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Aalto University becomes a founding partner in Ioncell Oy

The new company will commercialise and develop ecological textile fibre technologies.
Cooperation
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A scarf made of Ioncell.

How do we make the circular economy a platform?

Innovation and sustainability are inseparable. Their relationship grows stronger through collaboration between universities and companies.
Cooperation
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Liisa Aström, Carlo Ratti and Minna Halme discuss at the MIT-Aalto Symposium 2022

Aalto ranks 54th for responsible consumption and production in THE Impact Ranking

The Impact Rankings 2022 by the Times Higher Education assesses universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
University
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Kolme puuntainta kasvualustassa.

Alumna Annastina Saari: I want to be involved in solving the climate crisis

‘I had always dreamed of a career dealing with environmental questions’, says our alumna Annastina Saari, who studied international business as well as information and service management, and who now works as a consultant for D-mat, a company that is specialized in sustainable lifestyles.
Cooperation, Studies
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School of Business alumna Annastina Saari

Estoril Conferences: Together for a future of hope

Estoril Conferences join forces with CEMS and McKinsey & Company to amplify the intergenerational dialogue on global challenges and engage with the Purpose Generation worldwide
Cooperation
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Photo from CEMS MIM graduation.

Where would you like to sit down, which part of the campus needs garden benches? Leave your proposal!

Propose where new garden benches and different kinds of plants will be set up to the campus in spring 2022.
Campus
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Parkly puutarhapenkit

Climate change is serious business

According to Senior University Lecturer Leena Lankoski, there are both compelling sustainability reasons and compelling business reasons for companies to urgently address their environmental impact.
Research & Art
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The picture shows the School of Business in winter time and during sunset. The photo was taken by Mikko Raskinen from Aalto University.

Two linden trees near Otaniementie to be renewed

The trees will soon be given a new life as decaying wood art.
Campus, University
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Learning for the future: systemic solutions require new ways of learning and collaborating

Aalto offers its staff a chance to experiment with transformative learning method, that can initiate changes in mindsets and remove invisible barriers to creativity
University
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Social Presencing Theater UN Cambodia

Sustainability in Teaching page for Aalto teachers open

Sustainability in Teaching is a page where you can find tips, tools and good practices for integrating sustainability into your teaching.
University
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A board with post its on it.

School of Business alumna Oona Anttila: Internship was an important experience for my career

Our alumna Oona Anttila became interested in the themes of sustainable development already at the beginning of her studies, and later she applied for the multidisciplinary Creative Sustainability master’s programme. Currently, she works at the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Nairobi, Kenya.
Cooperation, Studies
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Kauppakorkeakoulun alumni Oona Anttila

School of Business participates in the 2022 Positive Impact Rating (PIR)

Positive Impact Rating (PIR) is an international business school rating, in which students evaluate the societal impact of their school.
University
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Students outside and Positive Impact Rating logo

What's Life 1.5 like? – Apply now for Designs for a Cooler Planet 2022 to showcase a sustainable future

The climate crisis and biodiversity loss call for radical new ideas. How does your work contribute to wiser consumption, climate solutions or a more sustainable working life? Designs for a Cooler Planet 2022 will present Aalto's most interesting projects to support sustainability – apply now!
Research & Art
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Designs for a Cooler Planet 2022 – Open call

Bioinnovation Center’s research will focus on sustainable textiles and packaging

Aalto University's Bioinnovation Center has chosen 5 interdisciplinary projects to launch its doctoral school in 2022. The projects aim at innovations in the fields of sustainable textiles and packaging.

Research & Art
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Laboratory

A surprising winner of the Campus Sustainability Champion 2021 award

The campus sustainability champion was chosen now for the fifth time.
Campus
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Campus sustainability champion 2021

We can transform the fashion industry by renting

Marketing Master’s student Katariina Järvinen’s company Clozeta combines two megatrends: second-hand and sharing economy.
Studies
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The picture shows Katariina Järvinen on Aalto University campus, holding fashionable pieces of clothes in her hands.

Join Aalto University at the 2021 European Researchers' Night on 24 September

Aalto University invites you to join the 2021 European Researchers' Night session "Unite! for sustainable energy"!
Cooperation, Research & Art, University
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Logo of the European Researchers' Night

Nordic Biomaterials with CHEMARTS – a crucial course for future-changers

The Aalto University Summer School course Nordic Biomaterials in collaboration with CHEMARTS gathered students from Sweden, the USA, Germany, Norway and Belgium for a summer course on campus for the first time since the pandemic.
Studies
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Student in a white lab coat and blue plastic gloves photographed from the back while experimenting in the CHEMARTS lab smashing green pine needles into a white mortar while looking at recipes from the CHEMARTS cookbook.

Corporate responsibility practices require more effectiveness and competence

Although companies carry out of various corporate social responsibility (CSR) measures, these practices do not always have a positive effect on the environment or social sustainability.
Research & Art
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Kuvassa näkyvät vastuullisen liiketoiminnan professori Minna Halme ja vanhempi yliopistonlehtori Leena Lankoski.

A new event series explores sustainability in a concrete way

Unfolding Tomorrow brings the best minds in business, academia and government to talk about what we can do today to make tomorrow better.
Cooperation
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Illustration with the Unfolding Tomorrow logo