Ole Kjerkegaard Nielsen

Humans are driving one million species to extinction ….a new UN report states If we are to solve world problems, we need collaborative efforts by governments, corporations and consumers. We can be a force for good if we think positively.  Biodiversity (and lack of) has a while ago been identified by the  Danish Agricultural and Food Association as a major issue. They have already acted and have come up with a systematic effort for saving bees.  One word you should get used to is bee-hotels, check out their recommendations and bumblebee impact gauge   Food cannot be grown without bees, so the agricultural sector is acting out of enlightened self-interest. Bee hotels is a direct measure of the problems arising with the lack of biodiversity.  As a consumer, we can also act, and below are some suggestions for how you can save species and biodiversity. 1)      Pay more for your food. Be ho...

I sidste uge satte Fynsk Erhverv bæredygtighed på dagsordenen ved et erhvervstopmøde hvor op mod 100 erhvervsledere deltog. Billede 1: Verdensmålene kan forstås som resultatet af verdens største markedsanalyse Medierne er fulde af historier om vigtigheden af bæredygtighed. Stemmerne er mange, fra tidligere forretningsfolk der sætter deres formue til rådighed, til skoleelever der deltager i klimademonstrationer og debatter. De taler om at  bæredygtighed og FNs 17 verdensmål er vigtigere end tidligere for ambitiøse virksomheder. Jeg har i flere omgange talt om bæredygtighed med erhvervsledere. Der er ingen tvivl om at diskussionen er modnet. Før tænkte man meget kortsigtet og enkelt når der blev talt om bæredygtige initiativer. Ofte var der altid kolleger eller partnere der mente at  ”bæredygtighed” ikke var vigtigt eller bare var ” greenwashing ” og noget man gjorde for at "se godt ud". Sådan er det ikke på Fyn anno 2019. Vi oplevede en ov...

A recent paper, published in SciDevNet is indicating that the SDGs are a re-label of what is already being done. The paper is very critical but is maybe not considering how change happens in the world. For a large corporation to change, from seeding the idea in the board, to widespread implementation, it can take up to 2-3 years. This is the time it takes for new stuff to go through the internal bureaucracy, to the frustration of many top leaders. In the public sector, it is not entirely different. In a local government in Denmark, an idea seeded by NGOs will take a long time before it turns into politics and real action for a person. I have tried to illustrate this in the below graph with the SDGs in the public sector as an example. So change should take time. With the SDGs, we need transformational change, on areas where we collectively need to think, talk and act in new ways. The dilemma is that we are all hungry for change and instead of expecting a slow begi...