Project news

Webinar of the Finnish-Russian chamber of Commerce "Finnish waste management system"

Participated in the webinar organized by the Finnish-Russian chamber of Commerce on the topic "Finnish waste management system":

October 8 - Overview of the waste management system in Finland;
October 14 - Building the Finnish waste management chain;
October 22 - Processing of industrial waste and ecotechnoparks in Finland.

The next meeting is scheduled for October 29 with the agenda "Closed-loop Economy at the level of the Finnish city".
The program in Russian can be found at the link.

XI International forum "Ecology"

The XI International forum "Ecology" will be held on October 22-23, 2020 at the EXPOFORUM convention and exhibition center, which has received official permission to conduct business events in compliance with all safety standards and requirements of Rospotrebnadzor.
The forum program in Russian can be found here.

Participated in the round table

On October 1, at 10:00, we took part in the round table of the Russian CCI Committee on environmental management and ecology and The International scientific and educational Consortium "Personnel for the green economy" on the topic: "Increasing the prestige of the profession of environmental engineer: discussion of measures to improve modern environmental professional education" in the VKS format. Information about the BBC1 project is provided.

EC Day online coffee-hour

On September 25, 2020, the EC Day online coffee-hour webinar was held, where BBC1 project activities were presented.
The webinar was organized as part of the South-East Finland – Russia CBC program. The workshop participants presented the following cross-border cooperation projects: CBC, CroBoDDIT, ViVu, Cata3Pult, BBC1, NaSTa, Miles RusFin, Get Ready, One Drop, NESTTEC, BioCom, MetaFor, ImProfEdu, BimIce, Race4Scale, CoExist, SHORE PROTECTION, EFSOA, SustainPro.

European cooperation day - online conversation over a сup of coffee

This year, the South-Eastern Finland – Russia program celebrates European cooperation Day on September 24 and 25 together with project partners and stakeholders in an online coffee format. We will meet to talk about the changes that the Cavid-19 pandemic and its associated restrictions have brought to our work, and discuss whether we have been able to learn from a difficult situation. This is a good opportunity for projects to share their achievements, share experience and best practices.
Read the Program and the registration links here.

Open webinar "Eco-certification of goods and services: how it works"

We invite you to the open webinar "Eco-certification of goods and services: how it works", which will be held on Monday, September 14, 2020 from 17.00-18.30
Organizers: Ecological Union (operator of eco-labeling type I "Leaf of life") and the company "Green Driver" (eco-education and business greening).

In 2020, confirming the environmental friendliness of your products is more important than ever. Self-declarations are no longer sufficient. And here such a phenomenon as "authoritative eco-certification" is very useful.

The main trends in the field of eco-products. Eco-labels in the world;
Environmental certification in Russia: from greenwashing to Leaflet of life. How do I choose the right certification?;
Eco-label type I "Leaf of life": General information, standards, verification procedure;
Which 27 companies have already received the Leaf of life eco-label for 204 items of their products?;
How do I use Ecolabel? 17 ways for companies.

You can register for the webinar here.

For all questions:
Ksenia Illarionova, head of the public relations Department of the Environmental Union
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