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• 28.5.2012Iceland wants to be a role model for green economy

  The Government of Iceland has approved an investment plan for 2013-15, which includes providing 25 million Euros for implementing the first phase of a fifty point proposal on strengthening the green economy. Recently the Icelandic Parliament voted unanimously for the proposal. The OECD is giving credit to the Icelandic initiative.

• 23.5.2012Tourism companies want to be sustainable – but are lacking a green innovation strategy

  A new study mapping the innovation in 28 tourism companies from 10 countries show that these are investing in sustainability, but the initiatives are unfocused and not in line with other parts of their business strategy.

• 2.5.2012Finnish State Secretary: The innovation infrastructure must be updated

  - The ongoing changes in the world calls for the whole innovation infrastructure to be updated. Open innovation is a key to success, said Finnish State Secretary Olli-Pekka Heinonen at the SHOK-summit in Helsinki.

• 25.4.2012Tomologic is the Nordic cleantech startup of the year

  The winning company of Nordic Cleantech Open 2012 is Swedish Tomologic. In second place came Finnish Ultranat, and two companies shared the third place: Danish Black Silicon Solar and Finnish MetGen.

• 23.4.2012The future of the mining industry: opportunities, challenges and responsibilities

  Some of the leading companies in the global mining, oil and gas industry gathered on 17-20 April to discuss what the mining company of the future will look like.

• 3.4.2012Watch the movie from Nordic Food in DC Schools!

  In October 2011, the 5 winners of Nordic Innovation's competition for young chefs, travelled to Washington DC to make Nordic food to 30,000 American school children. Watch the movie to follow the young chefs on their journey to the US.

• 2.4.2012Can sustainability drive innovation in the tourism sector?

  Nordic Innovation presented the results from the joint Nordic Innovation and OECD program Business Model Innovation in Tourism and Experience Economy at the 89th session of the OECD’s Tourism Committee on 2 and 3 April 2012.

• 29.3.2012Nordic Innovation Summit: Towards green innovation

  Will the Nordic Countries wear the Green leader jersey in the years to come? This was the question raised in front of Nordic Innovation Summit. The conference showed that there is a great potential, but we need to act now to take the lead.

• 29.3.2012Health and welfare a priority under the Norwegian presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers

  The sector for health and welfare is an area with great potential for further Nordic cooperation and one of the priority areas under the Norwegian presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2012.

• 26.3.2012Strategy, standards and sharing – the recipe for retrofitting

  EcoBuild, the world’s largest event for sustainable building, took place in London on 20-22 March. Among the main topics were refurbishment and creating a demand for passive houses in Britain.