Constanze Boulanger

Director
Cultural Scientist

Contact Details

Phone: +49 175 70 66 316
E-mail: constanze.boulanger@fors.earth

 

 

Information

Cultural studies graduate and certified organizational consultant with extensive knowledge and diverse experience in sustainable business and investing across civil society, business, and finance, her consulting approach is characterized by a combination of analysis, empowerment, and empathy. She is convinced that the transition to sustainable business requires both knowledge of interrelationships and an understanding of the urgency of the transformation, as well as motivated and mutually empowering people as drivers. As a moderator and speaker, Constanze Boulanger conveys target group-specific expertise, enthusiasm for the transition to sustainable business, and insights into success factors and stumbling blocks – always with humor. Her motto: "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." (Maya Angelou)

Focus

  • Sustainable Finance  
  • ESG-Strategies 
  • Sustainability strategy and implementation 
  • Organizational development 

Topics

  • "Money is a terrible master, but an excellent servant" (P. T. Barnum): How can the financial market contribute to economy's transformation?
  • What Sustainable Finance can – and cannot – do: ESG in the tension between compliance, risk-return optimization and impact
  • Sustainable Finance vs. Financing Sustainability: An Overview of European Sustainable Finance Regulation
  • ESG Ratings – Background, objectives, approaches
  • Success factors and stumbling blocks in the introduction and implementation of sustainability and ESG strategies
  • The S in ESG: Transformation without justice is not sustainable

References

  • In-house lectures on capacity building for various MEAG departments, including: Sustainable Finance Regulation in the EU, Biodiversity, Social EU Taxonomy 
  • Impulse as representative of oekom research – later ISS ESG – in various formats, including the hearing on “Reporting and Transparency” within the framework of the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, BMZ, Berlin 
  • Numerous in-house trainings and capacity building on technical and organizational topics, including at Transparency International and oekom research / ISS ESG
  • "The Use and Abuse of Power. Cultures of Corruption in the Modern World" (with Prof. Dr. Timm Beichelt) 

Formats

  • Keynote
  • Moderation
  • Panel discussion
  • Workshop
  • Sparring
  • Training
  • Shoulder check 

Languages:

  • English
  • German