Preparation method of the report

In accordance with the State Treasury’s guidelines on sustainability reporting, this report describes the positive impact of Finnish Customs’ operations in terms of the UN Sustainable Development Goals on which Finnish Customs’ operations are considered to have the greatest impact. The 2023 Sustainability Report shares the same key UN Sustainable Development goals as the previous reports for 2021 (PDF 4.9MB) and 2022 (PDF 13MB). The report was prepared by a sustainability working group consisting of representatives of various units in Finnish Customs. The management teams of Finnish Customs’ departments and Finnish Customs’ experts provided guidance on the focus of the key contents in the sustainability report. The texts in the report were written by specialists in different areas. The senior management of Finnish Customs has confirmed the abovementioned targets and reviewed and approved the sustainability report.

Various internal information sources have been used to prepare the report, including the 2023 Finnish Customs Financial Statements (in Finnish), the 2023 Finnish Customs Annual Publication (in Finnish), the 2023 Finnish Customs Annual Enforcement Publication, the 2023 Finnish Customs Personnel Report (in Finnish), press releases and blogs, and the results of the 2023 VM-Baro personnel survey. 

In addition, we have used the following external sources: 

• Logistics performance index (LPI) 2023, World Bank. 
• Intellectual Property and Youth - Scoreboard 2022. Qualitative analysis. Additional dimension on music, EUIPO 2024. 
• RASFF Window - Search (europa.eu)
• Safety Gate: the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products (europa.eu)