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Sustainability Review 2023
GF Building Flow Solutions (former Uponor) has published its Sustainability Review 2023, prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative Standards and assured by an independent third party.
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Top 100 Award for Uponor
We are honored to announce that Uponor GmbH from Haßfurt, since November 2023 part of the Swiss industrial company Georg Fischer AG (GF), has received the TOP 100 seal at the German SME Summit.
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What lessons did we take away from season 2
Season 2 of The Urbanista has been a fascinating one, learning so much about many subjects from LCAs to EPDs, circularity, sustainability, and all about the new legislation and standards that we will soon have to manage. We wrapped the topics together so that in case you missed something, now it's a good chance to catch up on the most relevant topics of our industry.
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Challenges in building stormwater systems nowadays
What are the challenges in water management today? What is the impact of the ageing water networks on the residential areas? We talked with Ebba Waernbaum - strategist within VA SYD, a regional wastewater organization in the Southwest Skåne about the challenges with hidden water infrastructure and what to consider when planning a new solution.
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GF Uponor becomes GF Building Flow Solutions
The division – built on the acquisition of Uponor late last year as well as the building technology segment of GF Piping Systems – is committed to finding new ways to conserve, manage and provide water responsibly. The new name underscores the division’s focus on residential, commercial and public buildings, while GF Piping Systems remains a leading provider for utility and industry flow solutions.
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How to execute a sustainability - driven project?
In this episode we talk with Martin Lundholm - Project Engineer at Skanska. Martin has worked for the Skellefteå kommun. The city of Skellefteå in northern Sweden has stated openly that they want to become the most sustainable city in Europe, a tall order that our guest have contributed to.
We discussed an important topic: How to actually implement (build) a project with a strong sustainability focus.
We discussed an important topic: How to actually implement (build) a project with a strong sustainability focus.
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Uponor achieves milestone with Virsbo, Sweden
Uponor, a leading global provider of sustainable and innovative flow solutions and part of GF (Georg Fischer), announces that a second manufacturing facility in Sweden has reached full carbon neutrality in its own operations – the company’s latest achievement in environmental sustainability.
In line with the GF Sustainability Framework 2025 and Uponor’s target to significantly reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, the Swedish manufacturing facility in Virsbo embodies the company's innovative ‘Carbon Neutral Factory’ concept. This initiative, following the pioneering success of Uponor’s first carbon-neutral factory in Nastola (Finland), demonstrates the company’s proactive efforts to decrease not only its own climate impacts but also the carbon footprint of its customers and partners.
In line with the GF Sustainability Framework 2025 and Uponor’s target to significantly reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, the Swedish manufacturing facility in Virsbo embodies the company's innovative ‘Carbon Neutral Factory’ concept. This initiative, following the pioneering success of Uponor’s first carbon-neutral factory in Nastola (Finland), demonstrates the company’s proactive efforts to decrease not only its own climate impacts but also the carbon footprint of its customers and partners.
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New EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
EU's new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive intends to add transparency and provide comparability between companies. In this podcast episode, we spoke to Ella Tanskanen, a Head of Sustainability Services at Greenstep who provides sustainability services and financial services in the Nordic countries. She is also an expert on the EU’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive matters.
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Circular economy is NOT only waste management
The term Circular economy is both common and misused. It is a term that has become very popular in the last couple of years. At its core, it is all about resource efficiency. It can be complex, but for many, it means recycling and waste management. However, this only narrows it down to the end-of-life of a product or material but it’s much broader than that. Our guest, Michael Hanf – Lead, Sustainable Business at VTT and host of The Circular Coffee Break podcast opens up the whole meaning of Circular Economy.
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GWI NEWS 2. Sustainability mandatory reporting has financial impact
Welcome to GWI news, a collaboration from the Urbanista podcast and Global Water Intelligence UK. In this episode our hosts Delfin Vassalo and Tallulah Lutkin, Utility Performance Editor at GWI, take a look at some of the bigger recent stories from the world of the water industry. We discuss some conclusions from COP 28 in Dubai, developments in Direct Potable Reuse, the EU’s new corporate sustainability reporting directive, Germany’s sludge management and the Swedish case which asks, ‘who is responsible for PFAS?’
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Urban utopia: The Ideal City doesn't exist
In this episode we talk with Mustafa Sherif - and Host of Urbanistica Podcast "Cities for people". During the episode we discussed several key topics regarding urban development and liveable cities:
- What does a liveable city mean in a Nordic context?
- Key urban problems in the Nordics.
- Key insights from 400 episodes on the Urbanistica Podcast.
- Accessible cities and placemaking.
- 15 min cities – why are they so controversial now?
- Utopian cities will never exist.
- What does a liveable city mean in a Nordic context?
- Key urban problems in the Nordics.
- Key insights from 400 episodes on the Urbanistica Podcast.
- Accessible cities and placemaking.
- 15 min cities – why are they so controversial now?
- Utopian cities will never exist.
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The Truth Behind Data Quality in LCA
These days, there is an understandable pressure on the construction industry to be sustainable. But to achieve this, data and transparency are important. We have Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), but where do these standards come from? Who verifies them and what is their scientific basis?