Henric Widén, M Sc, has spent his entire career within industry in the Nordics. Based on a master in materials science and manufacturing engineering, Henric has management experience from manufacturing, sales, finance and IT. After 25 years in global corporate organizations, Henric is now the CEO for Sustainability Circle. A non-profit NGO, hosting a large network of Swedish businesses that wants to make a true contribution to sustainable development by leveraging existing assets and new technology as effective as possible! With knowledge and motivation from within any team can do miracles!

A network for industrial sustainable development Sustainability Circle is a think tank founded by Sweden’s largest industries in 2010. Today we are about 50 connected and committed businesses. You will find many of Sweden's most well-known brands. Over the years, industries have been accompanied by infrastructure companies, healthcare, service companies and academia. Sustainability Circle's mission is to develop a concept in the field of industrial sustainable development. Companies are faced with increasingly tougher challenges and need to be more longterm sustainable to handle this. Digitization creates opportunities in the realization of sustainable development. Therefore, more and more are now investing in smart companies and a smart industry. However, digitization makes us increasingly technology-dependent. If digitization is to succeed, technology must work and must last. By upgrading the traditional maintenance to a Smart Maintenance, we can approach a zero vision regarding incidents and accidents. It is our ultimate goal. Sustainability Circle offers commercially neutral, hands-on knowledge and experience transfer on Smart Maintenance, in a timely and cost-effective way. We are not consultants, researchers or educators. We are a think tank where we develop Smart Maintenance together, organized as a network where the members work together.