Personal profile
Short bio
Noora Harju is a Research Scientist at VTT specializing on life cycle assessments, sustainability assessments and circular economy. Her expertise includes assessing environmental footprints, handprints and raw materials criticality in various industrial sectors, such as semiconductor industry. She has contributed to several European and national research projects, focusing on circular strategies, GHG emission reductions, and application of life cycle approaches.
Expertise area
Life cycle assessment (LCA); sustainability assessment; environmental footprint and handprint assessment; water footprint; circular economy; critical raw materials; data analysis
Education/Academic qualification
M.Sc., Sustainable Resource Management, Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Skills and expertise
- LCA
- life cycle assessment
- sustainability
- environmental impact assessment
- carbon footprint
- handprint
- water footprint
- circular economy
- critical raw materials
- criticality assessment
- environmental footprint
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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CirclesOfLife: Enhancing material CIRCularity and Lower Emissions of Ship building processes in all phases of the LIFE cycle
Hänninen, S. (Manager), Sassi, J. (Participant), Harju, N. (Participant), Pohjalainen, E. (Participant) & Wahlström, M. (Participant)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: EU project
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SUGAR: Sustainable Grinding with Agile Robotics
Siren, M. (Manager), Salmi, T. (Participant), Simons, M. (Participant), Heilala, J. (Participant), Pulkkinen, A. (Participant), Salo, M. (Participant) & Harju, N. (Participant)
1/10/23 → 30/09/26
Project: Business Finland project
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SEARCULAR: Circular solutions for fishing gears
Arnold, M. (Manager), Behm, K. (Participant), Palmgren, R. (Participant), Hinkka, V. (Participant) & Harju, N. (Participant)
1/09/23 → 31/08/26
Project: EU project
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ZeroChip: Circularity in Semiconductor fabrication
Arnold, M. (Manager), Harju, N. (Participant), Pihkola, H. (Participant), Sarkkinen, J. (Participant), Kinnunen, K. (Participant), Saloniemi, H. (Participant) & Valkokari, K. (Participant)
1/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Business Finland project
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SusFlow: Sustainability through Information Flows
Hänninen, S. (Manager), Vatanen, S. (Participant), Kinnunen, K. (Participant), Majaniemi, S. (Participant), Vainio-Kaila, T. (Participant) & Harju, N. (Participant)
1/01/23 → 31/08/25
Project: Business Finland project
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Implications of Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) to company network collaboration
Jokinen, L., Kinnunen, K., Harju, N., Hänninen, S. & Vainio-Kaila, T., 2025, FUTURES OF TECHNOLOGIES - Mutual Shaping of Socio-Technical Transformations: Book of Abstracts. University of Turku, p. 55 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Scientific
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Implications of Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) to Company Network Collaboration
Jokinen, L., Harju, N., Kinnunen, K. & Hänninen, S., 28 Mar 2025, In: Journal of sustainability research. 7, 1, e250018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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LCA as a tool for creating a circularity roadmap for Finnish semiconductor industry
Harju, N., Pihkola, H. & Arnold, M., Sept 2025, 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Management: Proceedings. LCM Conference, p. 100-101 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Scientific
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Reducing marine litter and microplastics from fishing industry – a case example from SEARCULAR project
Behm, K., Harju, N., Arnold, M., Maga, D. & Galafton, C., Sept 2025, 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Management: Proceedings. LCM Conference, p. 85-86 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Scientific
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The challenge of connecting climate benefits with corporate climate targets and global net zero ambition
Helppi, O., Lakanen, L., Harju, N., Pernigotti, D., Norris, G., Salo, E., Behm, K., Grönman, K., Ropo, M., Pajula, T. & Soukka, R., 2025, In: Carbon Management. 16, 1, 2522090.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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