Herresta Lada


Herresta Lada is a 19th century farm that is both beautiful, inspiring and relaxing to come to. It is located in a historic cultural area in the beautiful Odensala, 9 km from Arlanda and Sigtuna and 40 km from Stockholm and Uppsala.
The farm is surrounded by agricultural landscapes with vast and scenic views. Previously, agriculture and animal husbandry were conducted here. Today it has been converted into a modern and beautiful facility for various sustainability activities.
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Challenge
The challenge that the founders of Herresta Lada likely wanted to address was the lack of sustainable event venues in the region and the negative environmental impact of traditional event venues. To address this challenge, Herresta Lada was built using eco-friendly materials and sustainable building practices, such as using recycled wood and natural insulation materials. The venue also operates on renewable energy and has a rainwater harvesting system. Additionally, they offer locally sourced and organic food options, which supports local farmers and reduces the carbon footprint associated with transportation.
Target group
Individuals and organizations who are looking for a sustainable and eco-friendly event venue in the Stockholm region of Sweden for conducting various sustainability activities.
Solution
- Herresta Lada aims to raise awareness about sustainability and environmental responsibility by providing information and education about their sustainable practices and encouraging their clients to adopt similar practices.
- Herresta Lada collaborates with like-minded partners and suppliers who share their commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility. This includes partnering with local farmers and suppliers who provide eco-friendly products and services.
Innovation
They have created a unique solution by renovating an old barn using eco-friendly materials and sustainable building practices, and by implementing a range of environmentally friendly practices such as rainwater harvesting, renewable energy, and waste reduction strategies. This creates a sustainable event venue that is not only environmentally responsible but also offers a unique and rustic atmosphere for events.
Unique Selling Point
Herresta Lada offers a personalized and tailored approach to event planning, working closely with their clients to create a unique and memorable event experience. Their commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility is a key selling point that appeals to clients who are looking for a socially responsible and eco-friendly event venue.
Impact
- The impact of Herresta Lada is primarily focused on promoting sustainability and environmental responsibility in the event industry and inspiring others to adopt similar practices.
- Herresta Lada’s emphasis on environmental education and awareness-raising about sustainability in the event industry can have a positive impact on the wider community. By setting an example of sustainable and socially responsible business practices, Herresta Lada is inspiring other businesses and individuals to adopt similar practices and contribute to a more sustainable future.
Feasibility / Transferability
- The feasibility of Herresta Lada’s approach to sustainability in the event industry is high, as they have successfully implemented their eco-friendly and sustainable practices in their own event venue. The use of eco-friendly materials and sustainable building practices, locally sourced and organic food options, waste reduction strategies, and environmental education can be adopted by other event venues and businesses in the industry.
- The transferability of Herresta Lada’s approach may depend on several factors, including the availability of local resources, regulations and policies related to sustainability and environmental responsibility, and the willingness of other businesses and event venues to adopt sustainable practices. However, as sustainability becomes increasingly important in the business world and among consumers, the transferability of Herresta Lada’s approach is likely to increase over time.
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Contact Person:
Helene: 0735-465610
Tord: 0702-011430
Email: info@herrestalada.com

3 - Good Health & Well-Being
By April 2022, the coronavirus causing COVID-19 had infected more than 500 million people and killed more than 6.2 million worldwide. However, the most recent estimates suggest that the global number of excess deaths directly and indirectly attributable to COVID-19 could be as high as three times this figure. The pandemic has severely disrupted essential health services, shortened life expectancy and exacerbated inequities in access to basic health services between countries and people, threatening to undo years of progress in some health areas. Furthermore, immunization coverage dropped for the first time in 10 years and deaths from tuberculosis and malaria increased.
Reproductive, maternal and child health
Based on data from 2015-2021, 84 per cent of births worldwide were assisted by skilled health professionals, including medical doctors, nurses and midwives, an increase from 77% in 2008-2014. In sub-Saharan Africa, coverage is 20 percentage points lower. Available data do not reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the disruption of services, which may reverse gains made over the past decades.
The global under-5 mortality rate fell by 14 per cent, from 43 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2015 to 37 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2020, while the global neonatal mortality rate fell to 17 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2020 from 19 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2015, a 12 per cent reduction. Even with that progress, 5 million children died before reaching their fifth birthday in 2020 alone, down from 5.9 million in 2015. Almost half of those deaths, 2.4 million, occurred in the first month of life.
The proportion of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) whose need for family planning was satisfied through use of modern contraceptive methods stagnated at about 77 per cent between 2015 and 2022, while sub-Saharan Africa has seen the largest increase – almost 5 percentage points. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may lead to a reversal of this trend because of supply chain disruptions and decreased access to family planning services.
The adolescent birth rate has fallen worldwide from 56 births per 1,000 adolescents aged 15-19 years in 2000 to 45 births in 2015 and 41 births in 2020. The largest declines are occurring in Central and Southern Asia, from 70 births per 1,000 adolescent women in 2000 to 24 births in 2020. Early adolescent childbearing, occuring in the 10–14 age group, is much more common in countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean than in other parts of the world.

11 - Sustainable Cities & Communities
As epicentres of the COVID-19 crisis, many cities have suffered from insufficiencies in public health systems, inadequate basic services, a lack of well-developed and integrated public transport systems and inadequate open public spaces, as well as from the economic consequences of lockdowns. As a result, the pandemic is likely to further increase the number of slum dwellers. In order to improve the lives of over 1 billion slum dwellers, there is an urgent need to focus on policies for improving health, affordable housing, basic services, sustainable mobility and connectivity.
Over the years, the number of slum dwellers has continued to grow and that number was over 1 billion in 2020. Slum dwellers are most prevalent in three regions, which are home to about 85 per cent of the world’s slum residents: Central and Southern Asia (359 million), Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (306 million) and sub-Saharan Africa (230 million).
Data for 2020 from 1,510 cities around the world indicate that on average only about 37 per cent of their urban areas are served by public transport, measured as a walking distance of 500 m to low-capacity transport systems (such as buses and trams) and/or 1,000 m to high-capacity systems (such as trains and ferries). Given variations in population concentrations within those cities, this translates into only about 52 per cent of the world population having convenient access to public transport.
In 2022, the global average municipal solid waste collection rate in cities is at 82 per cent and the global average rate of municipal solid waste management in controlled facilities in cities is at 55 per cent. The municipal solid waste collection rates in sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania are less than 60 per cent. Uncollected waste is the source of plastic pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and incubation for infections.
Data for 2020 from 1,072 cities point to a poor distribution of open public spaces in most regions. In these cities, only about 38 per cent of urban areas are loca ted within a walking distance of 400 m to an open public space, which translates into only about 45 per cent of the global urban population having convenient access to those spaces.
By March 2021, a total of 156 countries had developed national urban policies, with almost half (74) already in the implementation stage. A further breakdown shows that 40 per cent of the countries are in the early stages of developing their plans, while 12 per cent are monitoring and evaluating how well those plans are functioning.
By the end of 2021, a total of 98 countries had reported having local governments with disaster risk reduction strategies, an increase from 51 countries in 2015.

12 - Responsible Consumption & Production
Developing countries bear a large part of the climate, biodiversity and pollution impacts of resource-intensive production processes, without reaping their benefits. This situation has been made worse by the impacts of the pandemic. As part of sustainable global pandemic recovery strategies, the implementation of sustainable consumption and production will maximize the socioeconomic benefits of resource use while minimizing the impacts.
In 2021, 83 policy instruments supporting the shift to sustainable consumption and production were reported by 26 countries, bringing the total number of policies developed, adopted and/or implemented up to 438 (as reported by 59 countries and the European Union for 2019–2021). However, the distribution of reported sustainable consumption and production policies has so far been uneven, with 79 per cent of policies reported by high-income and upper middle income countries, 0.5 per cent by low-income countries and only 7.7 per cent by least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States.
The global material footprint continues to grow, although the pace has slowed. The average annual growth rate of the global material footprint for 2015–2019 was 1.1 per cent, compared with 2.8 per cent for 2000–2014, indicating a slowdown in the growth of economic pressure on the environment.
The proportion of food lost globally after harvest on farm, transport, storage, wholesale and processing levels is estimated at 13.3 per cent in 2020, with no visible trend since 2016, suggesting that structural patterns of food losses have not changed. At the regional level, sub-Saharan Africa has the highest proportion of losses at 21.4 per cent, with food being lost in large quantities between the farm and retail levels.
In addition to food loss, it is estimated that 931 million tons of food, or 17 per cent of total food available to consumers in 2019, was wasted at the household, food service and retail levels. Subsequent evidence suggests that household food waste declined during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns but has since returned to pre-pandemic levels.
The COVID-19 pandemic aggravated the global pollution crisis, in particular plastics pollution, making the effective implementation of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants so much more urgent and important. The year 2021 was marked by the establishment of a new global regime for controlling trade of plastic wastes for better transparency and tracing, following the adoption of the plastic waste amendments to the Basel Convention in 2019.
A preliminary analysis from a sample of over 10,000 public companies around the world shows that over 60 per cent of large companies published sustainability reports in 2021, a twofold increase from 2016. The sustainability indicators that are most widely disclosed by companies include direct CO2 emissions, board diversity E/2022/55 22-06472 19/25 and number of board meetings, while the least disclosed indicators include ozone depleting substances, gender pay gap and bribery and fraud controversies.