The bridge between technology and sustainability.

Biodiversity is not a side topic next to climate. It is the ground companies do business on — and the blind spot of most reports. Anyone who depends on supply chains depends on soils, pollinators and water.

My approach: This is where I come from. I published on lichens in natural forest reserves long before I wrote about biodiversity as a risk factor for companies. Technologies like remote sensing, AI and sensors make changes visible at scale — reading them still takes forestry knowledge.

In sustainability work most of the time goes into reading, sorting and summarising. AI can take that over — as long as somebody is there who can judge the result professionally.

My approach: Try out where it holds up and where it does not. What holds up, I turn into tools that actually get used.

Hardly any business knows exactly how much material, waste and energy actually runs through it. And a single figure says little on its own: only comparison turns it into a statement — high or low, ordinary or striking, and where the largest untapped potential sits.

My approach: Collect the data, measure against comparable businesses, lift the biggest potentials first — and take the lead from those who have already walked that road. In a research project for small businesses and trades I built a digital benchmark for exactly that.

Sustainability has a social side that is harder to measure than tonnes and kilowatt hours — which is why it often gets left behind. Yet every warehouse holds something that is needed elsewhere.

My approach: Bring corporate surplus together with vetted non-profit organisations and document the impact along the way. For sur.plus I built the platform for exactly that as an MVP.

Founding teams have the idea and the market in mind, but rarely the time to think a platform through from the ground up. That is where the first months get lost.

My approach: Passing on knowledge rather than writing invoices: what I learned in my own projects — architecture, data model, first working version, regulation — I bring in, along with my network.

Sustainability data only creates value once it flows through processes instead of sitting in spreadsheets.

My approach: Start small, prototype fast and build tools people actually use in their day-to-day work.