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Kone Foundation is an independent and unaffiliated organisation that awards grants to promote academic research, culture and the arts. In 2024, we awarded grants, prizes and donations totalling over EUR 56 million.

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Metsän puolella funding for 15 new projects: raising forest awareness requires multidisciplinary understanding 

Kone Foundation supports a new foundation that advances environmental issues in Finnish courts 

The Great Forest Dialogue Day gathered nearly 100 discussions on the significance of forests – hundreds of participants searched for common scenarios for the future of forest use