- Exploring how Volkswagen is making ESG performance a fundamental part of everything it does
- Understanding the scale of both the challenge and the opportunity: Volkswagen’s operations and products account for 1% of global CO2 emissions. What would orienting a million employees across a global footprint towards sustainability look like, and what would it achieve?
- Showcasing the plan to decarbonize a global enterprise and build products that will function well in the circular economy of the future
- Where are we now, and where are we going? How are we going to get there, and when? What do we need along the way, and how can we share our experience and lessons learned with other businesses throughout our journey?
Dirk Voeste
Chief Sustainability Officer
Volkswagen Group
April 1, 2023, Dirk Voeste, PhD, joined Volkswagen Group as its Chief Sustainability Officer. In this function he together with his team is responsible for the development and implementation for the Groups sustainability strategy regenerate+, all ESG-related topics as well as stakeholder relationship.
As a graduated Ph.D. in biology from University Bonn in Germany and M.Phil. from the Cranfield Institute of Technology in England he held various positions in the field of space science, biotechnology, breeding, crop protection and sustainability. For example, as a Vice President Dirk has taken the lead of BASFs corporate sustainability strategy and as a Senior Vice President he was responsible for of regulatory, public affairs and sustainability for BASFs Agriculture Solution Division.
