Dr. Saskia Juretzek
About
Dr. Saskia Juretzek is a senior sustainability expert with more than fifteen years of experience in advancing sustainability in organizations.
During her PhD, she conducted empirical research on the successful implementation of sustainability strategies and the necessary competencies of decision maker’s (summary of research topic). She also holds a Diploma in International Business Administration.
Her five-year tenure at Accenture as a Management Consultant allowed her to specialize in Marketing, Sales and Sustainability. She contributed to various projects across multiple countries and industries.
In 2011, she joined Telefónica Germany as a Sustainability Manager, where she developed a new sustainability strategy and specialized in sustainability reporting and communication.
From 2015 until 2022, she served as Senior Manager Sustainability at Allianz SE, overseeing the group's non-financial reporting and auditing actvities. She also supported sustainability strategy development and implementation at both group and local levels and led the group's efforts in SDG impact analysis.
In June 2022, she became Head of Sustainability at Tengelmann 21 KG, focusing on group-wide sustainability strategy development & implementation, sustainability transformation, and non-financial reporting. The family-owned Tengelmann Group includes major retailers such as OBI and KiK, as well as the real estate company TREI.
Beyond her professional career, Saskia is the author of various books, regulary lectures on sustainability management, and serves as an Advisory Council Member of HfWU's MBA program „Trend- und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement“. In 2020, she co-founded Futurewoman to empower women in sustainability, and since 2024, she supported the expert network as a strategic advisor.
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