Industry & Technology
Solveig Roschier
05.05.2020
As society becomes increasingly electric, batteries are being placed at the core of many businesses. Batteries work as storage for renewable energy and engines for electric transportation. New business models lengthen the lifespan of batteries but also pose new questions to be solved, for example on data management.
Industry & Technology
Ylva Gilbert
20.12.2019
There are huge challenges ahead if we want to hit the SDG targets within the next ten years. The only way to overcome these challenges is by harnessing the power of industry.
Industry & Technology
Solveig Roschier
06.11.2019
There is a lot of talk about reducing CO2 emissions but much less data available and used to back these discussions. The European Commission Joint Research Center JRC Ispra (Italy) air quality laboratory is an ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) Class 2 Atmospheric Station and it has been benchmarking the impact of policies on air quality and climate change for more than 30 years.
General
Antti Pitkämäki
12.10.2018
Nykyään joka kotitaloudesta ja työpaikalta löytyy useita litiumioniakkuja hyödyntäviä laitteita, kuten kannettavia tietokoneita, kännyköitä ja tabletteja. Li-akut saavat arkemme pyörimään ja työn sujumaan, mutta millaisia riskejä niihin liittyy?
Industry & Technology
Pasi Rinne
03.02.2017
Luonnonvarojen hyödyntämiseen liittyvät ristiriidat voivat pahimmillaan kärjistyä konflikteiksi. Konflikteja voi syntyä esimerkiksi maankäyttöön, metsävarojen hyödyntämiseen, kalastukseen, kaivosteollisuuteen, tuulivoimaan tai kaupunkisuunnitteluun liittyvissä hankkeissa.
Industry & Technology
Gaia pressroom
06.09.2016
We take carbon from ground and emit it into air. Our food crops take phosphorus and nitrogen from soil and eventually they end via consumption and waste waters into our water bodies. We extract aluminium and copper from rock for our devices, just to let them accumulate into soils under our landfills.
Industry & Technology
Gaia pressroom
19.02.2016
Many biofuel investments face regulatory risks and lowering reference prices. However, investments in the production of biomaterials and biochemicals benefit from an increasing market pull and more favorable pricing scenarios.
Industry & Technology
Pasi Rinne
10.11.2015
It is in the Arctic where soft law meets geopolitics, environmental change meets indigenous cultures, and business opportunities and potential access to natural reserves meet extremely vulnerable nature. The enormous opportunities and risks are further complicated by the fact that even if we fight to save the Arctic, the melting ice in the Arctic Sea may not save us. Uncertainty is at the heart of discussions about human activities in the Arctic.
Industry & Technology
Päivi Luoma
22.05.2015
Team Arctic Finland has been a highly powerful and credible brand in creating global interest in Finnish Arctic competence. It has opened doors to high-level decision makers in key companies operating in the Arctic. Still, strong development and promotion investments are required to give Finnish companies a credible business position.
Industry & Technology
Pasi Rinne
17.06.2014
Since the 1970s, environmental offsetting has been used in several countries as an instrument to reduce water pollution, to prevent the loss of habitats and biodiversity, to encourage energy efficiency and to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Looking back at the track record of offsetting, its results look mixed, and environmental professionals disagree on whether offsetting is creating additional much-needed environmental measures or actually discouraging responsible development.
Industry & Technology
Gaia pressroom
13.03.2013
Raw material markets have shown a high degree of volatility in the recent years. Those who want to secure their future are shifting to side stream and waste feedstock wherever possible. The time to act is now when they are still available and abundant.
Industry & Technology
Gaia pressroom
03.04.2012
Mining is a growing business in Finland. We are not alone. Increasing global demand for metals and minerals is creating opportunities and positive societal effects, such as stimulating the economy and employment. However, mining inevitably has environmental and social impacts. How can they be managed and maintained at an acceptable level? The evident solution is adopting an integrated approach to corporate responsibility.
Industry & Technology
Gaia pressroom
19.03.2012
Suomalainen kaivostoiminta elää nousukautta. Suomessa toimii yksitoista kaivosta, ja suunnitteilla on useita kymmeniä uusia. Samalla paikalliset kiistat haitoista ovat nousseet esille. Iso kysymys on, ymmärrämmekö, mitä tapahtuu, kun globaali kaivostoiminta saapuu maahan.
Industry & Technology
Gaia pressroom
12.12.2011
Bio-based economy changes fundamentally the current production paradigms. The key of it are closed, integrated material cycles across industries and communities. Innovative thinking and open dialogue are required to develop and implement the best solutions and policies of the new, bio-based world.
Industry & Technology
Päivi Luoma
01.03.2011
Euroopan maat kaipaavat uuden talouskasvun lähteitä, joissa kova teknologia kehittyy kuluttajalähtöiseksi ja ympäristöä kunnioittavaksi kehitykseksi. Kasvava biotalous on kiinnostava vastaus talouden ja ympäristön asettamiin haasteisiin. Se voisi olla Suomen menestyksen uusi aalto, joka synnyttää ympärilleen laajan ja osaavan yritysverkoston.
Industry & Technology
Piia Pessala
22.01.2009
The amounts of wastewaters produced around the world are vast. For example, in Finland approximately 100 000 cubic meters of urban wastewater effluents per inhabitant are discharged each year. A recent study in Finland confirmed that Finnish wastewater treatment plants are efficient in removing components that might cause acute effects in whole organisms. However, indications of estrogenic and genotoxic potential were detected in effluents discharged from these treatment plants. Thus, treated wastewater effluents still may cause harmful effects on the environment.
