During this year’s Green Week from the 15th till the 17th of March, students had the opportunity to learn more about sustainable living and working; and engaged in discussions and workshops with experts in the field. More than 400 students from different universities in Copenhagen and Lund signed up for the seven lectures by high-profile speakers from different companies and startups and various industries such us mobility, architecture, renewables, FMCG, banking, fashion and lots more. Some also had the chance to participate in creative workshops hosted by Accenture Strategy, Drive Now and Donkey Republic.
The Green Week kick-off was presented by Peter Jonasson, Director of Copenhagen Business School (CBS), as well as Anders Thilqvist from Unilever and politician Ida Auken from Radikale Venstre, who all shared their thoughts and innovative concepts on the circular economy.
One of the highlights was the Sustainable Fashion Show on Tuesday evening. Established
designers like Vagabond as well as designstudents from Denmark and Sweden showed their pieces in our CBS hallway, which was transformed into an actual catwalk. Even the models’ makeup was organic and sponsored by Zenz. Another novelty was the cooperation between oikos Academy’s lecture series on Radical Innovation for Sustainability and Green Week. On Wednesday night, a joint fully booked lecture took place with speakers from Voluntas and Nordea, who illustrated sustainability within the financial sector. All three workshops offered during Green Week were a striking success. Erdem Ovacik, CEO and co-founder of Donkey Republic held a social entrepreneurship workshop for 16 students to develop concepts how to expand the footprint of Donkey bikes through appropriate channels and marketing strategies. In addition, Accenture Sustainability Services Team from Sweden and Denmark selected 17 participants to practice issue-based case solving with focus on circular economy. At the Sustainable Business Fair on Wednesday afternoon 16 different organizations and companies showed their sustainability efforts and engaged with students. The fair took place in the main hall of CBS where Drive Now showcased its electric BMWi, Nixon Bui exhibited a sample of their fashion collection and other participants networked with the students and refreshed them with organic drinks.
During Green Week we treated our guests with wholly organic products and provided them with gift cards sponsored by our generous partners. The outcome and satisfaction of the participants was great according to our survey and the comments we received throughout the event.
Thank you to everyone who contributed and transformed the Green Week 2016 into such a big success! We look forward to Green Week 2017!
Written by oikos Copenhagen
