Stichting Het Koploper Alumni Netwerk Noord Nederland (Het KANNN) het stimuleren van duurzaam ondernemen en daarmee van een toekomstbestendige duurzame regionale economie in Noord-Nederland een platform te bieden voor alumni-Koplopers* waarmee activiteiten ontwikkeld worden die gericht zijn op netwerken en socialisering, het opdoen van inspiratie en kennisuitwisselingen. Meer info op www.hetkannn.nl. *deelnemers aan een van de Koploperprojecten duurzaam ondernemen (www.koploperproject.nl.)

DZyzzion is a consultancy firm for companies, governments and other organizations in the field of sustainable business, sustainable urban development and more sustainability issues. More information is available at our website www.dzyzzion.nl.

In 2010 I started the first Frontrunner Project on sustainable entrepreneurship, in which companies and other organizations work together, integrating sustainability in a structural manner, in order to become future proof. We include not only the internal organization, but also the products and services as well as the value chain of the participants. The project has a systematic approach, from insight (baseline measurement), via action (sustainability agenda), to communication (authentic story). The average number of participants is 10. They receive individual guidance and exchange results in a number of workshops, learning a lot from each other. Since the beginning of 2010 already more than 500 companies participated in one of the more than 50 projects. We focus on small- and medium sized companies (sme's), but also larger companies participate, just like municipalities, health care organizations, schools, housing corporations etc. The Frontrunner Projects are executed in several provinces, in close cooperation with local partners like municipalities, entrepreneurial organizations etc. I also work with regional consultants, so the projects are well embedded in regional networks. Mostly the project is concluded by a public seminar, in which the frontrunners transfer their experiences and enthusiasm to other entrepreneurs. Thus we create a snowball effect. More information is available at www.frontrunnerproject.com (mainly in in Dutch with a summary in English).

Guest lectures on practical sustainable entrepreneurship for MSc-students and entrepreneurs.

Office manager, consultant sustainability. Initiator of the successful frontrunner projects.

Teacher, researcher and consultant in urban environmental management. Large international experience.

Consultant and coordinator of the Habitat Expert Program for urban development. Projects for urban development, solid waste, sanitation, water etc. Bringing together government, neighborhood organizations, NGO's, universities and companies. Joint initiator of the Forum Cities for Life.

Research on urban transportation and development of a knowledge platform.