Green Transition Denmark is launching a new green Advisory Board that brings together climate-ambitious front-runner companies, organizations and experts in a forum for dialogue, knowledge sharing and experience exchange to identify and realize opportunities across the green transition.

As part of a new strategy, the Green Transition Denmark is launching a green Advisory Board for some of Denmark's most ambitious companies and organisations. The purpose of the advisory body is to create a forum for lively and inspiring dialogue, where deep professional knowledge and experience are brought into play. A forum where the most important green agendas are worked on, opportunities for development across value chains in the green transition are explored - and for the Green Transition Denmark's further work.

Christian Sparrevohn, chairman of the board of the Green Transition Denmark says: "We experience that a number of Danish companies have ambitious goals in the climate area and would like to play an active role in ensuring that the green transition succeeds, also in addition to their own, narrow business focus. We at RGO can learn from them - and they can learn from each other, and from the researchers and authorities who attack climate issues from other angles. We therefore invite the most visionary among our members to dialogue as members of our Advisory Board.”

The participants in the Advisory Board include Velux, Coop, Better Energy, European Energy, Innargi, Hjørring Municipality, Lederne and the Center for Sustainable Hospitals, which are members of the Green Transition Denmark, and this is expected to grow during 2024.

Experienced capacity must lead the work

The head of the green Advisory Board will be the experienced Marianna Lubanski, who, among other things, has worked with the establishment of the Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster, scaling of green startups in Silicon Valley and matchmaking between the research world and green frontrunner companies.

Christian Sparrevohn says: "We are proud and happy to be able to attract such a great capacity as Marianna Lubanski to be at the head of it. Her experience and passion encompass the intersection between technology, business and green transition, and with her as the front person, the Advisory Board will guarantee both flying height and action orientation.”

All the way from Silicon Valley to DTU in Lyngby, Marianna Lubanski's career has had a clear green thread - with a focus on green growth, innovation and business development: "For me, the green transition is the most important task we as humans face. Therefore, it is also the area that for me is meaningful to work with, and where I have tried to create change.”

A clear thread in Marianna Lubanski's long-standing career, both in Denmark and internationally, is the focus on collaboration and partnerships across research, business, politicians - and therefore the link between the green agenda and the cross-cutting dialogue forum is also the reason she has said yes to sit at the end of the table.

Marianna Lubanski adds: "I really hope that the Advisory Board can become an important meeting place for actors across business, politics, research and civil society. A place where we can meet and learn from each other, be challenged, see new opportunities and come up with ideas, recommendations and knowledge that can help promote the change. To that extent, there is a need for that.”

"It is only through cooperation and dialogue that we change and solve something. That is why it is so important that we gather people around the table and create a curious and inclusive space where we can gain new knowledge, new insights, open up and from there we can move on."

The Advisory Board will meet twice a year, and the first meeting is planned for August 2024.