Islet sup­ports UN Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment Goals

UN Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment Goals, com­mon­ly known as SDG’s, are a set of 17 indi­vid­ual goals with spe­cif­ic tar­gets and indi­ca­tors. The goals guide us to a more inclu­sive, just, and sus­tain­able world by 2030.

Sep­tem­ber 25 marks the 8th anniver­sary of the Agen­da 2030 and the UN Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment Goals. On this day we are rais­ing the SDG flag to show our com­mit­ment and con­tin­ued sup­port for the SDGs. Islet has cho­sen to focus on the fol­low­ing SDG’s:

• Gen­der Equality

• Respon­si­ble con­sump­tion and production

• Cli­mate Action

5 GEN­DER EQUALITY 

“Achieve gen­der equal­i­ty and empow­er all women and girls”

One of our diver­si­ty goals is to “Achieve gen­der equal­i­ty and empow­er all women and girls”. We mon­i­tor our progress close­ly and com­mu­ni­cate it trans­par­ent­ly – espe­cial­ly since we still lack women in tech­nol­o­gy indus­try glob­al­ly and in Fin­land for exam­ple nation­al­i­ty-based diver­si­ty is rel­a­tive­ly low in gen­er­al. As we know, diver­si­ty is a lot more than a gen­der ques­tion and there­fore we have tar­gets equal­ly for nation­al­i­ty-based diver­si­ty, “Fresh Faces” ratio (new grad­u­ates and career chang­ers) and for age diver­si­ty, for exam­ple. Equal­i­ty, diver­si­ty and inclu­sion are at core when we build teams at Islet.

We have also teamed up with for exam­ple SAP and Mim­mit Koodaa to make our indus­try and teams more diverse:

• SAP Fresh Faces — look­ing for peo­ple to make the world run bet­ter — ISLET (islet​group​.fi)
• Cod­ing chal­lenge with #Mim­mitKoodaa

12 RESPON­SI­BLE CON­SUMP­TION AND PRODUCTION

“Ensure sus­tain­able con­sump­tion and pro­duc­tion patterns”

As a tech­nol­o­gy orga­ni­za­tion we are respon­si­ble for our actions, but the biggest impact is achieved togeth­er with our cus­tomers. We sup­port our cus­tomers in their jour­ney towards more respon­si­ble con­sump­tion and pro­duc­tion with the help of tech­nol­o­gy and accu­rate real time data and analytics.

Islet inter­nal­ly strives to ensure sus­tain­able con­sump­tion and pro­duc­tion pat­terns. This in prac­tice means:

• Striv­ing to min­i­mize pur­chas­ing and con­sump­tion overall
• Pre­fer­ring recy­cled and used, sec­ond­hand prod­ucts and materials
• Always pur­chas­ing eco­log­i­cal­ly pro­duced and recy­clable prod­ucts and ser­vices and organ­ic farm­ing prod­ucts and ser­vices, prefer­ably pro­duced locally
• Try­ing to min­i­mize the car­bon foot­print on all purchases
• Recy­cling every­thing possible
• Becom­ing car­bon neu­tral this year

13 CLI­MATE ACTION

“Take urgent action to com­bat cli­mate change and its impacts”

Islet takes Cli­mate Action through rig­or­ous waste recy­cling at offices and rais­ing aware­ness. We strive to reduce car­bon emis­sions and aim to com­pen­sate all our his­tor­i­cal emis­sions by 2030. We are also work­ing on a sus­tain­abil­i­ty frame­work for tech­nol­o­gy projects that we start to apply in 2024. Islet co-orga­nizes and par­takes in annu­al cam­paigns and events to raise funds and aware­ness to cli­mate action caus­es, with spe­cial focus on the Baltic Sea (i.e. annu­al #Islet­Goe­sItämeri cam­paign). Cli­mate action has been woven into the Islet val­ue land­scape and is present in com­pa­ny actions and communications.

The SDGs build on decades of work by coun­tries and the UN, includ­ing the UN Depart­ment of Eco­nom­ic and Social Affairs. More infor­ma­tion on all the Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment Goals here: https://​sdgs​.un​.org/​g​o​als

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