Marileena Mäkelä
DI, KTM
sustainability, sustainability reporting, sustainability and employees
I have Master's Degrees in Engineering (2002, majoring in occupational safety engineering) and in Economics (2009, majoring in corporate environmental management). Currently (2019) I'm finishing my Doctoral studies with the topic of environmental reporting in the Finnish forest industry.
I have worked in Tampere University of Technology (2002-2007). There I studied occupational safety engineering and tought environmental management. Since 2007, I have worked in Turku School of Economics in Finland Futures Research Centre.
I have worked in Turku School of Economics since 2007. My research interests are in corporate sustainability. Most of my studies have focused on either environmental or sustainability reporting in different companies. Also, I'm interested in employees perspectives on sustainability. I have published my research in journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Business Strategy and the Environment and Forest Policy and Economics.
I'm responsible for two course in Turku School of Economics, namely Responsible Business: An Introduction and Global Responsible Business. Also, in Tampere University of Applied Sciences, I'm responsible for the course of Risk Assessment and Management. In addition, I give visiting lectures of corporate environmental management in Tampere University of Technology and of futures research in Turku School of Economics. In addition, I have given executive lectures in the field of risk management in Aalto Pro and in sustainability reporting in Turku School of Economics. I have vocational teacher qualifications from Tampere University of Applied Sciences.
- Future business models in renewable energy: Case study on ground-source heat, wood chips and biogas
(13th Nordic Environmental Social Science conferencen abstrakti, Tampere 6.-8.6. 2017) (2017) hopefulNESS 2017: The 13th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference: Abstracts Marileena Mäkelä, Ville Lauttamäki - Pride and prejudice: Emotions in sustainability (2017) Marileena Mäkelä, Oana Apostol, Katariina Heikkilä, Maria Höyssä
- Sustainability reporting and stakeholder interpretations: social contract
(Esitys Sustainability, Ethics, and Entrepreneurship (SEE) Conferencessa, Puerto Rico 27.2.-2.3.2017) (2017) Kristiina Joensuu, Marileena Mäkelä, Tiina Onkila - Trends in environmental performance reporting in the Finnish forest industry (2017)
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Environmental performance reporting in the Finnish forest industry – Is it just about good news? (2015) Marileena Koskela
- How employees define corporate social responsibility? (2015) Marileena Koskela, Kristiina Joensuu, Tiina Onkila
- Measuring eco-efficiency in the Finnish forest industry with public data (2015)
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Principles for legitimate sustainability reporting (2015) Kristiina Joensuu, Marileena Koskela, Tiina Onkila
- Social Proximity and Environmental NGO Relationships in Corporate Sustainability Reports (2015)
- Sustainable Development
- Employee sensemaking on sustainability reports (2014)
- EURAM conference



