Author: Saara Koho
2019 WPI Fellow
Twitter: @SaaraKoho
EU julkisti eilen uuden maailmanlaajuisen terveysstrategian seuraavaksi kymmeneksi vuodeksi. Komissaari @JuttaUrpilainen toteaa, että strategiassa näkyvät pandemian opit. https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/eu-ottaa-uuden-lahestymistavan-terveyden-edistamiseen-korona-opetti-etta-taudeilla-ei-ole-rajoja/ff80a177-3577-4005-9832-ebd36b54873a
Ministeri @TuulaHaatainen pitää tärkeänä sitä, että EU:n yritysvastuulaki selkeyttää kuluttajien asemaa. ”Kuluttajat pystyvät luottamaan siihen, ettei heidän omilla valinnoillaan vahingoiteta ympäristöä tai poljeta ihmisoikeuksia.” ⭐️https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/eu-ministerit-koolla-neuvottelemassa-yritysvastuulaista-tuula-haatainen-suomalaiset-yritykset-toimivat-reilusti/28e0fec4-436b-4f1a-a8ef-ec45b7a7f991
EU:n tavoite vähentää pakkausjätettä ja kertakäyttöastioita johtaa muovin käytön lisääntymiseen. Pakkausalan mielestä komission ajattelu ei perustu todellisuuteen. Jutussa haastateltu @AaronVuola, @petrisarvamaa ja @HuhtamakiGroup:n Thomasine Kamerling. ⭐️https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/eu-komission-pakkausesitykselle-sataa-kritiikkia-ajattelu-ei-ole-tasta-maailmasta/5a83b34b-c4ca-4385-8a75-1bbcfb169627
Posts by Saara Koho:
Two minutes to midnight
I grew up in a border town in Finland. The nearest Russian town, Svetogorsk, was only a few miles away from my home. Living so near to a gigantic and powerful neighbor was often unsettling. St. Petersburg was closer to us than our own capital Helsinki. Could the...
The debate on reparations and the painful history of slavery
The 1619 Project, a special issue of the The New York Times Magazine, has been the most talked-about journalistic venture I’ve encountered during my stay in the United States. Its goal is to reframe American history and to place the consequences of slavery at the...
Is philanthropy the future of journalism?
Newsrooms around the globe have been shrinking for the past two decades, as media companies have struggled to find a profitable business model in the era of the internet and evaporating print advertising. Last week we had the opportunity to meet Dean Baquet, the...
Minnesota farms battle with record-low profitability
It’s a tough time to be a farmer. Last year Minnesota farms earned a median net income of $26,055, down 8% from the previous year. It was the lowest median farm income in the past 23 years of data tracked by the University of Minnesota. “Agriculture is a very...
Looking ahead to the 2023 #WPIFellowship, one of the program themes will be #ClimateChange.
These findings from @risj_oxford are very interesting.
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