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Youth

We focus on initiatives and projects that enhance the wellbeing of the next generation and provide them with opportunities.

Spring idea competition

Spring idea competition is an idea competition for 15-19 year-olds, run by the Children and Youth Foundation. Each year, over 20,000 young people learn to generate ideas and change the world. Teams of 3-5 enter with ideas that give hope for the future, whether tackling global challenges, local issues, or creating new opportunities. The top prize includes a summer job and a study trip abroad to develop their idea further. UPM has supported the Children and Youth Foundation through various youth-related initiatives for several years. As part of this collaboration, UPM contributes its own challenge to the competition, the UPM Challenge, which invites young people to reflect on the role of companies in a changing world.

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Yrityskylä

Yrityskylä is a Finnish educational innovation. This learning environment is a miniature village where primary school students spend a day as employees, citizens and consumers. We have been present in the Yrityskylä projects for over 10 years, and today we are present in Helsinki, Lappeenranta and Tampere. Our employees have also beed doing active employee volunteer work in Yrityskylä in Helsinki and Tampere.

Yrityskylä learning environment

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UPM volunteers support school kids in learning about work life and society

Me and mycity

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Taking sixth grade pupils to forests

We are inviting 6th grade pupils to visit us and learn about forest management around our production plants. The trips are organised in co-operation with the Finnish Forest Association and the 4H organisation in Jämsä, Kouvola, Lappeenranta, Pietarsaari and Rauma.

The aim is to provide pupils with a positive forest experience and increase knowledge of how Finnish forests are used. During the excursions pupils will learn about the commercial and recreational use of forests, wildlife management and wood-based products.

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