Our Strategy - A Landscape of Development

Welcome to the Strategic Development Landscape, our new 2030 strategy.

The Strategic Development Landscape gives us the flexibility to navigate an unpredictable world. Climate change and global instability call for a strategy where our direction can be adjusted so that we can anticipate and respond to change while ensuring a resilient water supply.

Aarhus Vand’s Development Landscape consists of a vision and a set of promises. In addition, it includes development areas that are adjusted annually. The Development Landscape enables us to continuously capture learning and adapt our direction, ensuring that it remains relevant over time.

Purpose

We create health by providing clean water – to people and the planet.

Vision

Our vision is to make the water cycle in Aarhus more resilient by establishing regenerative solutions that benefit people, nature and business – now and for future generations.

Commitments

• We make it easy to be a customer and use water responsibly.

• We improve the water cycle throough solutions inspired by nature.

• We develop water solutions for the future through the succesful establishment of Aarhus ReWater and other lighthouse projects.

• We share Danish solutions with the world and bring new knowledge back home.

• We invest in strengthening our colleagues’ communities, personal development, and engagement.

Development Areas

Within our Development Landscape towards 2030, we have identified a number of strategic development areas. These areas are designed to increase our room for manoeuvre in a rapidly changing world, enable us to focus on what creates the greatest value, and strengthen employee engagement.
The objectives for the development areas in 2026 and 2030 are as follows:

Development area: Emergency preparedness

Strengthen the ability to withstand and recover quickly from crises

• 2026:
  A fully developed crisis preparedness plan for power, telecommunications, and cyber outages, aligned with key stakeholders.

• 2030:
  Operating a robust organisation with completed investments. Aarhus Vand meets its service-level targets for crisis preparedness.
  

Development area: A healthy water cycle and nature

Develop regenerative and resilient solutions through nature-inspired approaches and through investments in the water cycle

• 2026:
  An implementation plan for the establishment of water and nature parks towards 2035.

• 2030:
  Established water and nature parks, climate adaptation solutions, and a fourth treatment stage at the Egå Wastewater Treatment Plant contribute to improved water quality in groundwater, streams, lakes, and the bay.
  

Development area: ReWater and Pier 3

Set a strong development agenda for Aarhus Vand and the water sector

• 2026:
  ReWater: Plan for energy and resource utilisation at start-up in 2036.
  Pier 3: Contributing to the development of a water strategy.

• 2030:
  ReWater: An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approved by the City Council, a financing model in place, and solutions for defined innovation challenges.
  The water strategy at Pier 3 is being implemented and further developed.
  

Development area: Artificial Intelligence

Develop high-quality AI solutions that enhance security, increase productivity, and drive innovation

• 2026:
  Test and learning environment: Establishment of a secure environment where colleagues can experiment with AI.
  Development of a scalable data infrastructure.

• 2030:
  AI is embedded in our culture as a responsible tool that supports employee curiosity, operations, and innovation, based on a shared governance framework.
  
  

Development area: An attractive workplace

Strengthening self-managed teams that foster meaningful work and development

• 2026:
  Conducting an employee survey and developing an action plan aimed at strengthening self-managed teams and initiating implementation.

• 2030:
  A purpose-driven culture that fosters engagement, innovation, and strong communities.