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Here we’re writing about all things climate action to inspire you and help you make climate-smart choices in everyday life. You’ll find empowering Sparkling Stories from our community, climate science translated into actionable pieces of information, and the latest company news.

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Market research results show clear need for sustainability upskilling within bigger firms
After fruitful discussions with larger corporations and municipalities, Spark Sustainability sets out to pilot a solution that increases sustainability-related innovation.
May 11, 2022
Pauliina
Company news
How we enabled 40 000 personal climate actions
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.
April 28, 2022
Linda
Company news
New feature in Carbon Donut: Log climate actions to unlock climate-smart deals
Logging climate actions and completing lessons will now earn Carbon Donut users climate-smart deals from Spark Sustainability’s partner network.
August 11, 2021
Anna
Company news
The launch of Carbon Donut 1.0 resulted in nearly 5000 downloads
The Carbon Donut 1.0 launch campaign organised together with Ilmatar and Gold&Green Foods® was a success resulting in nearly 5000 app downloads.
July 5, 2021
Spark
Company news
Kestävyyspioneerit esittelevät kuluttajille uuden sovelluksen: Carbon Donut kertoo, millä ilmastoteoilla on väliä
Carbon Donut -sovelluksen avulla jokainen voi oppia, millä ilmastoteoilla on suurin vaikutus ja tutustua ilmastoystävällisten yritysten tarjoamiin vaihtoehtoihin.
May 10, 2021
Spark
Company news
The Carbon Donut community now has a new name: The Donut Crew
The discussion sparked by the BLM movement got Spark Sustainability to take a critical view on its operations and to take action to improve them further.
February 22, 2021
Pauliina
Company news
The Donut app is now called Carbon Donut
The sweetest carbon tracker out there has a new name: Carbon Donut.
January 13, 2021
Spark
Company news
New feature release in The Donut – a place to discuss all things climate action
The sweetest carbon tracker out there is continuously evolving and growing, the latest update being a completely new feature: Talk.
Amanda
Company news
Celebrate Spark’s 3rd birthday by taking sweet climate action!
To celebrate its 3rd birthday, Spark Sustainability is organising a campaign to demonstrate just how fun and pleasant climate action can be.
October 21, 2020
Spark
Company news
A successful seed round
Gathered investment enables further development of carbon tracking app The Donut.
August 25, 2020
Linda
Climate basics
Top tips to reduce your lifestyle carbon emissions
If one person in each Finnish household would reduce personal carbon emissions by 20%, we would already achieve 38% of Finland’s emission reduction targets, as set in the Paris Agreement!
June 29, 2020
Pauliina
Company news
The Donut to the rescue: Free trial to support small businesses
The climate needs saving also after COVID-19!
April 14, 2020
Company news
The Donut makes climate action easy — beta version launched today!
Our app is finally here!! It’s called The Donut, and it inspires climate-smart habits and connects you with low-carbon service providers. We hope you'll love it!
January 31, 2020
Science to Action
Individuals can directly impact 70% of global emissions
In order to mitigate climate change, politics and industry do need to change, but these changes can be traced back to the opinions of individuals.
February 6, 2019
Amanda
Company news
What a start to our crowdfunding campaign!
Wow! Our crowdfunding campaign kicked off beyond expectations and there’s still time to join the movement!
July 10, 2018
Felicia
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