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Copenhagen , Denmark
In 2014 , Copenhagen won the European Green Capital Award for its commitment to being a sustainable city , its most obvious and famous example of the city ’ s commitment being Copenhill : a waste-to-energy plant , which doubles as a dry ski slope .
In addition to its green credentials , it is also home to some very exciting sustainable business startups . Too Good To Go , for example , is an application-based service that allows users to find leftover food products from businesses in their area . Large logistics , transport and energy companies like DSV Panalpina , AP Moller-Maersk and Orsted , aim to open a 1.3 gigawatt ( GW ) e-fuel factory in 2023 . By 2030 this project , when scaled to full capacity , will produce more than 250,000 tonnes of clean energy annually . sustainabilitymag . com 143