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Technology through startups for a more sustainable business

FINLAND, ESPOO

When?

September 1, 2022

At what time?

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm (Finland Time (UTC/GMT+3:00)

Where?

Aalto University Campus

Program

Technology is a key driver when we look for solutions for better sustainability. Technology is adopted very much via business and corporations.

A key issue thus is how to develop better technologies and how to get it adopted widely in the society.

We had a panel discussion on the opportunities and challenges of driving change for a more sustainable business.

In the panel we had founders from two startups that are developing and commercializing novel technological solutions for sustainability. The founders discussed with two university researchers who are working on the tech development and adoption from the research perspective. The discussion was facilitated by a strategy consultant specialized in sustainability issues.

Agenda

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Panel Debate

Henrietta Moon
Dr. Inês Peixoto
Prof. Michael Hummel
Moderated by
Patrick Timmer

Contributors

Henrietta Moon

Co-founder and CEO of Carbo Culture

Finland

Inês Peixoto

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Management Studies, School of Business, Aalto University

Portugal

Michael Hummel

Professor, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University

Finland

Patrick Timmer

Consultant at McKinsey & Company

Finland

Organization
Celebrating
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Henrietta Moon

Henrietta is the Co-founder and CEO of Carbo Culture, a startup that converts residual feedstocks into stable bio-carbons and clean heat while removing a gigaton of carbon from the atmosphere by 2030. Henrietta is a StartX founder and part of Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst. She studied business at Aalto University School of Business and WU in Vienna, both CEMS Schools.Co-founder and Chair of the board at Mehackit, Henrietta was appointed by the Minister for Employment and Economy of Finland as a definer for the first government entrepreneurship strategy in 2018. She participated in the Singularity University Global Solutions program organized at NASA in 2013. Henrietta is a licensed sea captain.

Inês Peixoto

Currently researcher in project Managing Transition Risks in Risk-Bearing Value Chains (funding Wallenberg Foundation 2021-2023) examining transitions to low-carbon business in the shipping and aviation sectors. Ongoing postdoctoral research on craft-based businesses and industry standards of responsible textile fibres. Inês is motivated to build insights on emerging sustainability phenomena through organization theory lenses, including market organizing, temporality and risk, and to integrate interdisciplinary approaches and practitioner engagement.

Michael Hummel

Michael is a professor in Biopolymer Chemistry and Engineering at Aalto University. He is one of the inventors of the Ioncell® technology which allows to produce fully bio-based high-performance textile fibers. He has obtained his PhD in Chemistry in Austria before he moved to Finland where he became part of a research group with a strong focus on application and commercialization. Currently, Michael and his team are working on the development of sustainable textiles and textile recycling as well as on carbon fibers made entirely from renewable resources.

Patrick Timmer

Patrick is currently a Consultant at McKinsey & Company. His previous work experience include companies such as General Electric and E.ON Inhouse Consulting. He is currently focused on sustainability, especially energy system decarbonization and bioeconomy. Patrick is a CEMS MIM graduate at Aalto University and National University of Singapore.