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Mission 30 for 2030: How to Create a Design-Driven Circular Mission

Blog post by Julie Hjort, Programme Director of Sustainable and Circular transition at Danish Design Centre. The blog post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to LOOP Forum in Copenhagen and Circular City Week in New York.

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Designing for the circular economy — the Danish way

Blog post by Ditte Lysgaard Vind, founder of The Circular Way and Partnerships Director at Lendager. The blog post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to LOOP Forum in Copenhagen and Circular City Week in New York.

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Circular Economy – learnings from Denmark and the US

Blog post by Tone Søndergaard, Director of Danish Cleantech Hub, New York, and responsible for partnerships, sustainable business expansion programs, and climate change initiatives. The blog post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to LOOP Forum in Copenhagen and Circular City Week in New York.

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Mission 30 for 2030: How to Create a Design-Driven Circular Mission

Designing for the circular economy — the Danish way

Circular Economy – learnings from Denmark and the US

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Biodiversity

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Pulsparken: Setting New Standards for Climate Adaptation and Well-being

22 September 2023

According to the Danish Health Profile, Denmark faces a range of challenges that demand innovative solutions. These challenges include a high stress level among adults, with 29% reporting elevated stress levels. Additionally, only 4 out of 10 Danes meet the WHO’s recommendations for physical a

Perspective

Power-to-x

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Green hydrogen derivatives for deep decarbonisation

19 September 2023

Hydrogen is an important enabler for the production of hydrogen derivatives, such as e-methanol, e-ammonia, and e-kerosene, which can be used in industry and transport.

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Resource efficient production

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Welcoming US-partners to Denmark's resource-efficient industries

11 September 2023

This week, State of Green hosted a US delegation from the Center for Sustainable Infrastructure at House of Green as the first stop on a knowledge exchange trip to explore the Danish approach to symbiosis in the agricultural sector.

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Resource efficient production

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Halving the water use in Carlsberg’s brewery

8 September 2023

Water is an integral part of the brewing process, which requires large amounts of energy and water for heating, cooling, cleaning and sterilization. This is also the case for one of the world’s biggest beer brands, Carlsberg, that was facing challenges in achieving greater water efficiency, while ma

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Industrial symbiosis

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The worlds first industrial symbiosis: from waste stream to resource current

8 September 2023

It takes about 1.5 years to replace what we use and consume in one year. This requires a new way of thinking and a new economic model – one which encourages the use of circular business models and reuse of resources. This is exactly what the symbiosis model strives to do. With a main aim to reuse re

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Resource efficient production

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Denmark’s road to resource-efficient industries

8 September 2023

All over the world, industries across sectors are facing a pressing dilemma: the escalating scarcity of resources. This calls for a decarbonisation of industries using heavy amounts of energy and water, instead shifting to a focus on sustainable resource consumption through resource-efficient solutions.

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Meet Danish circular business models professionals

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Bio-based circular solutions

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Nordic Harvest

Nordic Harvest is dedicated to establishing a genuinely sustainable food production model that not only addresses these issues, but also effectively counteracts them. Operating from one of the world's

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Buildings

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Milva

Milva is a digital mapping tool that finds environmentally hazardous as well as recyclable materials in existing buildings. Everything is presented in an easy-to-use online report.

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Offshore wind

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KJAER DATA

KJAER DATA is your preferred IT partner, when you do not have sufficient IT resources inhouse to handle your IT operation, security, infrastructure, and connectivity on a daily basis. We are always av

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Circular business models

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TheNewSort

We provide a digital solution that enable citizens to sort packaging materials correctly in their own municipality.

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Air pollution

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EIVEE

EIVEE calculates your company's entire CO2 emissions with market-leading precision across scope 1, 2 and 3. We deliver industry-leading data quality so you continuously track and validate your ent

Public Sector

Bio-based circular solutions

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Nordic Sustainable Construction

The programme Nordic Sustainable Construction is part of Nordic Vision 2030 initiated by the Nordic Ministers for Construction and Housing and works to support the Nordic countries in establishing the

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Energy efficiency

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Q-Interline

Save time, energy, raw materials, and ensure product quality. With nearly 30 years of experience, Q-Interline is your sampling expert and FT-NIR partner. We make in-line and at-line product and proces

Organisation

Bio-based circular solutions

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Kalundborg Symbiosis

Kalundborg Symbiosis is a partnership between sixteen public and private companies in Kalundborg. The main principle is that a waste stream in one company becomes a resource in another, benefiting bot

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Circular business models

By addressing product life extension, reuse and the recycling of waste, circular business models can re-duce consumption and minimise waste generation. They allow products to be continuously used, reused, sold as a service, and enable the sharing of products, rather than incentivizing a one-time purchase. A commonality and driving forces are data collection, digital tools, and design.

Waste management

Successful waste management utilises the potential of waste by increasing recycling and reuse of materials while limiting the amount of waste that goes to landfill. Denmark has an efficient waste management system in place and aims to have a climate-neutral waste sector by 2030.

Circular construction

The construction sector holds one of the greatest potentials for a circular transition. The sector represents an enormous potential for reducing waste and increasing recycling and reuse. A building can be designed for circularity if it is designed to be easily decommissioned, e.g. using principles of modularity and design-for-disassembly to enable higher reuse of the building materials.