goodwill
 
of
 
approximately
 
EUR
 
0.9
 
million.
 
Vesivek
 
Salaojat
 
Oy's
 
business
 
was
 
merged
into the
 
roof and
 
roof safety
 
product business.
 
At the
 
end of
 
the financial
 
year 2025,
 
Vesivek
 
Oy’s shareholding
in Vesivek Salaojat Oy was
 
74.52%.
Accounting principle
 
Goodwill
Goodwill
 
arises
 
from the
 
acquisition
 
of
 
subsidiaries,
 
and
 
it corresponds
 
to the
 
amount
 
by which
 
the
 
acquisition
cost exceeds the Group’s share of the net fair value
 
of the assets and liabilities of the acquisition. For
 
impairment
testing, goodwill
 
is allocated
 
to cash-generating
 
units or
 
groups of
 
units which
 
are expected
 
to benefit
 
from the
acquisition
 
of
 
the
 
businesses
 
resulting
 
in
 
the
 
goodwill.
 
Goodwill
 
is
 
tested
 
for
 
impairment
 
annually
 
or
 
more
frequently,
 
if
 
events
 
or
 
changes
 
in
 
circumstances
 
indicate
 
any
 
impairment.
 
The
 
book
 
value
 
of
 
the
 
cash-
generating unit
 
with goodwill
 
is compared
 
to the
 
recoverable amount,
 
which is
 
the higher
 
of value
 
of use
 
or fair
value
 
less
 
costs
 
of
 
sale.
 
Any
 
impairment
 
loss
 
is
 
firstly
 
allocated
 
to
 
goodwill
 
and
 
secondarily
 
to
 
other
 
assets
proportionally. Goodwill
 
impairment losses recognised through profit or loss are not reversed.
 
Other intangible assets
Other
 
intangible
 
assets
 
are
 
recognised
 
on
 
the
 
balance
 
sheet
 
when
 
the
 
asset
 
is
 
in
 
the
 
Company’s
 
control,
 
it
 
is
expected to
 
yield future
 
economic benefit
 
to the
 
Company,
 
and the
 
acquisition cost
 
of the
 
asset can
 
be reliably
determined. The intangible
 
asset is initially
 
recognised at cost,
 
which includes the
 
purchase price and
 
any direct
expenses
 
incurred
 
due
 
to
 
the
 
asset.
 
Intangible
 
assets
 
are
 
reported
 
on
 
the
 
balance
 
sheet
 
at
 
cost
 
less
accumulated
 
amortisation
 
and
 
impairment.
 
Intangible
 
assets
 
are
 
amortised
 
using
 
the
 
straight-line
 
method
 
over
the economic useful life
 
of the asset. The
 
appropriateness of the
 
amortisation times for
 
the methods is assessed
at each closing date.
Development
 
costs
 
are
 
recognised
 
as
 
expenses
 
when
 
internally
 
developed
 
intangible
 
assets
 
do
 
not
 
meet
 
the
criteria
 
for
 
capitalisation.
 
An
 
intangible
 
asset
 
resulting
 
from
 
development
 
activities
 
is
 
capitalised
 
when
 
the
product development project
 
is likely to generate
 
future economic benefits
 
for the company and
 
the products are
estimated to be technically feasible and commercially viable.
The economic useful lives of the Company’s intangible
 
assets are as follows:
 
In the HLRE
 
Holding Group,
 
information systems
 
are amortised
 
over 5 years,
 
patents/trademarks over
 
10 years
and development expenses over 5 years.
 
Goodwill impairment testing
Key discretionary decisions and estimates
Key assumptions used in testing goodwill for impairment
90
 
 
 
 
 
The
 
management
 
makes
 
significant
 
estimates
 
and
 
discretionary
 
decisions
 
in
 
determining
 
the
 
level
 
at
 
which
goodwill is tested and whether there are indications of
 
the impairment of goodwill.
 
According to
 
the
 
management’s
 
view,
 
the acquisition
 
price exceeding
 
the acquired
 
net assets
 
was paid
 
for the
business and business idea as a whole,
 
and therefore it considers that the
 
goodwill must be tested at the level of
Vesivek Oy
 
and Vesivek
 
Salaojat Oy (roofing,
 
roof safety and
 
drainage product installations
 
in
Finland
), which is
a
 
cash-generating
 
unit
 
in
Finland
,
 
and
 
at
 
the
 
level
 
of
 
the
 
Nesco
 
subgroup
 
(manufacturing
 
of
 
rainwater
management
 
systems
 
and
 
roof
 
safety
 
products),
 
which
 
is
 
managed
 
as
 
a
 
separate
 
operation
 
and
 
cash-
generating entity.
 
Determining
 
the
 
recoverable
 
amount
 
of
 
a
 
cash-generating
 
unit
 
is
 
based
 
on
 
value
 
in
 
use
 
calculations,
 
which
require
 
the
 
use
 
of
 
estimates.
 
The
 
calculations
 
use
 
cash
 
flow
 
projections
 
based
 
on
 
budgets
 
and
 
estimates
approved by
 
the management
 
for a five
 
-year period.
 
The cash
 
flow projections
 
are based
 
on the Group’s
 
actual
results and
 
the management’s
 
best estimates
 
of future
 
sales, development
 
of costs,
 
general market
 
conditions
and applicable
 
tax rates.
 
The years
 
after the
 
projected
 
period are
 
extrapolated
 
using a
 
growth
 
estimate of
 
2%.
The
 
estimated
 
future
 
net
 
cash
 
flows
 
are
 
discounted
 
to
 
their
 
present
 
value
 
when
 
estimating
 
the
 
recoverable
amount based
 
on the
 
pre-tax weighted
 
average cost
 
of capital.
 
The weighted
 
average cost
 
of capital
 
illustrates
the current market view of the time value of money and risks
 
associated with the tested units.
The
 
market
 
environment
 
for
 
roof
 
and
 
drainage
 
renovations
 
was
 
challenging
 
during
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
under
review,
 
as
 
was
 
the
 
case
 
in
 
the
 
preceding
 
financial
 
year.
 
For
 
the
 
Company,
 
this
 
was
 
reflected
 
in
 
subdued
consumer demand,
 
with necessary
 
renovations being
 
postponed. The
 
consumer confidence
 
indicator increased
slightly in 2024 from
 
the historically low
 
level seen in
 
2023, but it nevertheless
 
remained weaker than
 
average in
Finland in 2024.
Roof and drainage renovations
 
are often financed by loan
 
financing, and the further
 
tightening of lending policies
by
 
credit
 
institutions,
 
together
 
with
 
relatively
 
high
 
financing
 
costs,
 
created
 
a
 
challenging
 
environment
 
for
consumers.
The
 
management
 
tests
 
the
 
impacts
 
of
 
changes
 
in
 
significant
 
assumptions
 
by
 
making
 
sensitivity
 
analyses
 
as
described below in this note. In these
 
IFRS financial statements, goodwill
 
is reported for the most recent
 
balance
sheet date and the one preceding it, 31 January 2025
 
and 31 January 2024.
The table below presents the allocation of goodwill to
 
the Group’s cash-generating units:
Thousands of euros
1/31/2025
31.1.2024
Installation of roof and rainwater systems and underground
 
drain
renovations in Finland
 
30,403
 
 
30,403
 
Production of rainwater management systems and roof safety
products
 
4,870
 
 
4,870
 
The key assumptions used in the value in use calculations are as
 
follows:
2025
EBITDA in one
year period of
time, %
Long-term
EBITDA, %
Discount rate
before taxes, %
Long-term growth
factor, %
Installation of roof and rainwater systems and
underground drain renovations in Finland
6.5
6.3
10.3
2.0
Production of rainwater management systems
and roof safety products
13.5
13.9
10.3
2.0
91
 
 
 
 
 
2024
EBITDA in one
year period of
time, %
Long-term
EBITDA, %
Discount rate
before taxes, %
Long-term growth
factor, %
Installation of roof and rainwater systems and
underground drain renovations in Finland
8.5
6.5
12.2
2.0
Production of rainwater management systems
and roof safety products
13.2
14.0
11.8
2.0
The
 
profitability
 
(measured
 
by
 
EBITDA)
 
of
 
CGU2
 
producing
 
rainwater
 
systems
 
and
 
roof
 
safety
 
products
 
is
expected
 
to
 
improve
 
slightly
 
over
 
a
 
period
 
of
 
five
 
years
 
compared
 
to
 
the
 
previous
 
year's
 
forecast
 
and
 
remain
practically unchanged in the long term thereafter.
With regard
 
to CGU
 
1 installing
 
roof and
 
roof safety
 
products, in
 
the latest
 
financial year
 
2025 calculations,
 
the
five-year profitability (measured by EBITDA) will decrease
 
to 6.5% (8.5%), as will long-term profitability,
 
while still
remaining at a level lower than that of the five-year period,
 
being 6.3% (6.5%).
Sensitivity analysis
No
 
impairment
 
loss
 
was
 
recognised
 
in
 
respect
 
of
 
CGU
 
1
 
installing
 
roof
 
and
 
roof
 
safety
 
products
 
and
 
drainage
systems
 
in
 
Finland,
 
and
 
CGU
 
2
 
producing
 
rainwater
 
systems
 
and
 
roof
 
security
 
products,
 
for
 
the
 
reported
financial years as a result
 
of the impairment tests carried
 
out. The recoverable cash flow
 
of CGU 1 exceeded the
book value by EUR 2.4 million
 
as at 31 January 2025 (EUR
 
-5.0 million as at 31 January
 
2024). The recoverable
cash
 
flow
 
of
 
CGU
 
2
 
installing
 
roofs,
 
roof
 
safety
 
products
 
and
 
drainage
 
systems
 
in
 
Finland
 
exceeded
 
the
 
book
value by EUR
 
7.1 million as
 
at 31 January
 
2025 (exceeded
 
the book
 
value by EUR
 
5.9 million as
 
at 31 January
2024).
 
The
 
management
 
has
 
prepared
 
sensitivity
 
analyses
 
of
 
the
 
key
 
factors,
 
and
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
analyses,
 
the
recoverable amounts equal the book value if the assumptions
 
change one by one:
1/31/2025
31.1.2024
Installation of roof and rainwater systems and underground
drain renovations in Finland
Discount rate change, percentage points
0.4 %
-0,8 %
EBITDA margin decrease, percentage points
-0.3 %
0,6 %
Production of rainwater management systems and roof
 
safety
products
Discount rate change, percentage points
3.4 %
2,8 %
EBITDA margin decrease, percentage points
-3.0 %
-3,6 %
92
Possible and significant changes in the value of the key
 
assumptions are as follows:
1.
 
The
 
implementation
 
of
 
organisational
 
changes
 
in
 
Finland
 
is
 
prolonged
 
and/or
 
the
 
positive
 
effects
 
of
 
the
changes
 
are
 
smaller
 
than
 
planned/the
 
negative
 
effects
 
of
 
the
 
changes
 
are
 
larger
 
than
 
anticipated
 
during
 
the
current financial
 
period. In
 
this case,
 
the projected
 
return to
 
profitability would
 
be postponed.
 
The effects
 
would
not be long-term.
2. The
 
recruitment of
 
new staff
 
will become
 
more difficult
 
and the
 
turnover of
 
existing staff
 
will increase.
 
Growth
in revenue
 
would slow
 
down and
 
costs could
 
increase significantly
 
if wages
 
were to
 
be raised.
 
Wage
 
increases
would probably be at least partly passed on to prices, as
 
the whole sector would be affected by the problems.
3.
 
Inflation
 
continues
 
to
 
raise
 
costs
 
without
 
it
 
being
 
possible
 
to
 
pass
 
them
 
on
 
to
 
prices
 
in
 
full.
 
In
 
this
 
case,
profitability
 
could
 
be
 
lower
 
than
 
forecast
 
for
 
a
 
longer
 
period
 
of
 
time.
 
The
 
effect
 
would
 
be
 
perhaps
 
about
 
1–2
percentage points in the margins.
4. The significant
 
strengthening of the
 
Swedish krona
 
against the euro
 
weakens the Group’s
 
EBITDA, increases
financing
 
costs
 
and
 
affects
 
the
 
amount
 
of
 
net
 
debt.
93
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.
 
Property,
 
plant and equipment and leases
 
 
1000 EUR
 
Land and
water
Buildings and
structures
Machinery
and
equipment
Other tangible
assets
Advance
payments and
work in progress
Total
Cost 2/1/2024
319
30,433
36,528
391
155
67,826
Translation differences
0
-52
-60
-1
0
-114
Additions
0
1,866
2,470
6
0
4,342
Disposals
-73
-583
-3,212
0
0
-3,869
The impact of changes in lease agreements
0
-451
0
0
0
-451
Cost 1/31/2025
246
31,212
35,726
395
155
67,734
Cumulative amortization and impairment
2/1/2024
0
-17,751
-23,432
-379
-41,563
Translation differences
0
34
35
1
71
Cumulative amortization on disposals and
reclassifications
0
423
2,816
0
3,239
Amortization
0
-2,770
-4,012
-5
-6,787
Cumulative amortization and impairment
1/31/2025
0
-20,064
-24,592
-383
-45,039
Carrying amount 2/1/2024
319
12,682
13,096
12
155
26,263
Carrying amount 1/31/2025
246
11,148
11,133
12
155
22,694
94
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1000 EUR
 
Land and
water
Buildings and
structures
Machinery
and
equipment
Other tangible
assets
Advance
payments and
work in progress
Total
Cost 2/1/2023
319
26,000
38,026
391
190
64,925
Translation differences
0
23
17
1
0
41
Additions
0
4,955
2,765
0
208
7,929
Disposals
0
-572
-4,453
0
-43
-5,068
Reclassifications
0
27
173
0
-200
0
Cost 1/31/2024
319
30,433
36,528
391
155
67,826
Cumulative amortization and impairment
2/1/2023
0
-15,434
-22,860
-370
-38,664
Translation differences
0
-17
-10
-1
-28
Cumulative amortization on disposals and
reclassifications
0
572
3,927
0
4,499
Amortization
0
-2,871
-4,490
-9
-7,370
Cumulative amortization and impairment
1/31/2024
0
-17,751
-23,432
-379
-41,563
Carrying amount 2/1/2023
319
10,565
15,166
21
190
26,261
Carrying amount 1/31/2024
319
12,682
13,096
12
155
26,263
95
Accounting principle
Property,
 
plant and equipment is initially
 
recognised at original cost,
 
which includes the purchase
 
price and other
direct costs
 
of acquisition
 
needed to
 
bring the
 
asset into
 
operating condition
 
and the
 
place where
 
it functions
 
as
intended.
 
The
 
assets
 
are
 
recognised
 
on
 
the
 
balance
 
sheet
 
at
 
cost
 
less
 
accumulated
 
amortisation
 
and
impairment. Leased tangible
 
assets are treated
 
in the same
 
way as purchased
 
assets in accounting.
 
Repair and
maintenance costs are expensed as they are incurred.
 
Depreciation
 
and
 
amortisation
 
is
 
recognised
 
using
 
the
 
straight-line
 
method
 
by
 
allocating
 
the
 
cost
 
to
 
the
estimated economic useful lives of
 
the assets. The economic useful
 
lives of assets are reviewed
 
on each closing
date and amended, as necessary.
Depreciation and amortisation times by asset category:
Buildings and structures
 
10–40 years
Machinery and equipment
 
3–12 years
Other tangible assets
 
5–10 years
Capital gains and
 
losses on the
 
sale of
 
property,
 
plant and
 
equipment are included
 
in other operating
 
income or
expenses on the statement of comprehensive income.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Leases
1000 eur
31.1.2025
31.1.2024
Right-of-use assets*
Buildings
9,321
10,450
Vehicles and machinery
4,063
4,525
13,384
14,975
*included in balance sheet item property, plant and equipment
Lease liabilities*
Current lease liability
4,323
4,662
Non-current lease liability
9,684
10,488
14,007
15,150
*included in balance sheet items current and
 
non-current finance and lease
liabilities
Changes in right-of-use assets during the financial year
1000 eur
Buildings and
structures, right-of-
use
Machinery and
equipment, right-of-
use
Total
Cost 1.2.2024
24,963
10,598
35,562
Translation differencies
-52
-29
-82
Additions
1,866
1,956
3,822
Disposals
-178
-3,067
-3,246
Cost 31.1.2025
26,148
9,457
35,604
Cumulative amortisation and impairment 1.2.2024
-14,513
-6,073
-20,586
96
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Translation differencies
34
17
51
Cumulative amortisation on disposald and
reclassifications
179
2,741
2,920
Amortisation
-2,527
-2,079
-4,606
Cumulative amortisation and impairment 31.1.2025
-16,827
-5,394
-22,221
Carrying amount 1.2.2024
10,450
4,525
14,975
Carrying amount
 
31.1.2025
9,321
4,063
13,384
 
1000 EUR
 
Buildings and
structures, right-of-
use
Machinery and
equipment, right-of-
use
Total
Cost 1.2.2023
20,557
11,760
32,317
Translation differencies
23
6
29
Additions
4,955
2,100
7,055
Disposals
-572
-3,268
-3,840
Cost 31.1.2024
24,963
10,598
35,562
Cumulative amortisation and impairment 1.2.2023
-12,454
-6,672
-19,125
Translation differencies
-17
-2
-19
Cumulative amortisation on disposald and
reclassifications
572
2,864
3,437
Amortisation
-2,614
-2,264
-4,878
Cumulative amortisation and impairment 31.1.2024
-14,513
-6,073
-20,586
Carrying amount 1.2.2023
8,103
5,089
13,192
Carrying amount 31.1.2024
10,450
4,525
14,975
Included in profit and loss statement
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
1000 eur
Depreciation of right-of-use assets
Buildings
-2,527
-2,614
Vehicles and machinery
-2,079
-2,264
Interest expense (included on finance cost)
-437
-285
Expense relating to short-term leases (included in other expenses)
-1,047
-951
Expenses relating to leases of low-value assets that are not short-
term leases (included in other expenses)
-199
-175
Cash outflow for lease agreements during the financial year 2025 totaled 6 386 (6 660) thousand euros.
97
Non-current assets pledged as collateral
Information about the Group’s non-current assets
 
pledged as collateral is provided in note 15.
Accounting principle
The Group has leased diverse properties and
 
vehicles. Leases on properties are usually
 
made for a fixed term of
3
 
or
 
5
 
years,
 
in
 
which
 
case
 
the
 
lease
 
cannot
 
be
 
cancelled,
 
including
 
an
 
option
 
to
 
extend
 
the
 
lease
 
for
 
a
corresponding period
 
of 3
 
or 5 years.
 
The terms
 
and conditions
 
of the
 
leases are
 
negotiated on
 
a case-by-case
basis, and
 
they
 
involve various
 
conditions.
 
The lease
 
agreements
 
include no
 
covenants,
 
but the
 
leased
 
assets
may not be used as collateral for loans. Leases on vehicles
 
usually have a term of three years.
A
 
right-of-use
 
asset
 
and
 
corresponding
 
lease
 
liability
 
are
 
recognised
 
for
 
leases
 
when
 
the
 
leased
 
asset
 
is
available to
 
the
 
Group
 
to use.
 
The right-of-use
 
asset
 
comprises
 
the
 
amount
 
of the
 
lease
 
liability
 
at the
 
original
value and
 
rents paid
 
by the
 
start of
 
the lease
 
less incentives
 
received in
 
association with
 
the lease,
 
initial direct
expenses and
 
any restoration
 
expenses. Paid
 
rents are
 
divided into
 
repayment of
 
debt and
 
financial expenses.
The
 
financial
 
expense
 
is
 
recognised
 
through
 
profit
 
or
 
loss
 
over
 
the
 
lease
 
term
 
so
 
that
 
the
 
interest
 
rate
 
of
 
the
remaining liability balance
 
is the same for
 
each period. The right-of-use
 
asset is amortised using
 
the straight-line
method over the shorter of its economic useful life or lease
 
term.
 
Payments associated with short-term
 
leases of assets of minor
 
value are expensed in
 
equal instalments. Leases
with a
 
maximum lease
 
term of
 
12 months
 
are considered
 
to be
 
short-term. Short
 
-term leases
 
primarily concern
scaffolding
 
and
 
machines
 
or
 
lifting
 
equipment
 
used
 
occasionally
 
in
 
production.
 
Assets
 
of
 
minor
 
value
 
primarily
comprise office equipment.
Key discretionary decisions and estimates
The duration of leases on business
 
premises is annually measured
 
at the management group level.
 
The Group’s
strategy
 
is
 
defined
 
for
 
a
 
period
 
of
 
three
 
years,
 
and
 
the
 
management
 
team
 
estimates
 
whether
 
the
 
leased
business
 
premises
 
will
 
be
 
suitable
 
for
 
the
 
Group’s
 
use
 
for
 
the
 
entire
 
coming
 
strategy
 
period.
 
With
 
regard
 
to
leases
 
valid
 
until
 
further
 
notice,
 
the
 
property’s
 
lease
 
term
 
in
 
calculating
 
lease
 
liabilities
 
is considered
 
to
 
be
 
the
strategy
 
period
 
of
 
3
 
years
 
or
 
any
 
shorter
 
period
 
if
 
moving
 
out
 
of
 
the
 
current
 
premises
 
before
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
the
strategy period
 
is considered
 
to be
 
necessary.
 
Any extension
 
periods of
 
fixed-term leases
 
based on
 
options are
only
 
taken
 
into
 
account
 
if
 
using
 
them
 
involves
 
economic
 
benefits
 
or
 
if
 
exercising
 
the
 
extension
 
option
 
is
otherwise reasonably certain.
In discounting the
 
current value of
 
rents, the
 
interest rate
 
used until
 
August 2023
 
was the actual
 
interest rate
 
on
additional
 
credit
 
using
 
the
 
Group’s
 
overdraft
 
facility.
 
Following
 
the
 
termination
 
of
 
the
 
overdraft
 
facility,
 
the
 
3-
month Stibor
 
rate has
 
been used
 
as the
 
discount rate,
 
which is
 
the interest
 
rate used
 
for the
 
Group's bond
 
until
12 August 2025.
 
 
 
11.
 
Inventories
1000 eur
31.1.2025
31.1.2024
Materials and supplies
5,980
5,678
Work in progress
1,835
3,013
Finished products
3,413
4,141
Vaihto-omaisuus
11,228
12,833
 
98
Accounting principle
Materials
 
and
 
supplies,
 
work
 
in
 
progress
 
and
 
finished
 
products
 
are
 
recognised
 
at
 
the
 
lesser
 
of
 
cost
 
or
 
net
realisable
 
value.
 
The
 
cost
 
of
 
inventories
 
includes
 
all
 
purchase
 
costs,
 
costs
 
of
 
production
 
and
 
other
 
expenses
incurred due
 
to bringing
 
the inventories
 
to their current
 
location and condition.
 
Purchase costs
 
include purchase
price,
 
import
 
duties
 
and
 
other
 
taxes,
 
transport
 
and
 
handling
 
costs,
 
and
 
other
 
expenses
 
directly
 
caused
 
by
 
the
procurement
 
of
 
finished
 
products,
 
materials
 
and
 
services.
 
The
 
costs
 
of
 
production
 
of
 
inventories
 
include
 
direct
expenses incurred
 
due to
 
materials and
 
labour and
 
appropriate share
 
of variable
 
and fixed
 
overhead expenses,
the
 
latter
 
of
 
which
 
are
 
allocated
 
based
 
on
 
normal
 
operating
 
capacity.
 
The
 
measurement
 
of
 
acquisition
 
cost
 
is
based on the FIFO method.
 
Key discretionary decisions and estimates
The
 
measurement
 
of
 
inventories
 
requires
 
the
 
management
 
to
 
make
 
estimates
 
and
 
discretionary
 
decisions
associated
 
particularly
 
with
 
obsolescence
 
and
 
recognition
 
of
 
inventories
 
at
 
net
 
realisable
 
value
 
based
 
on
expected selling prices, in
 
addition to which the management
 
estimates the general
 
development of prices in
 
the
Company’s key
 
markets. The
 
net realisable
 
value is
 
the estimated
 
actual selling
 
price in
 
ordinary business
 
less
estimated expenses required to complete the goods and realise
 
the sale.
 
 
 
 
12.
 
Trade and other receivables
 
1000 eur
31.1.2025
31.1.2024
Accounts receivable from finance companies
616
650
Accounts receivable
4,458
4,116
Other receivables
76
10
Current prepayments and accrued income
1,468
1,484
6,618
6,261
The maturity of trade receivables
 
and the principles for
 
measuring impairment are
 
disclosed in Note 17
 
Financial
risk management.
Accrued income mainly comprises advance payments of social
 
security contributions.
The book values of current trade and other receivables
 
are considered to be close to their fair values.
 
This is due
to their short-term nature.
Accounting principle
Receivables are amounts
 
that the Group
 
expects to receive
 
from other parties.
 
Trade receivables
 
are generated
by
 
sales
 
of
 
goods
 
and
 
services
 
in
 
ordinary
 
business
 
operations.
 
Trade
 
and
 
other
 
receivables
 
are
 
initially
measured
 
at
 
fair
 
value
 
pursuant
 
to
 
the
 
invoice
 
sent
 
to
 
the
 
customer,
 
after
 
which
 
they
 
are
 
measured
 
at
 
the
amount considered
 
to be
 
received
 
from the
 
customer
 
(amortised cost).
 
After initial
 
recognition,
 
trade
 
and other
receivables
 
are
 
measured
 
at
 
amortised
 
cost
 
less
 
impairment
 
losses.
 
A
 
simplified
 
model
 
for
 
the
 
recognition
 
of
credit loss provisions has been applied, as described in Note
 
17.
99
 
 
 
13.
 
Other current liabilities
 
1000 eur
31.1.2025
31.1.2024
Current advances received
111
83
Current trade payables
4,941
4,763
Other current liabilities
3,022
2,270
Current accrued liabilities
5,052
9,982
13,125
17,098
Accrued charges primarily comprise accrued personnel expenses,
 
interest liabilities and allocated purchases.
The book
 
values of
 
other current
 
liabilities are
 
considered to
 
approximate their
 
fair values
 
because the
 
liabilities
are short-term by nature.
 
Accounting principle
Trade
 
payables
 
are
 
obligations
 
to
 
make
 
a
 
payment
 
for
 
goods
 
or
 
services
 
procured
 
from
 
suppliers
 
or
 
service
providers
 
as
 
part
 
of
 
ordinary
 
business
 
operations.
 
Trade
 
payables
 
are
 
initially
 
measured
 
at
 
fair
 
value
 
and
subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective
 
interest method.
100
CAPITAL
 
STRUCTURE AND FINANCING
 
This section includes information
 
about how the Group manages
 
its capital structure and financing
 
and exposure
to risks:
 
Net debt
 
Loans
 
Financial assets
 
Derivative instruments
 
Financial income and expenses
 
Management of financial risks and capital
 
Shareholders’ equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14.
 
Net debt
 
1000 eur
1/31/2025
1/31/2024
Non-current interest-bearing liabilities
50,055
10,738
Capitalised interest debt, non-interest-bearing
8,263
4,984
Current interest-bearing liabilities
5,299
42,066
Cash and cash equivalents
-2,498
-2,574
61,119
55,213
Reconciliation
Cash and
cash
equivalent
s
Lease liability
within one year
Lease liability
after one year
Loan
repaymen
ts within
one year
Loan
repayment
s after one
year
Total
Net debt 1.2.2024
2,574
-4,662
-10,488
-42,387
-250
-55,213
Cash flow
-75
4,836
-976
-3,066
719
Increase
-469
-2,225
-2,694
Exchange rate
adjustment
-29
464
432
Other changes
-3,999
3,029
42,387
-45,782
-4,364
Net debt 31.1.2025
2,498
-4,323
-9,684
-976
-48,634
-61,119
Reconciliation
Cash and
cash
equivalent
s
Lease liability
within one year
Lease liability
after one year
Loan
repaymen
ts within
one year
Loan
repayment
s after one
year
Total
Net debt 1.2.2023
3,557
-4,742
-8,647
0
-41,702
-51,534
Cash flow
-983
4,826
0
0
0
3,843
101
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Increase
-1,273
-5,710
-6,983
Exchange rate
adjustment
-10
0
-186
0
-195
Other changes
0
-3,464
3,869
-42,201
41,452
-344
Net debt 31.1.2024
2,574
-4,662
-10,488
-42,387
-250
-55,213
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15.
 
Loans and financial assets
 
 
 
 
1000 eur
1/31/2025
1/31/2024
Non-current bonds
26,266
0
Non current convertible bonds
3,066
0
Non-current subordinated loans
250
250
Non-current loans from related parties
10,789
0
Non-current lease liability
9,684
10,488
Capitalised interest
8,263
0
Non-current interest-bearing liabilities
58,318
10,738
 
 
 
1000 eur
1/31/2025
1/31/2024
Current bonds
0
26,614
Loans from financial institutions
976
0
Current liabilities to related parties, interest-bearing
0
10,789
Short-term lease liability
4,323
4,662
Capitalised interest
0
4,984
Current interest-bearing liabilities
5,299
47,050
Loans from financial institutions and other financing
Bond
The Group’s
 
parent company
 
HLRE Holding
 
Oyj issued
 
in February 2021
 
a secured three
 
-year SEK
 
300 million
bond that
 
includes an
 
option of
 
increasing the
 
total loan
 
by a
 
maximum total
 
of SEK
 
100 million
 
to a
 
maximum
total of
 
SEK 400
 
million in
 
one or
 
more tranches.
 
The bond
 
is an
 
amortisation-free bullet
 
loan, and
 
it includes
 
a
leverage covenant,
 
according to
 
which the
 
Group’s ratio
 
of net
 
debt to
 
adjusted IFRS
 
EBITDA must
 
not exceed
5.0/4.5/4.0 one/two/three
 
years after
 
the issue
 
of the
 
bond, which
 
condition
 
the Company
 
failed to
 
meet during
the last quarter of the financial year 2024.
In
 
the
 
summer
 
of
 
2023,
 
the
 
Company
 
commenced
 
negotiations
 
on
 
the
 
refinancing
 
of
 
the
 
bond
 
falling
 
due
 
in
February
 
2024,
 
announcing
 
on
 
30
 
January
 
2024
 
that
 
a
 
result
 
had
 
been
 
reached
 
in
 
the
 
negotiations
 
with
 
the
principal
 
creditor
 
with
 
a
 
controlling
 
share
 
of
 
approximately
 
66.67%
 
regarding
 
the
 
refinancing
 
of
 
the
 
loan.
However,
 
with
 
the
 
original
 
maturity
 
date
 
on
 
12
 
February
 
2024
 
of
 
the
 
3-year
 
loan
 
issued
 
on
 
12
 
February
 
2021
approaching, the Company
 
announced on 30
 
January 2024 that
 
it will request
 
a one-month
 
extension to finalise
the terms
 
and conditions
 
of the
 
bond, which
 
was approved
 
on 5
 
February 2024
 
by the
 
majority required
 
for the
bond.
102
In
 
February
 
2024,
 
the
 
company
 
continued
 
to
 
finalise
 
the
 
terms
 
and
 
conditions
 
of
 
the
 
bond,
 
announcing
 
on
 
8
March
 
2024
 
the
 
refinancing
 
of
 
the
 
three-year
 
SEK
 
300
 
million
 
bond,
 
which
 
was
 
registered
 
with
 
Nasdaq
Stockholm on 13 March 2024.
The
 
bond
 
falls
 
due
 
for
 
payment
 
on
 
12
 
February
 
2027.
 
The
 
annual
 
interest
 
rate
 
on
 
the
 
bond
 
is
 
the
 
3-month
STIBOR
 
+7.85%
 
(previously
 
6.60%).
 
The
 
terms
 
and
 
conditions
 
include
 
an
 
interest
 
premium
 
of
 
7.85%
 
for
 
the
deferral
 
of
 
the
 
payment
 
dates
 
between
 
12
 
February
 
2024
 
and
 
12
 
May
 
2025
 
until
 
the
 
loan
 
maturity
 
date.
 
The
updated terms
 
and conditions
 
also include
 
the option
 
after 12
 
May 2025
 
to postpone
 
30% of
 
the 7.85%
 
interest
premium until the loan maturity date.
 
If
 
the
 
STIBOR
 
interest
 
rate
 
increases
 
by
 
one
 
percentage
 
point,
 
the
 
annual
 
interest
 
cost
 
would
 
increase
 
by
approximately SEK 3.3
 
million, corresponding
 
to about EUR
 
0.3 million. If
 
the Swedish krona
 
were to appreciate
by 5% against the euro, the annual interest liability would
 
increase by EUR 0.15–0.2 million.
The bond
 
includes
 
a 1.5%
 
consent
 
fee
 
and
 
a
 
4% premium
 
on
 
the
 
principal,
 
which
 
will fall
 
due
 
on the
 
maturity
date, and an unwithdrawn overdraft facility of EUR 1
 
million.
 
The
 
updated
 
terms
 
and
 
conditions
 
of
 
the
 
bond
 
include
 
a
 
net
 
debt/EBITDA
 
covenant
 
that
 
enters
 
into
 
effect
 
in
August 2025.
 
The covenant
 
will be
 
5.0 until
 
January
 
2026, 4.5
 
from February
 
2026 to
 
July
 
2026, and
 
4.0 from
August 2026
 
to the
 
bond's maturity
 
date in
 
February
 
2027. On
 
the financial
 
statements date,
 
31 January
 
2025,
the Company’s
 
net debt/EBITDA
 
ratio
 
was
 
22.0. The
 
Company
 
forecasts
 
that the
 
covenants
 
will be
 
met at
 
the
end of October 2025 and February 2026.
The updated financing
 
terms also include
 
a new liquidity
 
covenant of EUR
 
2 million, which
 
will be reviewed
 
on a
monthly basis.
 
The undrawn
 
overdraft facility
 
related to
 
the agreement
 
can be
 
taken into
 
account as
 
part of
 
the
liquidity covenant
 
of EUR
 
2 million.
 
Without the
 
limit, the
 
Group’s cash
 
and cash
 
equivalents amounted
 
to EUR
2.50 million on 31 January 2025.
 
Collateral for the bond and overdraft facility
The
 
following
 
shares
 
have
 
been
 
pledged
 
as
 
collateral
 
for
 
the
 
bond
 
and
 
overdraft
 
facility:
 
HLRE
 
Group
 
Oy,
Vesivek
 
Oy,
 
Vesivek
 
Sverige
 
AB
 
and
 
Vesivek
 
Tuotteet
 
Oy
 
(formerly
 
Nesco
 
Oy).
 
Furthermore,
 
the
 
following
internal loans have been pledged as collateral for the bond
 
agreement:
Loan granted by HLRE Holding Oyj to HLRE Group Oy totalling
 
EUR 11,996,333
 
Loan granted by HLRE Holding Oyj to Vesivek Oy totalling EUR 1,234,960
Loan granted by HLRE Holding Oyj to Nesco Invest Oy totalling
 
EUR 8,446.71
Loan granted by HLRE Holding Oy to Vesivek Tuotteet Oy totalling EUR 4,510,442
The
 
following
 
business
 
mortgages
 
have
 
been
 
confirmed
 
and
 
pledged
 
as
 
collateral
 
for
 
the
 
bond
 
and
 
overdraft
facility:
HLRE Group Oy
 
EUR 57,200,000
 
Vesivek Oy
 
EUR 57,200,000
 
Nesco Invest Oy
 
EUR 57,200,000
 
Vesivek Tuotteet
 
Oy (formerly Nesco Oy)
 
EUR 57,200,000
 
103
Vesivek Sverige AB
 
SEK 20,000,000
The following real estate mortgages have been pledged as
 
collateral for the bond and overdraft facility:
Vesivek Tuotteet
 
Oy Orimattila production plant
 
EUR 13,673,200
 
In
 
May
 
2024,
 
Vesivek
 
Oy
 
transferred
 
the
 
Lieto
 
property
 
at
 
market
 
value
 
and
 
on
 
normal
 
commercial
 
terms,
releasing the property’s mortgage deeds for a total value
 
of EUR 46,800,000.
Convertible Bond
The
 
terms
 
and
 
conditions
 
of
 
the
 
bond
 
include
 
a
 
five-year
 
convertible
 
bond
 
of
 
EUR
 
3
 
million
 
issued
 
by
 
the
Company’s principal
 
shareholders. The principal
 
of the convertible
 
bond is subject
 
to a fixed annual
 
interest rate
of 8.00%. The accrued
 
interest shall be
 
paid on the maturity
 
date of the loan
 
or on the conversion
 
date specified
separately
 
in
 
the
 
agreement,
 
whichever
 
is
 
earlier.
 
Until
 
then,
 
all
 
accrued
 
interest
 
will
 
remain
 
as
 
debt,
 
but
 
the
accrued
 
interest
 
will
 
not
 
be
 
added
 
to
 
the
 
loan
 
principal
 
and
 
will
 
not
 
accrue
 
interest.
 
The
 
principal
 
of
 
the
convertible
 
bond
 
has
 
seniority
 
over
 
the
 
deferred
 
interest
 
premium
 
at
 
the
 
payment
 
dates
 
between
 
12
 
February
2024 and 12 May 2025.
 
The
 
convertible
 
bonds
 
maturing
 
in
 
February
 
2029
 
can
 
be
 
converted
 
into
 
a
 
maximum
 
of
 
6,131,704
 
shares
 
in
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Oyj,
 
corresponding
 
to
 
37.3%
 
of
 
the
 
outstanding
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
shares
 
issued
 
at
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
the
financial year. The applicable
 
conversion price is EUR 0.50 per share.
Shareholder loan
The Group has shareholder loans
 
from the parent company’s
 
shareholders. At the end
 
of the financial year 2025,
the
 
amount
 
of
 
shareholder
 
loans
 
was
 
EUR
 
10.8
 
million.
 
The
 
interest
 
accrued
 
on
 
the
 
loans
 
totalled
 
EUR
 
5.5
million pursuant
 
to the
 
coupon rate
 
of 6.00%
 
p.a. The
 
terms and
 
conditions of
 
the shareholder
 
loan have
 
been
renegotiated in previous
 
financial years
 
so that interest
 
will be paid
 
together with
 
the principal at
 
the latest when
the bond issued during the financial year falls due.
 
The shareholder
 
loans are
 
subordinated to
 
the bond,
 
bank loans
 
and other
 
loans with
 
regard to
 
repayment and
interest. The shareholder loans have no collateral.
Subordinated loan
The Group companies have a
 
subordinated loan totalling EUR
 
250 thousand. The interest
 
rate on the loan is 5%,
and unrecognised
 
interest of
 
EUR 25
 
thousand
 
has accrued
 
on the
 
loan. No
 
repayment date
 
has been
 
agreed
for the loan.
Accounting principle
The Group’s
 
financial liabilities
 
are classified
 
as financial
 
liabilities at
 
deferred cost
 
and are
 
measured using
 
the
effective interest
 
method. A
 
financial liability
 
is classified
 
as current
 
unless the
 
Group has
 
an unconditional
 
right
to postpone the
 
payment of the
 
liability to a
 
minimum of 12
 
months after the
 
closing date of
 
the reporting period.
The financial liability
 
is derecognised when
 
the liability
 
has ceased to
 
exist, that is,
 
when the obligation
 
specified
in the agreement has been fulfilled or revoked or its validity
 
has expired.
Bonds,
 
convertible
 
bonds,
 
loans
 
from
 
financial
 
institutions
 
and
 
other
 
loans
 
are
 
initially
 
recognised
 
at
 
fair
 
value
less
 
transaction
 
costs
 
on
 
the
 
settlement
 
date.
 
They
 
are
 
subsequently
 
measured
 
at
 
amortised
 
cost
 
using
 
the
effective
 
interest
 
method.
 
Transaction
 
costs
 
are
 
accrued
 
over
 
the
 
term
 
of
 
the
 
loan
 
using
 
the
 
effective
 
interest
104
method. The financial
 
liability of part
 
thereof is derecognised
 
when the liability
 
has ceased to
 
exist, that is,
 
when
the
 
obligation
 
specified
 
in
 
the
 
agreement
 
has
 
been
 
performed
 
or
 
revoked
 
or
 
its
 
validity
 
has
 
expired.
 
For
 
listed
instruments, the fair value of non-current
 
and current interest-bearing liabilities
 
has been calculated using quoted
prices.
 
For
 
other
 
loans,
 
the
 
fair
 
value
 
has
 
been
 
calculated
 
on
 
discounted
 
cash
 
flows
 
using
 
the
 
return
 
on
 
the
reporting date.
 
Convertible bonds are classified as compound
 
instruments, the components of which are recognised
 
as liabilities
and equity in accordance with the substance
 
of the arrangement. The liability
 
component is initially recognised at
the
 
fair
 
value
 
of
 
a
 
corresponding
 
non-convertible
 
liability.
 
The
 
equity
 
component
 
is
 
initially
 
recognised
 
as
 
the
difference
 
between
 
the
 
fair
 
values
 
of
 
the
 
full
 
instrument
 
and
 
the
 
liability
 
component.
 
Transaction
 
costs
 
are
allocated to
 
the liability
 
component and
 
the equity
 
component in
 
proportion to
 
their initial
 
carrying amounts.
 
The
fair
 
value
 
includes
 
the
 
value
 
of
 
the
 
conversion
 
right.
 
Subsequently,
 
the
 
liability
 
component
 
is
 
measured
 
at
amortised
 
cost
 
using
 
the
 
effective
 
interest
 
method.
 
The
 
equity
 
component
 
is
 
reclassified
 
between
 
equity
 
items
when bonds are converted into shares or the validity expires.
Financial assets
 
 
 
1000 eur
1/31/2025
1/31/2024
Non-current
Other non-current financial assets
48
48
Loan receivables
5
13
53
61
 
 
 
1000 eur
1/31/2025
1/31/2024
Current
Loan receivables
47
52
Cash and cash equivalents
2,498
2,574
2,546
2,626
Loan receivables comprise
 
loans granted by
 
the Company to
 
its employees and
 
shareholders. Loan
 
receivables
are measured at amortised cost. Loans to shareholders
 
are presented in note 22.
Other investments include the company’s investments
 
in other companies (both listed and unlisted shares).
105
Accounting principle
The Group’s
 
financial assets
 
are classified into
 
the following
 
categories: financial
 
assets at amortised
 
cost using
the
 
effective
 
interest
 
method,
 
and
 
financial
 
assets
 
at
 
fair
 
value
 
through
 
profit
 
or
 
loss.
 
The
 
classification
 
of
financial
 
assets
 
is
 
based
 
on
 
their
 
cash
 
flow
 
properties
 
and
 
business
 
models
 
used
 
for
 
their
 
management,
 
and
recognised on the value date.
Loan receivables are measured at amortised cost using
 
the effective interest method. The expected credit
 
losses
of these
 
items are
 
estimated on
 
a case-by-case
 
basis. Losses
 
are recognised
 
in expected
 
credit losses
 
over 12
months or expected credit losses over the entire
 
life, based on whether the credit risk
 
has significantly increased.
No credit losses are expected to be incurred from these items.
Trade and
 
other receivables
 
are described
 
in more
 
detail in
 
note 12,
 
and they
 
are measured
 
at amortised
 
cost.
The associated credit risk and impairment matrix used in determining
 
credit losses are described in note 17.
Investments
 
are
 
measured
 
at
 
fair
 
value.
 
Realised
 
and
 
unrealised
 
changes
 
in
 
fair
 
value
 
are
 
recognised
 
in
financial income and expenses.
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash and demand
 
deposits.
Derivative instruments
The Company's
 
Board of Directors
 
had, in
 
its meeting
 
held on
 
24 September
 
2021, approved
 
a currency
 
hedge
of SEK
 
200 million
 
proposed by
 
Nordea Finland
 
Branch to
 
the Audit
 
Committee.
 
The forward
 
contract
 
matured
on 12 February 2024, and
 
its fair value at maturity
 
was approximately EUR -1.95
 
million. The Company paid
 
half
of
 
this
 
in
 
February
 
2024.
 
For
 
the
 
other
 
half,
 
the
 
Company
 
negotiated
 
an
 
amortisation
 
schedule
 
with
 
Nordea
Finland Branch in late 2024
 
so that the remaining principal, amounting
 
to approximately EUR 0.98 million,
 
will be
amortised in equal instalments in February,
 
May and August 2025, including
 
interest. The annual interest rate
 
on
the loan is 4.0 percentage points over the six-month Euribor
 
rate.
Accounting principle
All derivate
 
instruments
 
are classified
 
as financial
 
assets
 
and liabilities
 
measured
 
at fair
 
value
 
through
 
profit or
loss.
 
Derivatives
 
are
 
measured
 
at
 
fair
 
value.
 
Both
 
realised
 
and
 
unrealised
 
gains
 
and
 
losses
 
from
 
the
measurement
 
of
 
derivatives
 
at
 
fair
 
value
 
are
 
recognised
 
in
 
financial
 
income
 
and
 
expenses
 
in
 
the
 
statement
 
of
comprehensive income. Hedge accounting is not applied to
 
derivatives.
Measurement of fair value
Financial instruments
 
measured at
 
fair value
 
are classified
 
in accordance
 
with the
 
following fair
 
value hierarchy:
instruments for which
 
there is a
 
publicly quoted price
 
in an active
 
market (level 1),
 
instruments for which
 
there is
an observable
 
direct or
 
indirect price
 
other than
 
a quoted
 
price pursuant
 
to level
 
1 (level
 
2), and
 
instruments for
which there
 
is no
 
observable
 
market price
 
(level 3).
 
These instruments
 
measured at
 
fair value
 
include financial
assets and liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss.
 
The
 
price
 
of
 
listed
 
shares
 
is
 
based
 
on
 
their
 
quoted
 
price
 
(level
 
1)
 
and
 
of
 
unlisted
 
shares
 
on
 
the
 
measurement
method (level 3).
 
A currency derivative
 
is linked to an
 
option, the value of
 
which is based
 
on the option valuation
models, and they are included in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
106
16.
 
Financial income and expenses
 
 
 
1000 eur
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Interest income
157
193
Exchange rate gains
430
67
Financial income total
587
259
 
 
 
1000 eur
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Interest expenses from liabilities to others
-4,494
-3,674
Interest expenses from leases
-437
-285
Unrealised losses at fair value, derivatives
0
-391
Exchange rate losses
-51
-233
Other debt financial expenses
-184
-53
Financial expenses total
-5,166
-4,635
Financial income and expenses total
-4,579
-4,376
Accounting principle
Financial
 
expenses
 
comprise
 
interest
 
expenses
 
on
 
bank
 
loans,
 
overdraft
 
facilities
 
and
 
other
 
loans
 
and
 
lease
liabilities, exchange
 
rate differences
 
in financial
 
activities, and
 
realised and
 
unrealised changes
 
in the
 
values of
currency and interest rate derivatives.
 
Loan-related
 
transaction
 
expenses
 
are
 
expensed
 
to
 
the
 
income
 
statement
 
using
 
the
 
effective
 
interest
 
method.
The effective
 
interest
 
is the
 
interest
 
rate
 
using
 
which
 
the estimated
 
payments
 
to
 
be
 
made during
 
the
 
expected
running time
 
of the
 
loan are
 
discounted to
 
the net
 
book value
 
of the
 
financial liability.
 
The calculation
 
takes into
account all fees and transaction costs paid by the contracting
 
parties.
 
Interest
 
income
 
is
 
recognised
 
using
 
the
 
effective
 
interest
 
method.
 
If
 
a
 
loan
 
receivable
 
has
 
been
 
impaired
 
on
account of a
 
credit event,
 
interest income
 
is recognised for
 
the loan amount
 
from which
 
impairment losses
 
have
been decreased. Foreign
 
exchange gains and
 
losses from financing activities
 
are reported in financial
 
income or
expenses.
17.
 
Management of financial risks
 
The
 
Group
 
has
 
a
 
risk
 
management
 
policy
 
approved
 
by
 
the
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
and
 
management
 
team
 
that
 
is
monitored by the Board of
 
Directors and its Audit Committee.
 
The risk management process
 
aims to identify and
assess
 
the risks,
 
after which
 
measures
 
are planned
 
and implemented.
 
The measures
 
can include
 
avoiding
 
the
risk, mitigating it by different means,
 
transferring the risk through insurance policies
 
or contractually,
 
or taking the
risk in a managed and conscious manner.
 
The Company’s Board of Directors and its Audit
 
Committee review the
most significant risks and related measures annually in conjunction
 
with the strategy process.
107
The management of the
 
HLRE Holding Group’s
 
financial risks is seen
 
to by the Group’s
 
treasury functions in co-
operation
 
with
 
the
 
persons
 
responsible
 
for
 
purchasing
 
and
 
other
 
business
 
functions.
 
The
 
Group’s
 
treasury
function
 
comprises
 
the
 
CEO,
 
CFO
 
and
 
financial
 
and
 
accounting
 
manager,
 
and
 
it
 
operates
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
instructions
 
given
 
by
 
the
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
and
 
the
 
Audit
 
Committee.
 
The
 
operational
 
management
 
of
 
the
Group’s
 
treasury
 
functions
 
is centralised
 
with
 
the
 
Group’s
 
financial
 
administration.
 
The purpose
 
of the
 
treasury
function
 
is
 
to
 
ensure
 
that
 
the
 
Company
 
has
 
adequate
 
funds
 
for
 
engaging
 
in
 
business
 
activities
 
at
 
all
 
times
without restrictions and to minimise financing costs.
The treasury function of
 
the HLRE Holding Group
 
is responsible for the
 
monitoring and operational management
of
 
the
 
Group’s
 
treasury
 
functions
 
and
 
general
 
financial
 
position
 
associated
 
with
 
financing,
 
including
 
each
subsidiary’s
 
financial
 
risk
 
exposures.
 
The
 
management
 
of
 
each
 
subsidiary
 
is
 
responsible
 
for
 
managing
 
their
respective treasuries in accordance with
 
the instructions laid down in the financial
 
policy. Ultimately,
 
the Board of
Directors of HLRE Holding Oyj also co-ordinates financial
 
matters pursuant to the financial policy.
Liquidity risk
The Group’s
 
business operations
 
have been
 
developed into
 
year-round operations
 
in recent
 
years. However,
 
it
is not possible to completely
 
get rid of the seasonality
 
of the business, which can
 
cause short-term liquidity risks.
The treasury function controls
 
the Group’s liquidity
 
risk by foreseeing the Group’s
 
need for financing and
 
thereby
aims to ensure the flexibility,
 
availability and temporal balance of financing.
 
The liquidity reserve comprises the
 
Group’s cash and cash equivalents.
 
The financial administration of the HLRE
Holding Group manages the Group’s liquidity instruments.
 
The cash and cash
 
equivalents of HLRE Holding
 
Group totalled EUR
 
2,498 thousand on 31
 
January 2025 (EUR
2,574 thousand on 31 January 2024).
In
 
the
 
summer
 
of
 
2023,
 
the
 
Company
 
commenced
 
negotiations
 
on
 
the
 
refinancing
 
of
 
the
 
bond
 
falling
 
due
 
in
February
 
2024.
 
On
 
30
 
January
 
2024,
 
the
 
company
 
announced
 
that
 
a
 
result
 
had
 
been
 
reached
 
in
 
the
negotiations
 
with
 
the
 
principal
 
creditor
 
with
 
a
 
controlling
 
share
 
of
 
approximately
 
66.67%
 
regarding
 
the
refinancing of
 
the loan.
 
However,
 
with the
 
original maturity
 
date on
 
12 February
 
2024 of
 
the 3-year
 
loan issued
on 12 February 2021 approaching, the Company
 
announced on 30 January 2024 that it will request
 
a one-month
extension
 
to
 
finalise
 
the
 
terms
 
and
 
conditions
 
of
 
the
 
bond,
 
which
 
was
 
approved
 
on
 
5
 
February
 
2024
 
by
 
the
majority required for the bond.
In
 
February
 
2024,
 
the
 
company
 
continued
 
to
 
finalise
 
the
 
terms
 
and
 
conditions
 
of
 
the
 
bond,
 
announcing
 
on
 
8
March
 
2024
 
the
 
refinancing
 
of
 
the
 
three-year
 
SEK
 
300
 
million
 
bond,
 
which
 
was
 
registered
 
with
 
Nasdaq
Stockholm on 13 March 2024.
Further information about the bond is provided in note
 
15.
The
 
Group’s
 
operating
 
environment
 
is
 
subject
 
to
 
uncertainty
 
caused
 
by
 
the
 
impairment
 
of
 
the
 
general
 
security
situation
 
in
 
Europe
 
and
 
continued
 
increases
 
in
 
raw
 
material
 
and
 
energy
 
prices
 
and
 
general
 
costs.
 
The
 
rising
costs and
 
uncertainty have
 
impacts on
 
disposable income,
 
purchase choices
 
and consumer
 
behaviour,
 
among
other things.
 
In addition,
 
the potential
 
impacts of
 
the significant
 
and extensive
 
tariffs imposed
 
by the
 
US in
 
April
2025,
 
and
 
the
 
uncertainty
 
they
 
cause,
 
are
 
difficult
 
to
 
estimate
 
and
 
predict.
 
They
 
can
 
present
 
both
 
challenges
and opportunities to the development of the Group’s
 
business.
 
In
 
the
 
first
 
quarter
 
of
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
2025,
 
the
 
Group
 
continued
 
the
 
organisational
 
efficiency
 
improvement
measures
 
it
 
initiated
 
in
 
2023
 
in
 
a
 
few
 
of
 
Vesivek
 
Oy's
 
units.
 
All
 
in
 
all,
 
the
 
efficiency
 
improvement
 
measures
initiated
 
in
 
2023
 
have
 
had
 
extensive
 
impacts
 
on
 
the
 
Group's
 
Finnish
 
companies.
 
The
 
executive
 
management
closely
 
monitors
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
the
 
Group’s
 
various
 
companies
 
and
 
businesses,
 
and
 
is
 
prepared
 
to
 
react
further if the performance of the businesses is not in line with
 
the set plans.
108
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
With due account taken of the
 
refinancing of the bond and the
 
extensive efficiency improvement
 
measures taken,
the
 
Company’s
 
management
 
has
 
prepared
 
financial
 
forecasts
 
for
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
turnover,
 
expenses
 
and
investments. In assessing
 
the continuity of
 
business operations,
 
the Company’s
 
management estimates that
 
the
Company’s current liquid assets
 
and projected cash flow from
 
operations are sufficient to
 
cover the liabilities and
obligations arising from its operations for at least 12 months.
The
 
updated
 
terms
 
and
 
conditions
 
of
 
the
 
bond
 
include
 
a
 
net
 
debt/EBITDA
 
covenant
 
that
 
enters
 
into
 
effect
 
in
August 2025.
 
The covenant
 
will be
 
5.0 until
 
January
 
2026, 4.5
 
from February
 
2026 to
 
July
 
2026, and
 
4.0 from
August 2026
 
to the
 
bond's maturity
 
date in
 
February
 
2027. On
 
the financial
 
statements date,
 
31 January
 
2025,
the Company’s
 
net debt/EBITDA
 
ratio
 
was
 
22.0. The
 
Company
 
forecasts
 
that the
 
covenants
 
will be
 
met at
 
the
end of October 2025 and February 2026.
The
 
tables
 
below
 
present
 
the
 
Group’s
 
financial
 
liabilities
 
broken
 
down
 
into
 
categories
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
remaining
contractual maturities. The loans include both interest-bearing
 
loans and the overdraft facility:
Maturities of contracts of financial liabilities 31 January
 
2025
1000 EUR
No more
than 12
months
Over 1 year
and no more
than 2 years
Over 2 years
and no more
than 5 years
Over 5 years
Total
Book value
Trade payables
4,941
4,941
4,941
Lease liabilities
4,792
3,935
5,956
121
14,804
14,007
Bonds
1,663
2,691
32,011
0
36,365
28,767
Convertible bonds
0
0
3,784
0
3,784
3,287
Shareholder loans
0
0
18,512
0
18,512
16,581
Loans from financial
institutions
976
0
0
0
976
976
Total
12,372
6,626
60,263
121
79,382
68,559
Maturities of contracts of financial liabilities 31 January
 
2024
1000 EUR
No more
than 12
months
Over 1 year
and no more
than 2 years
Over 2 years
and no more
than 5 years
Over 5 years
Total
Book value
Trade payables
4,763
4,763
4,763
Lease liabilities
4,940
3,811
6,550
492
15,793
15,150
Bonds
26,651
26,651
26,614
Shareholder loans
15,794
15,794
15,773
Derivatives
1,852
1,852
1,852
Total
54,000
3,811
6,550
492
64,853
64,152
1/31/2025
31.1.2024
Fair value
hierarchy level
Book value
Fair value
Book value
Fair value
Financial liabilities
Loans from financial
institutions
2
976
976
0
0
Bonds
2
28,767
23,514
26,614
25,633
109
Convertible bonds
2
3,287
3,211
0
0
Shareholder loans
2
16,420
15,742
15,773
15,741
Derivatives
2
0
0
1,852
1,852
Credit risk and counterparty risk
 
associated with cash and cash
 
equivalents is insignificant, because
 
the counterparties are banks
 
with high credit
ratings from international rating agencies.
The Group’s
 
credit loss
 
policy
 
defines the
 
creditworthiness
 
requirements
 
for customers.
 
The Group
 
only grants
credit to companies
 
with appropriate
 
credit ratings,
 
and consumer
 
customers in
 
Finland are
 
primarily directed
 
to
use the Laatutili service.
 
Vesivek Oy and Vesivek
 
Salaojat Oy offer their consumer customers
 
the Laatutili facility granted by the OP bank.
Laatutili is
 
a renovation loan.
 
Using a Laatutili
 
loan, the
 
customer can
 
pay for the
 
roofing or drainage
 
renovation
in
 
a
 
single
 
interest-free
 
and
 
expense-free
 
instalment
 
with
 
a
 
term
 
of
 
payment
 
of
 
30
 
days,
 
or
 
over
 
a
 
longer
repayment period as
 
separately agreed
 
monthly instalments.
 
The loan is
 
granted by OP
 
cooperative banks,
 
and
after
 
payment
 
is
 
received
 
from
 
the
 
bank,
 
the
 
Company
 
no
 
longer
 
has
 
interest
 
in
 
the
 
receivable.
 
The
 
financing
company
 
only
 
grants
 
a
 
Laatutili
 
loan
 
if
 
the
 
customer’s
 
credit
 
rating
 
is
 
in
 
order.
 
The
 
risk
 
of
 
the
 
receivable
 
will
transfer from the
 
Company to the
 
financing company
 
when the end
 
customer has
 
approved the roof
 
or drainage
renovation specified in the agreement or
 
the terms and conditions of the agreement
 
have otherwise been fulfilled.
With
 
regard
 
to
 
trade
 
receivables
 
and
 
contractual
 
assets,
 
a
 
simplified
 
model
 
in
 
which
 
the
 
estimated
 
amount
 
of
credit losses
 
is based on
 
the expected
 
credit losses
 
over the
 
life of the
 
receivables is
 
used. Examples
 
of events
leading to impairment
 
include severe financial
 
problems of the
 
debtor, the
 
debtor’s probable bankruptcy
 
or other
financial arrangement.
The
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Group
 
applies
 
a
 
simplified
 
procedure
 
for
 
recognising
 
an
 
impairment
 
concerning
 
expected
credit losses, according
 
to which an impairment
 
item concerns the expected
 
credit losses for
 
the entire period
 
of
validity for all trade receivables.
 
For determining the expected
 
losses caused by credit risk,
 
trade receivables are
grouped
 
based
 
on
 
shared
 
credit
 
risk
 
properties
 
and
 
by
 
how
 
long
 
payment
 
is
 
overdue.
 
The
 
impairment
concerning
 
the
 
loss
 
on
 
31
 
January
 
is
 
determined
 
as
 
a
 
combination
 
of
 
a
 
statistical
 
model
 
and
 
case-specific
analysis.
 
Receivables
 
from
 
financing
 
companies
 
(Laatutili
 
from
 
OP
 
Bank,
 
Santander)
 
are
 
deducted
 
from
 
the
balance of trade receivables in the calculation because
 
the associated credit risk is minor.
 
31.1.2025%
Not due
Up to 30
days
31 to 60
days
61 to 90
days
91 to 120
days
Over 120
days
Total
Expected loss rate
0.14%
0.82%
1.34%
20.00%
40.00%
70.00%
Gross carrying amount
3,967
294
105
112
8
215
4,700
Loss allowance provision
VAT
 
0%
5
2
1
18
2
120
148
31.1.2024%
Not due
Up to 30
days
31 to 60
days
61 to 90
days
91 to 120
days
Over 120
days
Total
Expected loss rate
0.21%
1.09%
2.06%
20.00%
40.00%
70.00%
Gross carrying amount
3,273
173
165
101
224
273
4,209
Loss allowance provision
VAT
 
0%
5
2
3
16
72
154
252
Credit losses, EUR 1,000
2025
2024
110
At 1st February
252
290
Decrease in loss allowance recognised
 
30
180
in profit or loss in the period
Receivables recognised as unrecoverable credit losses
 
-132
-218
in the period
At 31st January
148
252
Key discretionary decisions and estimates
The
 
management
 
has
 
applied
 
judgement
 
and
 
made
 
assumptions
 
in
 
assessing
 
whether
 
the
 
value
 
of
 
overdue
receivables has been impaired. In its
 
estimates, the management has also
 
aimed to take macroeconomic factors
into consideration.
Market risk – interest rates
Interest rate risk is defined
 
as an uncertainty associated
 
with the result of the
 
HLRE Group caused by
 
fluctuation
in interest
 
rates. Therefore,
 
HLRE’s exposure
 
to interest
 
rate risk
 
is due
 
to its
 
interest-bearing loans,
 
which are
variable-rate (with
 
the exception
 
of lease
 
liabilities).
 
The goal
 
pursuant to
 
the financial
 
policy is
 
to minimise
 
the
impact of
 
changes in
 
interest rates
 
on the
 
Group's annual
 
result and
 
financial
 
position while
 
aiming to
 
optimise
net financing within the defined risk limits.
 
Shareholder
 
loans, totalling
 
EUR 10.789
 
million, and
 
convertible
 
bonds, totalling
 
EUR 3.066
 
million, have
 
fixed
interest rates. The
 
interest rate on shareholder
 
loans is 6%
 
p.a. and the
 
interest rate on
 
convertible bonds
 
is 8%
p.a. The SEK 300 million 3-year,
 
non-amortising bond refinanced by the Company
 
in February 2024 is a floating-
rate bond,
 
three-month
 
STIBOR +7.85%
 
p.a.
 
As future
 
interest
 
payments
 
had
 
not been
 
hedged by
 
the date
 
of
signing the financial
 
statements, the
 
Company is
 
exposed to interest
 
risk. A one-percentage-point
 
change in the
reference rate (STIBOR) would affect interest
 
expenses by EUR 0.3 million (at the exchange rate on
 
the financial
statements date).
Foreign exchange risk
The
 
Group
 
engages
 
in
 
business
 
activities
 
in
 
Finland
 
and
 
Sweden.
 
The
 
Group
 
is
 
exposed
 
to
 
SEK-related
transaction and
 
translation risk.
 
The transaction risk
 
associated with
 
the Swedish
 
subsidiary primarily
 
comprises
trade receivables
 
and payables
 
emerging in
 
its operational
 
business
 
activities. Translation
 
risk arises
 
when
 
the
parent company’s investments in the Swedish subsidiary
 
are converted into euros.
 
In March
 
2024, the
 
Company refinanced
 
a SEK
 
300 million
 
3-year,
 
non-amortising bond.
 
In February
 
2024, the
SEK 200 million currency
 
hedge concluded by
 
the Company with
 
Nordea Bank Oyj
 
in 2021 was terminated.
 
The
fair value of the hedge at the time of termination
 
was approximately EUR -1.95 million. The
 
Company paid half of
this in
 
February 2024
 
and, in
 
late 2024,
 
negotiated an
 
amortisation schedule
 
consisting of
 
equal instalments
 
for
the remaining amount. The instalments will be paid, with interest,
 
in February, May
 
and August 2025. By the time
of signing the
 
financial statements,
 
the bond
 
has not
 
been re-hedged.
 
A change of
 
+/-10% in the
 
exchange rate
of the Swedish krona
 
would have an effect
 
of approximately EUR +/-2.6
 
million on the consolidated
 
result before
taxes.
The Company partly finances the currency risk of the bond
 
with Vesivek Sverige
 
AB’s positive cash flow.
Transaction risk
111
 
 
 
Transaction
 
risk
 
emerges
 
from
 
the
 
commercial
 
transactions
 
and
 
payments
 
of
 
the
 
subsidiaries
 
denominated
 
in
currencies other
 
than the
 
unit’s
 
operating currency
 
and when
 
the associated
 
incoming and
 
outgoing cash
 
flows
differ in terms of amounts or timing.
 
The
 
Swedish
 
subsidiary
 
purchases
 
the
 
goods
 
associated
 
with
 
installation
 
activities
 
to
 
a
 
significant
 
extent
 
in
euros, including
 
profile production
 
steel sheets,
 
rainwater
 
management
 
systems, externally
 
sourced timber
 
and
other supplies included in the concept.
 
During the financial year ended
 
31 January 2025, approximately
 
EUR 6.0
million of the Swedish subsidiary’s purchases of approximately
 
EUR 3.15 million were made in euros.
 
The SEK-denominated
 
trade payables
 
and other
 
current liabilities
 
in the
 
financial statements
 
amounted to
 
SEK
32.7 million
 
(SEK 30.7
 
million), trade
 
and other
 
current receivables
 
to SEK
 
19.6 million
 
(SEK 22.5
 
million), and
cash and
 
cash
 
equivalents
 
to SEK
 
22.6
 
million
 
(SEK
 
-6.56 million).
 
In
 
2024, the
 
average
 
exchange rate
 
of the
Swedish krona strengthened by approximately
 
0.4 per cent when compared to the previous
 
year. As the average
exchange rate
 
remained
 
practically
 
unchanged
 
during
 
the year,
 
the
 
marginal
 
change
 
in
 
the
 
average
 
exchange
rate did not have an impact on the result for the financial year.
Vesivek Oy
 
has a SEK-denominated
 
bank account. The
 
other Group companies
 
do not have significant
 
external
purchases, sales, receivables or liabilities in currencies
 
other than the operating currency in each country.
 
EUR 1,000
Exchange rate gains and losses
1.2.2023-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Exchange rate gains
430
67
Exchange rate losses
-65
-271
366
-204
Translation risk
Translation
 
risk
 
covers
 
the
 
effects
 
caused
 
by
 
the
 
conversion
 
of
 
the
 
Swedish
 
subsidiary’s
 
figures
 
into
 
EUR-
denominated figures
 
for consolidation
 
purposes. Sweden
 
accounted for
 
approximately 20
 
per cent (17
 
per cent)
of
 
the
 
Group’s
 
business
 
operations
 
for
 
the
 
most
 
recent
 
financial
 
year.
 
Approximately
 
85–90
 
per
 
cent
 
of
 
the
Group’s
 
cash
 
flows
 
are
 
denominated
 
in
 
EUR,
 
which
 
is
 
the
 
home
 
currency
 
of
 
all
 
the
 
other
 
subsidiaries
 
and
businesses engaged in business activities, except for the
 
Swedish subsidiary.
Commodity risk
 
The
 
Russian
 
invasion
 
of
 
Ukraine
 
has
 
increased
 
the
 
risk
 
relating
 
to
 
the
 
availability
 
and
 
delivery
 
times
 
of
commodities,
 
mainly
 
steel.
 
This
 
has
 
been
 
managed
 
by
 
forecasting
 
future
 
purchase
 
needs
 
with
 
suppliers
 
and
increasing the Group’s
 
inventories of certain
 
critical products. With
 
regard to steel,
 
price risk has
 
been managed
by fixing purchase
 
prices quarterly
 
for the next
 
three months,
 
and a mention
 
of an
 
increase in selling
 
prices due
to increases in raw material costs has been added to the
 
Group’s sales agreements.
The HLRE Holding Group did not have commodity derivatives
 
during the financial year.
18.
 
Shareholders’ equity
Shareholders 31.1.2025
112
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sentica Buyout IV funds
8,783,695
52.8 %
Kimmo Riihimäki
5,497,826
33.1 %
Other key persons
1,065,322
6.4 %
Other shareholders
1,078,576
6.5 %
Treasury shares
201,304
1.2 %
16,626,723
100.0 %
The total
 
number
 
of shares
 
in HLRE
 
Holding
 
Oy
 
did not
 
change
 
during
 
the financial
 
year
 
1 February
 
2024–31
January 2025.
 
Earnings per share calculated on profit attributable to
 
equity
holders of the parent
1.2.2024-
31.1.2025
1.2.2023-
31.1.2024
Profit attributable to equity holders of the parent company
-8,010,562
-13,113,359
Average number of shares
16,440,211
16,592,112
Undiluted and dilution-adjusted earnings per share
-0.49
-0.79
Share capital
The
 
share
 
capital
 
comprises
 
ordinary
 
shares.
 
The
 
parent
 
company
 
has
 
one
 
series
 
of
 
shares,
 
and
 
all
 
shares
confer
 
equal
 
rights
 
to
 
dividends.
 
Each
 
share
 
confers
 
one
 
vote
 
at
 
a
 
general
 
meeting.
 
All
 
shares
 
issued
 
by
 
the
parent company have been paid in full. The shares have
 
no nominal value.
 
Invested non-restricted equity reserve
In
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
Finnish
 
Limited
 
Liability
 
Companies
 
Act,
 
the
 
subscription
 
price
 
for
 
new
 
shares
 
is
recognised in share capital,
 
unless the decision on
 
the share issue orders
 
it to be recognised
 
in full or part in
 
the
reserve
 
for
 
invested
 
unrestricted
 
equity.
 
The
 
reserve
 
for
 
invested
 
unrestricted
 
equity
 
can
 
also
 
be
 
accumulated
without a share issue.
Dividends
The Board of
 
Directors’ proposal to
 
the general meeting
 
is that no dividends
 
be distributed for
 
the financial year.
No dividends were distributed for the comparison period.
Translation differencies
Translation
 
differences
 
resulting
 
from
 
the
 
conversion
 
of
 
the
 
financial
 
statements
 
of
 
a
 
foreign
 
subsidiary
 
are
recognised
 
in
 
other
 
comprehensive
 
income
 
and
 
accumulated
 
in
 
the
 
separate
 
shareholders’
 
equity
 
reserve
 
as
described in
 
note 20.
 
The accumulated
 
amount is
 
recognised
 
through profit
 
or loss
 
when the
 
net investment
 
is
divested.
 
Accounting principle
The
 
Group’s
 
shareholders’
 
equity
 
comprises
 
share
 
capital,
 
invested
 
non-restricted
 
equity
 
reserve,
 
conversion
differences
 
and
 
retained
 
earnings.
 
Changes
 
in
 
treasury
 
shares
 
are
 
recognised
 
in
 
retained
 
earnings.
 
Expenses
incurred directly due
 
to the issue
 
of new shares
 
are reported less
 
taxes in shareholders’
 
equity as a
 
decrease in
income from share issue.
113
19.
 
Capital risk management
The
 
Group
 
monitors
 
the
 
shareholders’
 
equity
 
and
 
net
 
debt
 
on
 
the
 
consolidated
 
balance
 
sheet.
 
Net
 
debt
 
is
calculated
 
by
 
deducting
 
cash
 
and
 
cash
 
equivalents
 
from
 
current
 
and
 
non-current
 
interest-bearing
 
liabilities,
 
as
calculated in
 
note 14.
 
Seasonal fluctuations
 
in business
 
and related
 
changes in
 
liquidity and
 
net working
 
capital
require
 
active
 
liquidity
 
management.
 
The
 
Company
 
is
 
exposed
 
to
 
risks
 
related
 
to
 
the
 
solvency
 
and
 
payment
behaviour of its customers, which may affect the Company’s
 
cash flow or lead to credit losses.
On 12 February 2021, the company issued
 
a SEK 300 million 3-year,
 
floating rate, secured non-amortising bond.
In
 
the
 
summer
 
of
 
2023,
 
the
 
Company
 
commenced
 
negotiations
 
on
 
the
 
refinancing
 
of
 
the
 
bond
 
falling
 
due
 
in
February
 
2024.
 
On
 
30
 
January
 
2024,
 
the
 
company
 
announced
 
that
 
a
 
result
 
had
 
been
 
reached
 
in
 
the
negotiations
 
with
 
the
 
principal
 
creditor
 
with
 
a
 
controlling
 
share
 
of
 
approximately
 
66.67%
 
regarding
 
the
refinancing of
 
the loan.
 
However,
 
with the
 
original maturity
 
date on
 
12 February
 
2024 of
 
the 3-year
 
loan issued
on 12 February 2021 approaching, the Company
 
announced on 30 January 2024 that it will request
 
a one-month
extension
 
to
 
finalise
 
the
 
terms
 
and
 
conditions
 
of
 
the
 
bond,
 
which
 
was
 
approved
 
on
 
5
 
February
 
2024
 
by
 
the
majority required for the bond.
In
 
February
 
2024,
 
the
 
company
 
continued
 
to
 
finalise
 
the
 
terms
 
and
 
conditions
 
of
 
the
 
bond,
 
announcing
 
on
 
8
March
 
2024
 
the
 
new
 
refinancing
 
of
 
the
 
three-year
 
SEK
 
300
 
million
 
bond,
 
which
 
was
 
registered
 
with
 
Nasdaq
Stockholm on 13 March 2024.
 
Further information about the bond is provided in note
 
15.
 
114
OTHER NOTES
This section includes information
 
that the Group has to
 
disclose to comply with
 
the financial standards but
 
that is
not considered to be significant from the point of view of understanding
 
the Group’s financial position and result:
 
 
Group structure and preparation of the consolidated financial
 
statements
 
Taxes
 
Related party transactions
 
Commitments and contingent liabilities
 
New reporting standards and reporting standards that will enter
 
into force at a later date
 
Events after the reporting date
20.
 
Group structure
 
The Group’s subsidiaries are as follows:
 
Company name
Domicile
Holding %
31.1.2025
Holding %
31.1.2024
Principal activity
HLRE Group Oy
Pirkkala
 
100
 
 
100
 
Administration and financial services
Vesivek Oy
Pirkkala
 
100
 
 
100
 
Installation and covering of roof
structures
Vesivek Sverige AB
Ruotsi
 
91
 
 
91
 
Installation and covering of roof
structures
Nesco Invest Oy
Orimattila
 
100
 
 
100
 
Other technical service
Vesivek Tuotteet
 
Oy
Orimattila
 
100
 
 
100
 
Fabrication of rainwater
management systems and roof
safety products
Tuusulan Peltikeskus Oy
Tuusula
 
100
 
 
100
 
Sheet metal works and sheet metal
Vesivek Salaojat Oy
Pirkkala
 
75
 
 
71
 
Drainage renovations
The share
 
capital of
 
the subsidiaries
 
exclusively comprises
 
ordinary shares
 
held by
 
the Group,
 
and the
 
holding
corresponds with the voting
 
rights held by the Group.
 
The companies’ country of
 
registration is also their
 
primary
operating country.
115
Accounting principle
Subsidiaries
 
are
 
consolidated
 
into
 
the
 
consolidated
 
financial
 
statements
 
in
 
full,
 
starting
 
from
 
the
 
time
 
of
acquisition, which is the
 
date on which HLRE
 
obtains control, and
 
consolidation continues until
 
control ceases to
exist. HLRE has
 
control if it
 
is exposed or
 
entitled to variable
 
income by being
 
a party to
 
the investment and
 
can
influence this income by exercising its power over the
 
investment.
HLRE uses the
 
acquisition method in
 
consolidating business operations.
 
Intra-Group transactions,
 
balances and
unrealised
 
gains
 
from
 
transactions
 
between
 
Group
 
companies
 
are
 
eliminated.
 
Unrealised
 
losses
 
are
 
also
eliminated, unless the transaction provides evidence of
 
impairment of the value of the transferred asset.
Subsidiaries’
 
results
 
and
 
shareholders’
 
equity
 
attributable
 
to
 
non-controlling
 
interests
 
are
 
reported
 
as
 
separate
income
 
in
 
the
 
consolidated
 
income
 
statement,
 
statement
 
of
 
comprehensive
 
income,
 
statement
 
of
 
changes
 
in
equity and balance sheet.
 
Transactions
 
realised with
 
non-controlling interests
 
that do
 
not lead
 
to losing
 
control are
 
treated as
 
transactions
with
 
owners.
 
A change
 
in
 
holding
 
leads
 
to
 
an
 
adjustment
 
of the
 
book values
 
of
 
the
 
holdings
 
of
 
the
 
Group
 
and
non-controlling
 
interests.
 
The
 
difference
 
between
 
the
 
adjustment
 
of
 
non-controlling
 
interests
 
and
 
consideration
paid or received is recognised in a separate reserve under
 
shareholders’ equity attributable to owners.
 
 
 
 
21.
 
Taxes
Income
 
tax
 
expenses
 
comprise
 
the
 
tax
 
expense
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
taxable
 
income
 
for
 
the
 
period
 
and
 
deferred
 
tax
expenses.
1000 eur
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Tax
 
on income from operations
-140
18
Deferred taxes
1,345
1,751
Income tax
1,206
1,769
The reconciliation
 
of the
 
tax expense
 
entered in
 
the consolidated
 
income statement
 
and taxes
 
calculated using
the Finnish tax rate (20% for all financial years) is as follows:
1000 eur
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Accounting profit before taxes
-9,630
-15,047
Tax
 
calculated at the parent company's tax rate of 20%
1,926
3,009
Effect of different tax rates in foreign subsidiaries
0
-2
Tax
 
-free income included in the accounting profit
1
6
Non-deductible expenses included in the accounting profit
-615
-1,285
Application of loss from previous years for which deferred tax
 
asset
was not recognised
5
40
116
 
 
 
Previous years' loss for which deferred tax asset was recognised
 
/
de-recognised
 
-
111
0
Tax
 
expense on profit and loss statement
1,206
1,769
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1000 EUR
 
2/1/2024
Translation
differencies
+/-
Changes through
income
statement
31.1.2025
Deferred tax asset
Inventories, internal margin
112
0
41
153
Provision for credit losses
50
0
-20
30
Unused tax loss
1,678
0
1,537
3,215
Non-current assets, leasing
3,060
-6
-226
2,828
Other items
567
0
-392
175
Total
5,467
-6
940
6,401
Net deferred tax item
-3,527
-3,145
Deferred tax asset on balance sheet
1,940
3,256
 
1000 EUR
 
2/1/2024
Translation
differencies
+/-
Changes through
income
statement
31.1.2025
Deferred tax liability
Property, plant and
 
equipment
610
-2
-91
517
Lease liability
3,005
-6
-312
2,687
Other items
16
0
-2
14
Total
3,631
-8
-405
3,218
Net deferred tax item
-3,527
-3,145
Deferred tax liability on balance sheet
105
74
 
1000 EUR
 
2/1/2023
Translation
differencies
+/-
Changes through
income
statement
31.1.2024
Deferred tax asset
Inventories, internal margin
160
0
-48
112
Provision for credit losses
58
0
-8
50
Unused tax loss
154
0
1,523
1,678
Non-current assets, leasing
2,714
6
340
3,060
Other items
431
0
135
567
Total
3,517
6
1,943
5,467
Net deferred tax item
-3,282
-3,527
Deferred tax asset on balance sheet
235
1,940
 
1000 EUR
 
2/1/2023
Translation
differencies
+/-
Changes through
income
statement
31.1.2024
Deferred tax liability
Lease liability
2,649
7
349
3,005
117
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other items
104
0
-88
16
Total
3,432
8
191
3,631
Net deferred tax item
-3,282
-3,527
Deferred tax liability on balance sheet
150
105
On 1/31/2025
 
the
 
Group
 
had
 
confirmed
 
tax losses
 
carried forward
 
of
 
EUR 1,411,367.54
 
for
 
which
 
no deferred
tax assets
 
have been
 
recognised
 
because the
 
Group
 
is not
 
likely
 
to accumulate
 
taxable income
 
against which
the losses
 
could
 
be
 
utilised. Of
 
the
 
losses,
 
EUR 1,378,097.32
 
will expire
 
in 2025
 
and
 
EUR 33,270.22
 
in
 
2031.
The
 
Group’s
 
taxable
 
profit
 
is
 
expected
 
to
 
turn
 
profitable
 
in
 
its
 
entirety
 
once
 
the
 
high
 
interest
 
rates
 
and
 
the
recession ease up, so deferred
 
tax assets have been
 
recognised for the losses of
 
the companies covered by
 
the
Group contribution.
On 1/31/2025
 
the Group
 
had related
 
party interest
 
carryforwards
 
of EUR
 
11,345,636.56.
 
Of these,
 
no deferred
tax assets
 
have been
 
recognised for
 
EUR 10,665,408.07,
 
as it
 
is not,
 
for the
 
time being,
 
considered to
 
be likely
that such carryforwards will be utilised.
Accounting principle
The income
 
taxes for
 
the financial
 
year include
 
taxes
 
based on
 
the taxable
 
income
 
for the
 
period and
 
deferred
taxes. The
 
taxes based
 
on the
 
taxable income
 
for the
 
period concern
 
the financial
 
year under
 
review,
 
and they
are based
 
on tax
 
rates prescribed
 
or practically
 
enacted by
 
the closing
 
date. The
 
calculation of
 
taxes based
 
on
the
 
taxable
 
income
 
for
 
the
 
period
 
is
 
based
 
on
 
valid
 
tax
 
regulations
 
in
 
the
 
countries
 
in
 
which
 
the
 
Company
operates
 
and
 
accrues
 
taxable
 
income.
 
The
 
tax
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
taxable
 
income
 
for
 
the
 
period
 
also
 
includes
adjustments concerning previous periods.
 
Deferred taxes
 
are measured
 
based on
 
the tax
 
rates (and
 
legislation) that
 
are prescribed
 
or practically
 
enabled
by the closing date and that
 
are expected to be applied
 
when the deferred tax asset
 
in question is realised or
 
the
deferred tax liability is paid.
 
A deferred
 
tax liability
 
is recognised
 
in full
 
for all
 
taxable temporary
 
differences,
 
unless the
 
Group can
 
order the
time of
 
cancellation of
 
the temporary
 
difference and
 
the temporary
 
difference
 
is not
 
likely to
 
be cancelled
 
in the
foreseeable
 
future.
 
Deferred
 
tax
 
assets
 
are
 
recognised
 
for
 
tax-deductible
 
temporary
 
differences
 
only
 
to
 
the
amount
 
that
 
it
 
is
 
probable
 
that
 
the
 
temporary
 
difference
 
will
 
be
 
cancelled
 
in
 
the
 
future
 
and
 
to
 
which
 
there
 
is
taxable income available against which the temporary
 
difference can be utilised.
 
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are
 
offset against each other
 
when the Group has a legally
 
enforceable right to
offset the tax assets
 
and liabilities based on
 
the taxable income for
 
the period, and when
 
the deferred tax
 
assets
and
 
liabilities
 
are
 
connected
 
to
 
income
 
taxes
 
charged
 
by
 
the
 
same
 
taxation
 
authority
 
from
 
the
 
same
 
taxable
entity or different taxable entities when the asset
 
and liability are to be realised on a net basis.
22.
 
Related party transactions
 
The
 
related
 
parties
 
of
 
the
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Group
 
include
 
the
 
Group’s
 
parent
 
company
 
and
 
subsidiaries.
 
The
related
 
parties
 
also
 
include
 
members
 
of
 
the
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
and
 
Group
 
management
 
team,
 
any
 
deputy
members and secretary,
 
the CEO and any Deputy CEO, their family members and
 
their controlled entities.
 
118
Related party
 
transactions
 
are treated
 
in accordance
 
with the
 
related party
 
guideline approved
 
by the
 
Board
 
of
Directors
 
of
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Oyj.
 
The
 
Company’s
 
Board
 
of
 
Directors
 
always
 
decides
 
on
 
significant
 
transactions
with HLRE Holding Oyj and its related parties.
 
The
 
subsidiaries
 
are
 
described
 
in
 
note
 
20
 
Group
 
structure,
 
and
 
remuneration
 
of
 
the
 
key
 
management
 
is
disclosed in note 8 Information about key management personnel.
The following transactions have been realised with related
 
parties:
 
1000 eur
With entities controlled by the management
31.1.2025
31.1.2024
Sales of goods and services
0
9
Purhases of goods and services
586
565
Trade payables
4
7
With the acting management
31.1.2025
31.1.2024
Non-current liabilities
13,571
250
Current liabilities
0
10,789
Interest liabilities
5,659
4,984
Interest expense
621
647
 
The remuneration of key managers is reported in note
 
8 Information about key managers.
Shareholder loans included in non-current liabilities are
 
reported in note 15. Loans and financial assets
Vesivek Salaojat Oy has loan receivables
 
from shareholders amounting to EUR 44 thousand.
23.
 
Commitments and contingent liabilities
 
Guanrantees given and contingent liabilities
Accounting principle
A
 
contingent
 
liability
 
is
 
a
 
possible
 
obligation
 
arising
 
due
 
to
 
previous
 
events,
 
the
 
existence
 
of
 
which
 
is
 
only
confirmed
 
when
 
an
 
event
 
beyond
 
the
 
control
 
of
 
the
 
Group
 
is
 
realised.
 
An
 
obligation
 
that
 
probably
 
does
 
not
require fulfilling a
 
payment obligation or
 
the amount of
 
which cannot be reliably
 
determined is also
 
considered to
be a contingent liability.
The Group
 
has pending
 
ordinary complaints
 
whose financial
 
effects are
 
not material
 
and their
 
realisation
 
is not
certain.
Guarantees are described in note 15 Loans and financial
 
assets.
119
24.
 
New reporting standards and reporting standards that will
enter into force at a later date
 
The IASB
 
has made
 
an amendment
 
to IAS
 
1 Presentation
 
of Financial
 
Statements concerning
 
the classification
of liabilities as
 
current and
 
non-current, and
 
non-current liabilities
 
that include
 
a covenant. The
 
amendments are
to promote
 
consistency in
 
application and
 
clarify the
 
requirements for
 
determining if
 
a liability
 
is current
 
or non-
current.
 
The amendments
 
specify
 
that covenants
 
to be
 
complied
 
with
 
after the
 
reporting
 
date
 
do
 
not affect
 
the
classification of
 
debt as
 
current or
 
non-current at
 
the reporting
 
date. Information
 
about such
 
covenants must
 
be
disclosed in the
 
notes to the
 
financial statements.
 
The amendments
 
also clarify
 
that the transfer
 
of a company’s
own equity
 
instruments
 
is regarded
 
as settlement
 
of a
 
liability.
 
If a
 
liability includes
 
a conversion
 
option,
 
it may
affect the
 
classification of
 
the liability
 
as current
 
or non-current
 
unless the
 
conversion options
 
are recognised
 
as
equity in accordance with IAS 32.
 
The
 
IASB
 
has
 
made
 
amendments
 
to
 
IFRS
 
16
 
Leases
 
regarding
 
lease
 
liability
 
in
 
a
 
sale
 
and
 
leaseback
arrangement. The
 
amendments introduce
 
a new accounting
 
model for variable
 
payments and
 
will require seller-
lessees
 
to
 
reassess
 
and
 
potentially
 
restate
 
sale-and-leaseback
 
transactions
 
entered
 
into
 
since
 
the
implementation of IFRS 16 in 2019.
 
The
 
IASB
 
has
 
made
 
amendments
 
to
 
IAS
 
7
 
Statement
 
of
 
Cash
 
Flows
 
and
 
IFRS
 
7
 
Financial
 
Instruments:
Disclosures. The
 
amendments
 
aim to
 
enhance
 
the transparency
 
of finance
 
arrangements
 
concerning
 
suppliers
of goods or
 
services, and clarify
 
their effects
 
on a company’s
 
liabilities, cash flows
 
and exposure to
 
liquidity risk.
The
 
amendments
 
require
 
the
 
disclosure
 
of
 
quantitative
 
and
 
qualitative
 
information
 
on
 
supplier
 
finance
arrangements.
These amendments will enter into effect for financial
 
periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024.
The amendments have not had an effect on the
 
HLRE Group’s reporting
IFRS
 
18
 
Presentation
 
and
 
Disclosure
 
in
 
Financial
 
Statements
 
will
 
replace
 
the
 
previous
 
IAS
 
1
 
Presentation
 
of
Financial Statements.
 
The application
 
of IFRS
 
18 will
 
begin from
 
the first
 
IFRS financial
 
statements for
 
financial
periods starting on or after 1 January 2027. The key new
 
requirements of IFRS 18 are as follows:
• Income and expenses in the income statement to be classified
 
into three new defined categories — operating,
investing and financing — and two new subtotals — “Operating
 
profit or loss” and
“Profit or loss before financing and income tax”.
• Disclosures about management-defined performance measures
 
(MPMs) in the financial statements.
MPMs are subtotals of income and expenses used in public
 
communications to communicate the management’s
view of the company’s financial performance.
• Disclosure of information based on enhanced general
 
requirements
on aggregation
 
and
 
disaggregation.
 
In
 
addition,
 
specific
 
requirements
 
to disaggregate
 
certain
 
expenses,
 
in
 
the
notes,
will be required for companies that present operating expenses
 
by function in the income statement.
The HLRE Group will start to assess the impact of the standard
 
on its financial statements during 2025.
 
120
The HLRE
 
Group has
 
not
 
identified
 
any
 
other new
 
standards,
 
amendments
 
or interpretations
 
published
 
by
 
the
IASB
 
that
 
will
 
be
 
applied
 
for
 
the
 
first
 
time
 
in
 
reporting
 
periods
 
beginning
 
on
 
or
 
after
 
1
 
January
 
2025
 
that
 
are
expected to have a material
 
impact on the HLRE Group’s
 
result, financial position or
 
presentation of the financial
statements.
25.
 
Events after the reporting date
 
In
 
February–March
 
2025,
 
the
 
Group
 
continued
 
the
 
temporary
 
layoffs
 
of
 
a
 
maximum
 
of
 
90
 
days
 
in
 
its
 
Finnish
companies, which had
 
been announced
 
in December 2024.
 
The Group further
 
announced in late
 
March that, as
the demand situation
 
had slightly improved,
 
the Group would
 
deviate from the
 
previously announced plan
 
by not
continuing the temporary layoffs in April in any of the
 
Group companies.
 
 
 
 
121
Parent company’s financial statements, FAS
 
Parent company’s income statement
 
1 EUR
 
Note
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
TURNOVER
492,249.26
322,499.94
Employee benefit expense
1
-190,068.92
-63,449.65
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment
0.00
-21,920.38
Other operating expenses
2
-322,950.80
-146,773.76
OPERATING PROFIT
 
(LOSS)
-20,770.46
90,356.15
Financial income and expenses
3
Financial income
4,289,729.65
2,522,661.54
Financial expenses
-6,603,983.50
-3,576,120.74
PROFIT (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES
-2,335,024.31
-963,103.05
Direct taxes
4
175.80
0.00
Profit or loss for the financial year
-2,334,848.51
-963,103.05
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
122
Parent company’s balance sheet
 
 
1 EUR
 
Note
31.1.2025
31.1.2024
ASSETS
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Intangible assets
5
22,770.00
0.00
Investments
6
19,802,563.00
19,802,563.00
19,825,333.00
19,802,563.00
CURRENT ASSETS
Non-current receivables
7
33,888,448.98
33,888,448.98
Current receivables
8
19,085,642.87
9,226,201.76
Cash and cash equivalents
1,377,505.84
36,327.16
54,351,597.69
43,150,977.90
ASSETS
74,176,930.69
62,953,540.90
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Share capital
80,000.00
80,000.00
Other reserves
Invested non-restricted equity reserve
18,001,823.00
18,001,823.00
Retained earnings
317,930.99
1,281,034.04
Profit or loss for the financial year
-2,334,848.51
-963,103.05
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
9
16,064,905.48
18,399,753.99
LIABILITIES
Non-current liabilities
10
42,723,127.57
37,412,895.61
Current liabilities
11
15,388,897.64
7,140,891.30
LIABILITIES
58,112,025.21
44,553,786.91
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
74,176,930.69
62,953,540.90
 
 
 
123
Parent company’s cash flow
 
 
1 EUR
 
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Cash flow from operating activiteis
PROFIT (LOSS) FOR THE PERIOD
-2,334,849
-963,103
Adjustments to profit (loss) for the period
2,314,078
1,075,380
Operating cash flow before working capital changes
-20,770
112,277
Working capital changes
Increase (decrease) in trade and other receivables
-500,344
-22,811
Increase (decrease) in trade payables
517,949
3,540
Cash flows from operations before financial items and taxes
-3,166
93,005
Interest paid
-1,161,206
-2,731,686
Interest received
3,088,843
1,731,342
Other financial items
-2,658,668
7,585
Income taxes paid
176
-119,653
Cash flow from operating activiteis
-734,021
-1,019,406
Cash flows from investing activities
0
-22,770
0
Addition (deduction) of cash equivalents
-8,586,987
1,161,397
Net cash used in investing activities
-8,609,757
1,161,397
Cash flows from financing activities
0
976,000
0
Addition (deduction) of current borrowings
6,643,105
1,358,562
0
3,065,852
0
Group contribution received and paid
0
-1,500,000
Net cash used in financing activities
10,684,957
-141,438
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
1,341,179
553
Cash and cash equivalents, opening balance
36,327
35,774
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
1,341,179
553
Cash and cash equivalents
1,377,506
36,327
 
 
124
Parent company’s notes
HLRE Holding Oyj is
 
the parent company of
 
the HLRE Holding Group
 
(Vesivek Group).
 
The financial statements
of
 
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Oyj
 
have
 
been
 
prepared
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
Finnish
 
Accounting
 
Act.
 
The
 
financial
statements
 
have
 
been
 
prepared
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
requirements
 
set
 
for
 
micro-enterprises
 
(Government
Decree on
 
the
 
information
 
presented
 
in the
 
financial
 
statements
 
of a
 
small undertaking
 
and
 
micro-undertaking,
chapters 2 and 3).
Accounting policies
Contrary
 
to
 
the
 
recognition
 
principles
 
for
 
micro-enterprises,
 
the
 
withdrawal
 
fee
 
for
 
the
 
Company’s
 
bond
 
is
accrued over the loan period.
 
Shares in subsidiaries are measured at cost.
-
 
The Company’s
 
management has
 
estimated that
 
the value
 
of the
 
shares has
 
not declined
 
permanently
based on the financial
 
forecasts prepared by the
 
Company’s management
 
regarding the development
 
of
turnover,
 
expenses
 
and
 
the
 
amount
 
of
 
investments.
 
In
 
assessing
 
the
 
continuity
 
of
 
operations,
 
the
forecasts
 
assume
 
that
 
there
 
will
 
be
 
a
 
moderate
 
positive
 
turn
 
in
 
the
 
market.
 
In
 
addition,
 
the
 
Group’s
management
 
has
 
taken
 
measures
 
to
 
improve
 
the
 
cash
 
position.
 
Due
 
to
 
the
 
general
 
economic
uncertainty, the
 
cyclical nature of the industry
 
and the short term of the order book,
 
forecasting is subject
to more management judgement than usual. If the business
 
does not develop according to the forecasts,
there is
 
a risk
 
of liquidity
 
being jeopardised
 
and the
 
covenants being
 
breached,
 
which would
 
also have
an
 
impact
 
on
 
the
 
measurement
 
of
 
the
 
parent
 
company's
 
shares
 
in
 
subsidiaries
 
and
 
receivables
 
from
subsidiaries on the balance sheet.
 
Business continuity
The financial
 
statements for
 
the financial
 
period 1
 
February
 
2024–31 January
 
2025 have
 
been prepared
 
based
on
 
the
 
going
 
concern
 
principle,
 
assuming
 
that
 
the
 
Company
 
will
 
be
 
able
 
to
 
liquidate
 
its
 
assets
 
and
 
settle
 
its
liabilities as part of normal business operations in the foreseeable
 
future.
The
 
consolidated
 
result
 
for
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
ended
 
31
 
January
 
2025
 
was
 
EUR
 
-8.4
 
million.
 
The
 
consolidated
result for the previous financial year was EUR -13.3
 
million, which included an impairment of goodwill
 
of EUR 5.0
million. The Company's
 
operating cash
 
flow came to
 
EUR 0.1 (4.3)
 
million, and
 
net debt amounted
 
to EUR
 
61.1
(55.2)
 
million.
 
During
 
the
 
financial
 
year,
 
the
 
Company
 
refinanced
 
the
 
SEK
 
300
 
million
 
bond
 
issued
 
by
 
the
Company that matured
 
in February 2024.
 
The bond will
 
mature in February
 
2027. The bond
 
includes a Swedish
krona exchange rate risk that
 
was not hedged at the
 
time of signing the financial
 
statements. A change of +-10%
in the exchange
 
rate of the
 
Swedish krona against
 
the euro would
 
affect the
 
result by approximately
 
EUR +/-2.6
million before taxes. The terms
 
and conditions of the bond are
 
described in more detail in sections
 
15 Loans and
financial assets and 17 Financial risk management in the notes
 
to the consolidated financial statements.
The bond
 
includes
 
a cash
 
covenant of
 
EUR 2
 
million
 
and, effective
 
from 1
 
August
 
2025, a
 
leverage
 
covenant.
The Group’s
 
cash and
 
cash equivalents
 
amounted to
 
EUR 2.50
 
million on
 
31 January
 
2025. The
 
Group has
 
an
unused
 
overdraft
 
facility
 
of
 
EUR
 
1.0
 
million
 
that
 
was
 
negotiated
 
in
 
March
 
2024
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
the
restructuring of the SEK 300 million bond.
The
 
Group’s
 
operating
 
environment
 
is
 
subject
 
to
 
uncertainty
 
caused
 
by
 
the
 
impairment
 
of
 
the
 
general
 
security
situation
 
in
 
Europe
 
and
 
continued
 
increases
 
in
 
raw
 
material
 
and
 
energy
 
prices
 
and
 
general
 
costs.
 
The
 
rising
costs and
 
uncertainty have
 
impacts on
 
disposable income,
 
purchase choices
 
and consumer
 
behaviour,
 
among
other things.
 
In addition,
 
the potential
 
impacts of
 
the significant
 
and extensive
 
tariffs imposed
 
by the
 
US in
 
April
2025 and the uncertainty
 
they cause are
 
difficult to estimate
 
and predict.
 
They can present
 
both challenges and
 
 
125
opportunities
 
to
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
the
 
Group’s
 
business.
 
Ideally,
 
the
 
impacts
 
will
 
accelerate
 
the
 
recovery
 
of
development
 
activity
 
in
 
the
 
property
 
market.
 
At
 
the
 
same
 
time,
 
uncertainty
 
about
 
the
 
future
 
impacts
 
of
 
trade
policy causes delays in decision-making concerning property
 
investments.
The Group’s growth and
 
development are strongly linked
 
with the growth and development
 
of sales and success
in
 
internationalisation,
 
and
 
failure
 
in
 
them
 
might
 
have
 
direct
 
or
 
indirect
 
impacts
 
on
 
the
 
Group’s
 
business
 
and
growth opportunities or the development of its profitability.
In
 
the
 
first
 
quarter
 
of
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
2025,
 
the
 
Group
 
continued
 
the
 
organisational
 
efficiency
 
improvement
measures
 
it
 
initiated
 
in
 
2023
 
in
 
a
 
few
 
of
 
Vesivek
 
Oy's
 
units.
 
All
 
in
 
all,
 
the
 
efficiency
 
improvement
 
measures
initiated
 
in
 
2023
 
have
 
had
 
extensive
 
impacts
 
on
 
the
 
Group's
 
Finnish
 
companies.
 
The
 
executive
 
management
closely
 
monitors
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
the
 
Group’s
 
various
 
companies
 
and
 
businesses,
 
and
 
is
 
prepared
 
to
 
react
further if the performance of the businesses is not in line with
 
the set plans.
 
With due account taken of the
 
refinancing of the bond and the
 
extensive efficiency improvement
 
measures taken,
the
 
Company’s
 
management
 
has
 
prepared
 
financial
 
forecasts
 
for
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
turnover,
 
expenses
 
and
investments. In assessing
 
the continuity of
 
business operations,
 
the Company’s
 
management estimates that
 
the
Company’s current liquid assets
 
and projected cash flow from
 
operations are sufficient to
 
cover the liabilities and
obligations arising
 
from its
 
operations for
 
at least
 
12 months.
 
Consequently,
 
the financial
 
statements have
 
been
prepared
 
on
 
the
 
basis
 
of
 
the
 
going
 
concern
 
principle.
 
The
 
forecasts
 
assume
 
that
 
there
 
will
 
be
 
a
 
moderate
positive
 
turn
 
in
 
the
 
market.
 
In
 
addition,
 
the
 
Group’s
 
management
 
has
 
taken
 
measures
 
to
 
improve
 
the
 
cash
position
 
by,
 
for
 
example,
 
switching
 
to
 
the
 
use
 
of
 
consignment
 
stock
 
for
 
steel
 
products.
 
Due
 
to
 
the
 
general
economic
 
uncertainty,
 
the
 
cyclical
 
nature
 
of
 
the
 
industry
 
and
 
the
 
short
 
term
 
of
 
the
 
order
 
book,
 
forecasting
 
is
subject to more management judgement
 
than usual. If the business
 
does not develop according to
 
the forecasts,
there
 
is
 
a
 
risk
 
of
 
liquidity
 
being
 
jeopardised
 
and
 
the
 
covenants
 
being
 
breached,
 
which
 
may
 
cause
 
significant
grounds
 
for
 
doubting
 
the
 
ability
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
and
 
the
 
Group
 
to
 
continue
 
as
 
a
 
going
 
concern.
 
Such
circumstances would also have an impact on the
 
balance sheet valuation of the parent company’s
 
shares in, and
receivables from, its subsidiaries.
 
1.
 
Notes
 
concerning
 
the
 
personnel
 
and
 
members
 
of
 
governing
organs
1 EUR
 
Personnel expenses
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Wages, salaries and fees
-170,779.12
-46,620.88
Pension expenses
-12,838.22
-12,488.79
Other social security contributions
-6,451.58
-4,339.98
Total
-190,068.92
-63,449.65
Management salaries, fees and fringe benefits
CEO
121,840.00
10,000.00
Board members
36,000.00
36,000.00
Total
157,840.00
46,000.00
Number of personnel
Average during the year
1
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
126
2.
 
Other operating expenses and auditors’ fees
1 EUR
 
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
To the auditor:
 
staturoty audit
-24,161.53
-28,779.49
PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy
0.00
-13,254.49
KPMG Oy Ab
-24,161.53
-15,525.00
To the auditor:
 
other expert services
-17,254.33
-16,469.16
PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy
0.00
-4,000.00
KPMG Oy Ab
-17,254.33
-12,469.16
Legal and consulting services
-194,126.66
-36,588.31
Other operating expenses
-128,824.14
-64,936.80
-322,950.80
-146,773.76
3.
 
Financial income and expenses
1 EUR
 
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Interest income from group companies
3,845,852.89
2,498,437.65
Interest income from others
15,099.54
2,904.86
Exchange rate gains
428,777.22
21,319.03
Financial income total
4,289,729.65
2,522,661.54
Interest expense from liabilities to others
-3,945,315.53
-3,378,547.44
Other financial expenses
-2,631,142.10
-13,733.54
Exchange rate losses
-27,525.87
-183,839.76
Financial expenses total
-6,603,983.50
-3,576,120.74
Financial income and expenses total
-2,314,253.85
-1,053,459.20
4.
 
Direct taxes
1 EUR
 
1.2.2024-31.1.2025
1.2.2023-31.1.2024
Tax
 
for previous accounting periods
175.80
0.00
175.80
0.00
5.
 
Intangible assets
1 EUR
 
Intangible rights
Total
Cost 1 February 2024
115,744
115,744
Increase
22,770
22,770
Cost 31 January 2025
138,514
138,514
Accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment 1 February
2024
-115,744.42
-115,744.42
Accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment 31
 
January
2025
-115,744.42
-115,744.42
Book value 31 January 2025
22,770
22,770
 
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Book value 31 January 2024
0
0
6.
 
Investments
1 EUR
 
Shares in Group
companies
Total
Cost 1 February 2024
19,802,563.00
19,802,563.00
Cost 31 January 2025
19,802,563.00
19,802,563.00
Book value 31 January 2025
19,802,563.00
19,802,563.00
Book value 31 January 2024
19,802,563.00
19,802,563.00
HLRE Holding
 
Oyj owns
 
100% of
 
the shares
 
in HLRE
 
Group Oy.
 
The other
 
Group companies
 
are presented
 
in
note 20 to the consolidated financial statements.
 
.
 
7.
 
Non-current receivables
1 EUR
 
31.1.2025
31.1.2024
Non-current intra-group loan receivables
HLRE Group Oy
19,696,332.67
19,696,332.67
Vesivek Tuotteet
 
Oy
4,510,442.67
4,510,442.67
Nesco Invest Oy
8,446,713.58
8,446,713.58
Vesivek Oy
1,234,960.06
1,234,960.06
33,888,448.98
33,888,448.98
8.
 
Current receivables
1 EUR
 
31.1.2025
31.1.2024
Receivables from Group companies
Trade receivables from Group companies
215,127.09
0.00
Interest receivables on intra-group loans
8,760,010.25
7,987,900.67
Group account receivables
9,722,882.54
1,135,895.22
Receivables from others
Other receivables
0.00
5,745.34
Accrued income
313,380.55
22,418.04
Income tax receivable
74,242.44
74,242.49
19,085,642.87
9,226,201.76
9.
 
Shareholders’ equity
1 EUR
 
Restricted shareholders' equity
31.1.2025
31.1.2024
Share capital
80,000.00
80,000.00
Total restricted
 
equity at the end of financial year
80,000.00
80,000.00
Non-restricted shareholders' equity
 
 
 
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Invested non-restricted equity reserve
18,001,823.00
18,001,823.00
Retained earnings, at the beginning of the period
317,930.99
1,281,034.04
Profit or loss for the financial year
-2,334,848.51
-963,103.05
Total non-restricted
 
shareholders' equity at the end of the
financial year
15,984,905.48
18,319,753.99
Distributable non-restricted shareholders' equity
Retained earnings
317,930.99
1,281,034.04
Profit or loss for the financial year
-2,334,848.51
-963,103.05
Invested non-restricted equity reserve
18,001,823.00
18,001,823.00
Total
 
distributable funds
15,984,905.48
18,319,753.99
The Board of Directors’ proposal to the general meeting is that no
 
dividends be distributed.
The company acquired 145,509 treasury shares during
 
the financial year. The acquisition
 
was gratuitous.
 
The
 
key
 
employees’
 
shareholdings
 
include
 
an
 
obligation
 
to
 
work.
 
The
 
Company
 
has
 
the
 
right,
 
but
 
not
 
an
obligation, to
 
redeem the
 
shares at
 
the lower
 
of the
 
original subscription
 
prices of
 
the share
 
issues or
 
fair value
as
 
specified
 
in
 
the
 
shareholders’
 
agreement
 
in
 
the
 
case
 
of
 
the
 
resignation
 
of
 
the
 
key
 
employees.
 
The
 
key
individuals
 
whose
 
shares
 
were
 
acquired
 
by
 
the
 
Company
 
during
 
the
 
financial
 
year
 
left
 
the
 
Company's
employment during the financial year.
 
At the balance sheet date, the Company held 201,304
 
treasury shares, corresponding to 1.21%.
10.
 
Non-current liabilities
1 EUR
 
31.1.2025
31.1.2024
Bonds
28,647,453.11
26,623,595.61
Liabilities to related parties
14,075,674.46
10,789,300.00
42,723,127.57
37,412,895.61
The loans were refinanced in March 2024.
11.
 
Current liabilities
1 EUR
 
31.1.2025
31.1.2024
Liabilities to group companies
Trade payables
500
500
Group account liabilities
8202575.3
1559470.72
Liabilities to others
Loans from financial institutions
976,000.00
0.00
Trade payables
11,028.33
5,026.47
Other liabiliteis
45,059.63
11,342.85
Interest liabilities
5,673,661.77
5,562,709.22
 
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Accrued expense
480,072.61
2,441.94
15,388,897.64
7,140,891.30
12.
 
Guarantees and contingent liabilities
HLRE
 
Holding
 
Oyj
 
has
 
pledged
 
2,500
 
shares
 
in
 
the
 
subsidiary
 
HLRE
 
Group
 
Oy
 
as
 
collateral
 
for
 
the
 
secured
financing
 
arrangement
 
of
 
SEK
 
300,000,000
 
concerning
 
the
 
Group.
 
In
 
addition,
 
intra-Group
 
receivables
amounting to EUR 33.9 million have been pledged as collateral.
The
 
following
 
business
 
mortgages
 
have
 
been
 
confirmed
 
and
 
pledged
 
as
 
collateral
 
for
 
the
 
bond
 
and
 
overdraft
facility:
HLRE Group Oy
 
EUR 57,200,000
 
Vesivek Oy
 
EUR 57,200,000
 
Nesco Invest Oy
 
EUR 57,200,000
 
Vesivek Tuotteet
 
Oy
 
EUR 57,200,000
 
Vesivek Sverige AB
 
SEK 20,000,000
The following real estate mortgages have been pledged as
 
collateral for the bond:
Vesivek Tuotteet
 
Oy Orimattila production plant
 
EUR 13,673,200
Calculation formulas for key figures
Equity ratio
100 * Shareholders’ equity/Balance sheet total - Advance
 
payments received
EBITDA
Operating profit + Depreciation, amortisation and impairment
Gross capital expenditure
Investments in intangible and tangible assets
Operating cash flow
 
Profit/loss for the period +/- non-cash adjustments +/-
 
change in working capital
+/- interest paid/received on business - tax paid on business
 
Personnel on average
 
The total number of employees at the end of each month is divided
 
by the
number of months in the financial period
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Independent auditor's report on the ESEF financial statements
 
of HLRE Holding Oyj
To
 
the Board of Directors of HLRE Holding Oyj
We have performed a reasonable assurance engagement
 
on the financial statements
743700UNWAM0XWPHXP50-2025-01-31-0-en.zip
 
of HLRE Holding Oyj (Business ID 2611405
 
-7) that have
been prepared in accordance with the Commission's regulatory technical
 
standard for the financial year ended
31.1.2025.
Responsibilities of the Board of Directors and the Managing
 
Director
The Board of Directors and the Managing Director are
 
responsible for the preparation of the company's report
 
of
the Board of Directors and financial statements (the ESEF financial
 
statements) in such a way that they comply
with the requirements of the Commission's regulatory technical
 
standard. This responsibility includes:
 
preparing the ESEF financial statements in XHTML format
 
in accordance with Article 3 of the Commission's
regulatory technical standard
tagging the primary financial statements, notes and company's
 
identification data in the consolidated
financial statements that are included in the ESEF financial
 
statements with iXBRL tags in accordance with
Article 4 of the Commission's regulatory technical standard and
ensuring the consistency between the ESEF financial
 
statements and the audited financial statements.
The Board of Directors and the Managing Director are
 
also responsible for such internal control as they
determine is necessary to enable the preparation of ESEF
 
financial statements in accordance with the
requirements of the Commission's regulatory technical
 
standard.
Auditor’s independence and quality management
We are independent of the company in accordance
 
with the ethical requirements that are applicable in Finland
and are relevant to the engagement we have performed,
 
and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities
 
in
accordance with these requirements.
The auditor applies International Standard on Quality
 
Management (ISQM) 1, which requires the firm to design,
implement and operate a system of quality management
 
including policies or procedures regarding compliance
with ethical requirements, professional standards and
 
applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
 
Auditor’s responsibilities
Our responsibility is to, in accordance with Chapter 7, Section 8
 
of the Securities Markets Act, provide assurance
on the financial statements that have been prepared in
 
accordance with the Commission's regulatory technical
standard. We express an opinion on whether the consolidated
 
financial statements that are included in the ESEF
financial statements have been tagged, in all material respects,
 
in accordance with the requirements of Article 4
of the Commission's regulatory technical standard.
 
Our responsibility is to indicate in our opinion to what extent
 
the assurance has been provided. We conducted
 
a
reasonable assurance engagement in accordance with International
 
Standard on Assurance Engagements
(ISAE) 3000.
 
The engagement includes procedures to obtain evidence on:
 
whether the primary financial statements in the consolidated
 
financial statements that are included in the
ESEF financial statements have been tagged, in all
 
material respects, with iXBRL tags in accordance with
the requirements of Article 4 of the Commission's regulatory
 
technical standard and
 
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whether the notes and company's identification data in the consolidated
 
financial statements that are
included in the ESEF financial statements have been tagged,
 
in all material respects, with iXBRL tags in
accordance with the requirements of Article 4 of the Commission's
 
regulatory technical standard and
 
whether there is consistency between the ESEF financial
 
statements and the audited financial statements.
The nature, timing and extent of the selected procedures
 
depend on the auditor’s judgment. This includes an
assessment of the risk of a material deviation due to fraud
 
or error from the requirements of the Commission's
regulatory technical standard.
 
We believe that the evidence we have obtained is sufficient
 
and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Opinion
 
Our opinion pursuant to Chapter 7, Section 8 of the
 
Securities Markets Act is that the primary financial
statements, notes and company's identification data in
 
the consolidated financial statements that are included
 
in
the ESEF financial statements of HLRE Holding Oyj 743700UNWAM0XWPHXP50
 
-2025-01-31-0-en.zip for the
financial year ended 31.1.2025
 
have been tagged, in all material respects, in accordance with
 
the requirements
of the Commission's regulatory technical standard.
Our opinion on the audit of the consolidated financial statements
 
of HLRE Holding Oyj for the financial year
ended 31.1.2025
 
has been expressed in our auditor's report dated 3.6.2025.
 
With this report we do not express
an opinion on the audit of the consolidated financial statements
 
nor express another assurance conclusion.
 
Tampere
 
3 June 2025
KPMG OY AB
Assi Lintula
Authorised Public Accountant, KHT
This document is an English translation of the Finnish
 
Assurance Report on the Sustainability Report.
 
Only the
Finnish version of the report is legally binding.
Assurance Report on the Sustainability Report
To
 
the Annual General Meeting of HLRE Holding Oyj
We have performed a limited assurance engagement
 
on the group sustainability report of HLRE Holding
 
Oyj
(business identity code 2611405
 
-7) that is referred to in Chapter 7 of the Accounting
 
Act and that is included in
the report of the Board of Directors for the financial year
 
1.2.2024–31.1.2025.
Opinion
Based on the procedures we have performed and the
 
evidence we have obtained, nothing has come to our
attention that causes us to believe that the group sustainability
 
report does not comply,
 
in all material respects,
with
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1)
 
the requirements laid down in Chapter 7 of the Accounting
 
Act and the sustainability reporting standards
(ESRS);
2)
 
the requirements laid down in Article 8 of the Regulation
 
(EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and
of the Council on the establishment of a framework to facilitate
 
sustainable investment, and amending
Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (EU Taxonomy).
Point 1 above also contains the process in which HLRE Holding
 
Oyj has identified the information for reporting in
accordance with the sustainability reporting standards
 
(double materiality assessment) and the tagging of
information as referred to in Chapter 7, Section 22 of the
 
Accounting Act.
Our opinion does not cover the tagging of the group sustainability
 
report with digital XBRL sustainability tags in
accordance with Chapter 7, Section 22, Subsection 1(2),
 
of the Accounting Act, because sustainability reporting
companies have not had the possibility to comply with
 
that provision in the absence of the ESEF regulation
 
or
other European Union legislation.
 
Basis for Opinion
We performed the assurance of the group sustainability
 
report as a limited assurance engagement in
compliance with good assurance practice in Finland and with
 
the International Standard on Assurance
Engagements (ISAE) 3000 (Revised)
Assurance Engagements Other than Audits or Reviews
 
of Historical
Financial Information
.
 
Our responsibilities under this standard are further described
 
in the
Responsibilities of the Authorized Group
Sustainability Auditor
 
section of our report.
We believe that the evidence we have obtained is sufficient
 
and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Other Matter
We draw attention to the fact that the group sustainability
 
report of HLRE Holding Oyj that is referred to in
Chapter 7 of the Accounting Act has been prepared and assurance
 
has been provided for it for the first time for
the financial year 1.2.2024–31.1.2025. Our opinion does not cover the
 
comparative information that has been
presented in the group sustainability report. Our opinion
 
is not modified in respect of this matter.
Authorized group sustainability auditor's Independence
 
and Quality Management
We are independent of the parent company and of
 
the group companies in accordance with the ethical
requirements that are applicable in Finland and are relevant to
 
our engagement, and we have fulfilled our other
ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements.
The authorized group sustainability auditor applies International
 
Standard on Quality Management ISQM 1,
which requires the authorized sustainability audit firm to design,
 
implement and operate a system of quality
management including policies or procedures regarding compliance
 
with ethical requirements, professional
standards and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities of the Board of Directors and the Managing
 
Director
The Board of Directors and the Managing Director of HLRE
 
Holding Oyj are responsible for:
 
the group sustainability report and for its preparation and
 
presentation in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 7 of the Accounting Act, including the process
 
that has been defined in the sustainability reporting
standards and in which the information for reporting in
 
accordance with the sustainability reporting standards
has been identified as well as the tagging of information
 
as referred to in Chapter 7, Section 22 of the
Accounting Act and
the compliance of the group sustainability report with the requirements
 
laid down in Article 8 of the
Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament
 
and of the Council on the establishment of a
framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending
 
Regulation (EU) 2019/2088;
such internal control as the Board of Directors and the
 
Managing Director determine is necessary to enable
the preparation of a group sustainability report that is free
 
from material misstatement, whether due to fraud
or error.
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Inherent Limitations in the Preparation of a Sustainability Report
Preparation of the sustainability report requires company
 
to make materiality assessment to identify relevant
matters to report. This includes significant management
 
judgement and choices. It is also characteristic to the
sustainability reporting that reporting of this kind of information
 
includes estimates and assumptions as well as
measurement and estimation uncertainty.
 
Furthermore, when reporting forward looking information
 
company has
to disclose assumptions related to potential future events
 
and describe company´s possible future actions
 
in
relation to these events. Actual outcome may differ
 
as forecasted events do not always occur as expected.
Responsibilities of the Authorized Group Sustainability Auditor
Our responsibility is to perform an assurance engagement
 
to obtain limited assurance about whether the group
sustainability report is free from material misstatement, whether
 
due to fraud or error,
 
and to issue a limited
assurance report that includes our opinion. Misstatements
 
can arise from fraud or error and are considered
material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably
 
be expected to influence the decisions of users
taken on the basis of the group sustainability report.
Compliance with the International Standard on Assurance
 
Engagements (ISAE) 3000 (Revised) requires that we
exercise professional judgment and maintain professional
 
skepticism throughout the engagement. We
 
also:
Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement
 
of the group sustainability report, whether due to fraud
or error, and obtain an understanding
 
of internal control relevant to the engagement in order
 
to design
assurance procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances,
 
but not for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the effectiveness of the parent company’s
 
or the group’s internal control.
 
Design and perform assurance procedures responsive
 
to those risks to obtain evidence that is sufficient
 
and
appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not
 
detecting a material misstatement resulting
from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error,
 
as fraud may involve collusion, forgery,
 
intentional
omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
Description of the Procedures That Have Been Performed
The procedures performed in a limited assurance engagement
 
vary in nature and timing from, and are less in
extent than for, a reasonable
 
assurance engagement. The nature, timing and extent
 
of assurance procedures
selected depend on professional judgment, including the assessment
 
of risks of material misstatement, whether
due to fraud or error. Consequently,
 
the level of assurance obtained in a limited assurance
 
engagement is
substantially lower than the assurance that would have
 
been obtained had a reasonable assurance engagement
been performed.
 
Our procedures included for ex. the following:
We interviewed group management and persons
 
responsible for the preparation and gathering of the
sustainability information.
We familiarized with interviews to the key processes
 
related to collecting and consolidating the sustainability
information.
We got acquainted with the relevant guidances and policies
 
related to the sustainability information disclosed
in the sustainability report.
We acquainted ourselves to the background documentation
 
and other records prepared by the company,
 
as
appropriate and assessed how they support the information
 
included in the sustainability report.
In relation to the double materiality assessment process,
 
we interviewed persons responsible for the process
and familiarized ourselves with the process description
 
prepared of the double materiality assessment and
other documentation and background materials.
In relation to the EU taxonomy information we interviewed the
 
management of the company and persons
with key roles in reporting taxonomy information to understand
 
how taxonomy eligible activities have been
identified, we obtained evidence supporting the interviews
 
and reconciled the reported EU taxonomy
information to supporting documents and to the bookkeeping,
 
as applicable.
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We assessed the application of the ESRS sustainability
 
reporting standards reporting principles in the
presentation of the sustainability information.
Tampere
 
2 June 2025
KPMG OY AB
ASSI LINTULA
Authorized Sustainability Auditor,
 
KRT
This document is an English translation of the Finnish
 
auditor’s report. Only the Finnish version of the report is
legally binding.
Auditor’s Report
To
 
the Annual General Meeting of HLRE Holding Plc
Report on the Audit of the Financial Statements
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of HLRE
 
Holding Plc (business identity code 2611405
 
-7) for the
financial year 1 February 2024 – 31 January 2025. The
 
financial statements comprise the consolidated
statement of financial position,
statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes
 
in equity, statement
of cash flows and notes, including material accounting
 
policy information, as well as the parent company’s
balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows
 
and notes.
In our opinion
the consolidated financial statements give a true and fair
 
view of the group’s financial position, financial
performance and cash flows in accordance with IFRS
 
Accounting Standards as adopted by the EU
the financial statements give a true and fair view of the parent
 
company’s financial performance and financial
position in accordance with the laws and regulations governing
 
the preparation of financial statements in
Finland and comply with statutory requirements.
Our opinion is consistent with the additional report submitted to
 
the Audit Committee.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with good auditing
 
practice in Finland. Our responsibilities under good
auditing practice are further described in the
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
section of our report.
We are independent of the parent company and of
 
the group companies in accordance with the ethical
requirements that are applicable in Finland and are relevant to
 
our audit, and we have fulfilled our other ethical
responsibilities in accordance with these requirements.
In our best knowledge and understanding, the non-audit services
 
that we have provided to the parent company
and group companies are in compliance with laws and regulations
 
applicable in Finland regarding these
services, and we have not provided any prohibited non-audit
 
services referred to in Article 5(1) of regulation (EU)
537/2014. The non-audit services that we have provided
 
have been disclosed in note 6 to the consolidated
financial statements.
 
 
 
 
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We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained
 
is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis
 
for our
opinion.
Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern
 
We would like to draw attention to the section
 
1.
Accounting Principles – Business continuity
 
in the notes to the
consolidated financial statements, and to the section
Business continuity
 
of the accounting policies in the notes
to the parent company financial statements. As described
 
in the notes, the consolidated loss for the financial
year ended 31 January 2025 was EUR -8.4 million,
 
the company's operating cash flow was EUR 0.1
 
million, and
net debt amounted to EUR 61.1 million. During the financial
 
year, the company refinanced
 
the SEK 300 million
bond issued by the company that matured in February
 
2024. The bond will mature in February 2027. The bond
includes a cash covenant of EUR 2 million and, effective
 
from 1 August 2025, a leverage covenant. In assessing
the going concern assumption, management believes that the
 
company’s current liquid funds and projected
operating cash flows are sufficient to cover its
 
liabilities and obligations arising from its operations for at
 
least 12
months, and consequently the financial statements have been
 
prepared on a going concern basis. Due to the
general economic uncertainty,
 
the cyclical nature of the industry and the short time
 
horizon of the order book,
forecasting involves a higher degree of judgment than
 
usual. If the business does not develop according to
 
the
forecasts, there is a risk of liquidity being compromised
 
and covenants being breached, which could cast
significant doubt on the ability of the company and the
 
group to continue as a going concern. As stated in the
notes, these events or circumstances, together with the
 
other matters discussed in the section
Business
continuity
, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may
 
cast significant doubt on the company’s ability
 
to
continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect
 
of this matter.
Materiality
The scope of our audit was influenced by our application
 
of materiality.
 
The materiality is determined based on
our professional judgement and is used to determine the nature,
 
timing and extent of our audit procedures and
to evaluate the effect of identified misstatements
 
on the financial statements as a whole. The level of materiality
we set is based on our assessment of the magnitude
 
of misstatements that, individually or in aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have influence on the economic decisions
 
of the users of the financial statements.
We have also taken into account misstatements
 
and/or possible misstatements that in our opinion are
 
material
for qualitative reasons for the users of the financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment,
 
were of most significance in our audit of
the financial statements of the current period. These
 
matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the
financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion
 
thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion
on these matters. The significant risks of material misstatement
 
referred to in the EU Regulation No 537/2014
point (c) of Article 10(2) are included in the description
 
of key audit matters below.
We have also addressed the risk of management
 
override of internal controls. This includes consideration of
whether there was evidence of management bias that represented
 
a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.
In addition to the matter described in the Material uncertainty related
 
to going concern -section, we have
determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters
 
to be communicated in our report.
THE KEY AUDIT MATTER
HOW THE MATTER
 
WAS ADDRESSED IN THE
AUDIT
Measurement of consolidated goodwill and subsidiary
 
shares and receivables from
subsidiaries in the parent company and emphasis
 
of matter
(Consolidated financial statements: Note 1 Accounting
 
principles – Business continuity,
 
2
Management judgement and sources of uncertainty
 
and 9 Goodwill and other intangible
assets, including impairment testing – Parent company financial
 
statements: Accounting
policies and Business continuity in the notes)
 
We would like to draw attention to the circumstances
 
described in Note 1.
Accounting Principles –
 
 
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Business continuity
 
to the consolidated financial statements, and in the section
 
Business continuity
of the accounting policies in the notes to the parent company
 
financial statements,
 
that could also
have an impact on the measurement of the group’s
 
goodwill as well as that of the subsidiary shares
and receivables from subsidiaries of the parent company
 
in the balance sheet. Our opinion is not
modified in respect of
 
this matter.
The goodwill balance in the consolidated
financial statements at 31 January 2025
totals EUR 35.3 million, representing
approximately 43% of the total assets and
618% of the consolidated equity at the
financial year-end.
The total net amount of the subsidiary
shares and receivables from subsidiaries is
EUR 64.2 million in the balance sheet of the
parent company HLRE Holding Plc at 31
January 2025.
Goodwill is not amortised but is tested for
impairment at least annually.
 
In the
previous financial statements, an
impairment loss of EUR 5 million was
allocated to goodwill.
Subsidiary shares held by the parent
company are carried at cost or written down
if the value of the shares is permanently
impaired. Receivables are measured at
face value, however, not in
 
excess of their
probable value.
Determination of the cash flow projections
underlying the calculations prepared to
support the impairment testing of goodwill,
subsidiary shares and receivables from
subsidiaries, requires management
judgments and estimates related to, among
others, profitability,
 
discount rate and long-
term growth rate.
Material uncertainty related to the going
concern assumption could compromise the
group’s liquidity and lead to a breach of the
covenants, which would also have an
impact on the valuation of the consolidated
goodwill and subsidiary shares and
receivables from subsidiaries in the parent
company’s balance sheet.
Due to management estimates underlying
the forecasts used in impairment testing,
We assessed key inputs in the impairment
calculations such as revenue growth rate,
profitability and discount rate, by reference
to the budgets and subsequent cash flow
projections approved by the Board of
Directors of the parent company and our
own views.
We evaluated the historical accuracy
 
of
forecasts prepared by management by
comparing the actual cash flows for the year
with the original forecasts.
We involved our own valuation specialists
that assessed the technical accuracy of the
calculations and compared certain
assumptions used to market and industry
information.
We compared the amounts of the subsidiary
shares and receivables from subsidiaries on
the parent company’s balance sheet, net of
intercompany liabilities, with the cash flow
forecasts of the business units and the
company-specific forecasts for the current
financial year.
Furthermore, we assessed the disclosures
in respect of both goodwill and impairment
testing in the consolidated financial
statements, and of measurement of
subsidiary shares and receivables from
subsidiaries in the parent company financial
statements.
 
 
 
 
 
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the significant carrying amounts involved,
and the material uncertainty related to the
going concern assumption, measurement of
consolidated goodwill and subsidiary shares
and receivables from subsidiaries in parent
company is considered a key audit matter.
Revenue recognition
 
(Notes 4 Turnover
 
and 12 Trade and other receivables
 
to the consolidated financial
statements)
The consolidated revenue for the financial
year ended 31 January 2025 totalled EUR
102.9 million.
Revenue recognition is based on sales at
multiple locations and, considering revenue
accruals, projects may be ongoing at the
reporting date.
Due to the significant number of sales
transactions, the variety of sales and
considerations related to revenue accruals,
revenue recognition is considered a key
audit matter.
We gained an understanding of the
accounting policies and practices for the
various revenue streams, and assessed the
revenue recognition principles by reference
to the applicable IFRS Accounting
Standards.
Our audit procedures included evaluation of
the internal control environment for sales
processes, testing key controls, as well as
substantive testing.
We assessed the appropriateness and
timeliness of revenue transactions.
In addition, we assessed the disclosures
related to turnover in the consolidated
financial statements.
Responsibilities of the Board of Directors and the Managing
 
Director for the Financial Statements
The Board of Directors and the Managing Director are
 
responsible for the preparation of consolidated financial
statements that give a true and fair view in accordance
 
with IFRS Accounting Standards as adopted by the EU,
and of financial statements that give a true and fair view
 
in accordance with the laws and regulations governing
the preparation of financial statements in Finland and comply
 
with statutory requirements. The Board of Directors
and the Managing Director are also responsible for such internal
 
control as they determine is necessary to
enable the preparation of financial statements that are
 
free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud
 
or
error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Board of Directors
 
and the Managing Director are responsible for
assessing the parent company’s and the group’s
 
ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as
 
applicable,
matters relating to going concern and using the going concern
 
basis of accounting. The financial statements are
prepared using the going concern basis of accounting
 
unless there is an intention to liquidate the parent
company or the group or cease operations, or there is
 
no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
 
the financial statements as a whole are free
from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error,
 
and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our
opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance
 
,
 
but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted
 
in
accordance with good auditing practice will always detect
 
a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements
can arise from fraud or error and are considered material
 
if, individually or in the aggregate, they could
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reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions
 
of users taken on the basis of the financial
statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with good auditing practice, we
 
exercise professional judgment and maintain
professional skepticism throughout the audit. We
 
also:
Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement
 
of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or
error, design and perform audit
 
procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit
 
evidence that is
sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our
 
opinion. The risk of not detecting a material
misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting
 
from error, as fraud may
 
involve collusion,
forgery, intentional
 
omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit
 
in order to design audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose
 
of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness
 
of
the parent company’s or the group’s
 
internal control.
 
Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used
 
and the reasonableness of accounting estimates
and related disclosures made by management.
Conclude on the appropriateness of the Board of Directors’
 
and the Managing Director’s use of the going
concern basis of accounting and based on the audit evidence
 
obtained, whether a material uncertainty
exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant
 
doubt on the parent company’s or the
group’s ability to continue as a going concern. If
 
we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are
required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures
 
in the financial statements or,
 
if
such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our
 
conclusions are based on the audit evidence
obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However,
 
future events or conditions may cause the parent
company or the group to cease to continue as a going
 
concern.
Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content
 
of the financial statements, including the
disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent
 
the underlying transactions and events so that
the financial statements give a true and fair view.
Plan and perform the group audit to obtain sufficient
 
appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial
information of the entities or business units within the group
 
as a basis for forming an opinion on the group
financial statements. We are responsible for the
 
direction, supervision and review of the audit work
performed for purposes of the group audit. We remain
 
solely responsible for our audit opinion.
We communicate with those charged with governance
 
regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and
timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including
 
any significant deficiencies in internal control that we
identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with
 
a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical
requirements regarding independence, and communicate with
 
them all relationships and other matters that may
reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where
 
applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with
 
governance, we determine those matters that were
 
of
most significance in the audit of the financial statements
 
of the current period and are therefore the key audit
matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless
 
law or regulation precludes public disclosure
about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances,
 
we determine that a matter should not be
communicated in our report because the adverse consequences
 
of doing so would reasonably be expected to
outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Other Reporting Requirements
Information on our audit engagement
We were first appointed as auditors by the Annual General
 
Meeting on 26 May 2023, and our appointment
represents a total period of uninterrupted engagement
 
of two years.
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Other Information
The Board of Directors and the Managing Director are
 
responsible for the other information. The other
information comprises the report of the Board of Directors
 
but does not include the financial statements or our
auditor’s report thereon.
 
We have obtained the report of the Board of Directors
 
prior to the date of this auditor’s
report.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not
 
cover the other information.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements,
 
our responsibility is to read the other information
identified above and, in doing so, consider whether the other
 
information is materially inconsistent with the
financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the
 
audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
With respect to the report of the Board of Directors, our
 
responsibility also includes considering whether the
report of the Board of Directors has been prepared in compliance
 
with the applicable provisions, excluding the
sustainability report information on which there are provisions
 
in Chapter 7 of the Accounting Act and in the
sustainability reporting standards.
In our opinion, the information in the report of the Board of Directors
 
is consistent with the information in the
financial statements and the report of the Board of Directors
 
has been prepared in compliance with the
applicable provisions.
 
Our opinion does not cover the sustainability report
 
information on which there are
provisions in Chapter 7 of the Accounting Act and in the
 
sustainability reporting standards.
If, based on the work we have performed on the other
 
information that we obtained prior to the date of this
auditor’s report, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of
 
this other information, we are required to
report that fact. We have nothing to report in this
 
regard.
Tampere
 
3. June 2025
KPMG OY AB
Assi Lintula
Authorised Public Accountant, KHT