Amanda Griniece

Experience

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  Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte (Riga Technical University)

  May 2015 - May 2016

  • Head of Culture and Sports Department at FEEM Students Council

    May 2015 - May 2016

  • Project Manager at FEEM Students Council

    May 2015 - May 2016
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  Liepaja City Council

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  Intern at Development Department.
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  Board of European Students of Technology

  Aug 2017 - Sept 2018

  Vice President for Corporate Relations
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  Liepaja City Council

  Jan 2018 - Jul 2018

  • Office Administrator at Representative office in Riga

    Oct 2015 - Jul 2018

  • Intern at Environment, Health and Public Involvement Department

    Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
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  Ārlietu ministrija/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia

  Apr 2018 - Jul 2018

  Intern at Foreign Economic Relations Promotion Division
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  Le Chalet Mont Blanc

  Aug 2019 - Aug 2020

  Environmental Advisor

  • Consulting with recommendations on how to improve environmental sustainability in the daily operations and procurements• Employee education and coordination on sustainability action

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  Erasmus Mundus Programme

  Sept 2019 - Aug 2021

  MSc. Circular Economy

  Research on Circular Economy and Environmental Sustainability.Collaboration between Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (AT), University of Leiden/TU Delft (NL)

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  Genmab

  Sept 2020 - Jan 2021

  Sustainability consultant internship

  A project with the biotech company Genmab to increase employee awareness on environmental sustainability and consult the company towards strategic sustainability decisions and practices.

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  RTU Science and Innovation Centre

  Jul 2021 - Apr 2023

  Project Manager

  Managing projects at RTU Science & Innovation Center and EIT Climate-KIC Lativa HUB

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  Climathon Riga

  Jul 2021 - Jan 2023

  Project Manager (sustainability focused)

  Community of knowledge and innovation solution-providers around common challenges related to climate change. My role was managing a diverse set of projects at EIT Climate-KIC Lativa HUB (operates under RTU Science & Innovation Center), such as:• Managing climate-positive start-up support program - accelerator, leading international consortium (project Baltics & SlovakiaClimAccelerator)• Managing collaboration with municipalities and industry representatives to organize projects involving society and developinnovative solutions towards NetZero goals (e.g. project hackathon ''Climathon'', topic 2022: ''climate neutral cities until 2030'')• Working with stakeholders to boost the innovation ecosystem in Latvia, organizing start-up support events• Content creation and organizing workshops on sustainability and circular economy topics• Working with regional partners to develop awareness and capacity to encourage industrial symbiosis practices• Developing innovation capacity building program (accelerator) for new teams tackling industrial symbiosis and circulareconomy challenges• Creating content and training for start-ups and company representatives on topics: industrial symbiosis, sustainability,circularity, circular business models and design, etc.• Event management and coordination Show less

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  WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development

  Apr 2023 - now

  Associate, Nature Action

  WBCSD is the premier global, CEO-led organization of over 200 of the world’s leading sustainable businesses working collectively to accelerate the system transformations needed for a net-zero, nature positive, and more equitable future. Together, we are the leading voice of business for sustainability, united by our vision of creating a world in which 9+ billion people are living well, within planetary boundaries, by mid-century.Nature Action team focuses to raise the level of ambition and guide business to credibly contribute to nature-positive outcomes, helping businesses to better identify and understand the implications of the Global Goal for Nature for business: net positive by 2030 and full recovery by 2050. My role is to take lead on the project SUSTAIN - ''Strengthening Understanding and Strategies of Business to Assess and Integrate Nature''. Show less