In 2011 The Danish Ministry of the Environment initiated a cross-sector think tank as part of the Cle-En 21 project (Clean Enterprises of the 21st Century). The focus of the think tank was on sustainable consumption and green business models. The purpose of the think tank was to look into some of the overall sustainability […]

Nordic Innovation Summit is a semi-annual conference for leaders and decision-makers in the Nordic business sector and public sector. This is the largest conference of its kind in Scandinavia. At the 2012 conference focus was on sustainable and green innovation from a Nordic perspective. Nordic Innovation presented some of the best European speakers in trends […]

Co-Create Construction is an initiative by NCC, a leading construction and property development company in the Nordic region. The purpose of the initiative is to put the future of sustainable urban construction and infrastructure on the agenda. In 2011/2012 the initiative included exhibitions, seminar and conferences in collaboration with architects and other visionaries in the […]

AIESEC is the largest global youth organisation present in more than 110 countries worldwide. In 2011, they held their annual Global Youth To Business event in Copenhagen with more than 100 students from around the world participating. Tania Ellis was invited as key note speaker to give a talk on CSR, the development of responsible […]

In June 2011, Social Venture Network Europe launched their 3-day conference, Get on The Dancefloor – Inspiring Moves in Sustainability, Part I. Tania Ellis was invited to contribute with a presentation on “A business force for good – the power of partnerships and converging fields”.The conference was full of life and music – and in […]

Corporate Social Innovation competition organized by the Danish Commerce and Companies Agency in 2010. Vincent Hendricks, Mads Øvlisen and Tania Ellis are judges of 56 great sustainable ideas. The winner of 100,000 DKK was Økoladen – a Danish organic chocolate company with a new corporate social innovation: turning the waste from cocoa production into fertilizer, […]

Business Club Aarhus hosted a network meeting on sustainable and innovative business for its members in August 2010. With basis in her most recent book, The New Pioneers, Tania Ellis provided a fresh view on the latest global trends and presented both Danish and international cases to illustrate how companies are developing innovative solutions that […]

In connection with the Volunteering Year, Copenhagen Municipality invited NGOs and voluntary organizations from the region to an inspirational conference. Tania Ellis’s contribution was an introduction to the concept of social innovation, social entrepreneurship and cross-sector partnerships. – “Det var inspirerende at høre om partnerskaber med virksomheder i forhold til frivilligt arbejde. Det er en […]

In 2009 Viborg Municipality organized a Vision Day for the psychiatric sector with the purpose of creating attractive work places and shedding light on work environmental issues, quality and visibility. With keywords about retention, recruitment, work environment, flexibility and development, Tania Ellis inspired the workshop participants with a talk on the attractive work places of […]

In the fall of 2009, Denmark’s largest facility services company, ISS, and five professional networks hosted the Danish conference “Kys Krisen – Mangfoldighedsledelse og social innovation“, Kiss the Crisis – about diversity management and social innovation. Tania Ellis was invited to give a talk on social innovation and diversity management as a competitive force in […]