Taaleri’s private equity funds focus on renewable energy and sustainable development. Our private equity funds create, for example, wind and solar power, bio-based products that replace fossil resources and affordable and energy-efficient rental homes.
Taaleri’s vision is to become a leading investment manager operating internationally in bioindustry and renewable energy. We combine our deep industrial and financial expertise with capital to create attractive returns for our stakeholders and to build a better future. Experience has taught us that sustainability and profitability thrive side by side.
Taaleri Energia – impact through the replacement of fossil energy production
Taaleri Energia’s renewable energy-focused funds are classified as Article 9 financial products which make sustainable investments according to the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The funds’ sustainability goals are to replace fossil energy production and hence mitigate climate change by investing in wind and solar power projects and energy storage solutions.
Measured impact in 2024
- Projects funded by Taaleri’s renewable energy funds in 2024 avoided emissions of 673,779 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent (tCO₂e)
- Generated 2.7 terawatt-hours of renewable energy, equivalent to the average annual energy consumption of 403,102 Finnish households
- All funded projects are committed to following good governance practices and minimum social safeguards (UNGP, UNGC, ILO, OECD)
Impact in practice: Taaleri’s first battery energy storage system commences operations
Taaleri Energia’s first battery energy storage system began operations in November 2024. The Paistinkulma energy storage system is located in Lempäälä. It is a 30 MW/36 MWh energy storage system with capacity that can be doubled in the future.
The Paistinkulma energy storage system operates in the day-ahead and intraday electricity markets and provides several frequency reserve products on Fingrid’s reserve markets. With its commissioning, Paistinkulma became Finland’s largest battery energy storage system operating in the frequency reserve market.
The batteries help stabilise electricity prices in the electricity exchange and reduce electricity production from non-renewable energy sources. They also ensure that electricity production and consumption remain balanced on the grid and that the grid frequency stays at 50 hertz.
Read more on Taaleri Energia's website or Taaleri Plc's Annual Report.
Taaleri Bioindustry – impact through the replacement of fossil and virgin raw materials and the promotion of circular economy
Bioindustry is part of a wider concept of bioeconomy. Bioindustry comprises several technologies that aim towards the resource-efficient utilisation of biomass, such as low-carbon energy production, products and materials with a high degree of processing, recycling, and utilisation of waste and side streams. Taaleri Bioindustry Fund I is classified as an Article 9 fund that makes sustainable investments under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). Taaleri’s Bioindustry business also includes projects such as the Fintoil tall oil refinery and Joensuu Biocoal's factory producing torrefied biomass.
Bioindustry Fund I measured impact in 2024
- Carbon handprint 302 tCO₂e
- Renewable raw materials: 75%
- Target companies are committed to net zero emissions target by 2050 (NZAM).
- 100% of investment targets are committed to following good governance practices and minimum social safeguards (UNGP, UNGC, ILO, OECD)
Impact in practise: Enifer builds new production facility with support of Taaleri’s fund
The Taaleri Bioindustry I Fund is enabling Enifer to build its first industrial-scale production facility for manufacturing fungi-based protein i.e., mycoprotein, in Kantvik, Finland. The disused premises of a former sugar factory are being repurposed for Enifer’s use. In autumn 2024, the building was prepared for equipment installation. Taaleri Bioindustry has been actively supporting Enifer during the design and procurement phases.
The PEKILO® mycoprotein produced by Enifer has several applications. It can be used, for example, as a raw material in the food industry, in animal feed and aquafeed, and in pet food production. The Kantvik production facility is set to manufacture protein from the lactose by-product (milk sugar) of Valio’s dairy production for use as a raw material in the food industry.
Read more on Taaleri Bioindustry's website or Taaleri Plc's Annual Report.
Taaleri Real Estate – impact through affordable and energy-efficient housing
Taaleri Real Estate funds make investments in built-to-rent residential properties, public properties, office premises and warehouse and logistics properties. Two of these are classified as Article 8 under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). These Article 8 funds promote environmental and social sustainability characteristics, such as affordable, accessible, and energy-efficient housing.
Measured impact in 2024
- At the end of 2024, 874 affordable rental apartments had been built (Taaleri Rental Home Fund). Taaleri’s real estate funds had built a total of 1,097 rental apartments by the end of 2024
- Article 8 funds (SFDR): Taaleri Housing Fund VIII, Taaleri Rental Home Fund
Impact in practice: 61 new affordable rental homes built for the Rental Home Fund
In 2024, 61 new rental homes were completed for the Taaleri Rental Home Fund when the fund’s final construction project was completed early in the year. By the end of 2024, the fund had developed 16 investment properties providing affordable rental homes in Finland’s growth centres. The homes are located in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area and its surrounding municipalities, in Tampere and its surrounding municipalities, as well as in Turku, Jyväskylä and Oulu. The investment properties include homes of various sizes, ranging from studios to family apartments. Some properties are government-subsidised (ARA) rentals, while others are privately financed. ARA rental homes have income limits in accordance with ARA regulations.
Taaleri designed and established the fund in 2017 based on investor preferences to address societal challenges.
Read more on Taaleri Real Estate's website or Taaleri Plc's Annual Report.