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PHOENIX DESIGN AID AS A
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PARTNER COMPANY: KNOWLEDGE- We highly value
SHARING AND POSITIVELY all our partnerships,
INFLUENCING agreements and

collaborations as they
are a crucial part of
how we do business
and support the SDGs.

Dennis Lundoe Nielsen, CEO of Phoenix
Design Aid.

Phoenix Design Aid’s internal partners are
its employees and regular consultants, who
are crucial to the success of the company
and the most important resources it has.
Phoenix Design Aid places great emphasis
on ensuring meaningful collaboration
and teamwork among its employees.

External partnerships are those the company
engages in when undertaking project work,
which is the company’s core strength. When
executing a project, Phoenix Design Aid
assembles the most appropriate team to TARGET 17.16
perform the required tasks, finding the right In October 2021, Azra Mujacic, Phoenix
match of partners for each project in order Design Aid’s Internal Communication and
to achieve the best end result for the client. Knowledge-sharing Quality Coordinator, participated in an
interview with the Danish Technological
To ensure that its partners are aware of Institute about Phoenix Design Aid’s work
Phoenix Design Aid’s requirements and An important aspect of Phoenix Design with sustainability and the company’s green
work towards a common approach, Phoenix Aid’s focus on partnerships is the company’s transition, with an emphasis on the need
Design Aid also invests time in training efforts to share its knowledge and expertise. for competencies, expert knowledge and
and educating its partners. Company Phoenix Design Aid is certified in SDG target collaboration with partners. The project
partners are not considered as external 17.16, which is about enhancing global resulted in four publications: a main report,
partners in a traditional sense; they are partnerships for sustainable development, a folder with key results, a guide for SMEs
close partners, and the relationship Phoenix and the company actively looks for and a compilation of case studies. The
Design Aid nurtures with them is an integral opportunities to promote and advocate for latter features 50 Danish companies’ green
part of the success of each project. the SDGs. It does this in various ways – for transition along with three international case
example, on social media, via professional studies. The Danish Technological Institute
Phoenix Design Aid’s stable of project partners networks and through its SDG Action Shop. worked on this project with REG LAB (a
does not change frequently. Instead, the Every year, when the company publishes its non-profit organization whose mission is
company focuses on fostering existing sustainability report, SDG stories from the to strengthen knowledge, competencies
partnerships so that each new project report are posted on the company’s social and networks within regional business
benefits from a deeper understanding of each media profiles to showcase its commitment development), which officially released the
other’s requirements and methodologies. to the SDGs and share the actions it has taken publications at the beginning of 2022.
However, as new products are introduced to support them. These stories have high
to the market, the company may look visibility and are viewed by many people. At the carbon accounting event hosted
for additional partners if needed. by Erhverv Randers on 24 February 2022,
Two recent examples of Phoenix Design Azra Mujacic was one of three introductory
In addition, it is important to Phoenix Aid’s focus on knowledge-sharing are speakers. Azra gave a presentation that
Design Aid that it works with partners its contributions to the report SMV’ers explained how SDG certification along with
who value and prioritize the SDGs and samarbejde om grøn omstilling, which carbon accounting and reporting set the
sustainability principles, and it prioritizes translates as SMEs’ collaborations on green administrative and strategic framework
partnerships that involve collaboration on transition, and its participation in a carbon for Phoenix Design Aid’s work around
supporting the achievement of the SDGs. accounting event hosted by Erhverv Randers. climate action and sustainability.