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Sustainalists Studio

For a better world, with storytelling as our tool

Our biggest motivation as filmmakers is to contribute to a better and more sustainable world. A lot is changing right now, and we see how film can play a decisive role in steering things in the right direction.

Selected work

Hand me down, Raise me up
Documentary · 2026 Open project
Hand me down, Raise me up Mambopanda for CGTN America · 2026
Producer, B-Cam Mambopanda for CGTN America · Sweden Driven by overconsumption, clothing volumes have reached a breaking point. In the EU, textiles can no longer be thrown away with household waste, yet in Sweden sorting centres can no longer cope. Clothes are resold in Europe or exported to markets like…
Lead-it – 5 year video
WebCampaign · 2023 Open project
Lead-it – 5 year video Stockholm Environment Institute · 2023
Camera, Editor Stockholm Environment Institute · Sweden For LeadIT’s five-year milestone, I created a video summarising the initiative’s achievements since its launch and outlining the challenges that remain in transitioning heavy industry in line with the Paris Agreement. The film accompanied the publication of…
Sustainable in Europe
Documentary · 2022 Open project
Sustainable in Europe Mambopanda for CGTN · 2022
Camera, Producer, Fixer Mambopanda for CGTN · Sweden Sustainable in Europe follows a series of stories across the continent that show how looking back can help Europe move forward. The film explores how traditional practices, local knowledge and existing infrastructure are being reimagined with modern…
The Second Wave
Documentary · 2013 Open project
The Second Wave 2013
Camera, Production Assistant Sweden This documentary examines the alarming spread of toxic chemicals in and around the Baltic Sea. Through field research, scientific insights, and personal accounts, it reveals how hazardous substances accumulate in wildlife, seep into ecosystems, and ultimately…

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About

Sustainalists Studio

Sustainable media production in Stockholm

At Sustainalists Studio, a network of established filmmakers works together, with many years of experience in documentary, communication and visual storytelling. We have made films for organisations and companies working on important social issues, innovation and sustainability.

We love storytelling and creating stories that engage and move people. Whether you are looking for a sounding board at an early stage or want to bring a finished idea to life, we are here to help you take the story all the way.

Portfolio

Harvesting ideas for sustainable agriculture
WebCampaign · 2026 Open project
Harvesting ideas for sustainable agriculture Stockholm Environment Institute · 2026
Camera, Editor Stockholm Environment Institute · Sweden I filmed and edited this short event-video for the SuTra project — a collaboration between the Stockholm Environment Institute and partners in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The film follows a two-day agricultural study tour through Västra Götaland, where a…
Hand me down, Raise me up
Documentary · 2026 Open project
Hand me down, Raise me up Mambopanda for CGTN America · 2026
Producer, B-Cam Mambopanda for CGTN America · Sweden Driven by overconsumption, clothing volumes have reached a breaking point. In the EU, textiles can no longer be thrown away with household waste, yet in Sweden sorting centres can no longer cope. Clothes are resold in Europe or exported to markets like…
Documenting Impact: A World Bank & LeadIT Tour Through Sweden and Norway
WebCampaign · 2026 Open project
Documenting Impact: A World Bank & LeadIT Tour Through Sweden and Norway World Bank & Stockholm Environment Institute · 2026
Camera, Editor World Bank & Stockholm Environment Institute · Norway, Sweden As part of a World Bank & LeadIT delegation tour across Sweden and Norway, I was responsible for the visual documentation of the journey. The delegation visited a range of locations, engaging with local stakeholders, experts, and projects to exchange…
Leadit Visit
WebCampaign · 2025 Open project
Leadit Visit Leadit/Stockholm Environment Institute · 2025
Camera, Producer, Editor Leadit/Stockholm Environment Institute · Sweden I was commissioned by LeadIT and the Stockholm Environment Institute to create this film documenting the collaboration between Indian industry and Swedish clean-tech innovators. The project highlights joint efforts to explore low-carbon pathways in steel and…
Alexandra – if not seen, you don’t exist
Documentary · 2025 Open project
Alexandra – if not seen, you don’t exist FRP for SF · 2025
B-Cam FRP for SF · Sweden Alexandra Charles became a cultural icon in the 1960s as the “Queen of the Night,” when her legendary club Alexandra’s reshaped Stockholm’s entertainment scene. It was a place where glamour, glitter, jet-setters and everyday people collided to create…
SaltX
WebCampaign · 2025 Open project
SaltX Salt X · 2025
Camera, Producer, Editor, Director Salt X · Sweden I created a web-promo for SaltX Technology that captures an important moment: an Indian cement industry delegation, representing manufacturers and government agencies, visiting SaltX’s test-and-research facility (ECRC) in Hofors, Sweden. This event, hosted…
What is: Focali
WebCampaign · 2025 Open project
What is: Focali Focali · 2025
Camera, Producer, Editor, Director For more than 15 years, Focali has brought together researchers, practitioners, policymakers and civil-society actors working on forests, climate, biodiversity and livelihoods. At a time when complex global challenges demand cross-sector collaboration, spaces…
Vinnova
WebCampaign · 2024 Open project
Vinnova Vinnova · 2024
Camera, Producer Vinnova · Sweden Vinnova är Sveriges statliga myndighet för innovation, och i kampanjfilmen som Petter Alke producerade lyfts initiativ som driver fram nya lösningar för ett mer hållbart och konkurrenskraftigt samhälle.
Attention
WebCampaign · 2023 Open project
Attention Attention · 2023
Camera, Producer, Editor Attention · Sweden Attention är riksförbundet som arbetar för att öka kunskap och förståelse kring neuropsykiatriska funktionsvariationer. I kampanjfilmen som Petter Alke gjorde lyfts deras arbete fram med fokus på inkludering, stöd och att göra vardagen lättare för berörda och…
Lead-it – 5 year video
WebCampaign · 2023 Open project
Lead-it – 5 year video Stockholm Environment Institute · 2023
Camera, Editor Stockholm Environment Institute · Sweden For LeadIT’s five-year milestone, I created a video summarising the initiative’s achievements since its launch and outlining the challenges that remain in transitioning heavy industry in line with the Paris Agreement. The film accompanied the publication of…
Blödarsjukas Riksförbund
WebCampaign · 2023 Open project
Blödarsjukas Riksförbund Blödarsjukas Riksförbund · 2023
Camera, Producer Blödarsjukas Riksförbund · Sweden Blödarsjukas Riksförbund arbetar för att stärka personer med blödarsjuka och andra ärftliga blödningsrubbningar, genom stöd, kunskap och påverkansarbete. I kampanjfilmen som Petter Alke producerade lyfts deras insatser och medlemsröster fram på ett…
Sweden’s Unknown Heartland – Into the Fjäll, Heading North
Documentary, TV · 2023 Open project
Sweden’s Unknown Heartland – Into the Fjäll, Heading North ARD Studio Stockholm · 2023
Editor ARD Studio Stockholm · Sweden The documentary portrays the rugged everyday life of Sweden’s northern mountain region — from remote postal routes and isolated hiking stations to the challenges facing Sámi reindeer herders and the strictly supervised bear hunt. It also follows mountain…
Adaptation without borders
WebCampaign · 2023 Open project
Adaptation without borders SEI · 2023
Producer SEI · Sweden I created a short social-media clip for Adaptation Without Borders, using stock footage to shape a clear and fast-paced story about how climate impacts move across countries. The edit focused on strong visuals, tight pacing and a message that works instantly…
Lead-it Stockholm+50
WebCampaign · 2022 Open project
Lead-it Stockholm+50 Stockholm Environment Institute · 2022
Camera, Producer, Editor, Director Stockholm Environment Institute · Sweden As part of the campaign surrounding the Stockholm+50 global meeting (2-3 June 2022), I produced a video for LeadIT (Leadership Group for Industry Transition) – the initiative launched by Sweden and India in 2019 to align heavy industries with the Paris…
Sustainable in Europe
Documentary · 2022 Open project
Sustainable in Europe Mambopanda for CGTN · 2022
Camera, Producer, Fixer Mambopanda for CGTN · Sweden Sustainable in Europe follows a series of stories across the continent that show how looking back can help Europe move forward. The film explores how traditional practices, local knowledge and existing infrastructure are being reimagined with modern…
Zero hour
Documentary · 2021 Open project
Zero hour Mambopanda for CGTN · 2021
Producer Mambopanda for CGTN · Sweden Extreme weather linked to climate change affects countries regardless of wealth, and Europe is increasingly exposed. Zero Hour highlights how water has become one of the continent’s greatest vulnerabilities: destructive floods in parts of Germany, deepening…
Up North
Documentary · 2020 Open project
Up North MamboPanda for CGTN · 2020
Producer, Fixer MamboPanda for CGTN · Sweden June 2019 marked a turning point for Europe. Record temperatures swept across France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. Wildfires raged in Russia. Ice caps from Greenland to Finland melted at unprecedented rates, making it the hottest June…
Green Bonds and Sustainable Finance Executive Program
WebCampaign · 2020 Open project
Green Bonds and Sustainable Finance Executive Program Stockholm School of Economics · 2020
Camera, Producer, Editor The Green Bonds & Sustainable Finance Executive Program — a collaboration between the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), the Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre and the Stockholm School of Economics Executive Education — brings senior staff from banks in…
Leadit –
WebCampaign · 2020 Open project
Leadit – Stockholm Environment Institute · 2020
Editor Stockholm Environment Institute · Sweden For LeadIT’s first promotional film, I created a video built entirely from stock footage to introduce the initiative and its mission. LeadIT — the Leadership Group for Industry Transition — was launched on 23 September 2019 by the prime ministers of Sweden…
“Introducing Aid Atlas” Video
WebCampaign · 2020 Open project
“Introducing Aid Atlas” Video SEI Stockholm Environment Institute · 2020
Director SEI Stockholm Environment Institute · Sweden Aid Atlas is a digital platform designed to help users explore and understand global development finance — who provides it, where it goes, and what it supports. The tool compiles and visualises data reported annually to the OECD by donor countries…
Green Bonds
WebCampaign · 2019 Open project
Green Bonds Stockholm Environment Institute · 2019
Camera, Producer, Editor Stockholm Environment Institute · Sweden I was asked to produce a short film highlighting the collaboration between the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre — a joint initiative between SEI and the Stockholm School of Economics. The film showcases their…
Ripples on Baltic Waters
WebCampaign · 2014 Open project
Ripples on Baltic Waters 2014
Camera, Editor Germany Ripples on Baltic Waters portrays three farmers from different parts of the Baltic Sea region who are taking practical steps to reduce nutrient runoff and improve local water quality. The film was produced for WWF, with filming beginning on short notice in…
The Second Wave
Documentary · 2013 Open project
The Second Wave 2013
Camera, Production Assistant Sweden This documentary examines the alarming spread of toxic chemicals in and around the Baltic Sea. Through field research, scientific insights, and personal accounts, it reveals how hazardous substances accumulate in wildlife, seep into ecosystems, and ultimately…
Baltic Sea Waste
WebCampaign · 2013 Open project
Baltic Sea Waste 2013
Renetech – Stockholm +40
WebCampaign · 2012 Open project
Renetech – Stockholm +40 Renetech · 2012
Camera, Editor, Director Renetech · Sweden Renetech AB, a Stockholm-based developer of renewable-energy and waste-biomass projects, brought its latest technology portfolio to the “+40” conference in Stockholm — a gathering of industry leaders, finance actors and government officials focused on…
Renetech: Renewable Energy Technologies
WebCampaign · 2012 Open project
Renetech: Renewable Energy Technologies 2012
The Cod Game
Documentary · 2012 Open project
The Cod Game 2012
Editor Poland, Sweden The Cod Game tells a powerful story about the collision between environmental protection and human survival. Filmed over two turbulent years in the Polish port of Darlowo, the documentary offers a rare inside look at the consequences of EU fishing regulations…
Dirty Waters
Documentary · 2011 Open project
Dirty Waters 2011
Camera, Editor, Post-Production Manager Denmark, Poland, Russia, Sweden Premiering in May 2011, the second documentary in the Baltic Sea series continues the work begun with For Cod’s Sake, this time turning its full focus to the sea’s broader ecological collapse. Algae blooms, hypoxia and dead sea beds have become familiar…

Team

Enno Ladwig

Enno Ladwig

Enno is a freelance media producer, filmmaker, editor and photographer, producing media campaigns, news, documentaries and TV productions with a focus on sustainability and social issues. Fluent in Swedish, English and German. Has lived in Stockholm since 2004; born and raised in Hamburg.

Petter Alke

Petter Alke

Petter is a film director and producer with a passion for stories that make a difference, especially around sustainability and social change. Also runs an organic Christmas tree farm. Fluent in Swedish, English, Spanish and Mandarin. From Östersund, now living in Stockholm; has also lived in China and Mexico.

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Climate change is the biggest challenge of our time. We have done a lot in our private lives, but want to go further – and bring the same mindset into our professional work. With Sustainalists we turn ambition into real impact by helping media companies work with local freelancers instead of flying crews around the world. It is about telling global stories in a smarter, fairer and more sustainable way.

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