Go green or go home may sound harsh but we believe that we don't have any other options. It all begins with what we as individuals and organisations can do, and It is our firm belief that the innovation environments in Sweden, the Science Parks in our cities could be arenas for accelerating the transformation into a more sustainable society. We and our community – the companies of Linköping are continuously working to accept the challenges of tomorrow and embrace new ways of thinking.
Viable cities is a strategic innovation program with support from Energimyndigheten, Vinnova and Formas, aiming at creating climate neutral cities by 2030. Linköping is one of 23 Swedish cities working towards this goal. By signing the Climate Contract, Linköping has agreed to reduce green house gas emissions, facilitate innovation and make the citizens contribute to the change. The goal of the project is to enhance and facilitate the conversion to a sustainable city with the starting point in Klimat- och energiprogrammet which was accepted in the city council in mars 2022. The program proclaims the goals that Linköping municipality should be carbon neutral in 2025 and achieve net-zero emissions in 2045.
Digital tools are an important factor in this work and by being a part of this project (Linköping Climate Neutral) Linköping Science Park can contribute by facilitating technical and innovative ideas along with Linköping Science Park´s vision “Enabling groundbreaking solutions for the modern society”. It is our firm belief that the innovation environments in Sweden and the Science Parks in our cities could be arenas for accelerating the transformation into a more sustainable society. We and our community – the companies of Linköping are continuously working to accept the challenges of tomorrow and embrace new ways of thinking.
The sustainability guidelines is a document for our operations and for our employees to feel that we contribute to long-term sustainability through the activities and projects we undertake. We have selected six focus areas from the global goals, which will serve as guiding stars for our operations. Overall, Linköping Science Park aims to contribute to creating and scaling groundbreaking solutions for the sustainable society of tomorrow, as well as creating conditions for more individuals to contribute to this transition work. Read more about how we do that in the pdf below!
Download our sustainability guidlines (PDF in Swedish)
Here is a checklist to make your events more sustainable. Feel free to use and spread it. Please provide feedback if you think of any ways we can improve the list.
