In today's episode, we’re guested by Nikoline Borgermann who has devoted her professional life to making labs greener and more sustainable.

We’re talking about how single-use plastics can be reused, how it previously was impossible to be green in a lab, why we should expand the Hippocratic oath, how minimalism helped Nikoline become greener and we discuss how many labs actually can go green in less than 3 years.

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The Sustainable Healthcare Podcast is a podcast hosted and sponsored by Green Innovation Group, a Danish consulting firm with one mission: Reaching drawdown and making the world more sustainable through innovation, rethinking the status quo and action.

This video series is our take on how to make the biggest impact and it is a great way to get everyone on board the green wave. We wish to make our knowledge accessible for everyone who wishes to put green innovation on the agenda.

Download our latest research report: https://www.greeninnovationgroup.com/#Downloads

Follow us on LinkedIn to stay updated:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/greeninnovationgroup/

Watch the discussion:
https://youtu.be/oVNQoS5TP2s

Connect and discuss innovation with us:

Frederik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederikvandeurs/
Joachim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-espeland-almdal-017a6973/
Nikoline: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikoline-borgermann-2693758a/

Ava Sustain: avasustain.com
web: https://greeninnovationgroup.com

Today, the founding partners of Green Innovation Group are having a chat about the mission of Green Innovation Group: reaching drawdown through decarbonizing the health care and MedTech sector.

Joachim & Frederik are talking about why they chose to target these industries, how they are seeing the path to drawdown, how the landscape is evolving, and what that means for companies unwilling to keep up and finally they go into how the pharma companies can make changes today and what low hanging fruits they can grab today.

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Green Innovation Group Podcast is a podcast hosted and sponsored by Green Innovation Group, a Danish consulting firm with one mission: Reaching drawdown and making the world more sustainable through innovation, rethinking the status quo and action.

This video series is our take on how to make the biggest impact and it is a great way to get everyone on board the green wave. We wish to make our knowledge accessible for everyone who wishes to put green innovation on the agenda.

Download our latest research report: https://www.greeninnovationgroup.com/#Downloads

Follow us on LinkedIn to stay updated:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/greeninnovationgroup/

Watch the discussion:
https://youtu.be/LyW63wufAJg

Connect and discuss innovation with us:

Frederik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederikvandeurs/
Joachim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-espeland-almdal-017a6973/
web: https://greeninnovationgroup.com

In today’s episode with Luisa Santos Bay, we go deeper on the microbiome and we get clearer on how it actually can transition the health care system from sick care to preventive care.

We talk about the Human Microbiome Project and what they are trying to do, about mapping the microbiome, the future of pharmaceuticals, allergic reactions, how to eat healthily according to a micro biologist and the finally we assess the chances of creating Jurassic Parc.

About Luisa:
Luisa Santos Bay is doing a Ph.D. on how the gut microbes may affect animal behavior at the Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics (University of Copenhagen), which is funded by the Danish National Research Foundation.


Supplementary comments to what Luisa said:

The bacterium Helicobacter Luisa mentions is specifically Helicobacter pylori. Research suggests that when in life H. pylori colonises the human gut/stomach it defines its actions. E.g. if you get H. pylori early in life, it may protect you from obesity.

The example of mating in flies Luisa gave is in fact in mosquitoes and the associated bacterium is Wolbachia.

The relative abundance of the human gut bacterium Akkermansia is low (not increased) in severely obese individuals.

The Human Microbiome Project (HMP) was an American research initiative lasting 10 years (2007-2016). Thus, it has ended, but the general human microbiome research has certainly not ended. You can read about the results of HMP at: https://hmpdacc.org


Connect with Luisa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luisa-dos-santos-bay-nielsen-017891a4/

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Green Innovation Group Podcast is a podcast hosted and sponsored by Green Innovation Group, a Danish consulting firm with one mission: Reaching drawdown and making the world more sustainable through innovation, rethinking the status quo and action.

This video series is our take on how to make the biggest impact and it is a great way to get everyone on board the green wave. We wish to make our knowledge accessible for everyone who wishes to put green innovation on the agenda.

Download our latest research report: https://www.greeninnovationgroup.com/#Downloads

Follow us on LinkedIn to stay updated:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/greeninnovationgroup/

Watch on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/9fw7TlaSmc4

Connect and discuss innovation with us:

Frederik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederikvandeurs/
Joachim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-espeland-almdal-017a6973/
web: https://greeninnovationgroup.com

Today we go deep. We are talking to Luisa, scientist (to be), about the microbiome and how vast the influence of it probably is.

We are discussing how gut bacteria might influence appearance, eating habits and possibly aggression. Moreover, we are going through some of Luisa’s experiments in her PhD studies that examine if transplantation of feces in mice can change the dominance in mice.

And finally, could it also be a “cure” to autism? Something might suggest it.

About Luisa:

Luisa Santos Bay is doing a Ph.D. on how the gut microbes may affect animal behaviour at the Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics (University of Copenhagen), which is funded by the Danish National Research Foundation.

Supplementary comments to what Luisa said:

The study of autism in mice Luisa refers to showed that social deficits, and not hyperactivity, disappeared when introducing the bacterium Lactobacillus reuteri and/or certain microbial-induced metabolites in autistic mice.

Luisa misremembered when saying “100 trillion genes”. The human microbiome is estimated to have millions of genes. Thus 25,000 human genes vs. millions of microbial genes.

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Green Innovation Group Podcast is a podcast hosted and sponsored by Green Innovation Group, a danish consulting firm with one mission: Reaching drawdown and making the world more sustainable through innovation, rethinking the status quo and action.

This video series is our take on how to make the biggest impact and it is a great way to get everyone on board the green wave. We wish to make our knowledge accessible for everyone who wishes to put green innovation on the agenda.

Download our latest research report: https://www.greeninnovationgroup.com/#Downloads

Follow us on LinkedIn to stay updated: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greeninnovationgroup/

Connect with Luisa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luisa-dos-santos-bay-nielsen-017891a4/

Watch the discussion:
https://youtu.be/YQ_QY2a6xiU

Connect and discuss innovation with us:

Frederik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederikvandeurs/
Joachim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-espeland-almdal-017a6973/

web: https://greeninnovationgroup.com

Sustainability comes in many shapes, sizes and forms. We have chosen to work with pharmaceutical companies. Today’s guest, Sebastian, has chosen to influence the tropical belt through coffee.

Sebastian and his company SLOW work with local farmers, helping them not only secure capital, increasing their revenues and profitability but also helping them establish agroforestry and battling deforestation in the process.

In this episode Joachim and Sebastian talk about why coffee actually is a major player in creating a sustainable planet, what the SLOW model is, how to optimize for nature profitability and much more.

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Green Innovation Group Podcast is a podcast hosted and sponsored by Green Innovation Group, a danish consulting firm with one mission: Reaching drawdown and making the world more sustainable through innovation, rethinking the status quo and action.

This video series is our take on how to make the biggest impact and it is a great way to get everyone on board the green wave. We wish to make our knowledge accessible for everyone who wishes to put green innovation on the agenda.

Download our latest research report: https://www.greeninnovationgroup.com/#Downloads

Visit SLOW: https://slowforestcoffee.com/

Follow us on LinkedIn to stay updated: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greeninnovationgroup/

Watch the podcast on Youtube: https://youtu.be/HW0Ia5yWuJY

Connect and discuss innovation with us:

Frederik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederikvandeurs/
Joachim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-espeland-almdal-017a6973/
Sebastian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebnielsen/

web: https://greeninnovationgroup.com

USING CURIOSITY AS A GROWTH LEVER AND AS A WAY TO CHANGE THE WORLD OF PLASTICS.

Today we are gusted by Robert from Genecis. Robert is the growth lead and today he speaks about hos journey into Genecis and turning waste into high value materials, how they are trying to make biodegradable plastics more affordable through technology.

We hope you enjoy this episode!
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Green Innovation Group Podcast is a podcast hosted and sponsored by Green Innovation Group, a danish onsulting firm with one mission: Reaching drawdown and making the world more sustainable through innovation, rethinking the status quo and action.

This video series is our take on how to make the biggest impact and it is a great way to get everyone on board the green wave.
We wish to make our knowledge accesable for everyone who wish to put green innovation on the agenda.

Download our latest research report: https://www.greeninnovationgroup.com/#Downloads

Follow us on LinkedIn to stay updated: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greeninnovationgroup/

Watch the talk here: https://youtu.be/BDXFLbocTYg

Connect and discuss innovation with us:

Frederik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederikvandeurs/
Joachim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-espeland-almdal-017a6973/

web: https://greeninnovationgroup.com

ACCELERATING THE GREEN TRANSITION ONE BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC AT A TIME

In this episode we are guested by Luna Yu, CEO and founder of the company Genecis that turns food waste into biodegradable plastics and other high value materials in order to accelerate the green transition.

Frederik is talking with Luna about how she got into this industry, where their place in the supply chain are, how the future looks for biodegradable plastics and how they plan to help change the world.
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Green Innovation Group Podcast is a podcast hosted and sponsored by Green Innovation Group, a Danish consulting firm with one mission: Reaching Drawdown and making the world more sustainable through innovation, rethinking the status quo and action.

This video series is our take on how to make the biggest impact and it is a great way to get everyone on board of the green wave.
We wish to make our knowledge accessible for everyone who wishes to put green innovation on the agenda.

Download our latest research report: https://www.greeninnovationgroup.com/#Downloads

Follow us on LinkedIn to stay updated: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greeninnovationgroup/

Watch the discussion: https://youtu.be/ZTMM0KuBbPM

Connect and discuss innovation with us:

Frederik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederikvandeurs/
Joachim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-espeland-almdal-017a6973/
web: https://greeninnovationgroup.com

The Business Case for a Cicular MedTech Sector

In it's essence the health care sector and the health industry in general accounts for 6% CO2 emissions on a global scale. While that might not sound like a lot, the aviation industry accounts for 2% for comparison.
In this episode Frederik builds the case for why the medtech should go circular quickly, and he uncovers some very interesting innovations that was revealed when Green Innovation Group attended the Novo Nordisk Innovation Challenge.
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Green Innovation Group Podcast is a podcast hosted and sponsored by Green Innovation Group, a danish consulting firm with one mission: Reaching Drawdown and making the world more sustainable through innovation, rethinking the status quo and action.

This video series is our take on how to make the biggest impact and it is a great way to get everyone on board of the green wave.
We wish to make our knowledge accesible for everyone who wishes to put green innovation on the agenda.

Download our latest research report: https://www.greeninnovationgroup.com/#Downloads

Follow us on LinkedIn to stay updated: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greeninnovationgroup/

Watch the discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnrexP0UTqg

Connect and discuss innovation with us:

Frederik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederikvandeurs/
Joachim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-espeland-almdal-017a6973/
web: https://greeninnovationgroup.com

HOW WOULD YOU INVEST $4 BILLION?

Today Frederik and Joachim are discussing a phone call Fred received where he has asked how to maximally reduce CO2 emissions with a budget of $4 billion.

The mission is to get as much impact pr dollar towards the green transition.

We're touching upon where to invest for maximum impact, how we built the framework used to get highest reduction or dollar invested, we are touching on The - now infamous - Banana Journey and finally how to identify investable projects that can help the green transition.

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Green Innovation Group Podcast is a podcast hosted and sponsored by Green Innovation Group, a danish consulting firm with one mission: Reaching drawdown and making the world more sustainable through innovation, rethinking the status quo and action.

This video series is our take on how to make the biggest impact and it is a great way to get everyone on board of the green wave.
We wish to make our knowledge accesible for everyone who wishes to put green innovation on the agenda.

Download our latest research report: https://www.greeninnovationgroup.com/#Downloads

Follow us on LinkedIn to stay updated: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greeninnovationgroup/

Watch the discussion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsYq85_UB6Q&t=1s

Connect and discuss innovation with us:

Frederik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederikvandeurs/
Joachim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-espeland-almdal-017a6973/

web: https://greeninnovationgroup.com

Welcome to this first episode of The Green Innovation Group Podcast.

We are starting out with a trending topic as we are looking at what the COP26 is and why they are failing at making a true impact.
The hosts today are Frederik and Joachim, co-founders of Green Innovation Group.

Fred was hoping that the Glasgow Agreement would be a Paris Agreement 2.0, but going into the final day of the climate conference it looks grim, says Frederik.

We hope, you enjoy the episode!

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Download our latest research report: https://www.greeninnovationgroup.com/#Downloads

Follow us on LinkedIn to stay updated: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greeninnovationgroup/

Watch the discussion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLULwzUEk-A

Connect and discuss innovation with us:
Frederik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederikvandeurs/
Joachim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-espeland-almdal-017a6973/

web: https://greeninnovationgroup.com