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1.7.2025

Helsinki Regional Council committing to green deal agreement: reducing the use of natural resources to the level of 2015

Circular economy is no longer a mere environmental accomplishment - it is also about competitiveness, security of supply and generally, savings. To promote a sustainable resource-wise future, the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council has joined a regional green deal for circular economy. The green deal is a voluntary commitment in which the participating municipalities are offered support for concrete actions and gives them new opportunities to find solutions and start pilot projects.

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26.6.2025

Stories from the Circular Hub – Helsinki-Uusimaa on the road to circular economy

More and more sectors are now furthering a transition to circular economy. The Helsinki-Uusimaa Circular Hub was an import cooperation platform for circular economy solutions in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Region, founded in 2023. Highlights from the first project years of the Circular Hub have now been put together in the publication Stories from the Circular Hub, raising both the updates of the sectors and the actors of the regional Hub.

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28.3.2025

From Regional Innovation to Circular Diplomacy: why Europe’s Circular Future Depends on its Regions and Cities

The circular economy isn’t just a technical fix or environmental upgrade. It’s a strategic pathway to resilience, competitiveness, and sovereignty. And it is often regions and cities, working in collaboration with businesses, academia, and civil society, that are best positioned to facilitate this transition. Senior Adviser Christine Chang examies the role of regions and cities in the circular diplomacy.

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3.12.2024

New Regional Plan focuses on themes relating to green transition

The Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council started the process of a thematic green transition land use plan in May 2024. The new plan completes the legally valid Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Land Use Plan with themes including energy, technical service, business, logistics, as well as environment and climate.

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4.4.2024

Finland continues as the happiest country in the world

For the 7th year in a row, Finland ranks as the happiest country in the world in the UN World Happiness Report 2024. The findings, announced today to mark the UN’s International Day of Happiness, are powered by data from the Gallup World Poll and analysed by some of the world’s leading wellbeing scientists.

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23.5.2023

Cities and regions demanding amendments to EU Nature Restoration Law

The largest cities in Finland, most of its Regional Councils and the Association of Finnish Municipalities have expressed their serious concern about Article 6 of the EU Nature Restoration Law, currently under preparation. A shared statement with a comprehensive list of signatories, with suggested amendments to the draft regulation, has been given to be used by the current government formation negotiators in our country. Advocacy work is also continuously carried out in Brussels.

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6.10.2022

Textile circular economy in new ways of production 

Good business prospects for the Helsinki-Uusimaa Region to produce textiles by recycling - as stated in a recent BRIDGES project report. The strengths and weaknesses of a production of this kind, along with the possibilities of collaboration, were presented in a current report on value chain mapping in regional recycled textile processes.