Consultant
Saskia Hari
Sustainability & Strategy Consultant (Freelance)
Saskia Hari is a freelance sustainability and strategy consultant at Palsa & Pulk. She is an expert in sustainable development and strategy, and her passion for environmental and social sustainability extends to both her professional work and her personal projects. She firmly believes that change can and should be implemented at all levels of society, with businesses playing a crucial role.
Saskia has extensive experience working with young growth firms and entrepreneurs in accelerator and education programs, where she has crossed paths with over 1500 entrepreneurs. Her background in industrial design, combined with her client-focused approach, makes her a highly effective and solution-oriented strategist.
Languages: English, Finnish, Swedish
Education: Hanken School of Economics (MSc), Aston University (BSc)
Recent Projects
1 September 2025 • Palsa & Pulk launches its new e-learning platform broadly focused on raw materials, circularity, and the just energy transition. Saskia Tykkyläinen contributes to creating the pilot versions of 100+ learning modules and 500+ learning material entries.
25 March 2025 • Palsa & Pulk launches the first text-based prototype of its e-learning platform focused on raw materials, circularity, and the just energy transition. Saskia Tykkyläinen contributes to creating the 20+ learning modules and 200+ learning material entries.
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 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 co-authors a series of three newsletters for both “The Just Transition Newsletter” and “The E-Waste Newsletter”.
Environmental and social justice course
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 co-creates 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.
Strategic advice for Trase
30 November 2023 • Palsa & Pulk kicks off a collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute and Trase. Saskia Tykkyläinen provides strategic advice and is involved in the drafting of a strategy document for Trase.
Circular design course
30 November 2023 • Palsa & Pulk begins to work together with BonoLab to develop an educational course on circular design. Saskia Tykkyläinen acts as a subject matter expert for the course and co-creates a detailed course storyboard covering design principles and strategies, product life cycles, consumer behaviour, and design solutions.
"Trase benefited hugely from Palsa & Pulk's pro bono advisory services. At a critical moment in our strategy development process, Christine and Saskia provided high quality, constructive guidance and feedback. With their support, we developed a sharper, bolder and more robust strategy that is fit for the future of our work in the sustainability sector."
