A-Katsastus Group is a market leader in the Finnish car inspection and registration market. ESG governance principles and their own code of conduct guide their work.

A-Lehdet is a Finnish pioneer company in media content, digital commerce, and influencing, with 90-years-old history. They have set an ambitious target to become carbon neutral in their own operations and production chain by 2030. Read more about A-lehdet here.

ABB is a global technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future through driving innovations that accelerate industrial transformation. We at UseLess Company calculated the climate impact that can be avoided with ABB’s drive modernization service in different markets.

Alvar Pet wants to minimize the carbon pawprint of pets. We calculated the carbon footprint of the first four products of Alvar Pet based on Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCRs) Prepared Pet Food for Cats and Dogs standard.

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We built a carbon footprint calculator for a Finnish company Everfells. Everfells helps you book small-group adventure holidays and independent outdoor trips in Finland. The calculator enables users to calculate and compensate for the emissions from the trips.

Finnish Design Shop is the world’s largest online store specialized in Nordic design. Their actions are guided by their sustainability strategy, which is based on United Nations Sustainability Goals. They have calculated their carbon footprint for the first time in 2021 and now they have identified their most important emission reduction targets which guide their efforts to create a carbon neutrality roadmap to minimize their emissions. Read more about Finnish Design Shop here.

Framery Acoustics is a Finnish industry pioneer in manufacturing soundproof pods, booths, and privacy solutions for noisy workplaces. Their products are used by the top companies in the world and can be found in 98 countries across the globe. Framery is keen on understanding the climate impacts of both their organization and products. Hence, they partnered up with UseLess to conduct life cycle assessments, including EPDs, for three of their pods and booths. Furthermore, UseLess estimated the carbon handprints of the pods and booths compared to traditional office spaces. You can read more about responsibility at Framery here.

Hanken School of Economics is is a leading, internationally accredited university with more than 110 years of experience in education and research in economics and business administration. The university has assessed its carbon footprint for several years. UseLess helped Hanken to widen the current carbon footprint calculation scope as well as update the base year calculations.

Ikilehto is a project through which natural burial sites, the first of their kind in Finland, are being established in the country. UseLess assisted Ikilehto in assessing the carbon footprint of natural burials.

Ilmastorahasto aims to achieve societal impact by setting sustainability at the core of its operations. The company’s positive impact, particularly in areas related to the climate and environment, guides its choice of investment targets. UseLess conducted the carbon footprint calculation for Ilmastorahasto, which consisted of emissions from Ilmastorahasto’s own operations and investment portfolio’s emissions.

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Jet-Steel Oy manufactures products mainly for the purpose of moving masses of air, removing water, cooling or warming air or recovery of heat. The products are always manufactured according to their customers’ specifications and requirements. UseLess calculated the carbon footprint of Jet-Steel Oy based on GHG Protocol Scope 3 standard.

Lehtipiste Group is a significant Finnish delivery and marketing company in a dominant position and a long-term partner of UseLess – we have calculated Lehtipiste Group’s carbon footprint since 2021 and also helped them to develop their

Lounea is a Finnish digital service company with over 130 years of experience in the field. As sustainable business is the core of Lounea’s strategy, the company has recently pledged to SBTi targets. Interest towards understanding their own climate impact is evident; together with UseLess, Lounea has calculated its organizational carbon footprint for multiple years along with recently assessing the carbon footprint of their cloud services.

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Maria01 is a non-profit combination of an entrepreneurial community, a selective campus for tech teams and a technology builders club. UseLess calculated their carbon footprint and recognized relevant emission reduction pathways for the campus. Read more about Maria01’s environmental responsibility here.

Onego Bio manufactures entirely animal-free egg white protein which is estimated to have around 90 % smaller climate impact compared to eggs from chickens. The company recently raised a $40 million funding to drive commercialization and manufacturing of the egg protein. UseLess has helped Onego Bio with life cycle assessment.

Orion is a globally operating and publicly listed Finnish pharmaceutical company which develops, manufactures, and markets human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients. UseLess conducted a wide life-cycle assessment project for Orion, in which for example carbon footprints were calculated for several of Orion’s products.

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Osuuskunta Clevera is a part of Tiimiakatemia (JAMK), a business school where students learn business by doing business. We helped Clevera with a project that was related to emissions from the housing sector.

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Osuuskunta Tradeka is a modern co-operative with over 200 000 members. It is also a significant owner of several Finnish companies. Osuuskunta Tradeka’s target is to be a frontrunner of responsibility by enhancing meaningful and responsible ownership and a humane market economy which benefits their membership and society. UseLess calculated the carbon footprint of Osuuskunta Tradeka to determine its climate impact and recognize effective emission reduction measures.

Pontos Group is a Finnish family office, investor and active owner that develops its companies and seeks to transform the real estate industry through digitalization. In addition to real estate and the real estate industry, the Group invests in private equity, private equity funds and listed shares and fixed-income. UseLess has helped Pontos Group with carbon footprint calculations and climate roadmap work.

Restel is a market leader in the Finnish restaurant sector having over 200 restaurants in its portfolio. Environmental and social responsibility are important values for the company.

Saalasti is an almost 80-year-old family business specialized in manufacturing biomass processing machinery. UseLess has calculated Saalasti’s organizational carbon footprint as well as a carbon handprint, showcasing the avoided emissions compared to the market standard solution, for their HIPPO 1803 high-pressure press.

More information on both projects’ execution and results can be found here.

Solita is a company that aims to create a lasting impact by combining tech, data, and human insight. UseLess conducted an organization carbon footprint calculation for Solita and developed an explicit annual comparison to help Solita track the development of its annual emissions. We also supported Solita in setting SBTi targets, which were approved in the fall of 2024.

Suomi-Tikas Oy is a family-owned business with over 40 years of history. They needed our help calculating the product carbon footprint and product carbon handprint for their new product Harmo Loota, which is a part of the Harmo product family. Innovative raw materials used in Harmo Loota, such as biobased biocomposite (UPM EcoAce WB50) and wood-based plastic (Woodly), made the calculation even more interesting.

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Takuusäätiö wanted to understand what one’s daily carbon footprint consists of, and how big it is, when one consumes only moderately. We built a carbon footprint calculator for Takuusäätiö’s and Marttaliitto’s Rahat riittää project to enable them to calculate the carbon footprints of minimum budgets.

Virta is a global pioneer in developing smart electric vehicle charging services. The company was ranked on the Financial Times 1000 Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies list for the fourth time in a row in 2023. The LCA experts of UseLess Company have conducted the carbon footprint calculations for Virta twice and produced a corporate carbon footprint report. More information on Virta’s sustainability can be found on their website.

A word from our customers

UseLess is an agile partner who takes care of individual customer needs. It has been really easy and flexible to work with UseLess. Their connections to the academic world and latest research knowledge have been really important to us. UseLess has a solid expertise on carbon footprint calculations, which have helped us to gain deeper understanding on the matter. We are happy with our choice to have UseLess as our partner when we started to evaluate our company’s climate impact. We received precise and thorough calculations and help when needed in interpreting the results and evaluating necessary measures. We have agreed to continue our co-operation and also recommended UseLess’ services to other companies in our corporation.

OSUUSKUNTA TRADEKA
Director of Sustainability Satu Niemelä
Communications Manager Piia Peiponen


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Every project we have done with UseLess has been easy and pleasant, and we will gladly continue to use their services.

LIIKENNEVIRTA
Sustainability Manager Antonia Åkergerg


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We had a pleasure to have UseLess team calculating life cycle assessments for standard minimum budgets. We were very delighted how detailed the assessments were and how well the team answered to all our questions and requirements. The UseLess experts are very supportive. In addition to calculations they gave us good insights how to communicate the information about the assessments. I would warmly recommend UseLess to anyone who is looking for professionals who are truly engaged in creating a better future.

TAKUUSÄÄTIÖ

Working with Useless was smooth from start to finish. Their expertise in carbon footprint and life cycle assessment was clear, and the team was very responsive and flexible. We asked for a few iterations to meet our specific needs, and they did everything quickly – no question or tweak was too small for them to take into account. In the end, we received a carbon footprint calculator that is backed by the latest research and has a great level of detail.

EVERFELLS