WeareLIWLIG

We are a full-service event and brand experience agency in Finland. We believe shared experiences build stronger relationships. Our purpose is to turn moments into momentum through events that build stronger companies, brands and cultures.

OUR JOURNEY SO FAR

LIWLIG Finland was born in 2012, founded by event industry pioneers Timo Aalto and Joonas Patama. From the get-go, our mission has been to create the best workplace for the true professionals in the event industry, to execute every project with unwavering quality regardless of its size, and to give our all every day to deliver the optimum customer experience. From the outset, our operations have been international, and our growth to our current size has been largely thanks to our clients. We are all committed to not only meeting but exceeding their expectations. Our strong shared values, finely honed processes over the years, and an enduring desire to do even better tomorrow have provided opportunities for growth, for our personnel, our clients, and our company alike. We turn moments into momentum!

2012 • 2014 2015 • • • 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Gyro AS. One of the Norway’s oldest and most prestigious event companies joins the group through majority stake acquisition. Nine Yards. Expansion in Sweden continues as the Gothenburg based company joins the group. Expansion into Denmark is completed as Welcome becomes a part of Liwlig. Welcome. MB Funds. MB Funds invests in event agency Tapaus that acquires Roof Productions in connection to the MB transaction Kohu-Live. Event agency Tapaus acquires Finnish B2C experiental marketing agency Event agency Tapaus is founded 6. Sans. Hello Norway! Liwlig expands to the land of fjords by acquiring the awarded event agency. Liwlig. The new brand is born. Eventyr. Expansion into the Swedish market as Eventyr is welcomed to the group. Merger. Eastway Impact merges with Tapaus.
KEY FIGURES We are professionals 120 83 Our NPS score is voted by our clients 40M€ We expect a turnover of for 2023 2753 We’ve offset tons of CO2 emissions 600+ We organized events in 2022

What does an event organizer do?

An event organizer is an entity that literally organizes events. At LIWLIG, we approach event organization with passion and a holistic mindset – every event is a unique opportunity to engage with customers, consumers, stakeholders, or your own employees. Our goal as an event organizer is to ensure that our clients fully realize the potential of their events and that guests have the desired experience. For us, organizing events is not just about the organization itself, but about managing the entire experience.

Comprehensive Event Organization

The actual event often lasts only a few hours, days, or even weeks, but the lifecycle of an event begins well before the event itself. We get involved in the organization process early on, ensuring that even the invitation process is a successful part of the event and that the event has measurable goals. We remain involved even after the last guest has left, the venue doors have closed, and it's time to measure and evaluate what the event achieved.

As our client, you can be assured that if desired, you will receive a turnkey solution from us – from the very first venue reservations to the post-event debriefing.

Our services as an event organizer are comprehensive: we have professionals for strategic utilization of event marketing, we offer support for event goal setting and content planning, and we can deliver all the event content you need in a high-quality manner, both from a branding and communication perspective. When there's a need to renew, innovate, or make an impact, you can trust that we have the means to achieve it.

Additionally, our role as event organizers includes the careful planning, organization, and execution of all necessary event aspects: venues, catering, entertainment, facilities, and logistics.

Events for Various Purposes

We organize events for consumers, clients, employees, resellers, and partners, as well as for smaller teams, such as special guests, stakeholders, and audiences. Our solutions are industry-independent, but we stay at the forefront of our own industry and always offer event solutions tailored to the client's brand and message. Our handprint can be seen in event venues, trade shows, client company premises, outdoor settings, stadiums, halls, and increasingly in permanent, experiential spaces.

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LIWLIG values & our responsibility as an employee

Our values truly are the foundation of everything we do. Why? Because we defined them together.

We above me

We is the most powerful word we know. We is fairness for all, clients and suppliers too. We is an energy that shares the load, and the laughs. We is our commitment that we all succeed together.

Braver than yesterday

We always have the courage to innovate or try something new. But we own our decisions, and are always honest and straight talking. If we are true to ourselves we are true to everyone.

Passionate beyond reason

We are driven by a passion for what we do. It makes us obsess over every little detail. It’s why we love our clients too. We go to extraordinary lengths, because it’s not ‘just a job’, we just can’t help it.

Always there

Trust in our reliability is our foundation, built from thousands of small actions every day. There’s a simple rule: do what you say you’ll do. And whatever happens no one is ever alone.

We are trailblazers in sustainability

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Creating momentum for climate action in the events industry

Carrying our weight is only a start. We have pledged to be the most responsible and sustainable event agency in the Nordics. Based on the UN's global principles and with a clear strategy going forward, sustainability is integrated into all parts of the organisation and in everything we do. Our ambition is to lead the industry forward. We do this by constantly educating, guiding and challenging our employees, customers and partners towards a more sustainable development. As a result, the LIWLIG Group has been certified for its sustainability efforts through EcoVadis. EcoVadis is the world's largest rating system for sustainability areas such as environment, working conditions, human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement. EcoVadis conducts evidence-based assessments of companies' management systems in these four areas and today, there are over 75,000 companies on their platform. LIWLIG's sustainability rating for 2023 has been rewarded with a bronze medal, a recognition that places them in the top 50% of certified companies.

Through knowledge we can change our ways of working

We can influence on many levels. How we choose to produce, transport and consume; internally and in our customers' projects is where we can make the biggest difference for the climate and our environment. We work proactively to reduce the negative environmental and climate impact from our own operations, and we strive for a circular thinking and efficient management of energy and other resources. For this, we set follow-up and measurable goals that are continuously evaluated and revised.

Our journey towards carbon smarter events

The environmental and climate impact is always weighed against the long-term sustainable outcome when we propose means of communication, target groups, location, transport and production. Through good planning and clear checklists, transports can be reduced and circular productions can be prioritized in order to save resources and reduce the projects' environmental impact.

CO2 Calculator for events

The CO2 calculator is to help event organizers identify the climate impacts of their events and make the right choices. The calculated values ​​are intended to serve as guidelines and draw attention to the climate impacts of event production. The climate impacts can be influenced through choices: minimizing travel, distances, materials and energy consumption. A good atmosphere and people coming together cause no emissions at all. Event agency LIWLIG proposes climate compensation for all our clients with every project.

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Who is coming and from where?

Estimate how many people are coming, from where and by what means. Performers must also be taken into account. Enter quantity or percentage.



%		 Number of participants
 Each with a roundtrip of x kilometres on average resulting in the following emissions
of whom arrive by emission-free means
of whom arrive by public transport in central service zone
of whom arrive from another municipality by bus
of whom arrive from another municipality by train
of whom arrive from another municipality by car
of whom arrive with cruise ship
of whom fly in from a distance shorter than 463 km
of whom fly in from a distance between 463–3,700 km
of whom fly in from a distance exceeding 3,700 km
of whom fly in Business Class from a distance greater than 3700 km
Total CO₂e kg

Enter size of space m²
and period of use hours
Total CO₂e kg

Impact from USA & European countries that have provided the data
Approximately participants stay overnight in hotels or other paid accommodations
For nights
Total CO₂e kg

Enter how many meals participants will be having at the event:

meals per person
%
of which % are fully vegan
of which % are vegetarian including dairy products
of which % include fish, chicken or pork
of which % include beef
of which % include lamb
of whom % include venison / game
of whom % include reindeer
Total CO₂e kg
Event participants consume:
snacks including meat
vegetarian snacks (no meat products)
cups of coffee per person
cups of tea per person
0.33 l of beer per person
12 cl glasses of wine per person
drinks per person. Gin used as the basis for the calculation.
Total CO₂e kg

The event generates the following waste fractions:

kg of organic waste
kg of energy waste
kg of cardboard and paperboard
kg of paper
kg of glass
kg of metal
kg of mixed waste for combustion
kg of plastic
kg construction waste
Total CO₂e kg

Environmental impact of an encounter

Comparison: The carbon footprint of an average Finn is 10 300 kg CO₂e per year.

Results
Total CO₂e kg
Total CO₂e t
CO₂e per participant
Price of compensation €

The calculator gives an estimate of five time carbon offset, based on the operation of Tricorona foundation.

Arrival

Use of space and accommodation

Catering

  • % are fully vegan
    - Emission factor: 800 CO2ekv (g/portion)
    - Source: University of Helsinki’s carbon footprint calculator for organisations: Saarinen ym. 2011
  • % are vegetarian including dairy products
    - Emission factor: 1005 CO2ekv (g/portion)
    - Source: University of Helsinki’s carbon footprint calculator for organisations: Saarinen ym. 2011
  • % include fish, chicken or pork
    - Emission factor: 1741 CO2ekv (g/portion)
    - Average of fish, chicken and pork meals
    - Source: University of Helsinki’s carbon footprint calculator for organisations: Saarinen ym. 2011
  • % include beef
    - Emission factor: 3467 CO2ekv (g/portion)
    - Source: University of Helsinki’s carbon footprint calculator for organisations: Saarinen ym. 2011
  • % include lamb
    - Emission factor: 7840 CO2ekv (g/portion)
    - Source: Open CO2: EWG (Environmental Working Group), Meat Eater’s Guide to Climate Change + Healt
  • % include venison / game
    - Emission factor: 22,2 CO2ekv (g/portion)
    - Source: Luke: Hartikainen ja Pulkkinen 2016: Summary of the chosen methodologies and practices to produce GHGE-estimates for an average European diet
  • % include reindeer
    - Emission factor: 14 CO2ekv (g/portion)
    - Source: Hietala, Kurppa ja Silvenius: Environmental impacts of reindeer meat - LCA analysis of Finnish production. 2015. Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/295800811_Environmental_impacts_of_reindeer_meat_-_LCA_analysis_of_Finnish_production

Event participants consume:

  • snacks including meat
    - Emission factor: 217 CO2ekv (g/portion). Ham roll used as a default.
    - Source: University of Helsinki’s carbon footprint calculator for organisations: Hartikainen & Pulkkinen 2017
  • vegetarian snacks (no meat products)
    - Emission factor: 146,4 CO2ekv (g/portion). An average of vegetable rolls and pastries used as a default.
    - Source: University of Helsinki’s carbon footprint calculator for organisations: Hartikainen & Pulkkinen 2017

Drink

  • cups of coffee per person
    - Emission factor: 600,00 CO2ekv (g/portion)
    - Source: University of Helsinki’s carbon footprint calculator for organisations: Hartikainen & Pulkkinen 2016
  • cups of tea per person
    - Emission factor: 300,00 CO2ekv (g/portion)
    - Source: University of Helsinki’s carbon footprint calculator for organisations: Hartikainen & Pulkkinen 2016
  • 0,33l of beer per person
    - Emission factor: 0,54 kg/l
    - Source: Open CO2: Panimoliitto 2018
  • 12cl glasses of wine
    - Emission factor: 1,28 kg/per 0,75l wine bottle
    - Source: Open CO2: Sestra
  • drinks. Gin used as the basis for the calculation.
    - Emission factor: 0,07 kg/40cl giniä
    - Source: Open CO2: Diageo / Tanqueray gin

Waste

  • kg of organic waste
    - Emission factor: 69,00 gCO2 eq/kg
    - Source: WWF climate calculator: SUOMI/FINLAND: Henna Teerihalme. 2018. HSY. Personal communication.
  • kg of energy waste
    - Emission factor: 410,00 gCO2 eq/kg
    - Source: WWF climate calculator: SUOMI/FINLAND: Henna Teerihalme. 2018. HSY. Personal communication.
  • kg of cardboard and paperboard
    - Emission factor: 60,00 gCO2 eq/kg
    - Source: WWF climate calculator: SUOMI/FINLAND: Henna Teerihalme. 2018. HSY. Personal communication.
  • kg of paper
    - Emission factor: 1050,00 gCO2 eq/kg
    - Source: WWF climate calculator: SUOMI/FINLAND: Henna Teerihalme. 2018. HSY. Personal communication.
  • kg of glass
    - Emission factor: 570,00 gCO2 eq/kg
    - Source: WWF climate calculator: SUOMI/FINLAND: Henna Teerihalme. 2018. HSY. Personal communication.
  • kg of metal
    - Emission factor: 130,00 gCO2 eq/kg
    - Source: WWF climate calculator: SUOMI/FINLAND: Henna Teerihalme. 2018. HSY. Personal communication.
  • kg of mixed waste for combustion
    - Emission factor: 410,00 gCO2 eq/kg
    – Source: WWF climate calculator: SUOMI/FINLAND: Henna Teerihalme. 2018. HSY. Personal communication.
  • kg of plastic
    – Emission factor: 70,00 gCO2 eq/kg
    – Source: WWF climate calculator: SUOMI/FINLAND: Henna Teerihalme. 2018. HSY. Personal communication.
  • kg construction waste
    – Emission factor: 100,00 gCO2 eq/kg
    – Source: HSY

REUSE RATE For Exhibition productions

Participating in exhibitions is a big investment for a company. After intensive days at the exhibition centre, energies may run low but a wealth of promising leads awaits. After a well-deserved rest, it’s time to dig into the exhibition’s results. Before that, however, the exhibition stand needs to be taken down –– and this part unfortunately has a bad reputation of adding to landfills as a manifestation of throwaway culture.

REUSE RATE

Together with our CO2 calculator the REUSES rate is guiding our operations and making responsibility a way of operating together with our customers. At LIWLIG, we know what advice to give when it comes to making an individual exhibition stand less burdensome on the environment. We are familiar with internationally approved and certified materials, and prefer the use of digital surfaces.

As an example, when planning a trade show stand, we can already take into account the next fair – and the one after that – and thus optimize the reuse of materials. The best end result is reached when sustainability is already addressed in the project brief.

Clean up, reuse, recycle & compensate and improve

We commit to leaving things better than they were before we got there. This means cleaning up after our events, distributing excess food to charity and maybe donating the unused workshop markers to the local kindergarten. The last option after everything is compensation and in the Nordics our partner is ATMOZ Consulting and our compensation is directed towards the building of solar electricity.

Reports

High-quality event production requires expertise. Benefit from the experience of our professionals and read the best tips from our free guides. You can find all our guides here.

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