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Plastic has changed the world. The low-cost and versatile material has saved millions of lives but also played a significant part in creating a global throwaway society.

The sustainability criteria that society puts on organisations have tightened over the past few years; there have been new changes in legislation, in addition to which customers and investors demand climate action. At the same time, climate expertise has become a competitive advantage for companies.

The Climate Campaign was kicked off by calculating the institution’s carbon footprint to bring awareness of the current impact and use that as a starting point. Now, the exciting part has started: the team’s climate work has been kicked off with the help of the Carbon Donut app. 

Vastuullisuusjohtaja, tervetuloa Spark Sustainabilityn webinaariin 4. marraskuuta! Webinaari on suunnattu eri toimialojen ja eri kokoisten yritysten vastuullisuusjohtajille ja muille aiheen parissa työskenteleville henkilöille.

Spark Sustainability will calculate Novia's carbon footprint and then arrange a climate campaign for their employees, using the Carbon Donut app to get everyone onboard in reducing emissions.

Co-Founder Anna Eriksson was appointed Spark Sustainability’s new CEO, starting June 13th 2022. Eriksson has previously had the role of Product Owner for Spark Sustainability’s carbon tracking app Carbon Donut.

The clothing rental service The Ateljé wanted to understand the climate impact of renting clothes compared to buying new and turned to Spark Sustainability for help.

“We strive to nudge people’s behaviour towards more sustainable living practices”, said one interviewee in our market research this spring.

After fruitful discussions with larger corporations and municipalities, Spark Sustainability sets out to pilot a solution that increases sustainability-related innovation.

Spark Sustainability has enabled 40 000 climate actions and over 30 000 people have tried our calculator in order to find out their lifestyle emissions.

The Finnish Publishers Association wanted to offer its members a list of concrete climate actions to take and turned to Spark Sustainability for help.

​​This spring, Spark Sustainability is exploring different ways to develop digital tools for companies that help consumers identify truly climate-smart products.