references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . december 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message p yry type public oyj industry engineering founded 1958 founder jaako p yry number of locations offices in 45 countries products engineering and project management management consulting services management consulting ; engineering services ; number of employees 4 880 2016 1 website www.poyry.com p yry nasdaq helsinki poy1v is an international consulting and engineering firm that serves clients globally across the energy and industrial sectors and provides local engineering services in its core markets . its focus sectors are power generation transmission & distribution forest industry chemicals & biorefining mining & metals transportation and water . it changed its name from jaakko p yry group in 2006 . the company is listed on the helsinki stock exchange and is headquartered in vantaa finland . 2 the company was founded by jaakko p yry who spearheaded its growth from a small engineering office in finland to a global corporation in his special field of interest the forest products industry . p yry delivers around 10 000 projects annually including engineering consulting services for major projects such as the world s longest traffic tunnel the gotthard base tunnel in switzerland the world s largest combined power and desalination plan ras al khair in saudi arabia the first hydropower dam on the lower mekong river the xayaburi dam in laos the largest and most energy efficient waste to energy plant in finland vantaa energy finland one of the world s most advanced sewage systems emscher germany the world s largest single line pulp mill eldorado brazil one of the world s largest offshore wind farms lillgrund wind farm sweden contents 1 organisation 2 financial information 3 corporate responsibility 4 company rankings 5 references 6 external links organisation edit p yry operates with four business groups ; energy industry regional operations and management consulting . the p yry group has offices in over 45 countries and operates in over 100 countries employing about 6 000 experts . 3 financial information edit p yry s net sales in 2015 were eur 575 million and the company s shares are quoted on nasdaq helsinki p yry plc poy1v . 4 corporate responsibility edit in 2011 p yry was commissioned by the government of laos gol to review whether gol had complied with the guidelines of the mekong river commission in their commencement of the controversial xayaburi dam project the first major hydropower dam on the mainstream of the lower mekong . p yry s conclusion was that xayaburi hpp has principally been designed in accordance with the applicable mrc design guidelines . however they later go on to state with additional investigations it should be possible to fully meet the mrc design guidelines requirements relating to the xayaburi hpp . 5 despite this contention they concluded the decision whether or not to proceed with the project rests solely with the government of lao . 6 on 11 june 2012 a number of ngos filed a complaint to the ministry of employment and the economy in finland concerning p yry plc and swiss subsidiary p yry energy ag relating to the xayaburi hydropower plant project . on 18 june 2013 the ministry released a statement that p yry complied with oecd guidelines for corporate social responsibility . the ministry also states that p yry s actions served to mitigate the environmental impacts of the project . p yry acted as a technical consultant to the lao government however did not participate in the assessment of the environmental and social impact or in the decision making process . on 1 october 2015 p yry finland a subsidiary of p yry plc was handed a sanction of debarment by the world bank for four distinct cases of fraudulent practices . under the sanction p yry finland and any of its subsidiaries will be unable to participate in world bank funded projects for a period of one year starting on the 30 september 2015 . 7 according to a p yry press release neither p yry plc nor any other subsidiary companies of p yry plc are affected by this sanction and remain eligible to participate in world bank group financed projects . the decision relates to a water sector project in vietnam in 2008 where p yry finland oy as successor to p yry environment oy was found to have not complied with the bank s administrative rules . no unlawful conduct by p yry finland oy or its employees has been identified in this connection . 8 company rankings edit the engineering news record provides a yearly rank of the largest contractors and design firms internationally . in 2015 p yry was ranked the 35th largest international design firm from projects executed outside its home country . ceo and president from 1 january 2016 is martin porta . references edit 1 accessed 1 october 2016 poyry corporate website . poyry.com website poyry investor website . 2 accessed 28 january 2015 3 accessed 28 january 2015 environment analyst review of case decision . p yry press release . external links edit poyry.com company profile jaakko poyry p yry on cleantech finland website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title p yry & oldid 742200865 categories companies listed on the helsinki stock exchangeengineering companies of finlandcompanies of finlandcompanies established in 1958hidden categories articles lacking reliable references from december 2010all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschsuomit rk e edit links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 08 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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