Sustainability Management Consultant

The points below outline the roles and activities I have taken on or currently handle in sustainability management for companies across various industries:

• Serving as external sustainability manager
• Training and workshops for (international) teams on sustainability
• Responsible for setting up CSRD reporting structures
• Responsible for setting up CBAM reporting structures
• Responsible for implementing an LkSG risk management system
• Responsible for implementing an EUTR/EUDR risk management system
• Implementing and operating compliance reporting systems
• Preparing greenhouse gas inventories according to international standards
• Monitoring political and regulatory sustainability developments
• Supporting grant control and grant applications

During this engagement, I have gained experience in companies from different sectors. My clients include, for example:

• International group in the apparel industry – securing grants and executing international projects
• Group-affiliated company in automotive
• Family-owned group in tobacco products
• Owner-managed company in food
• International laboratory group
• Family-owned group in special goods
• Family-owned company in food
• Trading group
• IT services focused on public sector

Expertise in sustainability reporting (especially CSRD):

• Core focus since late 2023
• Identifying regulatory sustainability requirements for reporting
• Creating a concept/project roadmap for building and implementing compliant reporting
• Coordinating and conducting materiality analysis as per ESRS
• Coordinating and conducting stakeholder dialogue, including developing a materiality questionnaire
• Identifying key ESRS topics and deriving relevant reportable data points
• Coordinating data collection and preparation
• Ensuring compliant documentation of all relevant processes
• Liaising with auditing firms
• Leading cross-departmental teams for data gathering and management

Expertise in sustainability ratings (especially EcoVadis):

• Assessing current status
• Deriving improvement areas to achieve target rating
• Identifying company-specific thematic rating priorities
• Developing a plan to prepare for and conduct the sustainability rating
• Creating new documents to meet rating requirements (e.g., policies and reporting)
• Coordinating data collection and preparation and measures in defined improvement areas
• Leading cross-departmental teams to implement requirements
• Conducting the questionnaire-based rating

Expertise in deforestation-free supply chains (EUTR and EUDR):

• Identifying company-specific regulatory sustainability requirements under EUTR & EUDR
• Developing a concept/project roadmap to implement compliant risk management structures
• Coordinating and collecting data from suppliers
• Creating supplier templates for data requests
• Drafting due diligence procedures
• Supporting official notifications
• Coordinating the risk management system
• Preparing and accompanying official audits
• Leading cross-departmental teams to meet requirements
• Early identification of further EUDR requirements
• Handling official communications (e.g., clarifying regulatory ambiguities)

Expertise in CO2 border adjustment mechanism (CBAM):

• Identifying company-specific CBAM requirements
• Developing a concept/project roadmap for compliant reporting structures
• Coordinating and collecting data from suppliers
• Developing supplier templates for data requests
• Developing data collection and processing structures to calculate GHG emissions
• Registering in the CBAM registry and managing CBAM reporting
• Early identification of additional CBAM requirements

Expertise in German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG):

• Identifying regulatory sustainability requirements under LkSG
• Developing a concept/project roadmap to implement compliant risk management structures
• Coordinating and conducting risk analyses
• Developing prioritization mechanisms to derive risk mitigation and remediation measures
• Monitoring initiated measures for high-risk suppliers
• Drafting a Supplier Code of Conduct and rollout process
• Drafting a human rights policy and human rights strategy statement
• Implementing and operating LkSG whistleblower systems
• Acting as interface and coordinating internal departments and external contacts in LkSG risk management

Additional expertise in sustainability management:

• Conducting opportunity and risk analyses
• Defining sustainability strategies
• Setting climate targets in line with SBTi
• Responding to sustainability-related customer inquiries
• Supporting sustainability optimization of existing processes (e.g., operating EnMS per ISO 50001, conducting audits)
• Supporting expansion of renewables in photovoltaic
• Building and operating compliance reporting systems
• Preparing GHG inventories for Scopes 1, 2, and 3 (GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, GHG Protocol Product Carbon Footprint, ISO 14064) and product-specific carbon footprints
• Leading cross-departmental teams to implement sustainability requirements

An internationally operating trading company