As the VP of Global Sustainability Delivery, Erik leads Schneider Electric’s Sustainability Services team in support of corporate clients, delivering strategic support, value creation, and innovation in the areas of energy and sustainability. Erik’s teams assist clients in reporting managing and reporting environmental and ESG data. They also implement operational and supply chain sustainability assessments, set ambitious goals and targets, and create governance and frameworks to manage the current and future sustainability of their organizations.
Erik leverages his background in engineering and analytics to connect data driven insights and opportunities for clients with high impact strategic vision. In recent years, the emergence of Science Based Targets, carbon neutral and net zero targets have required a convergence of actions aligned to common ambition across efficiency, renewables and other clean technologies, to meet the urgency of the climate crisis. Erik and his team develop and maintain best in class approaches inventory accounting and manage complex multi framework ESG reporting programs for Fortune 500 companies.
Erik has more than fifteen years of experience working in the environmental management and sustainability sector, with more than a decade in the energy sector. Prior to joining Schneider Electric, Erik worked as an Environmental and Climate Protection Manager for an international electric utility company in Germany. There, he secured their listing in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and the CDP A List. Erik also has experience working for the Department of Defense in air, storm water, and solid waste management, as well as overseeing an ISO14001 program. Erik holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Louisville.