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”:

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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.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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Lot van Hooijdonk

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.
Pippi van Ommen

Pippi van Ommen is mede-oprichter van Deep Canvassing Nederland. Daar zet ze zich, samen met ruim 300 getrainde vrijwilligers, in om via diepgaande persoonlijke gesprekken aan de deur de polarisatie in de samenleving te doorbreken. Daarvoor was ze nationaal coördinator en woordvoerder voor Extinction Rebellion Nederland, en was ze te zien als een van de hoofdpersonen in de documentaire The System (2025) van regisseur Joris Postema. Daarnaast werkt ze al een aantal jaar in Amsterdam Nieuw-West als opbouwwerker.
Patrick Deckers

Patrick Deckers is orthopedisch chirurg, leefstijlart, oprichter en voorzitter van Stichting Caring Doctors en bestuurder bij Stichting GroenGezond. Na vijfentwintig jaar klinische praktijk richt hij zich volledig op de transitie van zorg en voedselsysteem naar een model waarin preventie, gezondheid en planetaire grenzen centraal staan. Met Caring Doctors werkt hij samen met zorgprofessionals, wetenschappers en maatschappelijke partners aan de implementatie van Planetary Health en het Planetary Health Diet in de zorg en daarbuiten. Vanuit de bredere Caring Movement verbindt hij daarbij de gezondheidszorg met landbouw, voeding, dierenwelzijn en ecologie. Zijn focus ligt op het vertalen van wetenschappelijke kennis naar concrete systeemverandering in zorginstellingen, onderwijs en beleid.
Leen Zevenbergen

Leen Zevenbergen is Executive Advisor bij Solinatra, Sustainability Ambassador bij i-team Global en Salacia Solutions. Hij was van 2013 tot 2025 co-founder, chairman en board members van B Lab Europe. B Lab Europe vertegenwoordigt inmiddels ruim 5.000 Europese B Corps, waaronder grote namen als Triodos Bank, Tony’s Chocolonely, Danone en Albert Heijn. Daarnaast is hij sinds 2013 voorzitter van de Raad van Commissarissen van Kampert en Helm/Rotaform en sinds 2010 co-host bij BNR Nieuwsradio. Hij schreef vijf bestsellers over duurzaam ondernemerschap. Hij bouwde sinds 1985 een veertigjarige carrière op als CEO bij meer dan 15 bedrijven (variërend van 50 tot 10.000 medewerkers) waaronder Origin Nederland, Roccade/RCC, Qurius en Solarus Sunpower. Hij richtte in 1985 het eerste Nederlandse AI-bedrijf op, Bolesian. Sinds 1997 is hij een van de Europese koplopers op het gebied van duurzaam ondernemerschap, met oprichters- en voorzittersrollen bij Social Venture Network Europe en B for Good Leaders, een netwerk van ruim 60.000 leiders.

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