Teresia Sandberg, Project leader, KTH Sustainability Office

Susanna Wold, Project leader, KTH Sustainability Office

Working group 4, ISCN Conference 2016

Corporate Dialogues on Sustainability Knowledge and Skills

• Sweden's oldest and largest technical university

• Five campus areas

• 12,000 full-time students

• 1,900 PhD students

• 5,100 employees

Short facts about KTH

KTH and sustainability

• KTH will be one of Europe’s leading universities within environment and sustainable development. Campus environments shall be characterized by sustainability.

(KTH’s Vision 2027)

• Integration of environment and sustainable development in the core activities

• Career surveys of alumnis

Interviews with Ericsson

Respondents• Directors of

Environment/Sustainability• Marketing and Communication• Sourcing• Human Resources

Two initiatives

Workshop with KTH’s strategic partners

Ericsson day to day work in sustainability1.0 Implementation of framework• Code of Conduct• Code of Business Ethics• Legal framework• Life Cycle Perspective

2.0 Integration in all areas, create business value• Research and development• Sales• Sourcing

3.0 Strategy and innovation• Integration into the business strategy• All members of the management group are responsible for a SDG

Conducting business responsible

Energy, environment and climate changeCommunication for all

Ericsson day to day work in sustainability

Ecological

Social

Economical

Life cycle analysis from raw materials to waste. Identify and secure risks. Product take back. Use their own technology for decrease in travelling.

Their technologies are helping companies and countries to advance economically and in society.

Work environment inside Ericsson as well as in the whole supply chain. Using their technology to give access to knowledge for everybody.

Ericsson’s needs for sustainability knowledge and skills

Experts to give structure and

framework

Basic knowledge for all,

embeddedSystems thinking

Internal online course

High education level of employees

Reflective engineers

Mindset

Deep technical

knowledge+sustainability

Basics andterminology

Cases

(calculation and modelling)Communication

skills

Sustainability in

doctoral education

KTH’s strategic partners need for sustainability knowledge and skills

Holistic perspective

Understand when to involve a

sustainability expert

Basic knowledge in science and sustainability

Interdisciplinary case studies

Introduction progression

Connect technical

development to

sustainability

Professional role

KTH’s strategic partners wish to collaborate on education

• Guest lectures

• Real world cases

• Interdisciplinary challenges

• Diploma projects

Final remarks

Wish to collaborate

Higher level of sustainability knowledge is desirable