sustainability case studies

Multiple hands get the work done faster. This year, Kekkilä-BVB participates Neova Group’s volunteer programme...

“There were dozens of students and after a while they were already in the forest...

Meadows and nutrient recycling increase the diversity of the built environment above and below ground The debate around nutrient recycling in Finland often focuses heavily on the countryside and agricultural recycled fertilizers. However, the nutrients recycled in the growing media also end up back in the built environment. As more and more natural meadows or green roofs are added to cities, biodiversity will also increase.

The circular economy and sustainability are terms that are used by many companies repeatedly, interchangeably, and occasionally without real-life examples. With that in mind, we thought it was about time to tell the story our circular substrates in Finland, from start to finish and back again.

Every year Kekkilä-BVB produces 430 000 m3 of casing soil for the mushroom industry, 175 000 m3 of that goes directly to the Dutch market which grows 300 000 tons of mushrooms every year. Producing this many mushrooms in such a relatively compact geographical space has led to some interesting innovations within the Dutch mushroom growing community.

Earlier this year Tereza Andersson, Portfolio Manager at Hasselfors Garden, discussed the waste problem at...

Tereza Andersson, Commercial Portfolio Manager at Hasselfors Garden, is responsible for the immigration project between...

Background Discussions about the redesign of a square on top of a garage in Clausplein...

In Stockholm, the elms in Kungsträdgården has aroused strong emotions since the 1970s. The trees,...

Gipmans Planten investigates sustainable cultivation systems. Plant resistance is an important topic at Gipmans Planten....