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Author Helle Bank Jorgensen

Helle Bank Jorgensen

CEO – B. Accountability.
www.baccountability.com
hbj@baccountability.com

Helle Bank Jorgensen is the CEO of B. Accountability and has worked with leading companies and organizations within sustainability and climate change for 25 years. She is a global board facilitator for the UN Global Compact Board Programme and the Head of the UN Global Compact in Canada.

Helle gained the majority of her experience during various roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers, including 11 years as a Partner in Denmark and the US. Originally a business lawyer, Helle graduated with a Master of Science degree in business administration and auditing in 1994, when she also became an Environmental Management Systems consultant. She qualified as a State Authorized Public Accountant (CPA) in Denmark in 1997.

She was the creator of the world’s first green account, assisted in creation of the world’s first integrated report and is working on Natural Capital Accounting. Further, she is the principle organizer for NVIR, the CEO/Investor-network for Business Ethics and Non-Financial Reporting, and has led many international assignments within strategy, supply chain responsibility, reporting, stakeholder engagement and assurance. Helle has extensive experience providing strategic and operational guidance to all functions within an organization.

Helle serves as an Act Now Ambassador and is on the board of Rethink Sustainability and the advisory board of the Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series (TSSS) and has served on many boards and expert groups such as; chair of the European Sustainability Reporting Association, Board of CSR Europe, Board of European Policy Centre, Sustainability Policy Group of FEE (Institute of European Accountants), member of the Council for International Development Cooperation (advisory council to DANIDA — the Danish International Development Agency), International associate of the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR) — University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

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Why your board should care about sustainable development

Helle Bank Jorgensen
March 8, 2016
Culture and Leadership
Awareness and interest in embracing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the board level might be much more prevalent than mid-level managers think.

The French propose new laws to hold companies accountable for supply chain abuses.

Helle Bank Jorgensen
September 17, 2015
Business and Sustainability, Retail and Supply Chain
What kind of suppliers do we as a company want? Are we willing to pay more? And therefore, can we ask our customers to pay more?

What Makes a Board Fit for the Future?

Helle Bank Jorgensen
March 17, 2015
Business and Sustainability, Culture and Leadership
Meaningful transformation has to be driven from the top, so the need for effective board oversight has never been greater; it has also never been more challenging.

Helping Empower Boards to Unlock the Value of Corporate Sustainability

Helle Bank Jorgensen
December 7, 2014
Business and Sustainability, Culture and Leadership
The UN Global Compact's new program will help Board members play a more pivotal role in helping companies unlock the value of corporate sustainability.

A month later, what did we learn from climate week?

Helle Bank Jorgensen
October 31, 2014
Energy, Cities and Climate Change
Leaders still need political cover to price externalities - the climate march was a good start but there is still much more work to be done.

5 ways boards of directors can support sustainability

Helle Bank Jorgensen
October 22, 2014
Culture and Leadership
The board’s engagement with the company’s sustainability risks sends a strong message to company leaders and employees. If the board is not aligned in its views on corporate sustainability, how can the company expect everyone else to be aligned?

The Bottom Line from the Climate Summit: Little Urgency for the Necessary Change

Helle Bank Jorgensen
January 14, 2014
Energy, Cities and Climate Change
While companies attending the Climate Summits at COP19 in Warsaw Poland seemed more than ready for a climate deal, the negotiations during the United Nations Climate Change Conference seemed more like no-go-tiations.

The Message from Doha: It’s Time to Rethink the Business Model

Helle Bank Jorgensen
December 12, 2012
Energy, Cities and Climate Change
It is often in the mix between people – and by facilitating large-scale collaboration between businesses, financiers, NGO’s and regional, national and global regulators that you get real impactful commitments and actions.
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