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Happy New Year! We started this year with the traditional New Years Reception on January 21, hosted by Chairman Ehsan Turabaz and H.E. Ambassador of Sweden Mrs. Annika Markovic at the Swedish Residence in The Hague. We would like to thank the Ambassador for the warm hosting and all the guests who made this evening very special! This year is the 60^th anniversary of The Swedish Chamber of Commerce and we are looking forward to celebrating this with all of our members! This year the Swedish Chamber of Commerce is celebrating 60 years anniversary in the Netherlands. Sweden and the Netherlands celebrate centuries of friendship and trade, and our business and political spheres are tightly interlinked as a result of it. In November we are therefore planning for a Swedish Chamber 60-year Anniversary Summit and Gala Dinner celebrating Swedish Innovation and look at our joint future ahead, the challenges, and how we can learn from each other. The Summit will be about 21st-century Innovation bringing together business leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians and academics from both Sweden and the Netherlands to address the greater trends facing us, from tech to climate change, the future workforce or global trade. But already in less than two weeks, on February 3 we are happy to invite all our members and relations to the Nordic Circular Economy Summit 2020. This is a collaboration between the 4 Nordic Embassy’s and Chamber’s and the European Commission in the Netherlands, supported by The Nordic Council. A special welcome to our Nordic colleagues and partners present here tonight and to the Moderator of Circular Economy Summit 2020, Andrea Orsag from Mission C. During this Summit participants will build new and strong relations towards circularity on all levels, create business opportunities between Nordic and Dutch companies in the field of circular solutions and green technology and exchange knowledge and experience. We are also very pleased to continue the co-operation with the Swedish Embassy and to continue the collaboration on Women in Tech so successfully initiated by Tech-Bridge Sweden – the Netherlands in November 2019. The Anniversary year will be especially highlighted in November 2020 but throughout the whole year we would like to underline the anniversary and the good relations between Sweden and the Netherlands and the excellent business platform of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce built up during the years and to be continued for the future. We welcome all our members to take part and to take this opportunity to highlight your company, products, and services.   The Swedish Chamber of Commerce cordially thank our sponsors for this event: Photos by The Swedish Chamber of Commerce and M. Johansson

Press Release Swedish Chamber Achievement  Award nomination and jury report – Vattenfall  December 2019 The Swedish Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors have the pleasure to after careful consideration to Award Vattenfall with the Swedish Chamber Achievement Award 2019. For more than 100 years Vattenfall has powered industries, supplied energy to people's homes and modernized the way our customers live through innovation and cooperation. Today their aim is to make fossil free living possible within one generation and therefore driving the transition to a more sustainable energy system through growth in renewable production and climate smart energy solutions for their customers.  Fossil fuels will be phased out within one generation, and we are continuing on our path towards a complete phase-out of coal in our heat production by 2030. Customer centricity and sustainability are key for us in attracting customers, talent and investors. Customers are increasingly considering climate impact, social and environmental performance, and energy efficiency when choosing energy solutions and suppliers. Innovative energy sharing platforms will enable customers to sell and purchase renewable electricity. With reference to branding Sweden; Vattenfall has done an excellent job during the last year not only changing their name international to the Swedish Vattenfall (waterfall but also by their new logo embracing the Swedish values. The colours are about showing confidence, transparency and leadership. Inspired by our heritage and the Nordic nature they are used scarcely, leading with white as the leading colour to provide air and space as well as allowing the eye to focus on what is important.  Through the Swedish oriented TV commercials in 2019 they have contributed to promoting Sweden and Swedish values such as sustainability, responsibility, care, leadership and innovation. Amsterdam 12/2019   Photos by Hanne Hansens Photography