Jörgen Sandström is the Head of the Transforming Industrial Ecosystem Program, at the World Economic Forum.
He leads several teams who work in the forefront of industrial transformation, energy transition, sustainability and decarbonisation.
These CEO-led initiatives intend to deliver net-zero materials ecosystems; unlock the technologies, finance and policies that will enable them; and design new sustainable business models towards their future performance.
Current initiatives:
• Transitioning Industrial Clusters initiative: accelerate the transition of clusters through a structured approach to financing, policy, technology and partnerships.
• Securing Minerals for the Energy Transition: Promotes collaboration and innovation to ensure the availability of sustainable and affordable minerals, thereby accelerating the energy transition.
• Modernising (Industrial) Energy Consumption, energy efficiency, electrification, digitalisation and grid planning, scaling-up clean power infrastructure for industrial transformation.
His teams are also supporting:
• First Movers Coalition (downstream): establishing demand commitments, drive procurement innovation and scaling-up breakthrough technologies (Steel, Aluminium, Chemicals, Concrete, Shipping, Aviation and Trucking sectors).
Jörgen is the former Head of Mining and Metals Industry at the World Economic Forum. The World Economic Forum’s Mining & Metals Industry community consists of the world’s leading mining and metals companies, representing a broad range of commodities and all regions.
Jörgen has twenty years of experience working with energy and commodities as well as in diplomacy.
From 2008 to 2016 he was Executive Officer of Addax Bioenergy SA, building up a renewable energy division and leading a large scale bioenergy venture in Sierra Leone, West Africa.
He started his career with the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs with postings in Russia, Switzerland, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Estonia.
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