Update: The maintenance work has been completed, and the Hanna library catalogue is now available as normal.

Hanken’s total annual carbon footprint* in 2025 was 11 876 tCO2e. Emissions decreased by 3 % compared to the reference year 2018 and by 16 % compared to 2024. A vast majority of Hanken’s climate emissions arise from its value chain.

Maintenance work on Hanken's server platform starting Tuesday 01 July and expected to end on Wednesday 02 July.

The total annual carbon footprint of 2024 was 14 109 tCO2e market-based and 15 519 tCO2e location based, market based emissions being 15 % higher than base year 2018 and in 2023.

Possible network disruptions may occur during network maintenance this Saturday morning 14.12

A new book in Finnish, Vastuullinen vuokranantaja (Eng. The responsible landlord), delves into landlord responsibility from all ESG perspectives: environmental responsibility, social responsibility, and good governance. The book is written by Hanna Silvola, associate professor of accounting at Hanken School of Economics and journalist Kati Valjus.

Recent air drops into Gaza and President Biden’s plans for a pier for aid deliveries may look spectacular, but they can have only limited impact, writes Hanken’s Sarah Schiffling together with her colleague Foteini Stavropoulou in The Conversation.

The air strikes against targets in Yemen by the US and UK military have not been without criticism. They aim to keep the Houthis from attacking merchant vessels in the Bab el-Mandeb strait.

There are upcoming training sessions for the databases Capital IQ, Factset, Orbis, Refinitiv (LSEG) Workspace and WRDS during the weeks 41-42. Check the times and links in the post!

Det kommer skolningar för databaserna Capital IQ, Factset, Orbis, Refinitiv (LSEG) Workspace och WRDS under vecka 41-42. Kolla tiderna och länkarna i posten!

Professor Lisa Ellram’s interest in the future of the planet grew early on, leading up to her studying and publishing research on environmental sustainability for over two decades now. As a Fulbright Distinguished Professor at Hanken School of Economics, she has been focusing on the role of supply chain in the circular economy.

The question highlights the problems around our commercialised Christmas. In the CERS-blog Associate Professor Pia Polsa discusses our consumer culture around our Christmas traditions and how she has created a new identity for her family implementing an anti-consumption mindset.

Limiting global warming requires reducing substantially the greenhouse gases that our economies emit, particularly the emissions of firms driving economic activity. The European Union committed to reduce emissions down to net zero by 2050 and Finland by 2035. Meeting these commitments requires continued actions of governments and firms, but also of financial actors.

CERS was represented in the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference in Montery, AMA SERVSIGS conference in Glasglow and Frontiers in Boston this summer.

Did you know that Hanken's cutting-edge research is strongly related to sustainability? Hanken Research Day on 24 May presented examples of how the business school works with issues concerning the impact of business and economy on society. The participants got to take part of top research on responsible investments, equity in educational opportunities, sustainable transports, and green hydrogen.

Hanken's carbon footprint for 2021 is ready.

The Computer centre is performing maintenance on Thursday february 24th. The work will cause disruptions in the data connections from the office in Vaasa.

In 2019 Hanken committed to be carbon neutral by 2030. As a step towards that goal, we have now compensated for our calculated emissions from 2020.

Due to maintenance work outside Hanken's main building in Helsinki, there will be an interruption in the heat supply throughout the building on Monday 11 October from 8 am to 7 pm.

After many years in the oil industry, Linda Tallberg changed her career and started researching human-animal relations at work. She is often asked the question: what do animals have to do with business?

Johanna Karanko, 52, graduated from Hanken in Helsinki in 1993 with Management and Organisation as her major. Since September 2018, she has been working as Finland's Consul General in Hong Kong.

Last year Hanken committed to be carbon neutral by 2030. As a step towards that goal, Hanken has now compensated for its calculated emissions from 2019.

Fresh results published by a research project led by Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki show that travel restrictions are one of the most effective methods to stop the spreading of Covid-19. Travel bans have however, also resulted in serious disruptions in the transportation of medical supplies.

All of us have heard this several times: robots and artificial intelligence (AI) will replace many of us, and this also goes for service employees who used to have face-to-face interaction with customers.

Today’s business world is faced with continuous turbulence, and decision-making in the incalculable environment is even more complicated than before. Hanken trains its students to work-life challenges in tight collaboration with the business world.

Hanken School of Economics 110th anniversary is celebrated with the opening of an art exhibition which consists of a selection of artworks from NoCo (Nordic Contemporary Art Collection).

Festligheterna med anledning av Hanken Svenska handelshögskolans 110 år inleddes med öppningen av en konstutställning som består av ett urval konstverk ur NoCo (Nordic Contemporary Art Collection).

Två bilder av Jyrki Ilva, Nationalbibliotek, visar att Hanken är en av de ledande open access institutionerna i Finland.

Two slides by Jyrki Ilva, the National Library of Finland, indicate that Hanken is one of the leading open access institutions in Finland.

The M2 travel claim system will be closed on 20 March 2018 from 9-11 a.m. due to maintenance. During this time you cannot log on to the system.

Borrow a Hanken bike for shorter meetings and errands. Hanken now has bikes available for staff. There are two bikes in Helsinki and one in Vaasa.

E-book metadata from ProQuest Ebook Central (formerly Ebrary) will be updated on Friday 10.3.

This year, Hanken started its academic year by investing in Naava active green walls.

Hanken students awarded during the annual donor evening and the Rector’s List awards ceremonies.

Studerande premierades under den årliga stipendiesammankomsten och vid utdelningen av Rector’s List-stipendierna.