Nordic Sustainability Investigator Rainer Kravets

Jungle Juice Bar is one of the biggest retail cafe chains in Finland and currently has 4 bars in Sweden. They serve fresh smoothies with no added sugar or any additives. Elli Holappa is the CEO of Jungle Juice Bar and in this episode we discuss their different approach to carbon compensation and other initiatives that make them more sustainable.

Posti Group is the leading postal and logistics service company in Finland. Their history dates back to the 17th century when they delivered letters over the sea from Sweden to Finland. Noomi Jägerhorn is Director of Sustainability at Posti Group and in this episode we discuss how Posti is implementing their sustainability program in a rapidly changing parcel and logistics industry.

NENT Group is the Nordic region’s leading streaming company. The company operates the Viaplay streaming service in the Nordic and Baltic countries, while maintaining an office in the UK, and will launch in Poland and the US later this year. Marija Angelovska is a Sustainability Manager, soon to be Compliance Officer at NENT Group and in this episode we discuss the process behind creating their sustainability strategy and how they have implemented it so far.

Varma is a Finnish pension insurance company, and their core task is to secure pensions. In today’s episode we have two guests: Katariina Sillander who is Communications and Sustainability Manager at Varma and Katri Viippola who is a Senior Vice-President of Communications, HR, and CSR. Together we discuss how they manage their assets responsibly and also what other initiatives they have that contribute to society.

Bergans is a Norwegian outdoor equipment company founded in 1908. Their product portfolio includes clothes, tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, and even foldable canoes. Christoph Centmayer is a Sustainability Manager at Bergans and in this episode we discuss sustainability initiatives at Bergans as well as their transition towards a circular business model.

Hydro is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company. With operations in more than 40 countries they are one of the largest aluminium companies worldwide. Their purpose is to create more viable societies by developing natural resources into products and solutions in innovative and efficient ways. In this episode together with Hydro’s CSR manager Åsne Burgess Øyehaug we focus more on Hydro’s new climate, environmental, and social responsibility strategies.