Our Community

We understand the impact of our business on the surrounding environment and therefore deem it important that our activities engage with the interests of different stakeholders. We give our best to do more than required and expected from us in order to cast a positive impact both on the natural environment and on the quality of people’s life. Therefore, we support and encourage our people to actively participate in the community activities outside the company, as well as within our team.

Cooperation and Attention

  • High quality drinking water was provided at numerous popular sports and health promotion events. We also provide water for the Flower Festival and building of ice skating rinks in winter.
  • We support the Estonian Disabled People’s Sports Union. Our wish is to provide support to the disabled people and encourage them to do sports and participate in social life, so that those people in the society who need more help and attention would also experience the feeling of success.
  • Together with the Estonian Basketball Union we support the athletic development of young people and through that strengthen the mindset striving for a healthier life style among the young generation.
  • We also contributed to charity by participating in the traditional Rat Race in 2015. All the participants had to stop at the point on the track where they were expected to prepare a healthy tap water cocktail.
  • For years now, we have been supporting the elementary school “Ristiku” for children with learning disabilities and the kindergarten
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    “Õunake” for disabled children. In 2015 we supported the city camp for children from “Ristiku” and visited the school to speak about water; our employees also donated a lot of clothes, toys and other necessary things for the traditional flea market that the school is organizing. In kindergarten “Õunake” the company supported building of a shed for the wheelchairs, and for years now, the company’s electronic Christmas card is decorated with a drawing made by the children of “Õunake”.
  • In 2015, we gave away soil for greenery for free to everyone, in cooperation with the city district governments.
  • The Responsible Business Forum recognized us in 2015 with the Golden Mark in Corporate Social Responsibility index. This index helps us to consistently analyse how to act in a socially responsible manner and how to design a sustainable business model.
  • City of Tallinn gave us a title of the Most Children and Youth Friendly Company in Tallinn in 2015, recognizing the work we are doing with children and young people.
  • Each year we organize a joint charity team event for our team. In 2015, we went to the Estonian Food Bank to help at completing the food hampers.

Environmental Education and Consumer Awareness

  • We keep on working hard to promote the environmental thinking amongst our population. In our messages and activities we encourage people to drink tap water. With our message “Tap water IS drinking water” we draw people’s attention to the very good quality of tap water. We also continued our co-operation with restaurants within our campaign “Ask for tap water” so that the customers would have the courage and awareness to ask for tap water when they dine in restaurants. In 2015, we organized a campaign in the old town and set up a public water tap at Tallinn Airport. While only few years ago, in 2011, 48% of people trusted to drink tap water, the number of people trusting tap water quality had grown to 86% by the end of 2015.
  • We continue contributing to environmental awareness of young people who value the nature and environment. Each year, our employees organize water classes in kindergartens and schools discussing water circulation, how to save water and avoid blockages. Nearly 1,500 children participated in these classes in 2015.
  • Over the years, we have prepared many educational study materials related to water and environmental issues for children and teachers. These include, for example, a study material series “Blue Classroom” for the teachers in nature studies supporting the national study program classes about in water. The games and puzzle book for kindergartens and primary schools got new great sequels in 2015: Tilgu’s playing cards and a puzzle book „Puzzle with Tilgu“. To introduce the water-related study materials to kindergarten and school teachers an information day was organized in August 2015 with nearly 100 teachers participating from all over Estonia.
  • Besides our main responsibilities – production of drinking water and treatment of wastewater – our treatment plants also have an important role to play in increasing the population’s awareness. Each year, we introduce the plants’ work to more and more people. In 2015, more than 3,000 visitors took guided tours in the treatment plants.
  • Each year, we open our doors at the treatment plants to everyone interested during the doors open events. In spring 2015, we had 150 people visiting the wastewater treatment plant, and the doors open day at Ülemiste Water Treatment Plant in August 2015 attracted nearly 400 people participating in the sports event to visit also the plant.

AS Tallinna Vesi's Environmental Report. The report does not reflect the results and activities of the subsidiary company OÜ Watercom.