Updated Sustainable Tourism Strategy and Carbon Footprint Calculation

At the beginning of 2025, Skafur-Tour took a significant step towards even more sustainable tourism by updating its sustainable tourism strategy for the years 2025-2030. With this update, we have developed a completely new carbon footprint calculator, which enables more efficient and accurate calculation of the carbon footprint of low carbon footprint trips and comparison with other Skafur-Tour

products.

The new calculator is, to our knowledge, the first CO2 calculator created by a travel agency for calculating the carbon footprint of its own trips. This innovation establishes Skafur-Tour as a pioneer in sustainable travel planning. With the

calculator, we can take into account all emissions produced by the traveler, such as waste, transportation, emissions from activities and accommodation services, and emissions from dining.

In calculating the carbon footprint, we use a tool developed by the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and the emission coefficients provided by the STF Hub(Business Finland). The new tool helps us calculate the carbon footprint of waste management and transportation during the trip. Additionally, we have created our own criteria for ecological accommodations to distinguish lower-emission accommodations in our products.

We calculate the emissions from dining using the emission coefficients of the CO2 calculator from Unilever Food Solutions, which have been created separately for vegetarian, fish, chicken, and meat dishes. For activities, we are continuously developing the calculation method to also consider the use of motor vehicles and animals as part of the experience.

With the new calculator, we can provide our customers with more accurate information about the carbon footprint of trips and help them make more sustainable choices. Additionally, Skafur-Tour experts can deploy the calculator to be used by other companies, promoting a more sustainable tourism industry in Finland.

Skafur-Tour's commitment to sustainable tourism and reducing the carbon footprint is a strong indication that the tourism industry can be part of the solution in combating climate change. Our updated strategy and new carbon footprint calculator are concrete steps towards a more sustainable future. A future that we desire to be part of!