We’re happy to announce that Lora Jakobsen, Chief Sustainability Officer at ZeroNorth, will be a part of us on the EU-Startups Summit 2025 in Malta on April 24-25!
Lora is a founding member of ZeroNorth, an organization situated in Copenhagen and based in 2020 that has since grown from a six-person startup to a 600-person scale-up centered on remodeling world commerce whereas sustaining profitability. The corporate has raised €49.6 million in a sequence B funding spherical to advance its mission of utilizing expertise and data-driven insights to assist decarbonisation within the maritime sector.
On the EU-Startups Summit, Lora will ship a keynote titled “From Silicon Valley to sustainability scale-up: How mindset fuels influence and why scaling sustainability requires an unconventional strategy.” She’s going to talk about the challenges and milestones of scaling with goal, the position of expertise and collaboration, and the way companies can stability innovation with long-term influence.
Past her work at ZeroNorth, Lora is concerned in industry-wide sustainability initiatives, together with the World Maritime Discussion board’s Operational Effectivity Working Group and the Attending to Zero Coalition. She additionally chairs the EnergyLeap Vessel Emissions Reporting Customary and hosts the Navigating Zero podcast.
Be a part of us in Malta to listen to from Lora and different audio system on the EU-Startups Summit 2025. Safe your ticket at the moment and keep tuned for extra bulletins and occasion highlights on our occasion web page!
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