Together with University of Turku, ABIS is thrilled to organize a summer webinar series designed for business practitioners keen to explore biodiversity-related risks and opportunities.

How can your business become biodiversity-respectful?

The Summer School bring together leading academic experts to share insights on how businesses can integrate biodiversity into their sustainability strategies and be a part of the solution. The webinars include both key information on the connection between biodiversity and business, and actionable findings on leading a biodiversity-respectful transformation in business.

The webinars run from August 27th until September 12th, every Tuesday and Thursday for 1,5 hours at 16.00 CEST. They will be webcasted from Finland to a global audience. 

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

Programme

• 27.08 - What is biodiversity and why addressing it calls for leadership?
  Professor Ilari Sääksjärvi - Head of the Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku
  Professor Satu Teerikangas - Turku School of Economics, University of Turku
  
  
• 29.08 - Biodiversity-respectful business
  Associate Professor Tiina Onkila - University of Jyväskylä
  Senior Researcher Milla Unkila - Turku School of Economics, University of Turku
  Senior Researcher Marja Turunen -  Turku School of Economics, University of Turku
• 03.09 - Biodiversity-respectful food system
  Professor Anu Hopia - Nutrition and Food Research Centre (NuFo), Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku
  

  Senior Researcher Saska Tuomasjukka - Nutrition and Food Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku Postdoctoral Researcher Irene Kuhmonen - Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics

• 05.09 - Measuring biodiversity impacts
  Associate professor Ville Uusitalo -  Sustainability science, LUT University
  

  Postdoctoral Researcher Natasha Järviö - Sustainability Science LUT School of Energy Systems

• 10.09 - Biodiversity and global supply chains
  Assistant professor Anne Quarshie - Turku School of Economics, University of Turku
  Inka Musta - CEO & Partner, Luontoa Ltd
  
  
• 12.09 - Biodiversity-respectful consumption
  Adjunct professor Juulia Räikkönen, Biodiversity unit, University of Turku
  Professor Outi Uusitalo, Professor of Marketing at the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics
  
  

Certification

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