The Alliance to Save Energy’s EE Global Forum, the world’s premiere energy efficiency forum, honored Denmark at the 2014 EE Visionary Awards in Washington, DC. To receive the award, Ambassador Taksoe-Jensen was accompanied by ADBC member companies working in the field of energy efficiency. The judging committee said that Denmark’s efforts to reduce its consumption…

Ambassador Rufus Gifford (US Ambassador to Denmark) has agreed to become a non-voting honorary member of the American-Danish Business Council Board of Directors.  Ambassador Gifford graciously accepted Ambassador Taksoe-Jensen’s invitation to join as an honorary board member to mark the close cooperation between the United States and Denmark and between the two embassies.  This is…

The first board meeting of 2014 was held at the Ambassador’s residence on March 11th.  Ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen opened the board meeting and welcomed the new members of the board:  Leslie McLaren, Roxul; Chris Hedquist, Novo Nordisk; Jeff Telep, King & Spalding; and Joseph McAndrew of Boeing and Sarah Howell of Grundfos who could not attend. …

Ambassador Taksøe-Jensen was the keynote speaker at a reception hosted by LEO Pharma for leading dermatologists attending the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology in Denver, Colorado in March.

The Danish Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation participated in a working dinner with 20 representatives from ADBC member companies to discuss the US as a market and the potential for The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) held its member day event at the Newseum in Washington, DC on March 27th.  The day focused on three panels:  National Defense and Energy Security, Transportation, and Power Generation and Infrastructure. It’s about lives: The National Defense and Energy Security Panel included:  moderator Todd Foley (ACORE), Colonel Jim…

ACORE held its annual policy forum on March 28th.  The morning keynote speaker was Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.  Ms McCarthy discussed the carbon rule which she expected to be announced in June.  While Ms McCarthy would not discuss the rule in detail, she indicated that great effort had been made to…

On April 10, 2014, the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted a discussion on “Food, Jobs, and Technology: Public-Private Partnerships and the post-2015 Development Agenda “. The event included companies, experts, and development organizations. Social, Environmental and Private Interests are Converging When United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon convened a high-level panel to forge a…