The esg2go advisory board supports the esg2go team in the continuous improvement of the rating and reporting tool as well as in the development of new functions on the esg2go platform.
In addition, the members of the advisory board evaluate the qualitative information on a company's handprint. With this information, an SME can show whether its innovative core business is also part of the solution. Once the information has been successfully validated, the quantitative ESG footprint score obtained can be slightly improved, whereby the footprint and handprint are always shown separately.
The establishment and ongoing operation of this expert panel was supported financially and methodologically by Zurich Insurance (represented by Marco Hebeisen).
Dr. Sibyl Anwander
sustainable AG
Director, Site Manager Hamburg
Dr. Sibyl Anwander worked for several years as a research assistant at the ETH Institute of Agricultural Economics and lecturer in agricultural policy. From 2001-2013 Head of Sustainability and Economic Policy at Coop Switzerland. During this time, initiator and board member of several national and international industry initiatives and interest groups in the field of retail and sustainability, including BSCI and BEPI (now amfori) and the Swiss Soya Network.
From 2015-2019 Head of the Economics and Innovation Division of the Federal Office for the Environment (Switzerland), focussing on the green economy, sustainable finance, policy evaluation and sustainable public procurement.
Prof. Dr. Manfred Max Bergman
Department of Social Sciences, University of Basel
Chair of Social Research and Methodology
Prof. Dr. Manfred Max Bergman holds the Chair of Social Research and Methodology at the University of Basel and an Adjunct Professorship at the University of Michigan. He directs the Social Transitions Research Group and is a research councilor at the Swiss National Science Foundation. He chairs the World Sustainability Forum and the Basel Sustainability Forum, and he is a member of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, a UN initiative.
His substantive research focuses on socio-sustainable transitions. As part of the research program Proof of Transition Concepts (proTract), he explores positive, real-world examples of sustainability transitions that bring together diverse stakeholders to cooperate toward positive, often serendipitous, outcomes. His methodological work focuses on expanding mixed methods research and designs, and on exploring the rigor and boundaries of case study research.
Dr. Martin K. Eckert
MME Legal
Founding Partner
As one of the three founding partners of MME, Dr. Martin Eckert is a generalist. He has extensive experience in advising internationally orientated data, technology and trading companies - including M&A. He is a climate law and ESG pioneer.
He specialises in blockchain, IT, IP, data protection, procurement and technology law as well as in the telecommunications sector and high-tech industries - including medical technology.
As a recognised expert, he and his team are consulted by banks and insurance companies in numerous large and complex IT outsourcing, cyber risk, artificial intelligence, robotics, blockchain and data protection (GDPR) projects.
Martin Eckert conducts commercial litigation, in particular commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings.
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Koopmans
Against All ODDS BV
Executive Director
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Koopmans currently works at Against All Odds BV, Belgium. He is also a former member of the Dow Chemical Company, with 35 years of industrial experience in R&D. As a former Director of the Plastics Innovation Competence Center (PICC) in Fribourg and Faculty at ETH Zurich, Dr. Rudolf Koopmans fosters creative thinking that stimulates innovative science and technology and application development that impacts industry and contributes to a sustainable society. Rudy does research and consulting in Plastics Materials Science, Plastics Processing, Plastics Recycling, Ecodesign and integrating sustainable concepts into business models and value chains. His current focus relates to the greening of the chemical industry and the associated implications of the EU Green Deal legislative framework.
Prof. Dr. Judith Ströhle
Universität St. Gallen
Assistance professor für Sustainability Governance
Prof. Dr. Judith Ströhle is Assistant Professor of Sustainability Governance at the Institute for Accounting, Control and Auditing and the Institute for Economy & Ecology of St. Gallen University (HSG) in Switzerland. Judith Stroehle’s research focuses on how tools of measurement, accounting, and finance can help to implement sustainable business and investment practice, and her teaching focuses on bridging sustainability and accounting. Previously, Judith was a Senior Research Fellow at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford where, in 2020, she co-founded and led the Oxford Rethinking Performance Initiative (ORP). Judith holds a doctoral degree (PhD Europaeus, U Milan) in Economic Sociology for which she collaborated with the International Labour Office (ILO) to examine social audit systems. She engages and works with several non-profits, companies, and asset managers on their non-financial strategies, reporting and measurement practices. She was the Global Future Council Fellow for SDG Investing with the World Economic Forum in 2021/ 2022 and works as an academic advisor to the Bertelsmann Foundation in Germany and the CODESPA Foundation in Spain.
Prof. Dr. Markus Zemp
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Lecturer and Director of Studies
Prof. Dr. Markus Zemp is a business economist and holds a Master of Arts in Social Sciences and a PhD in Sustainability. He has many years of practical experience as CEO and head of an international corporation. Since 2010, he has been Director of Studies for the MBA programmes at the Lucerne School of Business and a lecturer in corporate management, strategic management and leadership. His interests and area of research are sustainable management and sustainable corporate governance.
