The President and CEO of ADBC member Novozymes, Peder Holk Nielsen, joined U.S. President Barack Obama and other international business leaders at the White House in May for a roundtable discussion on investing in the United States. President Obama and the business leaders discussed the opportunities for locating, growing and hiring in the U.S. and…
The US Department of State invited ADBC member companies to the 5th Annual Sustainability Awards Reception in partnership with the DC Greening Embassies Forum on Thursday, June 26th. The annual Mayor’s Sustainability Awards recognize outstanding businesses and organizations for their environmental stewardship, innovative best practices, pollution prevention, and resource conservation. The awards highlight sustainable practices…
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On May 10 the EU Open House and Eurovision Song Contest Live Broadcast Party was hosted at the Embassy of Denmark. This year we had the pleasure of welcoming a record number of visitors to our embassy (more than 4,800 people for EU Open House and approximately 450 for the Eurovision Song Contest Live Broadcast…
Starting July 1st, 2014, Ali Mushtaq Butt is the new addition to the CleanTech team at Innovation Center Denmark, Silicon Valley. Ali comes from a previous job as Vice President of the Wind Energy Advisory at the Consulate General of Denmark in Chicago. In the Windy City, he was responsible for building a highly specialized,…
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Amory Lovins is the cofounder and chief scientist at the Rocky Mountain Institute in Snowmass, Colorado. He is also author of Recreating Fire. On Monday June 23rd, Dr. Lovins was in Washington and gave a talk on the book and his message about weaning ourselves from fossil fuels. According to Dr. Lovins, four-fifths of energy…
In Copenhagen in May, Ambassador Taksoe-Jensen participated in a roundtable with the Danish Chamber of Commerce, Dansk Erhverv, to discuss the transatlantic partnership with Danish companies, including a number of ADBC members. In particular, the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations were discussed. The TTIP process is now reaching a more difficult phase…
On behalf of Danish companies, the American-Danish Business Council has taken a look at the coming procurement changes in the World Bank. As the World Bank works out the details of its new Procurement Policy, the two-year review process, set to finish in early 2015, will seek to change the Bank’s approach to procurement from…
The second annual Friends of Denmark Caucus reception was again a great success – with attendance far more than the 200 participants from last year. Several ADBC companies were represented and former Ambassador Laurie Fulton, Chair of the ADBC Honorary Advisory Board and former Ambassador Stuart Bernstein, member of the ADBC Honorary Advisory Board,…