Michèle Zollinger

Michèle was a Sustainability Consultant at Quantis International. She graduated from the Master of Environmental Management at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES). She worked as Research Assistant on the Corporate Water Workshop Series supported by Professor Bradford Gentry and Professor Todd Cort and was part of the Social & Environmental Entrepreneurship (SEE) working group at CBEY to build up the SEE-Center for CBEY. At Yale, Michèle focused on innovative business models and intrapreneurship linking environmental sustainability to core decision-making in companies. Michèle worked at Adidas Group developing the company's sustainable 2020 targets for owned operations and ABB, a global leader in power and automation technologies, in Marketing and Communication for the innovative sustainable mobility project TOSA. She was also Managing Director for the Swiss Environmental Initiative focusing on project management and social entrepreneurship. Michèle graduated from the University of Geneva ’13, with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. She enjoys landscape painting, playing Jazz piano and was part of the Yale Graduate Rowing Crew.

Companies

• Global Sustainable Sourcing for Pulp and Paper & Climate Lead Nestlé (2021)
• Senior Sustainability Consultant - Global Natural Climate Solutions Lead (Forests) Quantis International (2019 — 2021)
• Deforestation Innovation Hub Lead Quantis (2017 — 2021)
• US Apparel Sector Lead Quantis (2017 — 2020)
• Sustainability Consultant Quantis International (2016 — 2019)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant & Guest Lecturer, Circular Economy Class Harvard Extension School (2017 — 2017)
• Teaching & Research Assistant, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) (2014 — 2016)
• Sustainability & Strategic Planning adidas Group (2015 — 2015)
• Communication, Marketing & Project Development ABB (2014 — 2014)

Education

• MEM, Master of Environmental Management Yale University (2014 — 2016)
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) University of Geneva (2010 — 2013)