Responsibility

The aim of sus­tai­nable deve­lop­ment is to ensu­re good living con­di­tions for both pre­sent and futu­re gene­ra­tions. This also means giving equal con­si­de­ra­tion to the envi­ron­ment, people and the eco­no­my in deci­sion-making and eve­ry­day ope­ra­tions. Tapion Tupa incor­po­ra­tes the­se principles into its dai­ly acti­vi­ties and encou­ra­ges its cus­to­mers and part­ners to do the same.

All of the company’s faci­li­ties – the main buil­ding, accom­mo­da­tion faci­li­ties, cara­van area and Vesi­puis­to Tapio­land water park – are loca­ted on land owned by the com­pa­ny. The landsca­pe has been pre­ser­ved in its natu­ral sta­te, and the pro­per­ty is sur­roun­ded by pine forest. Over the years, the expan­sion of the accom­mo­da­tion faci­li­ties has been car­ried out with as litt­le impact on the sur­roun­ding envi­ron­ment as possible.

The com­pa­ny uses local­ly sourced wood chips for hea­ting, comple­men­ted by solar panels ins­tal­led on the roofs. Approxi­ma­te­ly 20% of the wood chips are pro­duced from tim­ber from our own forest, whi­le the remain­der is purc­ha­sed from local suppliers. Solar ener­gy covers approxi­ma­te­ly 25–35% of our ener­gy needs, with most of the solar ener­gy gene­ra­ted between the begin­ning of April and the end of September.

A Fin­nish-made bat­te­ry ener­gy sto­ra­ge sys­tem has also been ins­tal­led at Tapion Tupa. This invest­ment, comple­ted in 2025, sup­ports the company’s long-term efforts towards more ener­gy-efficient and sus­tai­nable tou­rism. The ener­gy sto­ra­ge sys­tem allows us to sto­re the solar ener­gy we gene­ra­te and use it when elect­rici­ty demand is at its highest.

Elect­rici­ty and water con­sump­tion are reduced through the use of LED and sen­sor-cont­rol­led ligh­ting as well as auto­ma­tic taps.

Was­te is sor­ted and recycled in accor­dance with regu­la­tions. The out­door area has a recycling point for biowas­te, card­board, plas­tic, mixed was­te, glass and metal. As a small busi­ness, our staff are accus­to­med to using resources res­pon­sibly, and we encou­ra­ge our cus­to­mers to do the same. We advi­se our guests to pay atten­tion to saving water and elect­rici­ty. The infor­ma­tion fol­ders in the accom­mo­da­tion faci­li­ties inclu­de ener­gy-saving tips that eve­ry­one can fol­low whe­ne­ver possible.

Approxi­ma­te­ly 70% of the clea­ning pro­ducts we use are envi­ron­men­tal­ly certified.

Tapion Tupa ser­ves lunch in its res­tau­rant eve­ry day. Very few rea­dy-made or proces­sed foods are used; ins­tead, meals are pre­pa­red from scratch in the sty­le of tra­di­tio­nal home coo­king. The breads, buns and pies ser­ved with meals and in the café are also baked in-house.

The use of local­ly sourced ener­gy, ser­ving clean, home­ma­de food and recycling was­te all cont­ri­bu­te to reducing the company’s car­bon footprint.

Tapion Tupa has par­tici­pa­ted in Per­ho PRO’s Laa­tu­ton­ni Q1000 qua­li­ty deve­lop­ment pro­gram­me, which is tai­lo­red to the tou­rism industry and based on inter­na­tio­nal qua­li­ty award cri­te­ria, and has been awar­ded the Laa­tu­ton­ni diplo­ma. In addi­tion, Tapion Tupa has been awar­ded the HI‑Q&S qua­li­ty cer­ti­fica­te, which is recog­ni­sed by the Glo­bal Sus­tai­nable Tou­rism Council (GSTC).

Tapion Tupa has also comple­ted Visit Finland’s Sus­tai­nable Tra­vel Fin­land pro­gram­me and meets all the cri­te­ria set for the pro­gram­me. We have the­re­fo­re been awar­ded the Sus­tai­nable Tra­vel Fin­land label in recog­ni­tion of our valuable and long-term com­mit­ment to sus­tai­nable tourism.