A new key biodiversity platform for cross sectoral collaboration
For its inaugural launch, World Biodiversity Summit will help define what world leaders and the private sector in biodiversity and climate action need to do in the medium and long term to achieve sustainable development and hinder further biodiversity loss, focusing on partnerships and investment mechanisms as levers of progress. World Biodiversity Summit is a platform for responding to accelerating biodiversity loss, by using the Paris Agreement as a framework to learn from, promoting relevant solutions, innovations, and leadership networks, strengthening nature restoration and conservation. Nature-based solutions will be highlighted, from specificecosystems to global possibilities.
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
26 September 2024
SECOND, New York, USA
Climate Week NYC
27 October 2024
Cali, Colombia,
alongside UNCBD COP16
Rasmus Skov
Head of Global External Affairs and Positioning, Ørsted
Rasmus draws on two decades of experience in the fields of stakeholder engagement, sustainability, and international affairs as he leads Ørsted’s Global External Affairs team. As former head of sustainability and a driving force on Ørsted’s journey to be ranked as the world’s most sustainable corporation in 2020, he now works on several fronts:
To accelerate global action on renewable energy, climate, and sustainability
To deliver multiple societal benefits from Ørsted’s renewable energy projects in partnership with the company’s customers and stakeholders
To strengthen company resilience in light of geopolitical tension and increasing stakeholder expectations
Rasmus is a frequent speaker at international conferences on sustainability and serves/has served on boards and committees including:
Chairman of the Board for the Danish chapter of United Nations Global Compact
Danish Government Council on Social Responsibility and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Confederation of Danish Industries Sustainability Policy Committee
Various corporate sustainability and venture fund advisory boards
Education and background
Rasmus holds a master’s degree in international affairs and political science from the University of Copenhagen. In addition, he has learnt Russian and Serbian languages in the army and holds the rank of Captain of the Reserve. In the first half of his career, Rasmus has worked for the EU, NATO, and OSCE to promote post-conflict reconciliation and the rule of law in the Balkans and the post-Soviet area.
Privately, he lives with his wife and three children in Copenhagen. He enjoys creative pursuits in music and photography and privately admits that his hardest leadership challenge was fronting a rock band.
