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Matthias Schulz

Selbstständig, Sustainability Consultant, Schulz Sustainability Consulting
Stuttgart, Germany

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Professional experience for Matthias Schulz

  • Current 9 years and 6 months, since Sep 2015

    Sustainability Consultant

    Schulz Sustainability Consulting

    - Product sustainability consulting, training and workshops; - Critical reviews of Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), Carbon Footprints and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD).

  • Current 9 years and 6 months, since Sep 2015

    Business Development Manager

    Björnsen Beratende Ingenieure GmbH

    - Support in the set-up of a BCE subsidiary in Leonberg; - Project development in the areas of material flow analysis for waste management processes.

  • 3 years and 7 months, Jan 2012 - Jul 2015

    Product Line Manager Product Sustainability

    DEKRA Assurance Services GmbH

    - Management of product sustainability consulting projects; - Critical review of life cycle assessments (LCA; e.g. ISO 14040/44), Carbon Footprints (e.g. Greenhouse Gas Protocol) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD; e.g. ISO 14025, DIN EN 15804); - Execution of market and benchmark analyses; - Delivery of workshops, training and lectures on the topics of sustainability definitions and concepts, makro-economic context, sustainable decision frameworks, LCA and Eco-labels.

  • 2 months, Jul 2011 - Aug 2011

    Guest lecturer

    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

    Invited to teach a summer class in sustainability principles and assessment methods to post graduate students

  • 1 year and 5 months, Jan 2010 - May 2011

    Manager Sustainability Assessment Program

    University of New South Wales

    - Led consultancy projects and conducted research in sustainability assessment and life cycle management for the resources, manufacturing and food industries - Lectured in sustainable water management, life cycle management, eco-labels, carbon footprinting - Delivered Carbon and Water Footprint Workshops - Retail sales manager for GaBi 4 software in Australia - Development of streamlined life cycle assessment calculators - Appointed to Committee of Management of the Australien LCA Society

  • 2 years and 9 months, Apr 2007 - Dec 2009

    Research Associate

    University of New South Wales

    Consulting and research in the areas of sustainability assessment, in particular LCA, carbon footprinting, life cycle costing, sustainable decision making, etc.

  • 10 months, Jul 2006 - Apr 2007

    Remuneration Specialist

    BT Financial Group / Westpac

    Management of the 2006 Remuneration Review Process for all BT employees Redesign of the BT Financial Group's Reward Strategy

  • 2 years and 6 months, Aug 2003 - Jan 2006

    Remuneration Consultant

    Klaus Lurse Personal + Management AG

    Consultant specialising in Remuneration Strategy, Variable Remuneration and Management by Objectives and their application on a project basis within large and medium-sized organisations.

  • 1 year and 5 months, Aug 2004 - Dec 2005

    Director

    Living Bamboo

    - Import, marketing and sale of Phillipine bamboo furniture; set up a company to market and sell a new product, thereby supporting a community in the developing world

  • 7 months, Mar 2002 - Sep 2002

    Development Project

    Tanzania-Wir helfen!

    Single-handed planning, fundraising (~€ 4.000) and completion of a development project in Arusha (Tanzania) Construction of a solar water heating system for an orphanage.

  • 4 months, Aug 2001 - Nov 2001

    Intern Organic Farming Project

    Eco Project Ltd - Trinidad&Tobago

    Internship at Eco Project Ltd in Tobago (Trinidad & Tobago) Planning and marketing for an ecological initiative (growth and local marketing of organic produce). Selection of new interns.

  • 4 months, Jul 2000 - Oct 2000

    Intern Audi Marketing

    Volkswagen de México

    Internship at Audi (Marketing department), Volkswagen de México Design and roll-out of merchandise boutique for Audi Centres, organisation of golf tournaments, contact for Audi Centres, translations.

Educational background for Matthias Schulz

  • 5 years and 8 months, Oct 1997 - May 2003

    Economics

    Universität Hannover, Universidad Alcalá de Henares

    Marketing, Human Resources, Environment Economics, Systems Management, Environment Politics

Languages

  • German

    First language

  • English

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Intermediate

  • French

    Basic

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