Home About us Eco-social awareness Eco-social awareness Eco-social awareness is among Kone Foundation’s values: to us, it means social, cultural and ecological responsibility for humans, other species and the environment. About usStrategy 2021–2025 The Kone Foundation Board of Trustees Finances Annual reports Year 2022 in Kone Foundation Year 2021 in Kone Foundation Rules and Privacy Policy Statements Equality at Kone Foundation Eco-social awareness The Well Co-operation History of Kone Foundation Lauttasaari Manor The history of Lauttasaari Manor Refurbishment project Art and the garden Eco-social awareness manifests itself in many ways in our activities and their development. In 2017, Kone Foundation established the Kulla nature reserve in Kemiönsaari in order to compensate for the natural resources consumed by the operations of the foundation, and in 2021 we purchased 1,440 hectares of forest in Sanginjoki, Oulu, and immediately donated it to the Finnish state for conservation. The international Saari Residence for artists and researchers, maintained by Kone Foundation, is committed in developing its residency activities to be more sustainable on a long-term basis through experiments and continuous learning. Saari Residence’s goal is to be a forerunner in sustainable operating models within the international artist-in-residence sector. We also encourage our grantees to take ecological considerations into account in their own work, for instance by supporting slow travel. Read more about our environmental work below. Ecologically sustainable residency programme The Saari Residence’s activities are guided by ecological sustainability, which also encompasses social and psychological sustainability. Through various study groups, discussions and workshops, we offer Saari residents the opportunity to contemplate ecological issues and make it part of their work and way of thinking. Read more about our ecological sustainability Sanginjoki forest deal signed – Finns should collectively protect forests to stop biodiversity loss Kone Foundation purchased the Sanginjoki forest area from the City of Oulu and donated it to the Finnish State for nature conservation purposes. The Foundation’s wishes that a national park will be established in the area. Read more about the conservation of Sanginjoki forest Kone Foundation is restoring the Kulla nature reserve damaged by forestry activities In 2017, Kone Foundation established the Kulla nature reserve in Kemiönsaari in order to compensate for the natural resources consumed by the operations of the foundation. Now we are restoring the area to protect the biodiversity of the forest. Read more about the restoring of Kulla nature reserve Kone Foundation measured its carbon footprint: grantees’ flights for work purposes constituted more than half of the Foundation’s emissions The study assessed the emissions resulting from the commutes of Kone Foundation’s grantees, residents and staff, as well as the emissions from the Foundation’s properties and from events and acquisitions. Read more about the carbon footprint study Read more Travelling slowly opens up new perspectives Long reads, Saari Residence11.2.2022 Saari Residence part of the NAARCA network of artists’ residencies Saari Residence8.2.2022 Towards ecologically sustainable residence activities Long reads, Saari Residence3.6.2021 Pieta Hyvärinen, winner of the EUR 25,000 Vuoden Tiedekynä prize, studied mushroom pickers in clearfelled forests Environment, Grants, Research18.5.2021 Dear grant recipient, apply funding for ecologically friendly travel and encounters! Environment, Grants14.6.2019 The Kulla nature reserve on Kimitoön (Kemiönsaari) conserves an old spruce grove Environment22.11.2017