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Global Circular Strategy Leader @ Ingka Group, IKEA | Sustainability Strategy, ESGTalks about #sustainability #regenerativebusiness #circulareconomy #justtransition #systemchange #wellbeingeconomy #radicalcollaboration at
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With over 15 years of cross-sector experience in sustainability, circularity and social impact, I am a senior professional, impact entrepreneur, and systems thinker who is passionate about creating a thriving society for all. I have a strong track record of developing and implementing net positive/regenerative strategies, practices, leadership, cultures, and behaviors across different sectors, domains and scales.Currently, I'm a leader in circularity strategy at Ingka Group, IKEA's largest franchisee, where I direct the update of our strategy, business transformation approach, and actionable roadmaps. I also oversee the growth and innovation portfolios, build and lead cross-functional networks and working groups, and develop policy recommendations and partnerships for accelerating a just and circular economy. In addition, I am a board advisor, a visiting lecturer, and a public speaker on topics related to regeneration, corporate sustainability, sustainable consumption, and circularity. I hold a certificate in sustainable finance from the University of Cambridge and have recently been awarded a Honorary Doctorate in Sustainable Development by Middlesex University.
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Ikea
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Global Circular Strategy Leader @ Ingka Group, IKEA | Sustainability Strategy, ESGTalks about #sustainability #regenerativebusiness #circulareconomy #justtransition #systemchange #wellbeingeconomy #radicalcollaboration
Hege Sæbjørnsen 🌍 Work Experience Details
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Global Circular Strategy And Transformation LeaderIkea Mar 2022 - PresentDelft, Zuid-Holland, NlDirect, lead and manage the strategic topic area of circularity in a global matrix organisation, Ingka Group. Direct updated strategy, build and lead cross functional networks and working groups, oversee running business growth as well as innovation portfolios, building capacity, competence and leadership, transformation planning, processes and metrics, and performance and reporting, as well as developing actionable roadmaps across Ingka Group: Ingka Retail, Ingka Centers and Ingka Investments. Conduct and commission research, lead on cross sector partnerships and develop policy recommendations with our PA team.
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Global Partnership Advisor (Cop26) Ingka Public Affairs And AdvocacyIkea Mar 2021 - Mar 2022Delft, Zuid-Holland, NlCo-create and co-lead the ambitious IKEA engagement and influencing plans for COP26, working across key strategic partnerships and activities, incl. help lead Ingka as co-chair of the World Economic Forum (WEF) CEO Climate Leader Alliance, manage relationship with the Cabinet Office (UK), act as a strategic and enabling bridge between Ingka Group, Inter IKEA and IKEA UK&IE to secure a ‘One IKEA COP26 plan’ delivery, and lead on the CO26 exhibition project and internal climate engagement across 32 markets and 180,000 co-workers.
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Head Of Sustainability, Uk And IrelandIkea Feb 2017 - Mar 2021Delft, Zuid-Holland, NlLead, coordinate, secure successful delivery of, and identify and act on innovation opportunities for the People and Planet Positive agenda across the UK and Ireland. This includes leading the sustainability function and cross-functional integration and embedding of the strategy across all aspects of the business, lead the functional team and a matrix set up, acting as the external spokes person on sustainability related topics and influencing external policy.
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Sustainability Expansion ManagerIkea Apr 2015 - Mar 2017Delft, Zuid-Holland, NlIKEA UK&IE Sustainability responsible to lead, inspire, coordinate and influence the development and integration of our social and environmental sustainability commitments throughout our expansion plans. This work goes beyond incremental sustainability improvements, with a commitment to establish IKEA as a leader in creating and running innovative, sustainable places. I also lead on developing our 10 year strategic plan to develop a market leading role in society as a business, including delivering to the SDG's and business innovation opportunities.Achievements include: Directed the development, implementation and operations of the first global flagship sustainable store, IKEA Greenwich, London. Achieved a global first BREAAM Outstanding certification for a retail site.
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Board AdvisorUnibloom Jan 2024 - PresentLondon, GbA predictive & collaborative climate tech platform, Unibloom enables sustainability managers to connect all teams, climate projects & budget in one place, automate modelling and calculations for packaging, energy, ingredients & circularity, with different scenarios, for highest ROI on emissions & cost, to hit Science Based Targets and Business Targets on time in full. -
Visiting LecturerUniversity Of Surrey Nov 2020 - PresentGuildford, Surrey, GbVisiting lecturer on the Msc in Sustainable Development at the Centre for Environment and Sustainability. -
Fellow RsaThe Rsa (The Royal Society For Arts, Manufactures And Commerce) Jan 2014 - Feb 2024London, Gb -
Engagement Programme ManagerUnltd Aug 2014 - Apr 2015London, England, GbLeading on engagement strategy and delivery across three national social action and social entrepreneurship programmes in the UK:- Tower Hamlets Social Enterprise Ecosystem Network (SEEN): Developing an ecosystem of support in Tower Hamlets for young social entrepreneurs in partnership with J.P. Morgan, Queen Mary University of London, Tower Hamlets College, NACUE and Student Hubs.- Start Something Social: Partnership with Cabinet Office to work with schools in the North East of England to embed social entrepreneurship into the curriculum. Includes award making, social action teams, teacher training and curriculum development. - Social Switch On: Partnership with Cabinet Office, NCS Trust and delivery partners to give out 400 social action awards across the UK, incl. developing tools and resources and provide partner training. Project work includes community outreach, workshop design and delivery, campaign design, events, challenge prizes and strategic communications. Brokering and managing cross sector partnerships, programmes, stakeholder engagement and communication strategies. -
Networks Programme ManagerUnltd Aug 2012 - Aug 2014London, England, Gb- Designed and delivered an effective national networks engagement strategy with a focus on youth and partner organisations - Designed developed and delivered a national alumni programme for young socent's: * Events programme Dream, Act, Inspire * UnLtd Community Reporters programme to support young socents to have a voice * Online community platforms and engagement- Lead on design, development and delivery of 5 month national campaign 'Living it - Celebrating young Social Entrepreneurs'. Secured campaign partners 02, TOMS, Google Campus and Eventbrite. Incl. 5 national events, online community platform, support tools, recognition awards 'Lived it' and two day festival 'Living it'. - Digital platforms, content strategy and Social Media Strategy- Partnership development opportunities and relationship management incl. Google Campus, vInspired, Free the Children, Steve Redgrave Fund, Comic Relief and TOMS
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Creative Impact ConsultantPortfolio Career Sep 2008 - Aug 2012Creative consultant working across the arts, non-profit, social enterprise and charity sectors, on development, strategy, engagement, communications, events and programming. Clients have included: - Resurgence and Ecologist: Festival of Wellbeing - events programming, work shop design and delivery, community engagement and facilitation- Future We Want (at UN's Rio+20); communications and messaging- Action for Happiness; Creative Producer for launch event, incl. marketing/promotions, stakeholder engagement, programming and sponsorship- Spots of Time, micro volunteering social enterprise; Outreach, volunteer engagement, PR, sponsorship - Refugee Week; business strategy, fundraising and organisation development- nef (new economics foundation), 'The Bigger Picture, Festival of Interdependence'; marketing and promotion, content development, PR and art curation -
Creative DirectorWow Talks Apr 2011 - Jun 2012London, London, GbWOW Talks are monthly events showcasing inspiring and aspirational individuals who demonstrate innovation, creativity and leadership in what they do. Grew WOW Talks to being hosted by the Apple store, Hub Westminster, Secret Garden Party Festival and Wilderness festival, with an average of 60-90 participants monthly. Responsible for the curation of the programme, commission content creation, promotion and reach, partnership building, speakers relationships and hosting of the events. -
Company Manager And ProducerProject Awake Apr 2011 - Nov 2011The work includes workshops, productions, events, festivals, concerts and creative consultancy. The consultancy spans from working with children, teenagers, professional and amateur performing artists and professionals. Awake perform and travel across Scandinavia, UK and Europe predominantly but will also be involved with projects in the US and Australia.My role included general management and production, managing a 3 month UK tour and theatre production at Jackson Lane theatre, developing marketing material, promotion of shows, managing the team for a three week summer school at the North Wall Oxford, managing two residencies at North Wall, Oxford, and Au Brana, France. In addition the Awake artists and international associates held workshops for 300 youths in Sweden, leading to a huge collective performance at the Festival Hall in Vasterås. Overall responsibility for fundraising, manage finances and budgets, administration, be the point of contact and develop bids for future projects. -
Project CoordinatorRefugee Council Jul 2010 - Apr 2011London, GbPlatforma is a four year project funded by the Arts Council England and the Baring foundation promoting and developing refugee related arts across the UK. In addition the other outputs of the project are two national events which include a diverse cultural programme to showcase and develop refugee related arts.Responsibilities:- Develop the business plan- Manage design and digital contractors in delivering a complex online platform - Develop strategy for building the network- Source, establish and manage a national network of project coordinators - Develop best practice guidelines - Managing the project budget- Digital engagement and community developmentRefugee week is a one week national festival that brings together and celebrates the contributions refugees make to our society. Responsibilities:- Planning and delivery of yearly conference at Amnesty International. The conference doubled in participation compared to the previous year.- Develop and deliver promotional materials- Digital and social media management- Manage partner relationships- Stakeholder communication -
Co-FounderMindapples 2009 - Apr 2011London, England, GbMindapples is a social enterprise promoting mental wellbeing to support people to look after their mind and wellbeing. As the co-founder of Mindapples the organisation I co-developed the brand, the physical assets, the organisation, funding and partnerships. We developed our summer campaign of '5-a-day-for your mind' which went to a number of festivals in the summer of 2010 including the Secret Garden Party Festival with the School of Life.In July 2010 I was responsible for the programming, creative direction and delivery of 'The Big Treat', a pop up urban health farm at the Future Gallery in Central London, involving innovators from the Courvoisier Future 500 network under the topic of 'the future of health'. I introduced a pink human operated hugging wall, real grass floor, a Mindapples tree and cards, Mindapples cocktails in collaboration with Crussh and tango lessons for wellbeing - to name a few elements. -
Music, Portrait And Fashion PhotographerPhotographer 2001 - 2011Selected work: Adele worldwide album cover campaign for the album '19' (2008), Inclusion in ‘Spin - seminal album covers of all time’ exhibition (2009), Mika PR and album cover campaign (2007), fashion editorials for Telegraph and Independent Magazine (2007-20010), official photographer for Lovebox festival (2007), Cover of Observer magazine (2011).
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Arts And Pr ConsultantNew Economics Foundation Jul 2009 - Oct 2009London, GbConsultant on ‘The Bigger Picture. Festival of Interdependence’ series of talks, exhibition and events by the nef on social justice, wellbeing and sustainability. Responsible for the arts section of the exhibition held at the Bargehouse, Southbank. Responsibilities included selecting artists, promoting the exhibition and overseeing installation of work. Created promotional online video. Curated supporting exhibitions at the Hub Kings Cross. -
Founder, Project Manager And Creative DirectorThe Affluenza Exhibition Sep 2008 - Apr 2009Initiated and organised an international visual arts exhibition for 45 young artists in collaboration with charity Samaritans, raising awareness of the negative impact of consumer values on emotional wellbeing. Created and managed a team of 15 volunteers. Secured a high profile judging panel representing the Design Museum and the Lisson Gallery. Raised £30.000 in funds and in-kind support. Sourced a 10.000 sq. ft. Central London exhibition space. Curated and managed installation and production of the exhibition. Planned and implemented a talks program including Oliver James (author: 'Affluenza'), Sam Thompson (NEF) and Neil Boorman. Developed and delivered talks on emotional wellbeing and the arts to groups of teenagers with Outreach co-ordinator from Samaritans. Secured 700 visitors for the private view and 1200 visiting guests overall. Critics choice in Time Out for two consecutive weeks.
Hege Sæbjørnsen 🌍 Skills
Social Entrepreneurship
Strategy
Social Enterprise
Project Management
Social Media
Strategic Planning
Leadership
Community Engagement
Strategic Partnerships
Social Networking
Public Speaking
Strategic Communications
Sustainability
Stakeholder Engagement
Brand Development
Visual Communication
Event Management
Creative Direction
Community Outreach
Program Development
Social Impact
Engagement Strategy
Social Innovation
Facilitation
Partnership Management
Brand Developement
Storytelling
Hege Sæbjørnsen 🌍 Education Details
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Regenerators AcademyRegenerative Leadership -
Capital InstituteIntroduction To Regenerative Economics
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University Of CambridgeSustainable Finance
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The College Of Extraordinary ExperiencesExperience Design
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Schumacher CollegeCertification In Ecological Leadership And Facilitation
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Goldsmiths, University Of London: Photography
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University Of The Arts LondonGraphic Design And Fine Art Lens Media
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University Of Central EnglandPhotography
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