ClimatePartner strengthens its team for corporate climate action with high-profile industry experts

Dr. Sascha Lafeld, founder of First Climate, digital marketing expert Sven Wiechert and Tier Mobility´s sustainability manager Bjoern Broeskamp join ClimatePartner.

ClimatePartner is expanding its team. Dr. Sascha Lafeld, Sven Wiechert and Bjoern Broeskamp, three top-class industry experts with a combined experience of almost 50 years are amongst September’s ten newcomers. They will advance the company´s solutions for holistic climate action and increase its general visibility. With continuous investment in its resources, and know-how, ClimatePartner is underlining its pioneering position in the market, in which the company has played a key role in shaping since 2006.

Dr. Sascha Lafeld has been active in climate action and green energy for almost 20 years. In the early 2000s, he founded First Climate, a service provider in the field of emissions trading and carbon offset projects. In addition to supporting national and international companies in their climate action measures, he has been instrumental in setting quality standards for the voluntary carbon offsetting market. He will contribute this expertise to ClimatePartner in his function as Head of Carbon Offsetting and Green Energy Services. The focus will be on the areas of green energy procurement for corporate clients, green products for utilities and the further development of carbon offsetting projects. 

Sven Wiechert brings with him 20 years of experience in the digital and marketing sector, where he was responsible for brand management in the digital sector for the NIVEA brand worldwide and for numerous L'ORÉAL brands in Germany. Most recently, he was the founder and managing director of an e-commerce start-up. There he built up the retailer brand Lieblingstasche to successful exit. As Head of Marketing at ClimatePartner, Sven Wiechert will significantly increase brand awareness in the B2B sector and support sales with qualified leads. Initially, the focus will be on developing strategic storytelling around "climate action", development of visual brand identity as well as the expansion of the company's own digital channels.

Bjoern Broeskamp joins ClimatePartner from Tier Mobility, where he was responsible for sustainability management and, together with ClimatePartner, led the micro-mobility start-up to achieve climate neutrality. Before that, the graduate in business chemistry worked for the specialty chemicals group Evonik on its sustainability strategies, including conducting life cycle assessments. At ClimatePartner, he strengthens the Berlin-based business development team. The focus here is on further development of ClimatePartner’s carbon emissions methodology, both with regards to the internationalisation of the solution offering and to adapting it to industry-specific requirements.

Moritz Lehmkuhl, founder and managing director of ClimatePartner said: "We are very pleased to bring comprehensive industry experience and expertise on board with Sascha Lafeld, Sven Wiechert, Bjoern Broeskamp and the other new colleagues. The interest that so many experienced experts have in ClimatePartner testifies to the fact that we are on the right track with our investments in quantitative and qualitative growth. As the name suggests - we want to be a partner in climate action. This is why we are positioning ourselves broadly, aligning our solutions to the ever-changing requirements of our customers and offering unrivalled industry expertise“

ClimatePartner now has more than 100 employees in Munich, Berlin, Essen, Cologne, London, Vienna, Zurich and Yerevan, working with over 2,500 companies from 35 countries. More international expansion will follow.

Pictures from left to right: Dr. Sascha Lafeld, Sven Wiechert, Bjoern Broeskamp