Björn Stigson
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World Business Council for Sustainable Development
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development is a CEO-led, global association of some 200 international companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development....
(WBCSD), a CEO-led, global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development.
He began his career as financial analyst with the Swedish Kockums Group. From 1971-82 he worked for ESAB, an international supplier of welding equipment, in different positions, being responsible for finance, operations and marketing.
In 1983 he became president and CEO of the Fläkt Group, a company listed on the Stockholm stock exchange and the world leader in environmental control technology.
Following the acquisition of Fläkt by ABB Group, in 1991 he became executive vice president and a member of ABB Asea Brown Boveri’s Executive Management Group.
From 1993-94 he ran his own management consultancy.
In 1995 he was appointed president of the WBCSD, a coalition of some 200 leading international corporations.
He now serves on the boards of or on committees advising the Chinese government, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Launched in September 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes are a family of indexes evaluating the performance of the world’s leaders in sustainability. They are the longest-running global sustainability benchmarks worldwide and have become the key reference point in Sustainability Investing...
, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, the Clinton Global Initiative and the Global Reporting Initiative
Global Reporting Initiative
The Global Reporting Initiative produces one of the world's most prevalent standards for sustainability reporting - also known as ecological footprint reporting, Environmental Social Governance reporting, Triple Bottom Line reporting, Corporate Social Responsibility reporting...
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