Featured Technology Sustainability Experts

My work focuses on the intersection of consumerism, overproduction, marketing, and climate change. I aim to bring easily digestible guidance to everyone on how to live a more sustainable life for people, animals, and the planet, without sacrificing joy, style, and fulfillment. My No New Things Challenge has been awarded a Silver Stevie Award for Non-profit Innovation, and is now a popular book by the same name, with a trademarked process that gets folks out of the consumerist swirl and back into their lives. I am a featured expert on CNN, Live with Kelly & Mark, TODAY, Good Morning America, have spoken at SXSW and the United Nations, and have a popular TED Talk. I hold a BA from Brown University and an MSc from The University of Oxford, UK, am a Professor of Marketing for Sustainability at various institutions, and live in Chicago, IL. In a nutshell: I reconnect people with the truth that they have and are enough.

Rebecca Aba Gaisie is a recognized expert in sustainability and energy management, currently conducting high-impact research at Eastern Illinois University. She is the first-place recipient of the 2025 Award for Excellence in Student Research for her work on biodegradable packaging solutions for the beverage industry in developing markets. Her expertise spans Carbon Capture Deployment (CCS) in U.S. oil fields, the circular economy, and the strategic implementation of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Rebecca’s work bridges the gap between technical energy transition strategies and practical business sustainability.

Thomas Lu is a systems thinker, entrepreneur, the author of The Personal Sustainability Handbook and the founder of The Sustainabilitist (sustainabilitist.com), a project dedicated to sustainabilize the many different facets of human activities. A musician, polyglot, theorist and troubleshooter by hobby, his need for sustainability has led him to a general philosophy for tackling human challenges.

For approximately the last 30 years, I have worked within and with organizations to help them to address the challenges presented by climate change and sustainability. Frustrated by the unnecessary complexity in these areas, my mission is to simplify the complex for the greater environmental benefit and provide cost effective solutions to help organisations on their sustainability journey. My understanding of regulations, their direction and evolution has enabled me to simplify this complexity and influence company strategies to ensure the risks presented are managed and the potential of new opportunities realized. My knowledge across a broad spectrum of sustainability regulations and carbon markets of the UNFCCC, EU ETS, and domestic schemes in the UK, US, Kazakhstan, Korea, China and and sector specific schemes such as EU MRV, UK MRV and IMO DCS, enables me to advise both global and local players, on all sustainability issues wherever they are. I relish opportunities to design regulations, guidance, standards, schemes, and management systems and in understanding and implementing approaches and tools for them for business benefit. I have helped governments and organisations work through the maze of technical, operational and commercial issues that must be navigated to realise the opportunities of new regulatory requirements in these areas. I am privileged to have written for leading publications and speak on climate change and sustainability subjects at a variety of events. I have also designed and delivered tailored workshops and training courses on numerous subjects including: Extended Producer Responsibility, Recyclability Assessments, Environmental Auditing, Environmental and Energy Management Systems, Carbon Footprinting, Net Zero approaches, Verification, CSR, EU ETS, MRV and Electricity Capacity Markets for specific organizations, governments and business groups. I pride myself on my ability to simplify the complex and provide understanding where there may be confusion.

Jan-Joost den Brinker is the Chief Technology Officer of Dubrink, where he leads the practical application of CBAM across global supply chains, helping importers, suppliers, and customs brokers navigate compliance, reporting, and operational standards. He also serves as Vice President of the International Association for the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (IACBAM), contributing to the development of global CBAM standards and best practices.

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Sustainability and ESG consultant for businesses of all sizes in all industries. I have been managing sustainability for organizations for twelve years and launched a sustainability consulting firm in 2017. Sustainability consulting services focus on developing corporate sustainability strategies/plans, producing sustainability/ESG reports in line with GRI, SASB and TCFD, conducting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventories, setting GHG reduction targets and guiding clients in sustainability certifications such as TRUE Zero Waste, B Corp, LEED and CarbonNeutral.

✨ Nalini bring's clarity to chaos. For the past decade, she's turned early-stage climate and ag tech ideas into market leaders—most recently taking Planet FWD from concept to Series A funded. Nalini helps technical founders translate their vision into products customers will pay for. She has led product at Fortune 500s (Bayer's Climate Corp, Corteva's Granular) and scrappy startups, and knows exactly what works at each stage. Nalini is also known to leverage the latest AI tools to help early-stage teams do more with less, teaching teams these workflows so the impact compounds. As a mother of two young kids, Nalini has established herself as a career executive who deeply cares about balancing motherhood with her career. Learn more about Nalini: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nalinigupta/ Substack Newsletter: https://nalinigeorge.substack.com/

Hi, I’m Zertashia Awan author, educator and advocate for sustainable productivity. For years, I led thousands while teaching excellence but practicing exhaustion, building a career that looked full but felt hollow. That realization made me pause and study leaders who stayed steady under pressure, discovering that beyond talent or effort, it came down to how they designed their work: structures that protected energy, created clarity, and supported sustainable growth.

Andrea is an entrepreneur & global expert in 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. He is the founder & "Chief Earth Officer" (i.e. a CEO on a mission for our planet) at 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦.𝐜𝐨𝐦, a leading sustainability information and data platform, and one of Angel List’s ‘𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞’. In 2024, illuminem achieved "the most participated round by key climate investors worldwide" and "the region's highest valuation for an early-stage climate company". Andrea is also the 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐄𝐂 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 (Europe's #1 business school), where he teaches Europe’s only Greentech course, with the goal of developing the next generation of sustainability leaders. Previous to illuminem, he served as the 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩’𝐬 (𝐁𝐂𝐆) 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧, leading projects on sustainable investments and innovation for multinationals & governments. Andrea has been recognized by the 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 as one of the 50 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 '𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬' ("civil society leaders making the change we need to see"), and by Startup Italia as one of '𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲’𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬'. He is the Sustainability & Innovation 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫, Der Standard; a published author in the Journal of Financial Engineering; and a speaker at events hosted by COP, Davos, and universities around the world. His latest TEDx on ESG has become “the most-watched talk in Italian on sustainability.”

Tim Frick started his agency Mightybytes in 1998 to help nonprofits, social enterprises, and purpose-driven companies solve problems, build capacity, and drive measurable business results. Mightybytes is a Certified B Corp and LGBT-certified business enterprise committed to using its resources as a force for good in the world. Tim is a Certified Sustainability Designer through Gaia Education, a United Nations global education partner, where he co-facilitated their course on Economic Design. He is also the author of four books, including Designing for Sustainability: A Guide to Building Greener Digital Products and Services from O’Reilly Media. A seasoned public speaker, he regularly presents at conferences around the world and offers workshops on sustainable design, measuring impact, and problem solving in the digital economy. He has also served on the executive boards of several nonprofit organizations, including Board President at Climate Ride and Treasurer for the Alliance for the Great Lakes. In 2012, Tim co-founded B Local Illinois, a place-based community of business leaders working to grow and strengthen the B Corp movement in Illinois. Tim currently co-chairs the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Sustainable Web Interest Group, which released the Web Sustainability Guidelines to help organizations incorporate sustainability principles into the digital products and services they create and manage.

Maggie is a Consultant Software Engineer who supports clients in the Financial Services and FMCG industries. An expert in Sustainable IT, she is a data engineer by background who has worked across web, database migration and AI projects.

Since 2023 I've managed direct channels (email, SMS, and social media) for Omni Hotels & Resorts. Prior to that, I was in the tech industry for 15 years, working my way up from a site merchandiser at Amazon to the Chief Growth Officer of a seed-stage startup. I've spoken at the SXSW Interactive and Salesforce Connections conferences, and am the author of the book Fatal Abstraction: Why the Managerial Class Loses Control of Technology, which explores the intersection of technology and leadership and the ways poor leadership can lead to technological disasters.

Kristina and Jason Walker are the dynamic husband-and-wife duo behind StarWalker Organic Farms, a Regenerative Organic Certified® farm in Northern California. As third-generation farmers and entrepreneurs, they’ve transformed a 50-year-old family legacy into a cutting-edge leader in sustainable agriculture, focusing on soil health, animal welfare, and social fairness. Kristina, a visionary in organic farming and product innovation, oversees the brand’s direct-to-consumer operations and nationwide distribution. Jason, an expert in organic and regenerative farming, manages the farm’s 7,000 acres and livestock, including cattle and pigs. Together, they operate the world’s first Regenerative Organic Certified® pork farm and are the first Regenerative Organic Certified® beef producers in the U.S. In 2024, they launched StarHarvest, their USDA-certified beef and pork processing facility, creating a fully integrated supply chain from pasture to plate setting a new standard for transparency, quality, and regenerative integrity. That same year, they debuted the world’s first Regenerative Organic Certified® jerky, followed by the first Regenerative Organic Certified® meat snack sticks in 2025. Passionate advocates for regenerative farming, the Walkers share their journey on TikTok where they’ve amassed over 30,000 followers and 10 million views, driving conversations on the future of food and farming.

Konstantina Antoniadou is an expert non-toxic home and living advocate and writer, certified in Chemicals and Health by Johns Hopkins University, where she focused on the toxicity of commonly found household chemicals and their health impacts. She has also completed specialized studies in Sustainable Fashion (Copenhagen Business School), Business Models for Sustainability (BMS), and Sustainable Development Goals (University of Copenhagen), deepening her expertise in the connection between personal choices and global environmental change. With over eight years of experience in the field, K now writes from different places around the world as a digital nomad.

I am a travel journalist with bylines in New York Times, The Guardian, BBC Travel, CN Travel and more. I run the anti-overtourism travel blog Shortcuts and Sidequests, dedicated to sustainable adventures. If you are writing about sustainable travel, eco-tourism, or solo female adventures, please get in touch, I will be happy to answer your questions.

I’m a brand & marketing professional and independent consultant with know-how in media science and psychology. Together we create sustainable brand strategies, from entrepreneur to entrepreneur, using interdisciplinary knowledge and creativity. Feel addressed? Drop me a line. Besides this I’m Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer at fonlos® Tech-as-a-Service, which is a B2B technology rental that turns technology into service. We offer business customers simplified lifecycle management by bundling hardware, software, services and financing into a holistic offer for a monthly rate. fonlos® supports companies in digital work with the aim that nothing stands in the way of the digital experience and participation in change. Procurement intervals become usage cycles. Companies remain financially flexible and technically up-to-date. Thanks to lifecycle services, they not only outsource the residual value risk, but also IT tasks, which increases internal efficiency and productivity. Ownership obligations are eliminated; our customers make risk-free decisions and can work free of technical or monetary limitations. We offer companies a new solution in current IT-procurement that meets the challenges of a digitized world and changes the way companies think about technology and how they use it. We reduce the complexity in technology procurement and offer companies a future-oriented solution for the availability of technology in a digitized world. But availability is not everything. We believe that working with digital technology, which, like electricity or DSL, is only understood as a resource, will not be able to do without a service concept in the future. Our customers are self-determined decision-makers who want to actively create, get information, question, experiment, collaborate or work decentrally at any time. When it comes to digital life or work, they should be empowered to do whatever they set out to do. We strive for a digitized world that is shaped by people, not the other way around. Agree? Let's have a chat.

As "Chief Sustainability Officer in a Box", I work with retailers and e-commerce businesses (from start-ups to stock market-listed companies) on sustainability strategies and implementation thereof to manage future risk and unlock new business opportunities. I advise on environmental impact reduction in operations and supply chain, ethical sourcing, sustainable materials, circularity, stakeholder engagement, and other social and environmental responsibility and compliance topics. Prior to launching The Purpose Agents, I spent my career building and growing e-commerce companies and also acquired in-depth supply chain experience in fashion and footwear supply chains in Europe and Asia. I hold a Master of Science in Business from the University of Mannheim and a Certificate in Business Sustainability Management from the University of Cambridge. I am a regular speaker, writer and commentator on sustainability and a mentor for the accelerator programme of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. I am also a shoe nerd (including learning how to make shoes myself and developing my own collection of sustainable ladies shoes in Italy).I am a co-founder and board director at not-for-profit Leaders for Climate Action Australia where we build a community around climate action with the goal to help businesses of all sizes on their decarbonization journey.

Anastasia Vasilieva is a founder, former Big Four consultant, and mother of two who builds and advises purpose-led consumer brands. She is the founder of Treehouse, a children’s clothing brand focused on safer materials, ethical manufacturing, and long-lasting design. Launched in 2023, Treehouse was built after years of supplier research in India, hands-on product testing with parents, and deep work on materials, pricing, and supply-chain decision-making — balancing sustainability with the realities of running a modern business. Before entrepreneurship, Anastasia was a Senior Manager at EY, where she worked on global risk, regulation, and supplier due diligence. She now brings that business and operational lens to fashion, manufacturing, and consumer goods — particularly as brands navigate rising tariffs, supply-chain uncertainty, cost pressures, and shifting consumer expectations. Anastasia regularly speaks to journalists about building and scaling a brand, manufacturing overseas, tariffs and pricing, sustainable fashion without greenwashing, mom entrepreneurship, immigrant-founded businesses, and what it really takes to build an ethical company that survives in today’s economy.