In the spring of 2023, the Danish labor unions under FH are negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement on behalf of 600.000 employees in the private sector with the employers under DA.
At the ITUC Congress FH President Lizette Risgaard attended the Climate Forum. A great forum where unions from all around the world can share experiences and reminisce on past positive collaborations.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) wants to fund projects focusing on innovative green solutions such as hydrogen technologies and Power-to-X. Technologies focusing on making wind power into green molecules to power big transportation industries such as shipping and the airspace industry.
In 2020 FH created the Climate Panel of Employees and now they have launched their report presenting 8 recommendations for a greener future with employee involvement and active participation of the workplace
If we want to make small companies a part of the green transition, leaders, employees and board members need to be educated in the right skills and we need to hire more skilled labor where it is needed. Two Danish companies; Business Hub Northern Denmark and Copenhagen Capacity received funding to work with this exact issue.
First a pandemic and then a war on European territory. The European Union and its citizens are facing difficult times. Now is the time for a just green transition. We must phase out fossil fuels and stand together to create a sustainable and safe future. This was one of the messages coming from Ursula von der Leyen’s address to Europe last week.
Last week the nations of the Baltic Sea met in Marienborg for a historic summit in order to make agreements on how to become independent from Russian gas and use the Baltic Sea for green energy
Last week the less developed countries met in preperation for COP27 in November. They were meeting in the 2022 National Adaptation Plan Expo. A week-long conference focusing on how they best adapt to climate changes – through collaborative measures, but also through knowledge and technological advancing.
These days Denmark is colored yellow, as the world’s biggest bike race starts in Copenhagen – the Grand Départ. Also, the Bicycle Summit 2022 is getting held in Copenhagen setting focus on everyday cycling culture as a green, healthy, and socially inclusive mode of transportation all over the World.
Energy efficiency is back on the political agenda especially after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. But energy efficiency is not only necessary to become independent from Russian fossil fuels but also to forward the green transition.