The Spark Blog

The clothing rental service The Ateljé wanted to understand the climate impact of renting clothes compared to buying new and turned to Spark Sustainability for help.

​​This spring, Spark Sustainability is exploring different ways to develop digital tools for companies that help consumers identify truly climate-smart products.

A new webshop plug-in by Spark Sustainability lets customers see how much emissions could be saved by buying second hand instead of new.

According to Tuomas Tiitinen, Chief Operating Officer of Anki Rugs, by learning to shop again, we could be doing both local cultures, ourselves and the climate a favour.

Future-friendly stores represent a new wave of consumption that is about appreciating the good stuff, indulging in great food, great fashion and great home decor, without the sorry aftertaste of neglecting what consuming means for our world and the generations to come.

We worked together with Mya Design to help you give the best gift ever — time spent together.

We humans are used to solving problems by just throwing money at it. Yet there’s one problem we won’t be able to buy our way out of: climate change.

Things we buy, like clothes, electronics, and even hobbies, all have their own carbon footprints. Where do these emissions come from and what can we do about it?

If one person in each Finnish household would reduce personal carbon emissions by 20%, we would already achieve 38% of Finland’s emission reduction targets, as set in the Paris Agreement!

The mother of the zero waste lifestyle, Bea Johnson, visited Finland in September. We got to spend a whole day with her and learn from her experiences!

Kuvittele huone täynnä älykkäitä ja kunnianhimoisia ihmisiä, jotka kaikki työskentelevät ympäristökysymysten ratkaisemiseksi - se oli Impact Evening pähkinänkuoressa. Se oli räjähdys!

Voisiko olla olemassa yksi ainoa merkittävä ratkaisu kaikkiin suuriin ympäristöongelmiin, joita näemme jatkuvasti uutisissa?

We worked together with Mya Design to create something that makes a great Christmas gift.

Today Anna Lehtola is the 23-year-old CEO at Lovia, a sustainable design accessory company giving new life to fish skin.