Together with University of Turku, we are bringing you summer school series of webinars for business practitioners interested in biodiversity related themes. 

How can your business become biodiversity respectful?

In BIODIFUL Summer School, leading academic experts on biodiversity respectful business share their insights about how businesses can be a part of the sustainability solution. The webinars include both overviews about the connections between biodiversity and business, and actionable findings about how to lead a biodiversity respectful transformation in business.

Join the Summer School to become a front runner in biodiversity respectful business!

The webinars run from August 28th until September 12th, twice a week, every Tuesday and Thursday for 1,5 hours at 16.00 CEST. It will be webcasted from Finlad for global audiences. 

Programme

• 27.8.Overview: What is biodiversity and why it matters (for business) Professor Ilari Sääksjärvi, Head of the Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku
• 29.8. Biodiversity respectful business: from leadership to business models
  Professor Satu Teerikangas, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku
• 3.9. Biodiversity respectful food system
  Professor Anu Hopia, Functional foods research centre, University of Turku
• 5.9. Measuring biodiversity impacts
  Associate professor Ville Uusitalo, Sustainability science, LUT University
• 10.9. Biodiversity and global supply chains
  Assistant professor Anne Quarshie, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku
• 12.9. Biodiversity respectful consumption
  Adjunct professor Juulia Räikkönen, Biodiversity unit, University of Turku

All participants attending at least 5 sessions out of 6 will receive a certificate awarded and signed by high level representatives from University of Turku and ABIS - The Academy of Business in Society. 

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