Torun Eklund

Background

About Torun Eklund

Professional Sustainability Expert with over 10 years of experience in enhancing sustainability at the local, regional and global level. Starting from Millenium Development Goals and ending to Sustainable Development Goals. Fluent in English, Swedish and Finnish. Working knowledge of French and Russian. Career changer from development co-operation to sustainable business. Seeking a sustainable business related new opportunities. Key skills: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT • Practical hand-on experience reaching out to MDGs and SDGs in various developing countries and contributing to national sustainability agendas. • Effectively promoted sustainability, particularly social sustainability, issues in various NGOs at the HQ and local level. • Analysed various poverty reduction strategies and other national economic development plans for development programming. CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY • Strong background on corporate social sustainability and enhancement of rights of vulnerable groups and decent work. • Corporate module student at Swedish School of Economics in Helsinki • Group work on stream lining Outokumpu’s corporate responsibility activities under UN SDGs. • Courses on ESG analyses, EU Taxonomy and Supply Chain Sustainability. PROJECT MANAGEMENT • PRINCE 2 practitioner certificate from UNDP Kenya. • Effective project management experience through ATLAS and other platforms. • Experience of successfully managing projects through all stages and including financial planning, implementing and reporting.