The Switch - to a green economy

Data should be taken seriously - Maria Svantemark, CEO SustainLab


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Did you know that around 90 percent sustainability managers consider data as one of the top three pain points in their day to day work? This piece of information revealed a systemic problem that intrigued Maria Svantemark, and encouraged this former sustainability manager to solve some of the blockers for the sustainability transition she experienced in her role. Today, she is CEO and Co-founder of SustainLab, a SaaS Sustainability management platform that helps companies to accelerate their sustainability transitions by automating collection, processing and visualization of sustainability data.

Maria has been featured on Aktuell Hållbarhet’s “33 under 33” list of top young sustainability talents, Nova talent list in Social impact and Sustainability, and Fairforce’s global list of Top 100 Green Data Driven Professionals, among other accolades. SustainLab was featured on BestStartup.eu’s list of top sustainability companies in Sweden, and Sting’s Startup Climate Action Map of top climate startups in Sweden. All of that in just two years!

Maria really is a changemaker determined to speed up sustainability transition, and we are here for it! Join us in this eye opening episode of The Switch podcast in which we found out why measuring data is so important in green transition and how can a small start up make a difference. Get inspired by Maria’s work, just like we did.

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The Switch - to a green economyBy Kristina Hagström Ilievska