Oliver Schmid-Schönbein

Founding Partner & Chairman

About me

Consulting mandates, lecturing and expert services in sustainability management. Focus on the areas of strategic management, management systems, performance measurement as well as internal and external sustainability communication. Sector focus on financial institutions. Further entrepreneurial commitments in the areas of executive education and sustainable real estate.

• Degree in economics at the University of St. Gall HSG. 
  

Biography

Since 2020 project partner of VfU and PCAF and co-lead of the PCAF/VfU regional group for the DACH region.

Member of the Green Liberal Party of the Canton of St. Gallen. 2019 Candidate for the National Council and 2020 Candidate for the Cantonal Parliament.

Since November 2016 president of the board of directors. 2001 co-founder, partner and member of the board of directors of Swiss Management Forum Inc. Switzerland 2006 co-author of the e-learning course provided by the Swiss Virtual Business School on "The Management of Corporate Sustainability".

Since 1997 visiting lecturer of environmental and sustainability management at the Lucerne School of Business, the University of St. Gallen, the Business School Lausanne and the University of Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow.

Since 1996 member of the working group for the development of the VfU-Indicators Standard, since 2003 responsible for the continuous development and periodical updates of the VfU Indicators Standard Calculation Tool.

Since 1994 management consultant on environmental and sustainability management, president of the board of directors of ECCOSS AG, St. Gallen. Since 1995 co-founder, managing partner and member of the board of directors of E2 Management Consulting AG. 

1991 to 1993 with the Swiss Bank Corporation (later merged to UBS AG), involvement in the development of the first corporate environmental strategy and eco-balance methodology for financial institutions.

Publications

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