Sustainable and Responsible Jamk
We are making the world more sustainable. We do this together with students, staff and our partners.
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Jamk's Roadmap for a Sustainable Future
Jamk University of Applied Sciences' roadmap for a sustainable future focuses on reducing the carbon footprint and, on the other hand, increasing the positive handprint. The roadmap provides guidelines for how sustainable development and responsibility are implemented in education, RDI activities, management and personnel competence.
The carbon footprint is calculated annually at Jamk. Along with the monitoring, measures to reduce the carbon footprint and nature-positive measures will also be agreed upon. The reduction of the carbon footprint can be seen in concrete measures, such as extensive waste sorting on campuses, or consumer-specific measurement of waste food during meals in our campus restaurants.
Sustainable development is already part of all Jamk bachelor's degrees. By 2024, sustainable development will be part of all Jamk's degree education and ultimately included in all education. We also develop our personnel's sustainability and responsibility skills.
We steer RDI activities and focus especially on sustainability challenges. We monitor the number of sustainability-related projects annually. At the same time, we aim to strengthen the impact of RDI activities.
The roadmap has been drawn up together with students and staff. The implementation promotes Jamk's existing commitments and takes into account the proposals of the student union JAMKO.
Sustainable and Responsible Jamk roadmap
Jamk as an educational institution
We educate experts who promote sustainable development and responsibility in working life and society.
Project Studies
We implement the vision of a next-generation higher education institution in practice by bringing students into multidisciplinary cooperation in projects that meet the needs of working life.
Future Factory studies work with real working life challenges. At the same time, students' competence, companies, regional development and competitiveness will be strengthened. The InnoFlash and Working Life Project courses solve up to 140 development challenges every year!
Jamk as a Partner - Solutions to Sustainability Challenges
Sustainable Development and Responsibility in our Theses
Jamk University of Applied Sciences' Bachelor's and Master's theses concerning sustainable development and responsibility.
Jamk's sustainability and responsibility work is based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 2030) and the programme of universities of applied sciences. The work is coordinated by the Sustainable Development (KeKe) working group.
We Do as We Teach
Sustainable Procurement at Jamk
Sustainable procurement refers to socially, economically and environmentally responsible procurement. Through successful and innovative acquisitions, the organisation can make long-term value choices, increase the vitality of the regional economy and companies, increase well-being and combat climate change.
This is what we are already doing
- We always check suppliers for reports in accordance with the Contractor's Obligations and Liability Act
- We follow the principles of the law in all procurements: impartiality, non-discrimination, transparency and proportionality
- Where possible, we put out to tender procurements below the threshold value, thereby guaranteeing all suppliers the opportunity to offer
- We use the employment clause in the contract when possible and reasonable
- We take life cycle thinking into account: e.g. We include in the contract matters concerning the recycling of products at the end of their life cycle.
- We are already considering, in the context of market dialogue with suppliers, the possibilities of reducing the amount of money in question. the environmental load of a service or product
- Contracts have a responsible person who follows the contract. In this way, we do not buy unnecessary things and pay for what we need, and the operations also develop during the contract period.
These are our plans
- The opportunity to utilise used equipment more and more in our operations
- We will implement the Code of Conduct appendix in our procurements.
We Monitor Our Carbon Footprint
We utilise Arene's common carbon footprint calculation model.
Certificates
Principles of Responsible Management (PRME) initiative: involved since 2011. PRME is a UN-supported initiative established as a platform to raise sustainability issues in business schools. Through the six principles, PRME engages these higher education institutions to provide future business actors with the skills needed to balance the economy and the Sustainable Development Goals, while paying attention to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and acting in line with the UN 2030 Agenda.
Sustainable Development Working Group
Kirsi Knuuttila
Marianne Ekonen
Janne Laitinen
Piia Kykkänen
Essi Silvennoinen
Niina Valkama
Tommi Virtanen
Student representative (JAMKO)
Tuija Paajanen
Tyron John (deputy)
Expert member (communications)
