We aim to trigger green and social transition and transformation

We consist of dedicated individuals with a diverse background ranging from ecology through economy and policy to geography. We focus on biodiversity and the well-being of society, sufficient energy use, socio-economic transition and transformation as well as behaviour change. For this we carry out research, we measure impacts, we provide advice and we do projects. We involve multiple stakeholders, we build dialogues and bridges. We bring experience and networks from both Western and Eastern Europe.

Ecosystem

Ecosystem Evaluation and Nature-based solutions

We have participated in related processes including the IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) and the EU’s Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services (MAES) along with several EU projects (Horizon Europe, Interreg and LIFE projects) and EU expert groups. We have been the Commission’s experts on evaluating nature-based solutions and green infrastructure projects. In our ecosystem services assessment projects, we quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate ecosystem services through deploying literature reviews, interviews, surveys, monetarization tools, and have paid elevated emphasis on involving local stakeholders and experts through participatory approaches.

Energy

Energy

We have been carrying out research and advocated for sufficient energy use at UN and EU level for 15 years. We analyse the national household energy use of Central and Eastern European countries. We raise the energy sufficiency profiles of international organisations and projects focusing on alleviating energy poverty. We have evaluated national and international energy related programmes from an energy sufficiency point of view. We have developed and disseminated an interactive, awareness raising game towards the needed socio-economic transformation.

Social

Driving social transition & transformation

Understanding individual and institutional choices and behaviour, will help understand how our society steers for an (un)sustainable future. We carry out ground-breaking research on  biodiversity and behaviour to drive social transition and transformation within sectors and society. We identify policy entry points and leverage points at various levels and advocate for just transition and societal change will induce transformation. We aim to contribute to a network of transformation scientists and practitioners EU-wide focusing on climate and biodiversity issues through international projects.

GreenFormation Services

With our experience of leading and participating in over 50 large EU, international and national projects with EU and private donors on the topic of biodiversity, behaviour change, energy and climate change, we provide a range of skills for those who wish to develop joint projects and initiatives. With our knowledge of UN and EU policies on biodiversity and energy, we can also provide policy recommendations. We also bring vast research expertise on various methods and tools to assess nature, energy use and societal well-being related processes. We bring our Central and Eastern European networks and experience, which is often lacking in international consortiums.

Procurement

Assessment

Policy expertise

Stakeholder facilitation

Our Experiences

We have implemented EU, international and national projects and carried out socio-economic, ecosystem and energy assessments. We have provided expertise ranging from procurement, project management, policy, stakeholder facilitation, dissemination and scientific assessments.

See our previous and current projects below.

See below our latest projects and our top qualities.

We provide complex services starting from procurement through policy expertise and scientific assessments to result in integration, dissemination and process facilitation.

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Why to work with us?

Due to our vast knowledge in UN, EU and national energy and biodiversity related policies and experience in projects, we are here to work on relevant projects as partners. We provide our policy expertise, research knowledge and a relevant network in CEE and beyond. We can lead the policy aspects of projects ranging from advocacy to policy assessments, facilitate stakeholder involvement and assess ecosystems or energy aspects.

As certified facilitators and advisors running almost 100 international and national workshops, we can nurture processes from plans to successful completion. With our basic values of candour, respect of opinion and mindful listening, we can make all participants comfortable to share their points openly, which in return help their empowerment.

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Fundraising and procurement experience

Ranging from LIFE through Interreg, Horizon Europe and private donor procurement, we have developed and acquired a number of projects.

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Research experience

Coordinating and carrying out research proposals and projects, we have a wide range of experience in working with the Horizon Europe, COST and other research funding mechanisms as well as coordinating large international consortia.

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Large network and expert pool

Due to our cumulative years of international experience, we have an extended network of decision-makers, researchers and businesses at EU and CEE levels along with dedicated experts in sustainability, energy and biodiversity.

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Knowledge of Central and Eastern Europe

As native Hungarians and experts of Central and Eastern Europe we are well aware of the challenges of the region and the main actors in sustainability, energy and biodiversity.

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Complex scientific and policy services and project management

Due to both our research work on sustainability, energy and biodiversity as well as related policy expertise in the EU and UN level, we provide research skills, policy assessment, synthesising work as well as policy advocacy with a complex overview. We also bring in our project management skills which we developed through over 50 EU and international donor projects.

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Science-policy-business interface

As a result of our over 15 years of experience, we have worked with policy, research and business actors and have involvement in relevant interfaces. We also aim to tear down the silos and ensure sectors and various fields can reach each other’s information.

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Efficiency and flexibility

Our core values include efficiency, effectiveness and flexibility, which we aim to achieve through time (and money)-saving practices including thorough planning and preparation, immediate reactions, and modern project management practices.

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Needs-based and impactful

Our other core value is to provide need-based research striving for to have an impact in transforming our world and society to respond for global challenges.

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Simplicity in complexity

We provide a complex and thorough analysis, but also with a synthesis that stresses the main messages so you will not need another expert to explain it to you.

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Reflexivity and transformation

We aim to do what we preach for, we reflect on our practices, donate to ground-breaking initiatives and instead of profit searching, we focus on our impacts on transformative practices.

Our Projects

DAISY

DAISY

DigitAl, technologIcal and Social innovation mixes enabling transformation for biodiversity and equitY – will advance understanding of how specific mixes of interventions including social-technological innovations can be used to induce transformation for biodiversity and equity.
Dragons

DRAGONS

Diffusing biodiversity Response-able Action and awareness raising through citizen empowerment, inclusive engagement and innovative GOvernance of Nature and Society – will develop and test innovative communication and engagement approaches that foster care for nature and diffuse biodiversity as a societal innovation across personal, political and practical spheres.
EMCCINNO

EMCCINNO

EMpowering CCIs to boost systemic INNOvation for sustainable climate transition – will help cultural and creative organisations across Europe prototype, test and scale sustainable business models that drive social and ecological transition.
OneStop

OneSTOP

OneBiosecurity Systems and Technology for People, Places and Pathways – will pioneer an integrated approach to biosecurity for terrestrial invasive alien species, combining early detection, data sharing and citizen science to protect animal, plant, human and environmental health across Europe.
SPARK4BPlis

SPARK4B+

Strengthening Pathways for Alternative socio-economic paradigms and governance frameworks and Response-able Knowledge and action for Biodiversity-Positive and just futures – will advance understanding of how alternative socio-economic paradigms and governance frameworks can be translated into actionable pathways for biodiversity, climate and equity.
ACT

ACT

Advancing transformative governanCe through Transboundary conservation and collaborative learning – will examine how transboundary governance can drive societal transformation to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, generating practical strategies to support the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Our Team

Tamara Kovacs

Tamara Kovacs

Co-founder

Tamara graduated in nature conservation engineering and has a keen interest in urban ecosystem services, which is the focus of her research. She assessed ecosystem services provided by the green areas of Budapest and contributed to ecosystem services research projects on highways and forest and grassland ecosystem services. Tamara also has vast experience working with multinational corporations. She is also a hiking and running fan.
Agnes Zolyomi

Agnes Zolyomi

Co-Founder

Agnes’ mission is to explore how biodiversity and equity can be communicated and prioritised in practice. With backgrounds in geography and environmental policy, and research interests in impact, behavioural sciences and communication, her work focuses on connecting knowledge, people and initiatives to create meaningful change. As an expert for the European Commission and IPBES, and co-coordinator of several Horizon Europe projects, she works on biodiversity diffusion, stakeholder engagement and science-policy interfaces across research, policy and practice. Agnes is particularly interested in building collaborations and translating complex knowledge into actionable pathways.
György Pataki

György Pataki

Expert

György Pataki was trained as a social scientist, with a university degree in economics and a doctoral degree in management and organisation sciences. He studied ecological, environmental and international economics, and public policy at Karl Marx University of Economics (currently Corvinus University of Budapest), Erasmus University (Rotterdam), University of Cambridge and the Schumacher College (UK). He has been affiliated as a university lecturer and researcher with various academic institutions in Hungary for 25 years and has an experience with international projects in the sustainability research field for 20 years. He is an amateur gardener enjoying his learning journey with nature.
Veronika Kiss

Veronika Kiss

Co-Founder

Veronika is an ecologist and PhD-level ecological economist with around two decades of experience at the interface of research, policy and practice, working from local communities to international institutions. She is the managing director of GreenFormation Kft., where she also carries out impact-focused work on biodiversity, energy transition and systemic transformation across Europe, and helps to design, implement and evaluate policies and projects that are socially just and ecologically sound. Building on her role in several Horizon-funded initiatives, she also co-leads participatory research on transformation, working with diverse stakeholders to co-create and test innovative pathways for fair, sustainable and biodiversity-friendly futures.
Ferenc Zsemle

Ferenc Zsemle

Financial Manager

Ferenc graduated in geology and environmental law. He has got more than 20 years experience as a lecturer especially in hydrogeology, geothermics and environmental geology at Eotvos Lorand University. He worked as an expert of soil, water and waste management in environmental assessments. His interests have turned towards accountancy and he is now studying bookkeeping.
Tibor Janosi Mozes

Tibor Janosi Mozes

Project Manager

Tibor is a geographer with a doctoral background in energetics and solid experience in managing international projects related to environmental and energy governance. In the team, he plays a key role in making complex scientific insights accessible and engaging. He develops web-based solutions and creates content that bridges the gap between science and a broader audience.
Mate Fischer

Mate Fischer

Project Manager

Máté is an economist pursuing a doctoral degree in ecological economics and degrowth at Corvinus University of Budapest. His dissertation focuses on the possibilities of operationalising the degrowth doughnut sustainability framework to achieve a just and ecologically sustainable transition. His research interests centre on alternative social and economic systems that respect ecological limits.
  • Procurement
  • Assessment
  • Policy expertise
  • Stakeholder facilitation

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News

SPARK4B+

SPARK4B+ Project Kicks Off: Sparking Alternative Pathways to a Biodiversity-Positive, Just Future

Coventry, UK — What would it take to build economies that work for people and nature alike, instead of at their expense? The paradigm driving today’s decisions (growth at any cost) continues to fuel biodiversity loss, climate change and inequality, even as credible alternatives already exist in pockets around the world. The challenge is turning those scattered alternatives into pathways that policymakers, businesses and communities can actually follow. To take on that challenge, the SPARK4B+ Horizon Europe project officially launched on 1 September 2026, with the consortium convening a week later for its kick-off meeting in Coventry, UK, on 8 September.

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