In early 2017, Klaus Wiesen, Dr. Thorsten Merten, Christoph Wiesen, Willem Bulthuis, and Dr. Markus Werner founded sustainabill to establish climate and human rights protection in global supply chains.
Research conducted by the Wuppertal Institute is the basis of the company’s idea, one of the world’s leading think tanks for applied sustainability research. Klaus Wiesen researched at the Wuppertal Institut and provided science-based consulting to companies until sustainabill was founded.
Today, we are a growing team of technology and sustainability experts. We are united by the firm belief that the transformation to a sustainable business world cannot succeed without sustainably designed supply chains. We want to be part of the solution to enable a sustainable business world and master one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century!
Klaus takes care of business development, stakeholder communicati, and client projects. Before co-founding sustainabill, he was a team leader at the Wuppertal Institute, a leading sustainability think tank.
Christoph is the Chief Product Owner and responsible for continuous platform development. He looks back on eight years of experience as an IT consultant in business intelligence and has a master's degree in computer science.
Thorsten makes sure that our IT infrastructure is in excellent shape and that we use the newest technology. He received his Ph.D. in software engineering and data mining at the University of Heidelberg and realized data-driven software projects.
Ilja helps our clients to implement the sustainabill platform and to increase transparency towards the upstream supply chain. He is a French-German national with a background in Chemistry and Natural Resource Management.
Miriam is responsible for sustainable supply chain solutions within our cloud platform. Prior to joining sustainabill, she worked for PwC in sustainability consulting and auditing as well as business development.
Lena is responsible for generating customer growth at sustainabill. Prior to joining the company, she did her bachelor's degree in International Business and worked for an advertising agency as a project manager.
Markus is Co-Founder of the software company TriaGnoSys he led as Managing Director until 2016. He coordinated the EU research project myEcoCost. He brings with him the vision of a largely automated and dynamic-adaptive sustainability assessment.
As a member of the executive board, CTO and global sales director in high tech industry Willem gained great experience to act as consultant and business angel today. With sustainabill he follows his conviction that transparent supply chains are essential for successful business.