On Wednesday, 14 October, Rotterdam School of Managment, Erasmus University (RSM) welcomes Vincent Kneefel back to campus for a talk to students and staff 10:00 – 11:00 in the G Building (G3-46) of the Erasmus University Woudestein campus.
Members of the RSM community are invited to meet Vincent and listen to his talk on Giants of the Caribbean and his work with the United Nations in sustainable development. Students of Global Business Strategies (BM02GBS-15) will be in attendance along with you.
Vincent currently works for the United Nations Global Compact in New York as a Corporate Sustainability Expert and helps companies to innovate and lead the way to a sustainable future. He is co-promoting the recent roll-out of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Vincent holds a Bachelor degree in International Business Administration and a Masters degree in Global Business and Stakeholder Management (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University). Prior to joining the United Nations, he worked as a strategy and sustainability consultant for Accenture, advising companies on their sustainability strategies. Vincent was selected and is serving as a World Economic Forum Global Shaper. In 2014 he was recognised in “100 Young Sustainability Professionals in the Netherlands“.
He is a former Strategy Consultant at Accenture and a former DRIFT Sustainability Researcher. In June 2009 Vincent initiated and organized Rotterdam World Ocean Day, an event with speakers from all over the world. Among the keynotes were Captain Paul Watson, David Doubilet and Fabien Cousteau.
Vincent's book, Giants of the Caribbean is a photo collection of endangered marine species and their stories, beautifully presented in a coffee-table size book.
In his own words, “My mission is to make people fall in love with the oceans. For the last 5 years I have traveled across the Caribbean to capture the beauty of endangered megafauna species with my camera and document their stories. The BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and ocean life being impacted by ocean acidification are clear indicators we no longer can afford to keep on our current trajectory and need to transition to a new economy rapidly. Combining my passion for the ocean with my expertise in Sustainability, this story is about what we can do to turn the tide and how we can conserve a living ocean and planet for future generations.”
