State of Green has received the ‘Environmental Leadership Award” at the GreenTec Awards show in Munich.

The award recognises Denmark’s position as one of the leading green countries in the world, not least in terms of managing environmental challenges, amongst others by implementing technologies and solutions related to energy efficiency and district energy. Since 1980, Denmark’s economy has grown by more than 70% while its energy consumption remained the same and CO₂ emissions have been reduced.

The Danish Minister for Business and Growth Mr. Troels Lund Poulsen received the award on behalf of State of Green:

“On behalf of the Danish Government and State of Green, thank you so much for this award, it is a great pleasure being here in Munich and I wish Germany all the best in being a greener society, you are able to do it”, said the Minister as part of the acceptance speech on stage at the awards show.

“I am very proud of this award as it underscores State of Green’s activities to showcase green technologies and solutions towards international stakeholders interested in learning from the Danish experiences, for instance in terms of approaching environmental challenges. Thank you to IFAT and the GreenTec Awards for recognising our work, we are very proud and honored to receive this award”, says State of Green's Executive Director Finn Mortensen.

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The GreenTec Awards is Europe’s biggest environmental and economical prize show with goal to foster ecological and economical commitment, as well as the usage of environmental technologies. The awards ceremony takes place annually within the scope of a gala show in the presence of 800 to 1,000 invited guests.

More than 100 journalists are present and report on the event. Invited guests are representatives from enterprises, scientific and political institutions, and from the field of media and lifestyle.

Most of the guests are leading business executives, board members or representatives in charge of environmental matters for their respective enterprises and share an affinity for environment protection and resource-saving and efficiency.

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