He stepped from Atta to Vatanfal

A month ago, Christine Dalbo left her position as sustainability strategist at Adda for a two-year stint as a social sustainability specialist in Vattenfall’s Wind business area, which includes wind power, solar power and batteries.

– The opportunity was too fun to turn down and he says he is happy to work in a state-owned company.

Christine Talbo is responsible for directing work with human rights and providing support in procurement.

– Focusing on our supply chains, not on mining minerals, he says.

He describes work on human rights at Green Transition, where he worked with colleagues from the Nordics and Great Britain, the Netherlands and Germany, which he said was a lot of fun.

– I believe the solution is to get companies to change their behavior. Otherwise we cannot bring change. Finally, human rights have become hard law – not soft.

She has always had a passion for human rights.

– We talked a lot about politics and social issues at home and I had a desire to change things. My big idols like Nelson Mandela and Anna Lindh were lawyers, so I thought it was the only path and chose it.

After receiving a law degree from the University of Gothenburg, he attended Columbia Law School in New York for a year.

– One course was called “Transnational Business and Human Rights”. Although it took a few years to get there, I immediately felt it was my thing.

Before her appointment as Stability Strategist at Ata in 2019, Christine Dalbo worked for the EU in Iraq and Sida in Afghanistan, among others.

– Rule of law reforms in conflict countries are my main path. It was exciting but definitely challenging.

Worked for a year as a lawyer in Soderdoorn’s solicitor’s chambers.

During his time at Adda, he collaborated with the Swedish Procurement Agency and the Regions’ Office for Sustainable Procurement to update the Criteria for Sustainable Supply Chains, which will be published this autumn.

– Of course it would have been fun to be with you all the way, but that happens sometimes.

Work with sustainable supply chains carried heavy weight when the Aktuell Hållbarhet newspaper recently named him the country’s 34th “sustainability most powerful” person.

– It’s definitely fun, but the important thing is that I want to make a difference, says Christine Dalbo, who likes to exercise, visit family and friends, and watch streamed TV outside of work.

She certainly lives what she preaches when it comes to sustainability.

– I live in a climate-smart wooden house area in Hagstaden, Stockholm, and I spend a lot of time being active in the association.