A Valued Companion for Ten Years
For a decade, the Porsche Sustainability Council has accompanied the sports car manufacturer as an independent advisory body on its path toward responsible and future-oriented corporate development. What began in 2016 as a step to strengthen stakeholder dialogue is now firmly embedded in Porsche’s strategic approach to sustainability. The Council’s independence creates space for critical perspectives and open dialogue with the Executive Board and top management.
„The Council creates an important space for dialogue on long-term future issues, enabling diverse perspectives to be integrated at an early stage. Sustainability will continue to be a key success and orientation factor for companies.“
Prof. Dr. Lucia Reisch
Advisory on Long-Term Sustainability Issues
The external experts from business, academia, and civil society regularly advise the Executive Board and top management on Porsche’s strategic sustainability direction as well as on current and strategically relevant issues. For ten years, they have supported Porsche on topics including climate protection, mobility, supply chains, societal change, and transformation.
Especially during periods of profound change, the Porsche Sustainability Council serves as an important source of impetus. The Council’s assessments are regularly incorporated into strategic processes—from strategy development and concrete decarbonization projects to societal engagement and responses to current global sustainability challenges. Dialogue takes place not only in formal meetings, but also through in-depth workshops, thematic deep dives, and structured expert interviews.
Current members of the Porsche Sustainability Council
Prof. Dr. Lucia Reisch
Lucia Reisch is a leading expert in behavioral economics, sustainable consumption, and evidence-based consumer policy. She serves as Director of the El‑Erian Institute for Behavioural Economics and Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School. For many years, she has advised governments and international organizations and continues to shape key debates on sustainable development in Europe.
Prof. Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner
Matthias Finkbeiner is an internationally recognized expert in climate and environmental impact assessment and heads the Sustainable Engineering Chair at the Technical University of Berlin. He has co-developed globally acknowledged methodologies in life cycle assessment and sustainability evaluation and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the “International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment”.
Prof. Dr. Mette Morsing
Mette Morsing is Professor of Business Sustainability and Interim Dean of the Saïd Business School at University of Oxford, while she is on temporary leave from her role as Director of Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and Environment. Prior to her role in Oxford, she led the United Nations’ largest global initiative on responsible management education (UN PRME). Her expertise spans sustainable business strategies, responsible management, and organizational communication.
