Proftest Syke organize a proficiency test (PT) for the analysis of alkalinity, conductivity, colour, N NH4 , N NO2+NO3 , N tot , P PO4 , P tot , and pH in wastewaters. The purpose of this pr...

Proftest Syke will organize a proficiency test (PT) for the laboratories conducting analysis of PAH and PCB compounds and oil hydrocarbons in contaminated soil. The purpose of this proficiency ...

Proftest Syke will organize a macroinvertebrate taxonomic proficiency test (ZOO 12/2024) in November 2024 – January 2025. The test consists of three parts of which participants may select the tes...

  Background The marine environment is exposed to a vast array of “legacy” and “emerging” contaminants in various combinations. When examined individually they rarely exceed acc...

UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (look bigger picture ). The operations of the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) are directly or indirectly related to most of the UN’s Sustainable D...

Figure 1. The DIWA co-operation, societal and economic impact (left) with the HYDRO-RI Platform infra with autonomous and remotely controlled survey and measuring platforms for studying hydrologi...

GOVAQUA News and Events: New policy brief: Building water resilience: towards better implementation of ecological flows and water allocation in Europe GOVAQUA at Europe-INBO confere...

This work package houses the six GOVAQUA living labs, where a representative and complementary set of innovative water governance approaches and instruments will be further developed, piloted, c...

Transition to sustainable water governance (Work Package 1) This work package defines, assesses and advances the transition towards more sustainable water governance in Europe, at multiple level...

Background In Finland, groundwater comprises 65 % of the household water distributed by waterworks. Groundwater is typically covered only with thin soil layers; this enables the migration of har...

The aim of the project is to assess the impacts of the European Commission's Green Claims initiative in Finland and to support the working group in the field of green claims. The project will produce...

Group manager Contact information TkT, KTM, MMM firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel: +358 29 525 1065 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Societal change Agency Lat......

Short address: www.syke.fi/projects/hazbref Download the HAZBREF Newsletter December 2021.pdf   HAZBREF reports Final HAZBREF Stakeholder Conference 4 June 2020 Downlo...

The strategy of the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) for 2021–2025 consists of our vision, mission statement, values and objectives that guide all our activities. Vision S...

Finnish Environment Institute’s (Syke) management system consists of the rules that guide Syke’s activities as well as Syke’s own policies, practices and guidelines. The purpose of the management sys...

Frequently asked questions and answers about Proftest Syke services. The questions are divided in six topic areas. Registration and customer information | ProftestWEB | Samples | R...

PlastLIFE  SIP – Re-thinking plastics in a sustainable circular economy project promotes the implementation of the Plastics Roadmap for Finland (PRfF) during seven years, 2023–2029. The ultimate...

Background In April 2021, Finnish Government set a resolution on the Strategic Programme for Circular Economy . The basis of the resolution is a vision that Finnish economy will be based on a...

The project tackles littering and improves waste management in rural villages in North Karelia, Finland, and the Karelian Republic, Russia. We encourage and support local residents, authorities and c...

Approximately one million tons of solid matter, known as sewage sludge, is separated from wastewater annually in Finnish wastewater treatment plants. 90 % of the nutrient rich sludge is used in agric...