Susanne Stormer

Susanne is the Chief Sustainability Advisor and Vice President at the Danish-based pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk. In this capacity she sets direction for Novo Nordisk to be a leader with high and forward-looking standards for driving a sustainable business and documenting progress. This role involves external representation and stakeholder engagement on current and emerging sustainability issues, trendspotting and insights, strategic advice to the executive management team and support in embedding an ambitious sustainability agenda across the broader organisation.

Susanne joined the Novo Group in 2000 to ingrain responsible business practices across the organization as the lens for decision-making and a strong component of the corporate culture. Among her achievements are the successful integration of the company’s financial and sustainability reporting. Before that, she worked as a strategy and communications consultant in the field of environmental and sustainability issues management for more than a decade.

She is also member of the Board of the Access to Nutrition Foundation, member of the Board of the UN Global Compact Network in Denmark and member of the Board of the Danish Academy for Social Innovation; member of the International Integrated Reporting Council and the Future Fit Foundation’s Development Council; adjunct professor of Corporate Sustainability at the Copenhagen Business School and a visiting professor at UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business.