Fifty People And A Dog At First Green Drinks Brussels

The first Green Drinks Brussels organised by Sustainability Consult was held last night at the Aloft Brussels Schuman bar.  We weren’t sure how many people would come to the first Green Drink Brussels but they started arriving early and just kept coming.

Five Brussels NGO Figures to Watch

Source: Delhi Help

 1.   Tomas Wyns, Centre for Clean Air Policy (Europe) Formerly with Climate Action Network Europe, Tomas is one of the leading EU policy figures on industrial emissions reduction.

 2. Julian Ferguson, Communications Officer at European Cyclists' Federation, Enthusiastic, effervescent and ebullient, this Australian has helped put ECF on the map.  The guest speaker at a recent Sustainability Communications Lunch, Julian is one to watch on sustainable mobility.

 3.  Sandrine Dixson-Decleve, The Prince of Wales EU Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change.  Sandrine is also on the Advisory Panel of our favourite Guardian Sustainable Business site.

 4. Stefan Scheuer, Consultant  Stefan followed working in NGOs with founding his own consultancy Stefan Scheuer SPRL where he applies his expertise in policy and campaigning to a number of NGO issues.

5.   Pieter de Pous, Policy Director, European Environmental Bureau  Thanks to a former EEB staffer for this recommendation.  The EEB is the extremely well-respected environment policy NGO in Brussels.

Investing in Global Health R&D: Is it worth it?

(L) Dr. Line Matthiesen, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission

MEP Maria Da Graça Carvalho, member of ITRE (Industry, Research & Energy Committee)

(R) Karen Hoehn, Vice Executive Director and Director of International Affairs, DSW

Sustainability Consult attended a study launch event (‘EU Return on Investments in Global Health R&D’) at the European Parliament on Wednesday 26 September.  Hosted by MEP Maria Da Graça Carvalho, the launch panel included representatives of the European pharmaceutical industry, such as GlaxoSmithKline’s VP for Government Affairs Jon Pender, academia, such as Professor Bruno Gryseels, Director of the Institute of Tropical Medecine at Antwerp, Dr. Line Matthiessen from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research & Innovation and NGOs such as Chris Wilson of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.