JACQUELINE CRAMER

Professor Jacqueline Cramer, Strategic Adviser of the Utrecht Sustainability Institute, Utrecht University and Ambassador Circulair Economy of the Amsterdam Economic Board

Prof. dr. Jacqueline Cramer is strategic advisor of the Utrecht Sustainability Institute/Utrecht University and member of the Amsterdam Economic Board, particularly in charge of the circular economy. Moreover, she is director of the consultancy firm ‘Sustainable Entrepreneurship; strategy and innovation consulting’.

Before she was Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment for the Labour Party (February 2007 – February 2010). Her background is primarily related to industry, working as a consultant for many years with more than 150 companies on the implementation of sustainable entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility. Moreover, she worked as part-time professor since 1990.

She was and still is member of various (inter) national advisory boards of the government, industry and non-profit organisations. (e.g. previously crown member of the Dutch Social-Economic Council, member of the Advisory Board of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)/Netherlands, member of the non-executive board of Shell Netherlands and FMO (Finance for Development Bank and presently among others chairman of the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on international responsible business conduct regarding human rights, the Plastic Soup Foundation, Nudge and the ESCo (Energy Service Companies) Netherlands network.

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