Sustainable business …or growth? Both!

Balanssi – SMEs for sustainable growth

As an entrepreneur, are you ready to take the leap to tackle climate change? You can get support with more sustainable business models and make a profit.

Apply now!

Sustainability means growth! Get free support with developing sustainable business practices

Do you have an idea for a new sustainable business? Would a sparring partner help you to tackle climate change in the way you conduct business? In today’s world it’s not about being either sustainable or profitable – you can be both.

If you want low-threshold access to learning new sustainability skills, sign up now to Balanssi – providing sustainable growth for SMEs – it’s free! Run by both Posintra and the City of Porvoo, the project supports micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises to develop their sustainable business skills; and because it is already receiving funding, you can take part for free.

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Co2Jump

Sustainability or profitability? Balanssi.

Do you want to learn how to develop and manage a sustainable business and make a profit?

The aim of Balanssi is to help you deliver better value to your customers and business by becoming more sustainable. The service is specifically targeted at micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. Balanssi provides free support for:

➜ Developing new sustainable business models that deliver customer value.
➜ Developing solutions to reduce emissions.
➜ Developing your own sustainability skills.

Balanssi will start in the Spring of 2024, and the development activities themselves will begin in the autumn. Apply now and make space in your calendar for them in the autumn. See below for more information on what will be provided.

Five steps to developing sustainability:

1. Get inspired and learn from other companies
➜ Company visits.

2. Learn how to make sustainable decisions in a changing environment
➜ Future workshop: foresight and scenarios from the perspective of sustainability.

3. Develop solutions that reduce emissions
➜ Workshop to develop sustainable services and products.
➜ Sparring to take you from ideas to action.

4. Communicating about sustainability
➜ Workshop to provide tools and support for communicating about sustainability.

5. Share your story and your ambitions with the world
➜ A closing session to share presentations and stories of company-specific development goals.

NOTE! Business visits and workshops will be conducted face to face, except for the workshop on sustainability communication.

Balanssi offers you:

➜ Knowledge, skills and peer learning.

➜ Business visits and networking: be inspired and revitalized by your peers.

➜ 3 developmental workshops where you will be guided to brainstorm and design your own sustainable business.

➜ Digital workspace: materials, discussion and sparring to support sustainable business development.

Apply to join Balanssi!

Ask us for more information!

Peter Backman

Business Developer

Peter Backman

Business profitability and development, starting a business, business growth and direction, Co2Jump project

Jenni Lähtevänoja

Business Developer

Jenni Lähtevänoja

Sustainable business, Balanssi project

Anna Pyyhtiä

Yrityskehittäjä

Anna Pyyhtiä

Sustainable business, Co2Jump project

Karin Klawér

Yrityskehittäjä

Karin Klawér

Yrityksen perustaminen, yrityksen kasvu ja suunta, rahoitus ja talous, yrittäjän arki ja työnantajuus, Balanssi-hanke

Objectives of the Balanssi project

The main objective of the Balanssi project is to support SMEs in Uusimaa to implement energy efficiency solutions, adopt sustainable energy solutions, and take measures to reduce their carbon footprint.

Environmental sustainability will be approached from the perspective of value creation and competitiveness, with a focus on environmentally smart solutions to increase customer value and foster growth. The Balanssi project will implement a peer learning approach to support the sharing of best practices between companies.

Balanssi will be implemented between 2024 and 2026 as a group project between the two Uusimaa development companies of Keuke and Posintra.