Several local newspapers and Dagens Industri reported about this years’ list by Aktuell Hållbarhet. Each year 33 sustainability experts under 33 years gets nominated by the public and then determined by a jury.

The program will offer the participants an open forum for discussion with prominent keynote speakers, including presidents, politicians and CEOs from various fields of society. Every year, Tandem Leadership accepts ten participants from each country. The participants are young leaders and changemakers from Sweden and Finland, in their twenties and thirties, from different sectors of the society. Participants have already assumed a leadership position or are highly likely to do so in the near future.  Among previous speakers you’ll find former Prime ministers Göran Persson and Esko Aho, Senior Advisor Sara Öhrvall, professor Soki Choi and former President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Martti Ahtisaari. The program has also been visited by Crown Princess Victoria and the King and Queen of Sweden. Moderator for the program is Maria Wetterstrand, the former spokesperson for the Swedish Green Party,  who has great experience from both Sweden and Finland.

I was invited to hold lectures and workshops at the 10th forum for the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) in Gdansk. I was also invited to Responsible Business Forum Circularity 2030 in Singapore, however I couldn’t participate. Moreover I was invited as a panelist and to hold a lecture at the international green-film festival ECOCUP in Moscow.

Since 2018 we’ve been organizing the Swedish campaign White Monday, which Henning Gillberg and Repamera founded in 2017. In 2019 the campaign went global, active in 23 countries with over 550 participating companies, organizations and incluencers (and still growing, for each day!). The hashtag was exposed over 74 million times worldswide. All of which are working together for a circular consumption.

From start in 2017 to 2019:

30 ➡️ 555 participating companies, organizations and influencers
1 ➡️ 23 countries (and counting)
0 ➡️ 10+ events
6 ➡️ 74 MILLION exposures of the hashtag
… and hundreds of articles/blogs + several TV & Radio interviews!

Since I started my assignment as Secretary General in the organization, we have participated in national TV 25+ times and several hundred of times in different newspapers. We’ve been commenting Overshoot Day, International Consumers Day, sustainable consumption and other related topics frequently. Through this work I’ve learned to: • develop my knowledge and expertise in communications and public relations within sustainable consumption, development & circular economy • develop my rhetoric in different media situations • broadened and deepened the network and collaboration with media and journalists We were asked to assist and be responsible for the PR work and thus function as spokesperson for the campaign White Monday 2018, as well as Buy Nothing Day since 2016.

The results in 2018 was:

WHITE MONDAY🌍

25 million in reach
1600 in media exposure
11 TV features
66,000 engagements of social media
1556 mentions
160+ companies, organizations & influencers cooperated

BUY NOTHING DAY🌍

8.1 million in reach
333 in media exposure
2 TV features
32,000 in commitment
1300 mentions

I learned to:

• practice a value-based leadership  • know myself as a leader with in-depth personality tests & analyzes • how to communicate on the recipient’s terms • apply conflict management and conflict resolution-tools • practice sustainable commitment Value-based Leadership is an advanced leadership course for about six months for young leaders who work in civil society. The program is funded by the King of Sweden, his Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf’s foundation for Young Leaders.

As Secretary General I commented on the Swedish Governments’ investigation about circular economy.

At the end of november 2016 I represented Medveten Konsumtion in TV4 Nyhetsmorgon (morning sofa) where I launched a campaign. This was my very first experience on national TV, since then, I have participated over 30 times representing the organization. As Secretary General for The Swedish Association of Responsible Consumption and Spokesperson for the Swedish Buy Nothing Day we talked about circular economy and advocated for sustainable consumption.

Over 100 000 people are visiting the Recycle Festival in Stockholm which is arranged by Medveten Konsumtion. We’ve created a magazine, flyers and work with sponsors and fundraising to make this day happen. We arrange it to show that recycling is fun, easy and important. <a href=”http://www.atervinningsfesten.se”>www.atervinningsfesten.se</a>

It took me two days to build my own CV website. I wanted to stand out in recruiting processes and combine it with my hobby in coding.

WFPs Executive Director Ertharin Cousin participated amongst over hundreds of staff at WFP Headquarters. I came up with the idea and recruited interns to help me make it happen.