Resilience of supply of Critical Raw Materials -webinar (Hybrid)

Friday 9.5.2025, 9 – 10:30

Participation is possible on-site (Hanken School of Economics, Arkadiankatu 22, Helsinki) or on-line.

Link to registration.

The consequences of supply disruptions in the Critical raw materials (CRMs) are profound, impacting firms, and economies at large, with supply constraints characterized by both high probability and high impact.

The aim of the webinar is to provide insights, how CE strategies can increase resilience of CRM management in an increasingly uncertain global environment.

The webinar is organized by UrbanSymbiosis project (Towards urban symbiosis of critical raw materials: collaborative value creation models in circular ecosystems) funded by the Strategic Research Council of Finland.

Programme

• Introduction Circularity meets Resilience, Associate Professor Anna Aminoff (Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility at Hanken School of Economics)
• Security of supply, Professor Gyöngyi Kovács (Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility/ Hanken)
• Criticality and circularity – EU and company perspectives, Senior Scientist Jyri Hanski (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd)
• Sustainability perspectives of e-Micromobility, Leading research scientist Jaana Sorvari (SYKE: Finnish Environment Institute)
• Future of sustainability, Lead Michael Hanf (VTT)
• Concluding remarks: Resilience as driver for future, Research Manager Katri Valkokari (VTT)