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Espoo's Kera district safeguards and improves urban biodiversity

Espoo's Kera district aims to be an example of a low-emissions urban area of circular economy and digital solutions. Biodiversity plays an essential role in Kera and Espoo's efforts to act against climate change.

Built environment

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How Espoo uses co-creation to become carbon-neutral by 2030 — new model to support sustainability and smart urban areas

Espoo is developing a new co-creation model to support the building of sustainable and smart urban areas. The model focuses on energy, mobility, and land use development — critical themes in the city’s goal to become carbon-neutral by 2030.

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Espoo is ranked among the most promising investment destinations in Europe — Financial Times

The City of Espoo is selected as the 7th most promising investment destination among small European cities in fDi’s European Cities and Regions of the Future 2022/23 ranking by Financial Times.

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Nokia and Kone are selected in the top 50 of clean energy transition leaders

Espoo-based Nokia and Kone are ranked 29th and 49th respectively in Corporate Knights's Clean200 — a global list of companies leading the transition to clean energy.

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Three Espoo-based startups are selected among the most promising Finnish startups

Three Espoo-based startups are selected among the ten most promising startups in Finland. IQM, Gubbe, and Meeat Food Tech are in Talouselämä's annual ranking.

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Bayer Finland, Aalto University and HUS cooperate to utilise AI to make clinical drug research safer and more efficient

Bayer leads the Future Clinical Trials project that aims to create a health innovation ecosystem and make Finland a leader in clinical research.

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VTT is creating sustainable electronics and optics in new ECOtronics project

VTT creates sustainable electronics from bio-materials and printed processes in the new ECOtronics project. The project supports the renewal of the electronics and optics industry in Finland.

Circular economy

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ICEYE raises €120M in Series D funding round

Espoo-based space tech company ICEYE raises €120M in a Series D funding round — one of the biggest funding rounds in Finnish startup history.

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VTT coordinates Finland's new quantum technology project

VTT leads the QuTI project — Finland's new quantum technology project looking to advance the field. The project brings together the heavy-hitters of Finnish quantum tech, including Espoo-based Aalto University, CSC – IT Center for Science, and IQM Quantum Computers.

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Neste ranked among the world's most sustainable companies

Neste made the 2022 Global 100 ranking of the world's most sustainable companies by Corporate Knights.

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VTT builds Europe's leading clean energy piloting centre in Espoo

VTT will build Europe's leading clean energy piloting centre in Espoo. The new research and testing environment will allow companies to scale solutions to production quickly and cost-effectively.

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Enfuce wins €45 million investment round

Enfuce wins a €45 million Series C investment round. Enfuce is Europe's leading European Card-as-a-Service platform.

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