Hi, Ylvali. What do you hope the manifesto will lead to?
- Companies today pick and choose their narratives when it comes to sustainability; they play up the positives while they cover up other parts of their business model. I hope they realize that my generation sees through this. Companies must change in earnest if they expect us to want to work for them, Ylvali states.

In parallel to her studies at SSE, Ylvali is also pursuing a master’s degree in Industrial Economy at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), specializing in energy technology and sustainable power generation.
- That program is more specific, but at SSE, I’ve gained a broader perspective on sustainability through Global Challenges, which has also given me the inspiration to go out and try to make a difference in society.

To her, it is crucial that her future employer is serious about their sustainability efforts. She pursues two degrees at the same time to strengthen her future position on the job market.
- I don’t want to make any compromises on either my career goals or my personal convictions. I don’t want to devote my brain and my time to a company that doesn’t do good things, and in interview situations, I often emphasize my sustainability commitment as a good thing. I have also dared to ask the question: “Do employees have to work on projects that they think are unsustainable from a climate point of view?”

She does not feel alone in her commitment at the school, and she hopes that many others will rally to the cause.
- It’s important to get students from here involved, because if there is anyone who trade and industry will listen to, then it’s SSE students. In addition, through Global Challenges, we have also been given the tools to question companies and see through business models.

Another important function of the climate manifesto is that it could make students realize that they can actually voice demands to their future employers.
- I think that climate responsibility should be as natural a part of hiring negotiations as the question of salary, Ylvali Busch comments.

Read the article ”Vi kräver klimatansvar av våra arbetsgivare” at DN Debatt.

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Interview by Tinni Rappe, translation by Fredrik Tydal.

Students at the launch of the Swedish student manifesto, Norrsken house, December 3 2018.