Develop your sustainability skills, learn new ones, and network!
Sustainable business and growth go hand in hand
Working in a sustainable manner is often the key to success, both in business and individual life. It gives you a competitive edge and not only helps protect the environment but also improves the well-being of individuals and society as a whole. When a company or individual is ethically sustainable, their decisions are based on values which seek to minimise the negative impact of their activities.
Many countries and regions have enacted laws and regulations that set a minimum level of ethical sustainability in the area concerned. By following these rules, companies can avoid legal problems and ensure the continuity of their operations in the future.
For an increasing number of companies, ethically sustainable business practices also bring new business opportunities and increases their competitive advantage. Companies can reduce their environmental impact while improving their profitability through, for example, increased energy efficiency, recycling, and reduced emissions. Consumers and investors also value companies that take sustainability seriously.
Join our Sustainability hub and develop your business’s sustainability through useful materials, events and networks!
Posintra will be developing business sustainability services during the autumn. Take a short survey and have your say: what kind of sustainability services does your company need?
How can you develop your own as well as your company’s sustainability? How do other companies take sustainability into account? What tools could I use to develop sustainability? Our Sustainability Hub has answers to all these questions and more.
At the Sustainability Hub you get:
Coaching
Training
Webinars
Events
Useful materials
Networks for developing ethically sustainable business, completely free of charge.
Join our sustainability group and we can send information about sustainable events and issues straight to your inbox!
The tool for self-assessing business sustainability is free of charge and has been developed by 4FRONT in cooperation with FIBS, the largest network of sustainable businesses in the Nordic countries.
Porvoo’s Climate Partnership is an open network that provides businesses and other organizations with low-threshold access to climate and environmental expertise.
Today, there is no need to choose between being sustainable or profitable when you can be both. The various training materials and projects offered through our Sustainability Hub, will help you not just make your business more ethically sustainable, but also implement that sustainability in practice. Perhaps our free project activities could be an easy way to begin making your business more sustainable?
Ongoing projects
STRIIM stands for the “Strengthening Regional Industrial Innovation Model”
The STRIIM project aims to promote cooperation between businesses for a sustainable future by bringing participants together in new constellations, finding new angles for debate, and identifying new opportunities together.
Balanssi offers low-threshold access to a project that will help you deliver better value to your customers and your business through sustainable growth.
WeCircle – Sustainable growth from the circular economy
WeCircle provides information, activities, and events to industrial and manufacturing SMEs in Porvoo and the surrounding area which promote the green transition to a circular economy.
Carbon Neutral Experience 2.0 is promoting carbon neutrality in Uusimaa – in the sectors of tourism and hospitality and events – so the region can achieve its target by 2030. It’s also supporting businesses making the transition towards more sustainable and profitable business operations.
The Green Transition Fund is for companies making the leap to go green
The City of Porvoo’s Green Transition Fund encourages the municipality and SMEs in the area to be forward-looking by providing support for making the transition to more sustainable forms of business. The intention behind it is to attract and promote new solutions and increase the area’s collective competitiveness. The fund is also suitable for companies planning to set up operations in Porvoo. Find out if you could be eligible for financial support from the Green Transition Fund for your sustainable business idea.
Do you need help setting up your business, developing it further, or dealing with those everyday challenges of being an entrepreneur? Our business advisory service can help find your own direction, whatever stage you’re at!
Jenni is passionate about environmental responsibility. She supports companies in promoting their own sustainability work and developing sustainable business, for example through the Balanssi project. Jenni’s goal is to increase corporate responsibility and help companies identify opportunities for sustainable development and green transition.
Jenni is energized by the development of her own work. Family, friends, nature and exercise are also sources of energy for her.
