About us
We enable you to deliver on your ESG Ambitions
We are a boutique consultancy and advise private businesses and governmental bodies alike on all aspects of ESG transformation based on a systematic and proven ESG advisory approach that can be tailored to your individual setup. This approach is further enhanced through a combination of project and change management tools.
We view ESG as an evolutionary and transformational journey and our role is to guide you on this journey to finally enable you to deliver on your objectives: We guide – you create!
We believe
- We can make the world a better place by enabling others to do so.
- Businesses can only be successful in the future if they perform well on ESG.
- ESG is an evolving transformation.
- And this transformation should be driven by the business itself.
We offer
- ESG knowledge, expertise and experience.
- Thorough business understanding and experience.
- A system thinking approach with a multi-disciplinary skill set.
- A large network of specialised ESG-partners.
We bring
- An unique 5 stage ESG approach
- Which is made tailored based on your needs.
- The skillset to engage on every level of your organisation and beyond through proven communication and engagement techniques.
- …and our commitment to you!
Our consultants
We work together every day to improve people and planet. Our promise is that we are truly committed to making an impact, together with our customers. Empact works with a flexible workforce. Depending on the assignment, different consultants may be involved.
Anne Rademaker
Is a great example of how to combine mind and heart to make an impact. After a career at EY, Anne started as an independent consultant focused on circular economy, CSR and ESG. She works from the Netherlands and Spain for different public and private initiatives. With Martin, she works amongst others for Coda Bioplastics and together they write columns on ESG.
Annemarie Blonet
After working for more than 10 years as a project manager at Accenture, among others, Annemarie Blonet decided to change course. She switched to Change Consultant and is following the Master Management, Culture & Change in addition to her work. Although Annemarie works in IT, she has decided to carry out her graduation research at Empact. She is curious about the intersection of CSR and change, and is looking at how Empact can respond better to this.
Frank Tiggelman
Is a technical consultant whose strength it is, to convert a concept into a functional design and connect this with the technical realisation. Frank has a focus on the business need for data analysis, security, and information analysis. Frank is the initiator and co-owner of various development agencies and is responsible for the development of several SAAS tools. Besides making a development and publication plans, Frank has a lot of experience in managing developers and communicating with IT staff.
Jeroen Scheepmaker
Has over ten years experience in Scope 3 accounting & strategies as well as Science-Based Targets (SBT). Before working as independent consultant, Jeroen worked as a director at Guidehouse, where a managed a team of 10 people in Europe supporting international companies and their supply chain partners on sustainability related manners. He aims to make businesses more sustainable by showing besides the environmental impacts of products & operations, also the benefits of green business opportunities.
Kristine Ocon
Works at Empact as an ESG consultant since 2024. Previously, she worked for thirteen years at the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). As an experienced consultant, her expertise lies in the field of corporate social responsibility and impact measurement. Kristine is an analytical and results-oriented problem solver who manages projects with a focus on pleasant collaboration. She likes to delve into complex matters to create insight through overview.
Martin de Jong
Has worked as a CSR manager and sustainability professional, since 2009. He started his career in marketing and sales. Impact is Martin’s drive. Most of the work Martin performs is strategic. He is responsible for business development, consulting and deployment of the flexible layer of people around Empact. Want to know more?
Nienke Schütte
Is a CSR professional for 1 1/2 decades. After a career at Accenture, she started as an independent management consultant in 2013 where she worked for the first time with Martin at Vodafone. Current projects are, among others, RVO International Programs. Nienke is a real impact manager, experienced partnership manager and thrilled about social innovations.
Nynke Visser
Has worked for more than 15 years as a sustainable change agent in the financial sector and beyond. Nynke is also a transition coach specialising in change processes. With her approach, she brings people together, creates sustainable dreams and ambitions that are broken down into bite-sized chunks and then realised in an iterative way. Thereby, a multidisciplinary collaboration inside and outside the value chain is at the centre of her approach.
Roy de Clerck
Is an analyst and content specialist. He studied philosophy and translates research, knowledge and policy for us into useful insights for our customers. Roy is responsible for Empact’s articles and blogs. As a child, he was fascinated by the idea of a perpetuum mobile and therefore enjoys writing about sustainability, the energy transition and creating impact.
Teresa Brose
Decided to change courses after a 15+ years career as, among others, M&A financial advisor and business developer for international corporate law firms. She expanded her advisory skillset by completing an MBA programme at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), which had a strong focus on sustainability and became an ESG and CSR management consultant. At the MBA programme, she met Martin, who lectured on purpose, ESG, and impact. Teresa now works as a consultant for Empact, focusing on strategy, rating, and reporting.
Thessa Bos
Is a consultant for sustainability, diversity and inclusion. She has 20 years of work experience as a journalist, social entrepreneur, diplomat and policymaker. Thessa gained a large part of her work experience abroad, including in the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs service. In the Netherlands, she has worked for the national government, also as coordinator of diversity & inclusion for the ministries of EZK & LNV. In 2022, she transitioned to a freelance life as an advisor, coach, facilitator and trainer. Thessa is a systems thinker curious about people and how we relate to each other, ourselves and the planet.
Leaders network
Empact is proud to be part of the Leaders Network of MVO Nederland, where we share our knowledge and inspire others to embrace sustainable business practices, through which we strive together for a better world.
