by VF | Dec 29, 2021 | Environment, Finland, Technology
Finnish innovator Solar Foods is one of the winners of the Deep Space Food Challenge with their SoleinⓇ-producing technology. The challenge, organized by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency, looks for new solutions to feed astronauts on long space missions. Solar...
by VF | Dec 5, 2021 | Environment, Finland, Technology, Visions
The Finnish technology sector is looking at its carbon handprint. Instead of carbon footprint, which refers to greenhouse gas emissions caused by a product, the term “carbon handprint” refers to the positive environmental impact a product makes throughout its...
by VF | Nov 23, 2021 | Environment, Technology, Visions
Logistics affects our everyday life, no matter where we live. Whether we are moving people from one location to another or packets from factory to their final destination, it is all about logistics. In the past ten years, I have been visiting China almost on a monthly...
by VF | Nov 21, 2021 | ASEAN, Asia, Environment, Linkss, Visions
Companies operating in Asian cities are facing increasing environmental challenges. According to the first Verisk Maplecroft’s Cities@Risk ranking, 99 of the world’s 100 riskiest cities are in Asia. 37 of these are in China and 43 in India. The ranking lists the...
by VF | Nov 21, 2021 | Environment, Finland, Food & Drinks, Health, Lifestyle
Did you know that we gather from the forests and commonly call blueberries in Finland are actually bilberries, (metsä)mustikka in Finnish)? Garden blueberries are called pensasmustikka in Finnish, or bush blueberries. These two are similar, but...
by VF | Oct 10, 2021 | Environment, Finland, Travel
Launched by Visit Finland, the first Sustainable Travel Finland -labels for companies were issued already in June, but this is the first time that an entire travel destination has received the recognition. More than half of the travel companies based in Posio offering...
