Insights

11-12 June 2025 • Palsa & Pulk will be at the E-Waste World, Battery Recycling, and Metal Recycling Expo and Conference 2025 in Frankfurt.

21 January 2025 • Palsa & Pulk launches a newsletter series around river biodiversity and water justice. Krisna Baghouzian and Christine Nikander write a series of newsletters for “The Just Transition Newsletter” on sustainable water management practices and ways to protect local and Indigenous livelihoods.

12 September 2024 • Palsa & Pulk starts working together with a group of students from The Hague University of Applied Sciences for their applied research projects. With guidance from Christine Nikander and Krisna Baghouzian, the students explore key issues and opportunities that arise in context of EU and US regulations on corporate sustainability, biodiversity protection, and digital product passports.

29 August 2024 • The E-Waste Column launches a newsletter series around ways to protect biodiversity. Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander and Christine Nikander write a series of newsletters for “The E-Waste Newsletter” on mining-related deforestation and how this impacts Indigenous Peoples' rights.

22 August 2024 • Palsa & Pulk launches a newsletter series around ways to protect biodiversity. Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander and Christine Nikander write a series of newsletters for “The Just Transition Newsletter” on ways to implement sustainability into forestry and agricultural practices.

27 June 2024 • Christine Nikander is moderating a panel discussion on e-waste and the energy transition at the E-Waste World Conference & Expo 2024 in Frankfurt.

26 June 2024 • Christine Nikander is a speaker in the "Metal & Critical Raw Material Recycling" section of the E-Waste World Conference & Expo 2024 in Frankfurt.

21 May 2024 • Christine Nikander is a speaker at a webinar on greenwashing and green claims hosted by Chemical Watch.

16 May 2024 • Christine Nikander acts as a legal expert in the consortium that has been selected by the Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV) of the European Commission for the “Framework Contract on the Circular Economy and Waste to Resources”.

22 April 2024 • Palsa & Pulk starts working together with a group of students from the master program in sustainable development at Utrecht University for a consultancy project. With guidance from Christine Nikander and Saskia Tykkyläinen, the students develop a visualization of key issues and opportunities that arise in the life cycle of an EV battery.

18 April 2024 • Palsa & Pulk and The E-Waste Column launch their collaboration around sustainable design. Saskia Tykkyläinen and Christine Nikander write a series of three newsletters for both “The Just Transition Newsletter” and “The E-Waste Newsletter”.

18 April 2024 • Christine Nikander is a speaker at a webinar on sustainability, marketing, and greenwashing hosted by Dazzle Platform.

26 March 2024 • Christine Nikander publishes an article on the significance of e-waste, critical raw materials, geopolitics, and regulation for achieving net zero in The Mint Magazine by Promoting Economic Pluralism.

21 March 2024 • Palsa & Pulk launches "The Just Transition Newsletter". The monthly newsletter explores how we can achieve a just transition and how companies can become champions for change.

14 February 2024 • Christine Nikander is a webinar speaker at a social impact masterclass hosted by Dazzle Platform.

7 December 2023 • Christine Nikander is a speaker at Chemical Watch’s virtual Global Chemicals Management for Electronics Conference 2023.

5 December 2023 • Palsa & Pulk starts collaborating with a new public benefit corporation to create an educational course on environmental and social justice. Saskia Tykkyläinen and Christine Nikander create a detailed course outline with a variety of practical exercises to help students understand the role they can have in creating a more just world.

30 November 2023 • Palsa & Pulk kicks off a collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute and Trase. Saskia Tykkyläinen and Christine Nikander provide strategic advice and are involved in the drafting of a strategy document for Trase.

30 November 2023 • Palsa & Pulk begins to work together with BonoLab to develop an educational course on circular design. Saskia Tykkyläinen and Christine Nikander act as subject matter experts for the course and create a detailed course storyboard covering design principles and strategies, product life cycles, consumer behaviour, and design solutions.

30 November 2023 • Our CEO, Christine Nikander launches "The E-Waste Newsletter". The monthly newsletter explores recent developments in e-waste, critical raw materials, and the just transition.

10 October 2023 • Palsa & Pulk helps Sustainability Education for Europe (SEFE) create a new educational project to raise awareness on the role of soil in storing carbon, mitigating climate change, and protecting biodiversity. Christine Nikander and Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander work on developing course materials to educate children and adults on the benefits of caring for soils in their gardens, in the agriculture and forestry sectors, and on Earth more broadly.

28 June 2023 • Christine Nikander is a speaker at the "Transboundary Movements And Responsible E-Waste Management" session at the E-Waste World Conference & Expo 2023 in Frankfurt.

20 March 2023 • Christine Nikander pitches Palsa & Pulk at round two of the CVC StartupColumbia Challenge 2023.

2 March 2023 • Christine Nikander pitches Palsa & Pulk at round one of the CVC StartupColumbia Challenge 2023.

21 September 2022 • Our CEO, Christine Nikander launches "The E-Waste Column". The weekly newsletter covers news on developments in law, policy, and business regarding e-waste, transition minerals, and critical raw materials.