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Gaia is a leading partner for corporations, international organisations, and private and public institutions looking for innovative solutions for sustainability. With Gaia, sustainability will become an integrated part of your organisation’s business strategy enhancing both your competitive edge and responsibility.


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Projects

Chemical Substitution: from Principles to Practice

The EU project focuses on practical matters of substitution of hazardous chemicals in the workplace. A practical guidance document will be developed providing methodology for how to carry out effective and targeted substitution, including examples of successful substitution in practice. The project is funded by the Employment, Social Affairs and Equal opportunities DG. (Click the heading to access the project homepage link).

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Carbon Footprint Calculator for Chevron

In a recent ground breaking project, Chevron, the world's fourth largest non-government energy company, commissioned Gaia to design a Carbon Footprint Calculator for its well construction operations. The calculator estimates the carbon footprint of future well operations, so that emissions can be minimized in the project design. Both emission reduction and energy cost control can be optimized for well construction logistics and operations.

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VIRIKE – risks in Finnish water supply

The risk management practices used by water supply facilities and key stakeholders in Finland were reviewed and challenges evaluated in the VIRIKE project. The outcome of the project indicates that the level of risk management varies significantly in Finland. Every fourth water supply facility of the project’s questionnaire respondents has not done any risk evaluation.

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News

10.03.2010 United Nations awards Gaia's client for sustainable chemical use

Cabot Specialty Fluids received a highly respected international award for its innovative business model, chemical leasing.

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10.03.2010 “Heroes and survivors” - a new publication analyses the future of work and well-being in Finland (in Finnish)

Gaian toimittama ja Työterveyslaitoksen julkistama ”Työn sankareita ja selviytyjiä. Työ ja hyvinvointi vuoden 2025 Suomessa” -teos haastaa pohtimaan, miten työ, terveys ja hyvinvointi kytkeytyvät yhteen vuoden 2025 Suomessa.

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Column

04.12.2009 Manage and mitigate your emissions! (in Finnish)

Kustannustietoinen ilmastotoiminta on pop. Tarkasti tehty päästölaskenta auttaa suunnittelemaan päästöjen vähennyksiä, joilla voi leikata roimasti yrityksen operatiivisia kustannuksia.

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04.12.2009 Water footprint, the latest member of the footprint family (in Finnish)

Suomen vesijalanjäljestä melkein puolet on piilovettä – muualla valmistettujen tuotteiden matkassa kulkevaa salaista tuontitavaraa. Vaikka Suomessa vettä riittää, emme siis olekaan niin vesiekologisia kuin luulimme! Vesijalanjälki tarjoaa tärkeitä uusia keinoja tunnistaa ja pienentää ympäristövaikutuksia.

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