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Explore the landscape of sustainability by diving into

the October issue of Swedish Chamber Insights!

With Swedish Chamber Insights, we will bring you deep-dive Exclusive Interviews, highlight sustainability features in Sustainability Insight, and present opportunities to connect with our members and relations within our business community through the Get to Know-series. We are happy to offer our community an unparalleled glimpse into the activities within and around the Swedish Chamber of Commerce’s network for you to interact, connect, unveil business opportunities, learn from each other, share new ideas – and, as the title indicates – gain insights. In addition, get inside perspectives on our upcoming events #NordicTalks2023 and the Innovation & Sustainability Summit 2023, from the main sponsor and moderator of the events. We wish you a pleasant reading!

In October's Swedish Chamber Insights, we have chosen to focus on the topic of sustainability:

Exclusive Interview: Sustainability expert Andrea Orsag's talks about commitment to the intersection of sustainability and connectivity, position as an expert evaluator for the European Commission, and passion for the Swedish Chamber of Commerce community.
     

Sustainability Insight: Learn about the unique sustainability strategy from the Swedish state-owned energy company and Swedish Chamber Patron member Vattenfall. 
   

Get to Know: Learn from Anne Manschot, Head of Enact Netherlands, about her view on leadership, what sustainability means to Enact, and the strength of being a cross-cultural organization.
     
Get to Know: Meet Theo Stam, Director Business Development & Sales at Söderberg & Partners Netherlands, as he shares insight on expansion processes, the value in fostering sustainable employment and the value in sponsoring #NordicTalks2023. 
   
   

Empowering Green Transition: 

Andrea Orsag’s Vision for the Innovation & Sustainability Summit

In seeking to understand the driving forces behind her roles as an expert, entrepreneur, and sustainability enthusiast, Swedish Chamber Insights sat down with Andrea Orsag, a distinguished sustainability consultant and founder of the sustainability strategy advisory firm MissionC. In this exclusive interview, we delve into Andrea’s commitment to the intersection of sustainability and connectivity, her position as an expert evaluator for the European Commission, and her passion for the Swedish Chamber of Commerce community.

Andrea Orsag carries many titles—such as mentor, expert, advisor, lecturer, moderator, facilitator, and founder. What unites this diverse array of roles is her steadfast commitment to sustainability, circularity, and impact. Over a remarkable 15-year career in risk management, strategy advisory, and change management, her dedication to advocating for environmental consciousness has always been with her.


From having grown up in Slovakia, studying in Sweden, living in Finland, Zambia, and Ireland among other countries, and now residing in the Netherlands, Andrea is in a way “the very poster child” of European connectivity. With a background that embodies pro-European ideals, it might not be a coincidence that Andrea today also works with the European Commission.


   
   
   
   

Sustainability Insight: Vattenfall

In times of action against climate change, sustainability is a topic that moves all social actors. It has become increasingly important in all parts of the business world. Vattenfall is a member of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands. The Swedish energy company is state-owned and active in different parts of Northern Europe. Its core markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. Vattenfall’s business is the generation and distribution of electricity and heat. With almost 20,000 employees and 12.8 million customers, the company is one of the biggest players in the energy market, as well as a major driver of the energy transition in Europe. Their aim is to achieve fossil freedom, which means that thinking and acting on questions around sustainability is daily business at the company.


Martijn Hagens has different roles at Vattenfall. In addition to being Senior Vice President of Business Area Customers & Solutions and interim Head of Business Area Heat, he is also Head of Vattenfall in the Netherlands. In the following interview, he explains Vattenfall’s sustainability strategy to the Swedish Chamber Insight.

   
   
   

Get to Know: Enact


In each issue of Swedish Chamber Insights, readers will have the opportunity to get to know our members better. This month, Swedish Chamber Insights asked Anne Manschot, Head of Enact Sustainable Strategies, about what sustainability means to them, the strength of being a cross-cultural organization, and her view on leadership. Enact is an international sustainbility strategy firm located in Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, and China.

Anne Manschot

Head of Enact Netherlands
   
   
   
   

Get to Know: Söderberg & Partners the Netherlands


Next up in introducing Swedish Chamber members, Theo Stam, Director Business Development & Sales at Söderberg & Partners Netherlands, tells us about Söderberg & Partners’ entrance to the Dutch market in 2017. Learn more about how the expansion process, the value in fostering sustainable employment and their motivation behind sponsoring the #NordicTalks2023 Summit in the Get To Know Söderberg & Partners. 

Theo Stam

Director Business Development & Sales
   
   
   
   

Want to be featured in upcoming Swedish Chamber Insight?

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