Develop your business with the skills of the future
Great things are accomplished together!
As a forward-thinking company, you are facing many challenges. To constantly questioning, inventing and changing to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow are not always easy. No fear, we at Sustainalink are here to help you. Whether you want to develop your already existing sustainability work or take the first step, students can help you along the way. We know you are facing problems of divers nature thus you can through us get help from students from a variety of educational programs, and from different universities and colleges. The students are passionate about helping you developing your business, as it gives them the opportunity to apply their knowledge on a real case. To ensure a successful project we offer our services with extra support all the way - from development of project idea to submitted results. We can guarantee good results, 94% of the companies that received help last year state the project as good or very good.
Take the chance and develop your business with the help of motivated and innovative students!
We discuss your challenges and your needs
We formulate relevant tasks and recruit students
We provide support during the project
The results are presented and given to you
You evaluate the project
Our projects are always based on your needs. Firstly, you meet one of us at Sustainalink to talk about your challenges and needs. Then we break down the challenges into tasks that students can do as a part of their studies, or alongside. Maybe you know exactly what you want the project to focus on, maybe you are open for suggestions - regardless, we are happy to help. We formulate student projects and recruit students with the right skills for the task. Through strategic collaborations with the leading universities and colleges in Skåne, we have access to an incredible amount of knowledge and can recruit students from variety of educational programs - from business, economics and engineering to behavioral science and biology. Throughout the project, we are the support for both you as clients and for the students.
Sustainalink primarily helps companies and organizations in Skåne. However, if you are a municipal corporation, your municipality needs to have a cooperation agreement with Sustainalink. Non-profit associations, social enterprises and other organizations can also get help from the association.
We work widely with issues related to the environment and sustainability. The projects can be about energy, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), environmental management systems, gastronomy and sustainable food, GIS, communication, logistics, biodiversity, chemicals, waste, marketing and branding, packaging, digitization and product development.
Take a look at the current projects to get a clearer picture of what tasks students can do. If you are unsure whether your idea could work as a project, feel free to contact us.
We offer four different types of projects: thesis, course project, internship and what we call short mission. Depending on the scope of your challenge, we decide which type is best suited.
If you have a quite specific question or problem you want students to tackle we recommend a short mission. One or two students will help you complete a small task of about 20 hours/student. The students finish the project on the side of their studies, in exchange for contacts, references and learning.
If you have an exploratory question or a problem that requires a deeper examination, it works well as a thesis on either bachelor's or master's level. The student usually writes his/her thesis within 10-20 weeks.
If you want to get to know a student in depth and get help with a slightly larger project, it may be appropriate to take the help of an intern. The trainee is on site with you full-time or part-time for 5 to 20 weeks.
Within our course projects, we collaborate with student groups from many different educations where students complete the project as part of a course in their program. We have established collaborations with many teachers and several courses recur every year. The student groups vary from two to ten students and they work with the project between 3 to 20 weeks.
We also organize recurring Challenges. These events bring together university students from various educational backgrounds with companies facing sustainability-related challenges that the students solve in mixed groups. More information can be found here.