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Jukka Noponen

Who?

Jukka Noponen is a visionary and doer who knows how Sitra and Finland can make the leap towards a resource-wise and carbon-neutral society. Jukka was previously a director at Sitra and responsible for ecological sustainability, but is now retired and an active promoter of sustainable development in international contexts.

What?

Jukka knows how Finland’s cleantech expertise and brand were created and what made it possible. When he worked at Sitra, he led efforts to make the built environment more energy efficient and cities and towns more resource-wise, and introduced industrial symbioses to Finland.

Jukka has decades of experience in international environmental consulting and urban planning. Contact him if you would like more advice and guidance on building a sustainable society.

What else?

“Bonjour, ça va?” is a good conversation opener with Jukka, who has become a Francophile and even started to play pétanque. But saving the world is and will always be on his agenda.