FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

1 February 2011

Alan AtKisson, President and CEO of AtKisson Group and founder of the ISIS Academy, was recently selected to a list of “Sweden’s Most Influential Environmental Leaders” by a high-level jury convened by the leading Swedish environmental newspaper, Miljöaktuellt (“Current Environment”).

In the category of “Most Influential Consultants,” the jury ranked him second.

“The announcement took me completely by surprise,” says AtKisson. “I learned about it through emails from clients here in Sweden, sending me their congratulations.”

The Miljöaktuellt list of “Sveriges 100 Miljömäktigaste” (literally, Sweden’s 100 Most Environmentally Influential) is a much-watched list of “who’s who” in the crowded field of environment and CSR in Sweden. Topping the list this year was Environment Minister, Andreas Carlgren.

“As an immigrant to this country, and a naturalized citizen, it’s a real honor to have been selected to this list by a jury of my peers,” said AtKisson, who moved to Sweden from the US in 2001 to marry his wife, Kristina AtKisson (who also works in sustainability, coordinating sustainability affairs for Sweden’s leading medical school and research center, the Karolinska Institute).

While the Miljöakutellt list is focused on perceived influence in Sweden, the country has an unusually prominent and influential role in international sustainability and environmental affairs, compared to its population size. Many of those selected to the list have international as well as domestic profiles.

“I’m very active in Sweden, but I do most of my consulting work outside the country, working with global companies, UN agencies, and national government initiatives,” says AtKisson. “It’s nice to be recognized for that.”

People’s movements up and down the list from year to year are news items in themselves. Environment Minister Carlgren moved up to the #1 slot after a slide in recent years — a move back to the top that grabbed headlines.

Only three consultants were named to the list: Alan AtKisson of AtKisson Group, Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt of the Natural Step, and Andreas Gyllenhammar of the engineering consultancy Sweco.

To view the complete list of Sweden’s Most Environmentally Influential for 2011, visit this website (Swedish language only):

http://miljoaktuellt.idg.se/2.1845/1.365341/sveriges-100-miljomaktigaste—-hela-listan

For the list of most influential consultants:

http://miljoaktuellt.idg.se/2.1845/1.365151/har-ar-sveriges-miljomaktigaste-konsulter

For further information please contact Cassandra Troy, cassandra@atkisson.com.