3 September 2024
Landsbankinn’s Sustainability Forum will take place on Thursday, 4 September, at 9:00-11:30 in Gróska, Bjargargata 1.
Doors open and we offer light refreshments as of 8:30. After the meeting, a light lunch will be provided.
Programme
- Lilja Björk Einarsdóttir, CEO of Landsbankinn.
Cyclical nature of green funding - Halldór Björnsson, Head of the Scientific Committee of the Icelandic Climate Council and Group Leader at the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO).
Climate change: Implications and actions - Vilhelm Már Thorsteinsson, CEO of Eimskip.
Sustainability in the eye of the storm - Ásta Sigríður Fjeldsted, CEO of Festi.
Sustainable future of Festi – difficult challenges bring real opportunities - Thorvaldur H. Gissurarson, CEO of ThG Verk.
Is sustainability a realistic goal in construction? - Steingrímur Birgisson, CEO of Höldur - Bílaleiga Akureyrar.
Energy transition under fire
We will also be treated to short presentations by Livefood, a producer of vegan cheese, and Svepparíkið, a grower of gourmet mushrooms and developer of a software solution for mushroom growing that will mitigate climate change. Guests will of course have the opportunity to sample the produce!
Aðalheiður Snæbjarnardóttir, Head of Sustainability at Landsbankinn, chairs the event.
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