ENGINEERING and sustainability consultancy Cundall is growing its ESG and strategic sustainability services in the Asia Pacific region, with the appointment of a new ESG director.
Madlen Jannaschk will take on the new position of ESG director for the global business, leading the implementation of environmental, social and governance policies.
Jannaschk was previously the role of ESG Lead for Asia Pacific, having achieved the first formal Climate Active certification for a property sector services provide during this time.
“The success of our work with clients demonstrates the importance of having measurable targets, verifying milestones and continually looking for opportunities to improve,” said Jannaschk.
“In my new role, I will be working across the business to ensure Cundall as an organisation continues to progress our own ESG commitments, embedding them in every aspect of our internal practices and equipping all our people to share the lessons we learn with clients and the wider industry.”
Additionally, she has led the development of sustainability and decarbonisation strategies for clients such as government departments, private health sector trusts, construction companies and commercial services organisations.
“Our strategic pillars include excellence in delivery and net zero carbon design. Effective ESG leadership is foundational to bringing those pillars to life for the benefit of our people and for the betterment of the built environment as a whole,” said Carole O’Neil, managing partner at Cundall.
“Madlen brings enormous passion and a vast body of knowledge to her new role, including ensuring Cundall’s policies, practices and systems align with global and all relevant local standards such as the EU Taxonomy, the ISSB mandatory reporting standards and Science Based Targets. Just as many of these major policy and regulatory initiatives touch our clients and their work, they also apply to us, and we are taking the lead on demonstrating best practice.”
Meanwhile, ESG expert and accredited carbon auditor Alex Stathakis is joining Cundall’s Australian business as associate of ESG.
“Alex brings a wealth of experience in delivering the meaningful strategies that embed best practice ESG as business as usual,” said David Collins, Australian managing director at Cundall.
“There are two big forces at work in the Asia-Pacific region – the push factor of regulatory shifts in relation to mandatory disclosure of climate impacts and other ESG matters such as Modern Slavery compliance and social value metrics, and the pull factor of continued growth in infrastructure, transport, industrial and data centre developments.”
