Sustainable business in Äänekoski

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A sustainable Äänekoski is created through cooperation. Sustainable business is a way for companies to influence and find new growth opportunities. The city of Äänekoski wants to enable the international biocircular economy ecosystem and the development of sustainable business and entrepreneurship.

Äänekoski City Vitality Unit, Business Äänekoski, offers companies in the region and those planning to start a business free of charge support for the development of responsible business. The city is involved in provincial projects and networks designed to support the business life of the region and promote sustainable business.

YmpyräKS network

Circleis a central Finnish network focused on sustainable business. Its activities are aimed at all companies interested in environmental responsibility, entrepreneurs and those working with companies. The goal of the network is to share information about environmentally responsible business operations and to offer peer support for business development. Business Äänekoski is one of the organizers of the network.

Environmental responsibility partnership program

YmpyräKS network Environmental responsibility partnershipis a low-threshold commitment, with which a company, organization or other organization can demonstrate that they are developing more environmentally responsible operating methods.

Building an environmentally responsible operation is a continuous improvement process, to support which the commitment has been implemented. You can commit to the environmental responsibility partnership by filling out the form on the YmpyräKS network's website.

Committed parties, i.e. Environmental Responsibility Partners, promote the goals they set themselves and report on progress once a year. The commitment is free of charge.

Sustainable Travel Finland program

The city of Äänekoski is involved in the Sustainable Travel Finland (STF) program developed by Visit Finland for tourism companies and regions, the goal of which is the implementation of tourism-related activities in a sustainable manner. The national goal of the program is for Finland to be known as one of the world's most sustainable tourist destinations by 2025.

The free STF program offers companies and travel destinations in the field a toolkit for sustainable tourism development, which makes it easier to adopt sustainable measures and choices in the everyday life of the region or company. Companies and travel destinations that have gone through the program and meet the criteria are awarded the Sustainable Travel Finland label, which is used to communicate sustainable operations to international tourists.

The city's tourism services, Visit Äänekoski, is included in the STF program as a tourist destination. In addition, Visit Äänekoski supports local tourism companies and entrepreneurs in starting free STF trail coaching programs.

Planet B biocircular economy network

Planet Bis a circular economy ecosystem in Anukkoski, where both established companies and ambitious startups meet. In the network, companies from different industries actively cooperate in the development of bio- and circular economy research, technology, products and services. The goal is to bring together the most promising and innovative ideas from the field of bioeconomy and cleantech from around the world.

The Plänet B network is organized by Äänekosken Kehitys Oy, which is a company owned by the city of Äänekosken that manages regional and business life projects.

For more information: 

Vitality Director
Sari Åkerlund
050 598 7447
sari.akerlund@aanekoski.fi

Development manager
Tanja Sulin
050 440 0813
tanja.sulin@aanekoski.fi