I provide sustainability and strategy advisory services. I currently specialize in inhouse team support for internal strategy processes and expert driven organizations transitions to CSRD compliant sustainability reporting.

My services include for example strategy process and OKR advisory, project management, facilitation, and business coaching.

About me

Mirva Haltia-Holmberg

Sustainability and Strategy Consultant
Business Designer
BCI Certified Business Coach®

Experience

I'm an experienced business and strategy professional with over two decades of experience in different areas of business and consulting.

Before founding Enzalgu I have worked for example as a Principal Consultant of DEI & Strategy at deidei Oy, as a Consultant of Business Design & Strategy at Reaktor and as CMO at Stockmann Ltd.

Education

Master of Arts & Culture, Cultural Management
Currently studying in Hanken's Corporate Responsibility program

Services

CSRD Transition Support

Change and project management to secure transition to CSRD compliant reporting. See more below!

Strategy process support

Planning and concrete execution support for inhouse driven strategy processes. Advisory on processes and methodologies that have actionable and empowering outcomes.

Business Coaching

Business coaching for better performance and wellbeing. Specialized in leadership, OKR coaching and creative professionals.

OKR trainings & support

OKR coaching, guidance, process advisory and training to support your and your team with OKR's (Objectives & Key results framework). Specialized in Strategic initiative and DEI OKR's.

OKR assessments

External assessments of existing or in-progress OKR's give you actionable advice and help you grow as a goal setter. Can be done separately or combined with OKR trainings and proces support.

Facilitation

Facilitation of strategy days, workshops, futuros, retros and other collaborative gatherings where participants need to focus on contributing instead of facilitating. Specialized in strategy and goal setting workshops.

CSRD Transition Support

Change and project management, communication, goal setting, action planning, and substance expertise on social sustainability at an expertise driven organization.

European Union's corporate sustainability regulation is changing in a significant way. The old Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) has been replaced with Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). This means that sustainability reporting is raising into equally important and transparent position as financial reporting over time and that sustainability will be reported alongside the financial statement every year.

In the upcoming years 40 000 more companies that operate in EU will report on sustainability. In Finland this means about 2000 companies that are new to sustainability reporting. First of them will have to start data collection already on 1.1.2025 and publish their first report with that data in 2026.

The transition for many companies will have to happen very fast and with high endurance for uncertainties and fast paced decision making. According to a study by FIBS ry, at the moment only 1 in 10 Finnish companies that will be required to transition to this reporting have sufficient resources allocated to do so. Enzalgu provides support for select companies who need to enforce their internal team to lead these fast paced transition projects and the stakeholder management it requires with employees, management, clients and sustainability service providers.

Starting out with CSRD transition?

Checklist on how to organize around transitioning to CSRD compliant reporting if your company is new to broader sustainability reporting:

Organize internally

Name one leader in the board of directors responsible for sustainability reporting and the transformation project. Best practise currently is the Chief of Sustainability, or if there isn’t one, the Chief Financial Officer, since most of the upcoming new reporting is financial.

Put in place a transition team that has expertise (E, S and G + Legal) and allocated time (25-50 % allocation) to build up the process and practises inhouse with stakeholders and external experts. If you don’t have internal resources available, consider using external experts in internal roles to secure the transition and build understanding on what type of internal resources are needed in the future.

Get external expertise

While the authority for alignment and decision-making remains yours, having a partner significantly eases the process, workload, and schedule. Procure an established external ESG consultant company to help you do at least the following in compliance:

Value chain and double materiality assessment (arvoketjut ja kaksoisolennaisuuskartoitus) to understand what aspects, risks, dependencies and impact evaluations or parts of the value chain are relevant.

First version of the sustainability program, its objectives and measurements (this can be connected to your business strategy and combine existing strategies and measures)

Forming an operating model around leading sustainability in your organization and creating next steps for setting practices and tools for data collection and reporting.

Procure data tools and an assurance partner

Procure a data partner that has a solution for data collection and reporting that fits your needs and is CSRD and ESRS compliant.

Procure an assurance partner to get independent assurance and verification of compliance with reporting standards.

Do these two procurements parallel to ensure data compatibility. Test and learn with actual data.

Suistaman virzilöi

9 revived Karelian poem songs

This is a small collection of traditional Karelian poem songs that Karelian Finnish artivist Mirva Haltia has reclaimed, revived, and restored for use within their family and to be passed forward in their community.

This video contains 9 poems:

Lähemmös laulamah (Let us sing)

Suikahti suga mereh (Comb that slipped into the sea)

Muailman syndy (Creation of the world)

Puun syndy (Creation of the tree)

Kolme kägyö (Three cuckoos)

Kuldapyörätammi (Golden Wheel Oak)

Marketta (How sage Marketta's child was born)

Meren kylvendä (Sowing of the Sea)

Meren kosijat (Suitors of the Sea)

The tradition of poem singing in Karelian-speaking Karelia nearly perished, but it is now being reclaimed by both new and old generations. Karelian poem songs, known as "virzi" in Karelian, are an integral part of Karelian culture. They recount the story of Karelian’s origins, myths and traditions. Being Karelian encompasses a deep intertwining of spirituality and practicality, which is reflected in how the myths and words of the poem songs are used to serve the purpose of various occasions.

In compiling their own collection, Haltia has utilized recordings and transcriptions from Suistamo that are available online and in the Finnish Literary Society archives, particularly the database at skvr.fi. While they have incorporated as much material as possible from their own known relatives in Suistamo, they have also sought to include material from other singers in the region. Moreover, Haltia has consciously focused on poems that may be less familiar to the Karelian community.

Since many of the poems have been translated into Finnish during the collection process, Haltia has made every effort to translate them back into the Karelian language, specifically the Southern Varzinkarjala / Suvikarjala dialect spoken in Suistamo. As Haltia has compiled the poems, she has adjusted them to fit her personal sense of rhythm and rhyme. Whenever possible, Haltia has opted for more inclusive and equitable language choices.

Lyrics, singing and illustration by Mirva Haltia

Copyright: Mirva Haltia

Itkunaiga

Short film about the Karelian lamenting tradition.

This short film is told a Karelian poem song format and tells the story of Karelian lamenting. The beginning of this film is sung in the style of Karelian poem singing, and the latter half is a Karelian lament – a lament on behalf of the voiceless lamenters. Portions of the lament are included in the poetry book 'Gruuga.'

Among the Karelian people, there existed a strong and distinct tradition of lamentation prior to World War II, especially in regions such as Viena, Seesjärvi, Border Karelia, Aunus, and Tver. The Karelian diaspora was scattered, and in their new homes, many were forced to conceal their language and traditions to assimilate. As a result, neither the Karelian language nor the lamentation traditions were widely passed down to subsequent generations. Even today, it remains challenging to find accurate information about Karelian culture and language on the internet.

I am Karelian, and laments run in my blood. However, I was never taught the language of my ancestors or the heritage of laments. It was only after I began learning Karelian and its laments that many aspects of my identity started to make sense - the way I use my words, my general approach to language, and the rhythm of my expressions. Everything suddenly aligned in a way that is difficult to articulate. Without the Karelian language and the tradition of laments, I felt a part of me was missing. I was voiceless in a way I hadn't realized until I reconnected with it. Today, very few people continue to lament in the Karelian language and tradition.

Script, direction, filming, acting, and vocals by Mirva Haltia.

Published on March 14, 2022.

Advisory

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Mirva Haltia-Holmberg

Services

CSRD Transition Support

Strategy process support

Business Coaching

OKR trainings & support

OKR assessments

Facilitation

CSRD Transition Support

Starting out with CSRD transition?

Organize internally

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Procure data tools and an assurance partner

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