Who we are?
Finsilva plc is Finland’s 4th largest and one of Europe’s leading private and independent forest owners. We own roughly 137,000 hectares of well-managed forest, most of which is located in Southern and Central Finland.
We generate economic, social and ecological well-being by developing sustainable forestry and creating profitable business on renewable energy ecological compensations. The core of our business is forestry, renewable energy, real estate development, and natural capital markets.
Leading forestry into the future
As a major industry operator in forestry, we are actively developing the overall business and the markets. With our own research and development work, we add to the common information and knowledge pool for forestry while strengthening our own position.
Today, we create new business by being part of defining the compensation markets and developing the commercial potential of hunting and recreational use of forests and water areas.
Strategic focus in 2022–2027
- We continue to develop wood trade and forest management.
- We create new business with our current portfolio.
- We strengthen our brand and awareness.
- We raise responsibility and nature’s diversity to the spotlight.
Our mission
”We generate economic, social and ecological well being from nature.”
Our vision
”We want to be a well-known pioneer and opinion leader in the responsible and diverse utilisation of sustainable forest and natural capital.”
Finsilva’s forest assets and natural capital
- Forest area, approximately 137,000 ha
- Average annual felling plan 600,000 – 650,000 m3
- Total amount of growing stock 15.2 million m3
- Annual growth 720,000 m3
Financials
Stable finances and long-term partnerships, together with our professional and costefficient organization, provide a solid basis for target-oriented and profitable growth.
Financial key figures (2024)
Turnover: 34.5 M€
Other incomes: 1.7 M€
EBIT: 27.8 M€
Net profit: 18.9 M€
Finsilva’s Board of Directors
Finsilva is owned by funds managed by CapMan Natural Capital, and Metsärahasto II Ky (Ilmarinen).
Sami Veijalainen, Chairman of the board, CapMan Natural Capital
Jyri Hietala, CapMan Natural Capital
Peter Immonen, WIP Asset management Oy
Antti Kylmänen, Ilmarinen
Research and development operations
We actively promote versatile forest-related research and development operations. We cooperate with educational and research institutions e.g. by offering our forests for use as sample plots even in long-term studies. Through research and development work, we increase information and knowledge on sustainable forestry and create conditions for our own success.
For example, we have participated in the following research and development projects:
Solutions for Advancing Green Transition through Increased Ash Utilization and Ash Fertilization (Heleä), 2024–2026
Responsible party: JAMK University of Applied Sciences
Hirvidrone, 2024–2026
Responsible party: National Land Survey’s Geospatial Research Institute
KEURUS 3 (in Finnish), 2025–2027
Responsible party: The Water Protection Association of the River Kokemäenjoki
Project Mainstream – Making water conservation easy for forest owners, 2025–2027
Responsible party: John Nurminen Foundation
Open Geospatial Carbon Registry (OGCR), 2025–2029
Responsible party: Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Completed projects
Natural targeted timber cuts, 2022–2024
Forest management regimes of mixed forest (SEKAVA), 2021–2023
Forest-Human-Machine Interplay – Building Resilience, Redefining Value Networks and Enabling Meaningful Experiences (UNITE), 2020–2023
Benefits of artificial high stumps for pollinators and diversity, 2021–2022
B4est, 2020–2022
KEURUS 2, 2023–2025
Re-wetting of peatlands / South Ostrobothnia, Majasuo, 2023–2025
Luontoarvot.fi -marketplace, 2023–2025
Responsibility
We take responsibility into account in our operations in accordance with ESG principles from economic, social and environmental perspectives.
Economic responsibility
We are a financially solid company that acts responsibly in the financial, services and product markets.
Ensuring long term profitability and competitiveness is a key requirement for responsible business.
Social responsibility
We indirectly employ hundreds of forestry professionals and at the same time create jobs and livelihood opportunities in rural areas. We are a significant payer of corporate taxes.
We actively cooperate with local people and associations to develop the recreational use of our forests.
Environmental responsibility
We are a pioneer in ecological forest management, combining sustainability and economic profitability in our forestry. We implement measures that safeguard and enhance biodiversity beyond traditional forest management.
Our goal is to leave our forests to future generations in measurably better condition than when we received them. Learn more about how we operate responsibly in our forests.
History of Finsilva
Finsilva’s history in forest property is rooted in Gustaf Adolf Serlachius’s forests from the 19th century. The forests were merged with Metsäliiton Teollisuus Ltd. in the 1980s. The forests were first incorporated into Forestia Ltd. and then merged with Finsilva Ltd., founded in 2005.
Metsäliitto Cooperative and MTK (The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners) ownership of Finsilva lasted until February 2022 when their remaining shares were sold to the forest fund of Dasos Capital Oy Ltd. Finsilva is currently owned by funds managed by CapMan Natural Capital, and pension insurance company Ilmarinen.
Metsäliitto Cooperative remains Finsilva’s main partner in forest trade, forestry, and real estate development. Finsilva is a shareholder in Metsäliitto Cooperative.
In 2025, Finsilva published a historical study exploring the eventful past of both the forests owned by Finsilva and their owners. Read the English-language volume (PDF): From Exhaustible Use to Natural Capital – The Story of Finsilva’s Forests.
Company brochure
You can also read our company brochure, where we have summarised the essentials of Finsilva’s current situation and objectives.