Empact is an independent sustainability and social impact consulting firm. It’s not just another consulting firm. It is my consulting firm. Founded in January 2020. With this, a dream is coming true.
Corporates
As a child of entrepreneurs, opportunity creation was instilled in me. In my student days, I started several small businesses. But when I got the opportunity to work as a management trainee at one of the largest companies in the Netherlands, I entered the corporate world. And I have no regrets about that. Most of my twenty years of work experience has been within large organizations. Organizations that have social impact simply because of their size.
For the first ten years I was mainly commercially active. Then I followed my heart and started working mainly with sustainability. That came from a diving experience in 2003 at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. I am an avid diver and have dived in many places around the world. In Australia, I saw a lot of gray coral: dead coral. I didn’t understand why and the locals didn’t know either. Three years later, in 2006, came Al Gore’s answer: an inconvenient truth.
That call for climate awareness was the moment for me to turn my attention to sustainability. Not only privately, but also professionally. But then again, I’m not an ecologist, not a STEM, and I was primarily commercially active. So in the evenings, I started taking a scientific course in business administration with a CSR focus.
CSR Manager
And I started looking for what I thought was the perfect job to put my goals into action: CSR manager at a commercial company. That fit my heart and head perfectly. In 2009, I got that opportunity at Vodafone Netherlands. After 10 years at Vodafone Netherlands, Vodafone Group, VodafoneZiggo and five different job titles, I look back on a very good choice. I have made many mistakes and learned and achieved even more. And I have made real impact. For me, the profession of CSR manager is the most fun and important job within a large organization.
But there is more than working at a big organization. I want to work for great organizations. To make real social impact in different ways. As an independent consultant, you are dynamic and flexible enough to help different clients at the same time. You can choose what fits and where you develop. And through my knowledge and experience, I know how to add value with a focus on valuing and driving strategic impact.
Follow your heart and use your head
I am starting my own consulting company, independent and focused on sustainability and social impact. I follow my heart and head. I collaborate with others, but remain authentic. Passionate about sustainability and creating Real Social Impact. That’s why: Empact. And that feels right. Need Empact? Contact me, we’re open!