Pact: organisation & governance
The KIN Pact is the KIN community in which members work together in working groups to accelerate climate transitions. The Strategic Advisory Council is responsible for the strategic development of the Pact.
How is the Pact organized?
The Pact consists of three “layers”:
1) The Strategy and Advisory Council (SAR)
The SAR prioritises substantive themes and directs the development of the Pact. The council currently consists of 10 people, appointed by the KIN Steering Group.
2) Active Members
As an active member of the Pact, you can raise substantive issues and organise activities. Both individual employees and organisations can become active members of the Pact. The Pact is organised into thematic working groups.
3) General Pact Members
As a general member of the Pact, you will be actively involved in activities. Here too, you can become a member as an individual employee or as an organisation (or both).
About the Strategy & Advisory Board (SAR)
This SAR currently consists of 10 members. Together, they represent a diverse and considerable amount of experience in climate transitions. This enables the SAR to contribute a wide range of societal perspectives in the field of climate transitions, such as perspectives from psychology, the financial sector, water management and policy, and energy transition.
Read more below about the current members of the SAR and the experience they bring.
Linda Steg is Professor of Environmental Psychology at the University of Groningen. Her research on the interaction between people and their environment focuses on climate change and the sustainable energy transition. In 2020, Steg was awarded the NWO Stevin Prize. The selection committee highlighted “the enormous impact Steg’s research has had on international climate policy and the fight against climate change, a fight she enriches with important new perspectives and instruments.”
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Richard van de Sanden is Scientific Director of the Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems (EIRES), Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology and leads a research group on energy conversion technologies using plasmas at the NWO-I institute DIFFER. Between 2017 and 2022, he chaired the advisory committee on Electrochemical Conversion and Materials (ECCM) and was an active member of the Energy Committee of the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC). In 2021, he became a board member of NWO-TTW and since 2022 he has represented this board in the NWO-NWA programme committee. Since 2023, he has been a member of the Top Team Energy (Captain of Science of the Top Sector Energy).
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Olof van der Gaag is Chair of the Dutch Association for Sustainable Energy (NVDE). In this role, he represents 6,000 companies committed to accelerating the energy transition and actively working towards a fully sustainable energy system. He is also a member of the Advisory Council of Staatsbosbeheer, Chair of the Core Team Smart Charging for Everyone, Chair of the Advisory Board of Article22 and Chair of TKI Urban Energy.
Rob Weterings leads the National Climate Platform, which identifies opportunities and bottlenecks experienced by citizens and entrepreneurs in the daily practice of the climate and energy transition and places them on the policy agenda. As an ecologist with broad interests in natural and social sciences, he has connected professionals from diverse sectors in sustainability projects throughout his career. He facilitated the negotiations for the Energy Agreement and the Climate Agreement and was Head of the Integrated Policy Analysis sector at PBL (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency) for several years.
Joost Koch is Senior Adviser on Energy Transition and Innovation at the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl). During his time at RVO, he has built extensive knowledge and experience in the implementation and monitoring of energy innovation and transition policy. Joost is an energetic adviser committed to addressing one of the key societal challenges of our time: the climate.
Geeke Feiter is Director at the Dutch Association of Insurers and works to further connect the insurance sector with the societal challenges of today and tomorrow, ranging from climate risks and personal injury to access to justice, cyber risks and sustainability. She is also a member of the Societal Advisory Council of KNMI.
Photo: Ellen Jonges
Lot van Hooijdonk is a former alderwoman and currently Director for Municipalities and Water Authorities at HVC (a public energy and waste company). She served as alderwoman in Utrecht for 11 years, with portfolios ranging from mobility, climate and energy to spatial developments in Lunetten-Koningsweg and Overvecht. As alderwoman, she worked towards a sustainable city prepared for the future. As Chair of the VNG Committee on Economy, Climate, Energy and Environment and member of the Board of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities, she has advocated for sustainable development across all Dutch municipalities.