Circular Economy
Circular Economy Playbook
The playbook consists of 6 chapters with circular economy concepts, best practices and tools to guide your business to identify and define your circular economy opportunities and develop a plan to realize circular advantage.
Hansel – A Procurement Tool for Solar
Power Plants
Hansel offers a dynamic system for the public sector to purchase solar power plants.
Sustainable travel Finland -program
The STF certification system, developed by Visit Finland, is designed to enhance sustainability in the tourism sector. The program helps tourism companies and destinations in Finland to adopt responsible practices and meet the changing needs of the modern traveler.
Low-carbon school transportations – Case Tornio
Tornio is seeking CO2 emission decrease both by electric vehicles and optimizing mobility services with the help of electronic transportation management system. The goal is to decrease CO2 emissions 20 % in Tornio-sized town.
Corporate responsibility reporting -guide
The data package “First Steps in Corporate Responsibility Reporting”, is prepared by the Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. The purpose of the package is to familiarize SMEs with responsibility reporting.
EcoCompass – an environmental management system (EMS)
The EcoCompass certification system offers clear standards for environmental management for small companies. The programme helps SMEs to decrease their environmental impact and commit to continuous improvement of their operations.
Palopuro Agroecological symbiosis
Agroecological symbiosis (AES) is a form of food production and processing in which the farms, the food processors, and the energy producers function in an integrated manner.
A guide to safe self-handling of sewage sludge
Sewage sludge generated in own housing can be utilized for fertilization purposes in one’s own field, as long as it has been treated properly. The brochure provides instructions for stabilizing sewage sludge with slaked lime.
Nutrient cycling from wastewater by on-site sanitation systems
Within the ON-SITE project innovative solutions for recovery of resources are discussed. The focus is on energy and nutrients, as well as a potential re-circulation of nutrients within the Nordic regions.
Industrial ecosystem of energy and food
production
A simulation model examines industrial ecosystem of energy and food production. The operating model can be used in designing energy- and food production ecosystems and assessing economic feasibility.
Bioeconomy business accelerator BioPaavo
BioPaavo is a bioeconomy business accelerator. It’s key goal is to find, strenghten and develop sustainable business ideas that are based on new innovations of bioeconomy.
Certification of forests as organic collection areas
Natural forest products can generate additional income when utilized alongside wood production. Organic certification adds value to the collected natural products which brings more opportunities for forestry.
New products from coffee grounds
The Finns consume an amazing 12 kilograms of coffee per capita annually. Coffee grounds can be utilized and reused as growing media.
Tips for wellbeing at work
Seven inspiring videos about maintaining alertness during the work day for forest machine operators.
Sustainable Transportation in
Sparsely Populated Areas
Walking, bicycling, car pools, common use of cars and driving with economical cars helps reducing emissions in transportation. It is essential, to also implement social sustainability by ensuring that emissions restrictions do not rule out living in sparsely populated areas.
Green Deal
The goal of EU Green Deal is to prevent the serious consequences of climate change and environmental degradation. The Eropean Union aims for climate neutral Europe by 2050.
The Most Sustainable Skiing Resort
in the World
The Skiresort Pyhätunturi Oy in Finland, has the goal of becoming the world’s most sustainable winter sports resort. They have, for example, reached carbon neutrality already in 2011 and are making sure that all services in the resort are located within a skiing distance.
Fremstr
Fremstr is a trainee program for sustainability, running in Tromsø region Northern Norway. The program’s aim is to connect students and employers and to enable recruitment of new experts with sustainability skills.
Reindeer Herding
The traditional reindeer herding culture is based on sustainable practices and the wellbeing of reindeer.
Symbioma
Together with researchers and companies from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Ireland the project wants to improve the valorization of industrial food waste.
A gamified way of learning about circular
business models
The Circula workshop method helps entrepreneurs to learn about circular business medels. The software was developed in Finland and is now run in Sweden as well.
Regenerative agriculture
Fjällbete has restored natural ecosystems by bringing grazing animals back to the Valley of Åre.
