As a responsible family company, we want to build an even better tomorrow for the current and future generations. That is why we make sure to create value and growth everywhere we operate.
Production in Finland
At Berner, we place great value on keeping production in Finnish hands and being able to provide direct and indirect employment even in smaller localities. The products of the companies within the Berner Group are manufactured at 10 factories in 8 locations in Finland, namely Heinävesi, Helsinki, Kokemäki, Lapua, Kaipiainen (Kouvola), Mietoinen, Hamina, and Ylöjärvi.
Local tax footprint
Berner’s operations generate economic well-being for several stakeholders. It is a matter of honor for us to invest in and pay our taxes in our local countries of operations.
| (1,000 euros) Parent company |
(1,000 euros) Group |
|
| Turnover, other operating income and financial income | 442,081 | 710,791 |
| Suppliers: Materials and service | 316, 354 | 521,731 |
| Other partners: Other operating expenses and investments | 53,669 | 87,053 |
| Staff: salaries and fees | 31 763 | 48,998 |
| Shareholders and financiers: Dividends and financial costs | 15,780 | 17,403 |
| Society: income taxes, value added taxes, other taxes, pensions and socialsecurity costs | 53,006 | 101,894 |
National Emergency Supply Agency sectors and pools
Berner is included in several National Emergency Supply Agency sectors and pools, through which the continuity management and security of supply of society is maintained. Berner is part of the primary production pool in the food service sector, the healthcare pool in the healthcare sector and the chemicals pool in the industrial sector. We work with societally important products and as a company we also want to take responsibility for their functioning during crises or exceptional situations.
HELSINKIMISSIO AND BSAG
Berner has been supporting HelsinkiMissio as well as the protection of the Baltic Sea through BSAG. HelsinkiMissio’s three-year School to Belong program helps school communities recognize and alleviate the loneliness experienced by young people and provides tools to address loneliness. The program makes reducing loneliness a shared responsibility for the entire school. It employs methods that have been proven most effective in international studies: effective early intervention, skills training, changing the attitude climate, and correcting cognitive distortions that sustain loneliness.