Renat Heuberger

Renat is a pioneer and social entrepreneur in the field of sustainability, climate change and renewable energies, where he is engaged since 1999. As a founding partner and CEO of the South Pole Group, he coordinated the set-up of the companys global sustainability solutions business. Before founding South Pole, Renat was co-founder and CEO of the myclimate foundation, one of the worlds first players on the voluntary carbon markets.Renat has been elected Social Entrepreneur of Switzerland by the World Economic Forums Schwab foundation, and he serves as a member of the Global Agenda Council on Climate Change of the WEF. He is a board member of Climate-KIC, Europes largest public-private innovation partnership focused on climate change, a board member of Climate Friendly Pty Ltd, Australias leading voluntary carbon company, of Perenia Pty Ltd, and of Respect Climate in Sweden. He is a member of the advisory board of HUB Zurich, a platform for social entrepreneurship and MyNewEnergy, a company launching the first- ever platform to compare power products in Switzerland.Renat holds a master degree in environmental sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and has completed executive education programs at INSEAD and the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS).More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renat_Heuberger