What Green Innovation Group does

Green Innovation Group A/S is a Danish management consultancy founded in 2015 and headquartered at the BLOXHUB innovation district in Copenhagen, organized as a private limited company under Danish law. The firm is dedicated exclusively to decarbonizing the healthcare industry and serves pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, with secondary engagement in insurance (Ageas) and public-sector healthcare (Region Midtjylland, Nordic Innovation). Its productized service portfolio comprises five pillars: ESG Due Diligence for healthcare M&A, a Capacity Building Program (with white-label materials and an optional GREEN INNOVATION diploma), Innovation sprints for low-hanging-fruit identification, full organizational Transformation across R&D, Clinical, Production, and Commercial functions, and Sustainability Strategy consulting with defined KPIs, budgets, and owners. The technology layer consists of proprietary frameworks — ESG Due Diligence methodology with CAPEX/OPEX impact analysis, Maturity Assessment Tools covering waste/water/CO2/competencies/culture, and the Sustainability Transformation Framework — rather than software products, with no APIs, SDKs, or AI components in evidence.

Name

Green Innovation Group

Legal name

Green Innovation Group A/S

Website

https://www.greeninnovationgroup.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Green Innovation Group is a Copenhagen-based management consultancy founded in 2015 that helps pharmaceutical and medtech companies decarbonize through ESG due diligence, capacity building, innovation sprints, transformation, and sustainability strategy services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainability, ESG & Climate Risk Advisory (BPAHAJAH), Circular Economy & Resource Efficiency (BPADALAM), ESG, Sustainability & Impact Research (BPAHALAL), ESG Governance, Sustainability Reporting & Assurance Advisory (BPAHAFAJ)

Keywords

• Sustainability consulting
• ESG due diligence
• Healthcare decarbonization
• Pharma sustainability advisory
• Medtech sustainability advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Copenhagen

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for healthcare sustainability transformation including ESG due diligence, capacity building, innovation sprints, and sustainability strategy development. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements and potentially retainer arrangements with enterprise clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Green Innovation Group is a management consultancy that helps pharmaceutical and medtech companies decarbonize through five interconnected service pillars: ESG Due Diligence (for M&A transactions with actionable checklists, CAPEX/OPEX impact analysis and multi-year roadmaps), Capacity Building (white-label training programs with GREEN INNOVATION diploma certification), Innovation sprints (identifying Scope 1/2/3 opportunities and better-supplier options), full Transformation engagements (structured processes across R&D, Production and Commercial departments), and Sustainability Strategy development (KPIs, budgets and owners). Services are delivered by partner-level consultants using proprietary frameworks rather than packaged software products.

Product overview

Green Innovation Group is a management consultancy offering a portfolio of interconnected sustainability consulting services for the healthcare industry. The core offerings include five main service pillars: ESG Due Diligence (for M&A transactions), Capacity Building (training and certification), Innovation Services (sustainability sprints), Transformation (full organizational transformation), and Sustainability Strategy development. These services are complemented by The Sustainable Healthcare Podcast (a content platform for thought leadership) and the HUSCA research project (a Nordic Innovation initiative on health data and Vision 2030). The company does not offer a software product but provides advisory services, frameworks, roadmaps, and educational programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HUSCA: Health Use Case for Nordic Innovation - a project and report developed in collaboration with Nordic Innovation to visualize the effects of Vision 2030 on Nordic businesses serving as strategic inspiration for ministers redesigning health legislations.

Products and services

• ESG Due Diligence Full Environmental, Social & Governance Due Diligence service to inform mergers and acquisitions transactions. Includes actionable checklists, CAPEX/OPEX impact analysis, sector-specific input for business case and negotiations, and 1, 3, and 5-year roadmaps from current state to best-in-class sustainability profile. Designed for healthcare investors, acquirers and corporate development teams conducting M&A.
• Capacity Building Professional diploma training and organizational capacity building program for sustainable healthcare. Delivers white-label educational materials built on qualitative and quantitative methodologies, enabling employees to facilitate and run sustainability efforts. Includes optional GREEN INNOVATION diploma certification.
• Innovation Services Sustainability innovation sprint services that help companies identify low-hanging fruits across Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, scope needs, and identify new suppliers with better sustainability profiles for competitive advantage. Targeted at pharma and medtech teams seeking quick-win emissions reductions.
• Transformation Full sustainability transformation service for pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations that addresses the execution gap with structured processes for becoming a sustainable business across R&D, Production, Commercial and other departments.
• Sustainability Strategy Strategic consulting to help Pharma and MedTech companies incorporate sustainability into core strategy with clearly defined KPIs, budgets and owners, making the business future-proof and profitable.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced energy consumption by 60% in refrigeration through door installation
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MATTERcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019GIG collaborated with MATTER (health innovation incubator) to facilitate the Novo Nordisk Innovation Challenge 2019-2020. Together they mapped 350 potential solutions from external companies and selected 5 for industrial pilots in device production. Several solutions are now in use in production or being scaled up, including bioplastic made from Novo Nordisk's medicinal waste.
• Nordic Innovation (Nordic Council of Ministers)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGIG worked with Nordic Innovation to create the HUSCA (Health Use Case) project simulating effects of Vision 2030 on Nordic businesses. GIG delivered a use case demonstrating how realization of the vision affects different sized companies in different sectors across Nordic countries, highlighting major pitfalls to avoid. Work engaged 200+ stakeholders and produced dataset of 112,000+ entities in Nordic healthcare.
• Novo NordiskcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGIG facilitated the Novo Nordisk Innovation Challenge resulting in 4 industrial pilots for circular MedTech devices. Also developed circular factory strategies and conducted sustainability transformation work. Novo Nordisk produces 500+ million diabetes pens annually with significant environmental footprint that GIG helps address.
• NSCH (Nordic Students' and Academics' HUSCA Consortium)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner in HUSCA project alongside GIG, contributing to the Health Use Case for Nordic Innovation initiative.
• Upgraded (Finland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner in HUSCA project bringing Nordic healthcare innovation expertise to the collaboration.
• Oslo Kommune (City of Oslo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner in HUSCA project representing public sector healthcare interests in Norway.
• Akademias (Iceland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner in HUSCA project contributing academic healthcare expertise from Iceland.
• AlumichemminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGIG podcast featured Alumichem's Geologist Skage Hem discussing mining metals and minerals for healthcare products, water reclamation, and cement production's CO2 impact.
• EutopiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoachim Espeland Almdal serves as advisor to Eutopia, an AI-powered platform to access information about thousands of green startups in Europe.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): World's largest pure-play sustainability and environmental consultancy with deep pharma/healthcare practice. Directly comparable as GIG's much larger global competitor offering similar ESG advisory, due diligence and transformation services.
• Ramboll: Global engineering, design and sustainability consultancy with strong Nordic roots and a healthcare practice. Comparable as a larger incumbent offering overlapping sustainability and transformation services from a Nordic base.
• Accenture Sustainability Services: Global consulting giant with a dedicated Sustainability Services practice spanning ESG strategy, decarbonization and transformation across industries including life sciences. Comparable as a broad incumbent competitor for large pharma ESG mandates.
• KPMG ESG Advisory: Big-4 advisory firm with a substantial ESG and climate practices serving healthcare and life sciences clients on sustainability reporting, due diligence and transformation. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for the same enterprise ESG advisory spend.

Direct peers

• South Pole Group: Specialist climate and sustainability consultancy offering strategy, target-setting and decarbonization advisory to corporates. Closely comparable as a boutique-to-mid-sized peer focused on helping companies operationalize climate strategy, including healthcare-adjacent clients.
• Quantis: Sustainability transformation consultancy specializing in environmental footprinting and decarbonization strategy for large corporates including pharma and consumer health. Comparable positioning to GIG as a focused, science-driven sustainability advisor.
• Anthesis Group: Largest pure-play sustainability services firm globally, with strong healthcare and life-sciences practice covering strategy, ESG advisory and supply chain transformation. Comparable as a specialized sustainability consultancy competing for similar pharma transformation mandates.
• Carbon Trust: Mission-driven climate and sustainability advisor working with corporates and governments on decarbonization strategy, footprinting and target-setting. Comparable as a specialist ESG/sustainability advisory competing for healthcare transformation budgets.
• EcoAct (an ENGIE company): Climate consulting and advisory firm offering carbon strategy, target-setting and transformation services to multinational corporates. Comparable as a mid-sized specialist competing in the same ESG advisory space as GIG.
• BSR (Business for Social Responsibility): Sustainable business advisory network working with large corporates on ESG strategy, including healthcare/pharma members. Comparable as a sustainability-focused consultancy advising large enterprises on transformation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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