Sustainable and responsible Diak
At Diak, sustainability and responsibility are part of our strategy: our goal is a more humane and sustainable world. In our operations, we emphasize the principles of ecosocialism, according to which we aim to take Diak’s operations towards more humane, social and ecologically sustainable direction.
This page contains examples of how sustainability and responsibility are implemented in our operations.
University of Fair Trade
Diak is the first Finnish university to receive the Fair Trade title. We offer our staff Fair Trade coffee, and Fair Trade products are available at our campuses. Through our activities, we promote sustainable values and social justice. We also highlight the importance of Fair Trade in our communications.
Read more about Fair Trade on the Finnish Fair Trade website.
Contributing to ecosocial education
Diak’s fields of education play a key role locally, societally, and globally in building a more sustainable world. Education at Diak, grounded in an eco-social approach, aims for changes in lifestyle and values that require societal and global actions aligned with sustainable development. Diak takes responsibility for issues of sustainable well-being both through civic engagement and by educating professionals prepared to meet future societal challenges.
Aiming to reduce carbon footprint
Diak is involved in the joint calculation of the carbon footprint in universities, that combines the energy costs gained from real estate, purchases, and travel. The aim of the joint calculation is to obtain comparable information on the carbon footprint from different universities of applied sciences.
With the calculation, we get information about what Diak’s carbon footprint is made of and we can make plans to reduce it, for example by taking into account the carbon footprint in purchases and, for example, the energy efficiency of our property.
A member of ARVO
Since 2022 Diak has been a member of ARVO. ARVO, the Finnish Association of Social Enterprises, is an alliance and network of social enterprises, aiming to develop social entrepreneurship in Finland. By taking part in the network we can increase our understanding of the needs of social enterprises and better our ability to answer these needs with our diverse research, education and innovation know-how.
Contact us
Specialist Niko Nummela, niko.nummela@diak.fi, 040 509 3574