Helle Bank Jorgensen

Helle Bank Jorgensen is a renowned speaker at leading conferences in North America and Europe, and the author of many thought-leading articles and books. She has led PwC’s Sustainability and Climate Change practices in Europe and the US, hereof 11 years as a partner. Since 2012, she has run an independent consulting practice B. Accountability advising global business leaders on strategic issues such as how to effectively embed sustainability into all business functions, responsible supply chain management, stakeholder dialogue, materiality assessment and sustainability or integrated reporting. In 2013, she was also asked to build and lead the Global Compact Network Canada, and has grown the network to be the go-to-network with over 100 responsible business leaders. In 2014, Helle was chosen as one of 12 Global Facilitators for the UN’s Global Compact Board Programme. Originally a Business Lawyer and State Authorized Public Accountant (CPA) by training – Helle has, during her over 25 year long career assisted many of the world's leading companies in becoming successful by embedding and reporting about sustainability and climate change. She was the creator of the world's first Green Account and later the world's first Integrated Report. In 2015 Helle was also among the first few people in the world and the first in North America to receive Certificate of Achievement for passing the GRI G4 EXAM. Helle also serves as the Chairwoman of eRevalue; at Cornerstone Capital Global Advisory Council; at Future-Fit Business Benchmark Release Council and at the Audit & Finance Committee for International IDEA.