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At Bax, we believe that health should lie at the heart of urban planning. That's why we created Healthy Cities., our healthy urban planning startup. Through urban planning practice, research, and strategy, Healthy Cities has shaped the built environment of over 20 cities throughout Europe and beyond, building cityscapes that help people enjoy healthier lives. 🌆 Now, the initiative has launched the first edition of the 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞, an opportunity for up to five cities to receive a free Urban Health Quick Scan, carried out with the support of the expert team behind Healthy Cities. Successful applicants will receive key insights through the use of the Healthy Cities Generator to: ▪️ Identify urban-health vulnerabilities ▪️ Prioritise actions that meet local needs ▪️ Assess the health impact of plans and projects This opportunity is open to cities and municipalities eager to discover the deep connections between urban environments and health, committed to improving urban health and prioritising local health needs. ℹ️ Interested? Learn more, including how to apply at: https://lnkd.in/dnEmx2fM

🌍 Today is World One Health Day! #OneHealth is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimise the health of people, animals and ecosystems, recognising that the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider environment are closely linked and interdependent. This week, Bax's Sofia Aivalioti is attending the One Sustainable Health FORUM in Lyon. Sofia had the opportunity to showcase the tangible implementation methods of the One Health Approach taken by the One Health 4 Cities [URBACT Network] during a panel discussion featuring insights from partner cities Lyon, Munich and Elefsina. Outlining the importance of One Health in cities, Sofia commented: "𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴." On December 10th, the One Health 4 Cities [URBACT Network] will showcase its key outputs during a dedicated final conference in Brussels. During the conference, Sofia will share further results and findings from the Network, while cities involved will present their local implementations of One Health. Participants will also see a test and demo of the toolbox developed through the initiative and explore how to continue building healthier, more resilient and regenerative cities for all. ℹ️ More information: https://lnkd.in/dzKH9UeD

Today is World Cities Day, a day designed by the United Nations to highlight the latest innovations in urban design and help guide cities as they continue to make vital contributions to sustainable urban development around the world. This year, the theme is 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞-𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, with a key aim of demonstrating the importance for smart cities to prioritise human needs, inclusivity, and accessibility. At Bax, we’re involved in several groundbreaking initiatives that contribute to people-centred smart cities across Europe. We’re proud to play a role in each of these inspiring projects and partnerships. 🌱 Biodiverse Cities accelerates action for biodiversity in cities to support support healthy ecosystems, balance the coexistence of people and nature, and build nature-inclusive societies. 🚲 Active Cities aims to create stimulating, liveable and human-centric streets with zero-carbon multimodality through the promotion of active mobility as a viable transportation option. 🌺 LIFE CRITICAL works with communities to harness the potential of existing local parks for climate adaptation. 🚌 Diversify-CCAM works to ensure that Europe’s future transport systems are truly inclusive, and designed for all members of society. 🌆 Healthy Cities. shows how the urban environment can impact mental, physical, and environmental health outcomes, helping cities put health at the heart of urban planning. ♻️ Access Economy Alliance supports the transition to a circular economy by expanding, improving and promoting sharing services across European cities. 👇 Explore how these initiatives place people at the centre of smart and sustainable urban development below.

Next week, the Smart City Expo World Congress returns to Barcelona. Considered the world's biggest and most influential event for cities and urban innovation, this year's Congress will bring together 25,000+ attendees from wide range of industries and sectors with the continued goal of building more sustainable, efficient and human-centered cities. As usual, the Congress represents a busy time for our team: On Tuesday 4th November, Rolf Bastiaanssen will participate in a session exploring how blended finance and policy tools are turning climate resilience in housing into investable opportunities for cities and private capital. 🕙 10:45 - 11:30 📍 Innovation Playground Stage ℹ️ https://lnkd.in/dQqqJVPQ On Wednesday 5th November, Christian Riester will take part in a closed session organised by EIT Urban Mobility to continue the discussion on how autonomous vehicles can support cities' transportation and sustainability goals. Christian's presentation will detail how regulation and financing can enable conditions for commercial deployments. 🕙 10:00 - 12:00 📍 Meeting Room CC5.3 (Invitation only) On Thursday 6th November, Marta Rofin Serra will will present how mobility and urban design impact the health of cities’ inhabitants, and how the Healthy Cities. team make these effects measurable through the Healthy Cities Generator. 🕙 12:50 - 13:30 📍Innovation Playground Stage ℹ️ https://lnkd.in/dGYsrBpB 👋 Several members of our team will also be present throughout the Congress. Make sure to say hello if you see anyone around!

Every day, nurses across Europe lift, bend, and support patients — often pushing their bodies to the limit. Over time, this physical strain can lead to painful musculoskeletal injuries that force many to reduce hours or even leave the profession they love. The impact reaches far beyond the individual. These injuries are now a leading cause of staff shortages and early retirement, adding pressure to already overstretched #healthcare systems. With demand for healthcare steadily rising, protecting and retaining staff has never been more urgent. #Exoskeletons—wearable devices already used in logistics, agriculture, and manufacturing—are now showing great potential in healthcare. By reducing strain and supporting safer posture, they not only help nurses, but also other healthcare professionals and carers work more sustainably. Together with MSD-CARE partners HAWK - University of Applied Science and Arts (Germany), Roessingh Research and Development (the Netherlands), and the University of Galway (Ireland), we explored how wearable exoskeletons could protect healthcare workers. Focus groups showed these devices can ease lower-back stress, improve posture, and support daily tasks. But innovation is only useful if it works for real people, in the real world. That’s why we developed: ✅ An Exoskeleton Adoption Protocol to guide healthcare teams in choosing the right solutions. ✅ An infographic with actionable insights for industry, ensuring devices are hygienic, comfortable, and accepted by staff and patients. Read more about our work and download the resources from our website: https://lnkd.in/ex5AemSy #HealthcareInnovation #WorkforceWellbeing

👋🇩🇪 Heute steht unser deutsches Team im Mittelpunkt! (English below 👇) Seit der Eröffnung unseres Düsseldorfer Büros im Jahr 2023 ist unser Bax Innovation Team in Deutschland sowohl personell als auch thematisch gewachsen. 🎯 Ihre Mission: Wie alle bei Bax arbeitet auch das Team in Düsseldorf daran, innovative Ideen, Projekte und Tools voranzutreiben, die die Welt ein Stück besser machen. Ob es um die Einführung autonomer Busse in Hamburg oder um eine nachhaltige Energieversorgung für U-Bahn-Stationen in Wien geht – das Team konzentriert sich derzeit besonders auf die Themen Mobilität, Energie und Kreislaufwirtschaft. 💡 Ihre Stärke: Das Team verbindet lokales Netzwerk- und Marktverständnis mit der internationalen Expertise und thematischen Tiefe von Bax. Von Düsseldorf aus profitiert das Team von einem direkten Einblick in die alltäglichen Herausforderungen von Kund:innen, einer zentralen Lage im Herzen Europas und der Dynamik eines führenden Innovationsstandorts. Dabei vereint das Team komplementäre Expertisen, die praxisnahe und zukunftsorientierte Lösungen ermöglichen. 📩 Interesse an einer Zusammenarbeit mit unserem deutschen Team? Meldet euch gern unter [email protected] oder besucht sie jederzeit im Workspace Factory Campus in Düsseldorf. // 👋🇩🇪 Today we’re putting our German team in the spotlight! Since opening its doors in Düsseldorf in 2023, our German office has grown both in size and scope. 🎯 Their mission: Like all of us at Bax, the team in Düsseldorf is dedicated to driving forward innovative ideas, projects, and tools that address society’s biggest challenges. Whether it’s helping more people get from A to B through the introduction of autonomous buses in Hamburg or supplying subway stations in Vienna with geothermal energy, the Bax Germany team is currently focusing on projects related to mobility, energy, and the circular economy. 💡 Their strength: the team combines local networks and an understanding of national needs with Bax’s international expertise and thematic depth. From Düsseldorf, they benefit from direct insight into clients’ everyday challenges, a central location in the heart of Europe, and the energy of one of the continent’s leading innovation hubs. 📩 Interested in working with our German team? Get in touch at [email protected] or come say hello at the Workspace Factory Campus in Düsseldorf. #EUInnovation #Düsseldorf

#DigitalHealth is at a pivotal moment of transformation. As artificial intelligence (#AI) becomes reality, regulatory frameworks evolve (#AIAct), and healthcare systems adapt to demographic shifts, the need for effective digital health strategies has never been greater. This week, Bax's Nuria Vazquez Salat and David Chadima are heading to the Digital Health Conference in Madrid to exchange views on the future of healthcare with leading voices in pharma and digital health. If you are motivated to innovate in this space, let's connect and co-create the future of healthcare. Get in touch 👉 [email protected] Learn more about our work in Healthcare 👉 https://lnkd.in/exRuRWNq Read our latest articles: 🔹AI in Healthcare: Escaping the pilot trap for true adoption → https://lnkd.in/eerXM6Bw 🔹Unlocking digital health: a new path for Europe’s innovators → https://lnkd.in/d_-QX-iD UBIQ events #HealthcareInnovation #DigitalStrategy #HealthTech #UBIQEvents

🏆 We're thrilled with the news that #Rotterdam municipality has made it to the final of the #EIC's 2026 European Capital of Innovation Awards! This recognition celebrates cities at the forefront of research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Bax is proud to have supported Rotterdam in preparing its application, which was submitted last June, as well as its pitch to the jury on Monday. Over the years, we've worked with the municipality, the port authority, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Delft University of Technology, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, and many others. Together, we’ve shaped strategies, programmes, and projects focused on #sustainability, the #energy and #materials transition, the #bioeconomy, #urbanmobility, #circularity, and #health - both locally and across Europe - through initiatives including: BRAVE - Building Blueprints for Regional Clean Energy Scale-up – developing a €150M cleantech investment pipeline across seven regional energy systems. Gleam NSR｜Interreg North Sea Region – advancing policies and governance for sustainable urban logistics through multi-stakeholder collaboration. HORUS - Urban Health – transforming urban health habits and lifestyles to make cities positive health determinants for people. 👏 Congratulations to Rotterdam and all the iCapital finalists for their dedication to building smarter, more sustainable cities. We look forward to December 4th, when the winner will be announced! Read more: https://lnkd.in/eeaTaduf #UrbanInnovation #iCapitalAwards #iCapital2026 #Cleantech #DeepTech #SmartCities #UrbanHealth

🗑️ Every EU citizen produces around 300 kg of #biowaste each year - equivalent to four average-sized washing machines. It’s one of the largest municipal waste streams on the continent. Despite its potential as a renewable local feedstock for new materials and soil nutrients, most of it ends up landfilled or incinerated. That’s a massive missed opportunity for the #circulareconomy. The HOOP Project explored how cities can turn this challenge into a local bioeconomy engine — creating new materials, nutrients, and green jobs from what we currently throw away. ♻️ To better understand the wider challenges, the project developed the HOOP Circularity Label, which assesses a city’s performance across four key dimensions: Policy, Society, Consumption, and Waste Management. The data generated from the cities that completed the label show a mix of strong progress and ongoing gaps. In this new Bax article, Mafalda Di Palma highlights the key policy and investment steps needed to unlock biowaste’s full potential ➡️ https://lnkd.in/em7V8Sin Biowaste isn’t a problem to solve. It’s a circular economy engine waiting to be activated. 💡 Want to learn more? Send us a message and we'll put you in touch with our circularity experts. #UrbanBiowaste #EUInnovation #Bioeconomy

Introducing more green space into dense urban areas is a powerful way to create healthier, more sustainable, and more enjoyable cities. But how do you green areas that are grey, full of traffic, short on space – and where change often meets resistance? Our Liveable Cities team is tackling exactly that challenge through GreenDense – an initiative piloting an innovative green infrastructure “mosaic” approach, where Bax supports six cities to: 🌱 Maximise limited space and strengthen green connectivity by integrating multiple small-scale green infrastructures into dense urban environments. From turning a disused industrial road in Brest Métropole into a green corridor for pedestrians and cyclists to planting a tile garden on a residential street in Stad Mechelen. ✅ Develop and implement urban greening solutions in collaboration with local communities that reflect each city’s unique cultural and environmental context. These small but significant interventions also advance broader policy goals – from public health and active mobility to youth engagement. 🤝 Foster transnational collaboration by connecting cities facing similar challenges across Europe with each other and with expert organisations. Last month, this collaboration came to life in Brest, where partners shared experiences, insights and inspiration on what urban greening solutions have so far worked (and haven't!) in their cities. "This initiative is an excellent example of the importance of European collaboration - the greening of small spaces in one city might not change much but put together, across multiple cities, they form a mosaic of green that creates real impact." - Sol Gustafsson Storvik, Innovation Consultant at Bax and GreenDense Project Lead. Interested in learning more about how Bax Innovation is helping cities become healthier, smarter, and more sustainable for all? Visit our website: https://lnkd.in/dgd47BiR