Past Event
Seminar

Amsterdam’s Transition to a Circular Economy

RSVP Required Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Join us for a discussion with Jacqueline Cramer, Professor of Sustainable Innovation at Utrecht University and former Dutch Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning (2007-2010), about Amsterdam’s transition to a circular economy, including accelerating renewable energy, high-value recycling, and closing supply chains.

Lunch will be served

Co-Sponsored by the Energy and Environment PIC

About

Jacqueline Cramer is Professor of Sustainable Innovation at Utrecht University, a Strategic Advisor at the Utrecht Sustainability Institute, and a Member of the Amsterdam Economic Board with a focus on circular economy implementation. Dr. Cramer is also the Director of the consultancy firm ‘Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Strategy and Innovation Consulting’. Previously, Dr. Cramer was Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment for the Labour Party from February 2007 – February 2010. Besides being university professor since 1990 her background is primarily related to industry and business - working as a consultant for many years with more than 150 companies on the implementation of sustainable entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility.

She was, and still is, a member of various international and national advisory boards of government, industry and non-profit organizations. For instance she was a Crown Member of the Dutch Social-Economic Council, a Member of the Advisory Board of the World Wide Fund for Nature (Netherlands), and a member of the non-executive board of Shell Netherlands, ASN Bank and Finance for Development Bank. She is presently among others Chairman of the Plastic Soup Foundation and the ESCo (Energy Service Companies) Netherlands network.

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