Franz Knecht

Managing Partner, Connexis Strategy Consultants

Advising companies and organisations on sustainability/ESG aspects and economic effects: strategy options, management systems, product development and ESG-performance reporting. Clients are finance sector and manufacturing companies. Most demanding recent projects are - for finance sector: developing sustainable product/service families for credits, savings and asset management - for electronics component industry: developing and implementing Responsible Supply Chain Managment System, a critical aspect in the current debate about conflict raw material sourcing (like Tantalum, but many more) - for food, life science, agro and chemical industry: risks from water aspects (supply, discharge, liquid waste disposal) and consequences for mid and long term business models and plans.