{"id":3745,"date":"2018-08-20T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T06:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hagainitiativet.se\/?post_type=inlagg&#038;p=3745"},"modified":"2022-08-11T08:17:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T06:17:09","slug":"progressive-companies-for-more-ambitious-climate-policy-how-nordic-business-can-move-global-policy-towards-1-5-degrees","status":"publish","type":"inlagg","link":"https:\/\/www.hagainitiativet.se\/en\/inlagg\/progressive-companies-for-more-ambitious-climate-policy-how-nordic-business-can-move-global-policy-towards-1-5-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive companies for more ambitious climate policy \u2013 How Nordic business can move global policy towards 1.5 degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":3747,"parent":0,"template":"","kategori":[16],"class_list":["post-3745","inlagg","type-inlagg","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategori-seminarier"],"meta_box":{"show_post_en":"0","text":"<p>On September 11th 2018, the Haga Initiative arranged an affiliated event in Stockholm. The event was one of three European seminars arranged within the Global Climate Action Summit held in San Fransisco on September 12-14, 2018. See a brief film from the event below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Hagainitiativet\/videos\/990123021187252\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Hagainitiativet\/videos\/990123021187252\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Participants<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatenetwork.org\/profile\/wael-hmaidan-executive-director\">Wael Hmaidan, Executive Director at Climate Action Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/calsta.ca.gov\/executive-profile\/kate-white\/\">Kate White, Deputy Secretary, Environmental Policy and Housing Coordination at California State Transportation Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/sweden\/about-us\/contact_sv\">Katarina Areskoug Mascarenhas, Head of the Commission Representation in Sweden<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wijkman.se\/about-wijkman\/\">Anders Wijkman, Co-president Club of Rome and chairman Climate-KIC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sei.org\/people\/bjorn-ola-linner\/\">Bj\u00f6rn-Ola Linn\u00e9r, Prof.\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/search.liu.se\/en\/search.html?tags=B2D8275BEE2B45C0998A7364E771CF54\">Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research at Link\u00f6ping university<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.svd.se\/av\/peter-alestig\">Peter Alestig, Editor at Svenska Dagbladet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sverigesradio.se\/sida\/artikel.aspx?programid=406&amp;artikel=6681476\">Susanna Baltscheffsky, producer and reporter at Swedish Radio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturskyddsforeningen.se\/node\/54797\">Karin Lex\u00e9n, Secretary General at Swedish Society For Nature Conservation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.preem.se\/en\/in-english\/about\/who-we-are\/management\/\">Stein Ivar Bye, COO at Preem<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jernkontoret.se\/sv\/om-oss\/medarbetare\/\">Eva Blixt, Research manager at Swedish Steel Producers\u2019 Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nyhetsrum.folksam.se\/sv\/tagg\/karin-stenmar\/\">Karin Stenmar, Head of Sustainability at Folksamgruppen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockholmexergi.se\/?s=Ulf+Wikstr%C3%B6m\">Ulf Wikstr\u00f6m, Head of Sustainability at Stockholm Exergi<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nina Ekelund, Executive Director at Haga Initiative (moderator)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Large export companies in the Nordics see a clear connection between climate action and profitability, since it gives strategic possibilities to create new business opportunities, a more attractive brand and reduced costs, according to a report from April this year. The companies want policies to be more ambitious and are also looking to scale up their initiatives to influence strategies on a global level.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How can business contribute to realize the target of 1.5 degrees?<\/li>\n<li>How progressive are the Nordics in the climate action in a global context?<\/li>\n<li>How can the Nordics spread its solutions for a faster global transition?<\/li>\n<li>Why do Nordic businesses see climate action as a vital business strategy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Haga Initiative is a business network that wants to see a profitable business sector without climate impact. The 15 member companies have together set the target of reaching net-zero emissions by 2030. Read more about our commitments\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hagainitiativet.se\/en\/Climate-targets\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date and time<\/strong>: 11th of September 08:00-10:00 AM CEST (GMT+2) (10th of September, 11.00 PM \u2013 01:00 AM PDT (GMT -7))<br \/>\n<strong>Location<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.se\/maps?q=kungliga+myntkabinettet&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiJq-mpkoDdAhUTxKYKHV6PBBAQ_AUICigB\">Royal Coin Cabinet, Slottsbacken 6, Stockholm<\/a>\u00a0and Online at our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Hagainitiativet\/\">Facebookpage<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Twitter<\/strong>: #haga18 #StepUp2018 #GCAS2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/globalclimateactionsummit.org\/events\/progressive-companies-for-more-ambitious-climate-policy-how-can-nordic-business-move-global-policy-towards-1-5-degrees\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hagainitiativet.se\/files\/2018-08\/1535620668_gcas-logo.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/breakfast-seminar-progressive-companies-for-more-ambitious-climate-policy-how-nordic-business-can-tickets-49336297193\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hagainitiativet.se\/files\/2018-08\/sign-up-here.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","qoute":"","name":"","title-company":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hagainitiativet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inlagg\/3745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hagainitiativet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inlagg"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hagainitiativet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/inlagg"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hagainitiativet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hagainitiativet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategori","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hagainitiativet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategori?post=3745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}