Gaia has been a trailblazer in sustainability for 30 years. On June 8th 2023, we celebrated with around 300 of our clients, friends, partners and current and past Gaians this journey while at the same time looking into the future and exploring susformation. And what an evening it was! Great speeches by Gaia’s founders Pasi […]
Circular economy as a solution to the climate and biodiversity crisis We are currently consuming natural resources beyond the earth’s carrying capacity. Resource scarcity is already visible in higher business costs and threatens the availability of raw materials in the future. A circular economy, where raw materials and resources stay in value chains for as […]
Climate change is a great threat, but also a new kind of opportunity Fighting the climate crisis and limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius requires efficient and effective emission reduction measures in all industries. Climate change is a significant threat to business, but achieving climate goals is a competitive advantage in the green transition. Together […]
Biodiversity is a prerequisite for human life Biodiversity means the richness of both species and habitats living on Earth. It is also a prerequisite for human existence. All businesses and societies depend on the biological regulatory and productive services provided by nature’s diversity. Deforestation endangers the continuity of these ecosystem services and thus, for example, […]
Achieving the climate goals requires a large-scale energy transition Abandoning fossil fuels and moving towards renewable and emission-free forms of energy is central to the green transition. Energy transition means building a sustainable energy system. This requires strong and flexible energy networks that enable sector coupling, i.e. the connection of different forms of energy to […]
Services to support susformation We help our customers to assess actions needed to achieve measurable sustainability effects. We include responsibility into strategies and foresight into susformation to achieve flexibility, growth and profit. Together with each of our customers, we paint a bright future and solve challenges of all sizes. our offering Our customers make the […]
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Avoidance is the most effective carbon emissions management strategy. At Gaia, we systematically decrease our environmental impact by choosing to purchase renewable electricity, favouring public transport in business travelling and paying attention to the consumption of energy, water and office materials. We have been calculating, compensating and reporting our carbon footprint since year 2008. The […]
Our new report with New Climate Institute for the Nordic Council of Ministers highlights Nordic opportunities to provide leadership in the Global Climate Action Agenda (GCAA). The Global Climate Action Agenda covers a wealth of cooperative action between governments, cities, businesses, non-governmental organisations and citizens. Non-state climate initiatives under the GCAA represent a key means […]
Climate change is rapidly transforming Arctic environments, with the rate of warming close to double compared to that of planetary mean projections. Arctic communities and indigenous peoples overall, are the responsible custodians of some of the most diverse and vulnerable ecosystems on the planet – a skill that is getting increasingly scarce and precious. The […]
Gaia toteutti suomalaisille seutukaupungeille selvityksen tulevaisuuden yrityspuistoista. Selvitys huomioi erityisesti pienempien kaupunkien realiteetit yrityspuistojen kehittämisessä ja esittelee hyviä esimerkkejä erilaisista yrityspuistoista Suomessa ja muissa Pohjoismaissa. Selvitys toteutettiin työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön sekä 24 seutukaupungin rahoittaman SEUTU-ohjelman (www.seutuohjelma.fi) puitteissa. SEUTU-ohjelma tukee seutukaupunkien elinkeinotoiminnan kehittymistä ja uudistumista. ”Toimiva yrityspuisto on enemmän kuin osiensa summa” Yrityspuistojen ekosysteemeissä voidaan luoda […]
Gaian yhdessä Funinvest Oy:n, GreenStream Network Oy:n, Lappeenrannan teknillisen yliopiston, Finnish Water Forumin ja Porvoon veden kanssa laatima selvitys tunnistaa konkreettisia toimia suomalaisen vesiosaamisen kilpailukyvyn ja kansainvälistymisen edistämiseksi. ”Vahvasta vesiosaamisestaan huolimatta Suomi on viime vuosina selkeästi menettänyt asemiaan globaaleilla markkinoilla”, Gaia Consulting Oy:n hallituksen puheenjohtaja Pasi Rinne sanoo. ”Selvityksemme vahvistaa näkemyksen siitä, että kansainvälistyminen ja […]
Gaia, together with NewClimate Institute and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), has analysed the opportunities and approaches Nordic actors can play in stepping up to the massive finance challenge of the Paris climate agreement. If the agreement’s goal to limit the average global temperature increase to “well below 2° C” is to be met, all financial […]
The Nordic Council of Ministers is launching a new collaborative program titled Nordic Solutions to Global Challenges. The program is a response to many of the most pressing issues specified in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The initiative, planned in co-operation with Gaia Consulting, will focus on five flagship projects drawing on Nordic […]
The multidisciplinary ELASTINEN initiative is a research consortium of leading Finnish stakeholders that aims to develop more reliable and practical solutions to climate risk management. The initiative, launched in September 2015, contributes to better and more proactive consideration of climate risks in public and private sector decision-making. “There is an increasing need to understand the […]
Development finance institutions have to strike a careful balance between profitability and developmental outcomes. Gaia evaluated the work of Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund). The Norwegian government considers private sector development a priority and a vital instrument for poverty reduction. The object of Norfund is to establish viable, profitable businesses in developing countries […]
Gaia, together with Zoï Environment Network and Creatura Ltd., has put together a pioneering evaluation of the effects of climate change mitigation and adaptation in Swiss development cooperation projects. The results are relevant to other countries as well. The evaluation looks at over 400 Swiss-funded development projects from 2000–2012, with a total budget of 1.32 […]
Gaia has partnered with the Overseas Development Institute to look closely at climate finance. Tracking climate finance flows will help patch significant knowledge gaps, monitor climate finance more efficiently as well as mobilize and direct funding. The project is funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers and will be completed by November 2013. So far […]
A report on adaptation and mitigation synergies launched 11.1.2013 A scoping study commissioned by NOAK (Nordic Working Group for Global Climate Negotiations, under the Nordic Council of Ministers) sheds light into synergies and trade-offs between climate change adaptation and mitigation. The scoping study, which was carried out by Gaia Consulting Ltd. together with Mr. Saleemul […]
Gaia launched a new report on the challenges and potentials of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) today at Geneva, in an international UNCTAD Expert Meeting. The report shows that a common understanding of the expected role of CDM could significantly contribute to building an ambitious international climate regime for tomorrow. Cheap oil price, economic downturn […]
