| Communication team
A major milestone for climate-smart and circular agriculture and a proud achievement for the trans4num project.
The trans4num consortium warmly congratulates our Danish partner, the Climate Foundation Skive (Klimafonden Skive), on being appointed by the Ministry for the Green Tripartite Agreement as the national anchor point for Denmark’s new regulatory sandbox on green biorefining.
Pioneering policy innovation for sustainable nutrient management
Regulatory sandboxes are a new way of testing policy innovation in practice. They create a safe, collaborative environment where farmers, businesses, researchers, and regulators can test new solutions under flexible conditions, identifying and removing barriers that slow down the green transition.
At Climate Foundation Skive, the sandbox will bring together local actors from across the Limfjord region to experiment with circular farming and green biorefining value chains.
These include perennial crops such as grass and clover that can be processed into high-value protein and bio-based fertilisers, helping to reduce nutrient losses to water while maintaining food production.
“This is a major and exciting task for us,” said Anne-Mette S. Langvad, CEO of Climate Foundation Skive. “Our work builds on a living-lab approach, where farmers, businesses and municipalities co-create real, on-the-ground solutions. The sandbox allows us to test these innovations in dialogue with the authorities and share what works nationally.”
trans4num’s contribution: Science meets policy in action
The sandbox builds directly on collaborative work within trans4num. Through trans4num, Climate Foundation Skive have developed a circular nutrient management model for the Limfjord catchment, combining field data, stakeholder engagement, and nutrient-flow simulations.
The sandbox, offers a real-world policy testbed where trans4num innovations, such as perennial crop rotations, bio-based fertilisers, and the Decision Support Tool (DST), can be scaled and evaluated under flexible regulatory conditions.
The establishment of the sandbox demonstrates how research, innovation, and policy can work hand in hand to accelerate transformation. It positions the Skive region, already known for its pioneering climate initiatives, as a national hub for circular bioeconomy development.
“trans4num helps connect our local innovation work with broader European and international goals,” said Anne-Mette S. Langvad. “It allows us to bring scientific insight directly into dialogue with farmers, businesses and regulators – and that makes the sandbox not only a national experiment, but also a contribution to Europe’s green transition.”
The sandbox will operate for two years, with strong support from Skive Municipality, GreenLab Skive, BiomassProtein, and a growing network of partners across the bio-based value chain.
For further information:
Anne-Mette S. Langvad, CEO, Climate Foundation Skive
