Cabi - plads til flere i arbejde

What Cabi - plads til flere i arbejde does

Cabi (legally Videnshus Cabi) is a Danish nationwide non-profit knowledge institution (videnshus) founded in 2002 and headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark. It operates as the country's central knowledge aggregator on socially responsible employment, ESG documentation, and inclusive labor market practices. Its service portfolio includes a free expert hotline ('Spørg Cabi') staffed by 38 consultants and specialists, structured training courses for municipalities, unemployment insurance funds (a-kasser), trade unions, and companies, and a suite of practical tools such as the Social Sustainability Calculator, ESG documentation templates, a Task Finding tool, and a UN Sustainable Development Goal 8 guide. Cabi also runs the annual CSR People Prize (since 1999), publishes a podcast ('Arbejdsplads til flere'), and distributes a newsletter to approximately 13,000 professional subscribers.

The business model rests on three revenue streams: (1) baseline public funding allocated through the Danish state budget (Finansloven) that underwrites the free hotline and core knowledge dissemination; (2) project-specific grants from foundations (Velux Fonden, Det Obelske Familiefond, A.P. Møller Foundation, TrygFonden) and public bodies (Sundhedsstyrelsen, European Social Fund, Danmarks Erhvervsfremmebestyrelse); and (3) fee-based consulting, training, and course delivery to municipalities, companies, a-kasser, and trade unions. Recent additions include subsidized ESG advisory via the Virksomhedsprogrammet (50K and 150K DKK tiers). Customers served include all Danish municipal job centers, a national network of 1,350+ companies (case studies range from SMBs like EL Recycling and Søstrene Grene to enterprises like Novo Nordisk and IKEA Aalborg), a-kasser, trade unions, and vulnerable populations including people with disabilities, reduced work capacity, immigrants, veterans, and youth. Cabi has contributed to placing approximately 13,000 vulnerable unemployed people in jobs during 2020-2023 and reports 95-100% user satisfaction.

Name

Cabi - plads til flere i arbejde

Legal name

Videnshus Cabi

Website

https://cabiweb.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cabi (Videnshus Cabi) is a Danish non-profit knowledge house that provides consulting, training, tools, and an expert hotline to help municipalities and companies integrate vulnerable populations into the workforce and document social responsibility and ESG practices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Aarhus

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Funding (Finansloven): Cabi receives public funds allocated through the Danish state budget (Finansloven), which funds its core operations as a knowledge house providing free services to municipalities and businesses.
2. Consulting and Training Services: Cabi generates revenue through fee-for-service consulting engagements, training courses, and competence development programs delivered to municipalities, companies, a-kasser, and trade unions. These are priced engagements following a consultative sales process.
3. Knowledge Products and Publications: Cabi disseminates publications, toolkits, ESG templates, and guides that support knowledge transfer. While primarily free, these products serve as lead generation for consulting services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Cabi is a non-profit knowledge house that delivers free expert hotline guidance (Spørg Cabi), paid consulting, and structured training courses to Danish municipalities, job centers, a-kasser, trade unions, and companies on inclusive employment, social responsibility, and ESG documentation. It complements these services with practical tools (ESG templates, a Social Sustainability Calculator, a Task Finding Tool), an annual CSR People Prize award and conference (since 1999), and nationwide multi-year projects such as "Arbejdskraft nu og til fremtiden" (2025-2027) supported by the European Social Fund.

Product overview

Cabi is a nationwide non-profit knowledge center (videnshus) that works to promote a socially responsible labor market where people and companies succeed. The organization operates as a platform-plus-services model, offering free expert hotline services ('Spørg Cabi'), various tools including ESG documentation templates, task-finding tools, and the Social Sustainability Calculator, alongside courses for municipalities, unemployment funds, trade unions, and companies. Cabi manages the annual CSR People Prize award, conducts webinars, publishes a podcast ('Arbejdsplads til flere'), and runs nationwide projects like 'Arbejdskraft nu og til fremtiden' (2025-2027). The organization provides consulting services, facilitation, and specialized tools for ESG documentation, while also offering guidance on UN Sustainable Development Goal 8. Cabi's services target both municipalities and companies seeking to include vulnerable populations in the workforce.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CSR People Prize: Annual award given to companies since 1999 that demonstrate extraordinary social responsibility by creating space for people in vulnerable positions in the labor market.
• Arbejdskraft nu og til fremtiden

Products and services

• Spørg Cabi (Ask Cabi) Expert Hotline

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% of Cabi's users in 2022 were satisfied or very satisfied with Cabi's task completion
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Virksomhedsprogrammet (Business Program)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Virksomhedsprogrammet, where Denmark's six business houses work to equip SMEs for sustainable transition, sponsors Cabi's ESG advisory services. Through this program, companies can receive subsidies of 50,000 DKK or 150,000 DKK for ESG consulting from Cabi.
• Center for Små og Mellemstore Virksomheder, Aarhus Universitet (Center for SMEs, Aarhus University)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Cabi is a consultant partner in Industriens Fonds project 'ESG – Fra rapportering til forretning' (From Reporting to Business) in collaboration with the Center for SMEs at Aarhus University.
• Ungeløftet (The Youth Pledge)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Cabi is a partner in Ungeløftet, a collaborative initiative focused on supporting young people not on the direct path to employment or education.
• Veterancentret (The Veteran Center)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Cabi partners with Veterancentret on the 'Veteraner i job' project, helping veterans with psychological injuries and PTSD find employment after military service.
• Sundhedsstyrelsen (Danish Health Authority)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Sundhedsstyrelsen funds the project 'Forebyggende Indsats til Flere' (Preventive Initiative for More People) 2024-2026, led by Cabi to strengthen preventive efforts in Danish municipalities.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Kommunernes Landsforening (KL): National political association of Danish municipalities and interest group. Shares Cabi's primary municipal customer base but operates at policy/advocacy scale rather than as a specialized consulting and knowledge house.
• B Lab: Global non-profit administering B Corp certification for social and environmental performance. Targets the same audience of purpose-driven companies that Cabi serves with its S-in-ESG advisory, but operates at a global scale with a certification model.
• Dansk Industri (DI): Confederation of Danish Industry, the largest Danish business organization. Serves overlapping corporate and HR decision-makers but as a broad industry advocacy body rather than a focused knowledge house on inclusion.
• AccountAbility: Global sustainability advisory and standards body focused on ESG, responsible business, and stakeholder engagement. Competes for the same corporate ESG advisory budget as Cabi but at international scale across multiple ESG topics.
• Dansk Erhverv: Danish Chamber of Commerce representing companies across industries. Provides advocacy and member services to the same corporate audience Cabi serves, but as a broad trade association rather than a labor-market-inclusion specialist.

Direct peers

• Center for Ledelse: Danish management development center providing consulting, leadership programs, and competency development to Danish managers and HR professionals. Closely mirrors Cabi's consulting-led model and overlapping customer base of public-sector and corporate leaders.
• Djøf: Danish professional association for economists, lawyers, and social scientists. Shares Cabi's professional member-services and knowledge-dissemination model (publications, courses, events) but targets university-trained professionals rather than inclusion/CSR topics.
• IDA: Danish Society of Engineers, a large professional member organization offering knowledge products, courses, and consulting-adjacent services. Comparable as a knowledge-aggregating organization serving Danish professionals, though focused on technical disciplines.

Emerging players

• Sociale Entreprenører i Danmark (SED): Danish network for social entrepreneurs and social enterprises. Operates in an adjacent mission space of social value creation in Denmark, with partial overlap in audience (companies pursuing social responsibility outcomes).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCJjSmpnbZ9ctrfyGqB0b3Wg
• Facebookfacebook.com/cabiweb.dk
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cabi_2
• Instagraminstagram.com/cabi_hr

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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