Denkstatt - Sustainable Thinking

Hietzinger Hauptstraße 28
A-1130 Vienna, Austria
Telefon: +43 1 786 89 00 Fax: +15
E-Mail: office@denkstatt.at

DI DI Sonja Ebner

Contact:
Phone: +43 1 786 89 00 DW 51

Aim for the highest cloud so that if you miss it, you will hit a lofty mountain
(Māori proverb)

Professional duties:

  • Consulting on Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • CSR and sustainability reporting
  • Sustainable management and sustainable performance indicators (KPIs)
  • FP7 Project Sustainability Data Exchange Hub

Projects of previous professional activities:

  • EVN AG
    Monitoring and Supervision of CSR process 2008-2010
    Preparation of Sustainability Reports 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 according to GRI
  • ÖGUT - Austrian Society for Environment and Technology
    Research on “Sustainable Weeks” 2005 und 2007
  • University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU
    Curricula reorganisation of diploma study Land and Water Management and Engi-neering into undergraduate/graduate degree (Bologna Process) 2003-2004
  • Transport Association Vorarlberg
    Evaluation of “con.takt – Anschlusssicherung” (guarantee of connections) 2003
  • Austrian Institute of Ecology
    Research on Study of acceptance and efficiency of repair-, rental- and second hand guides for Vienna 2002

Education:

  • 2005-2007 University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU, Vienna and Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand: Master of Natural Resources Man-agement and Ecological Engineering
    Master Thesis: How appropriate is Sustainability Reporting according to the Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines 2002? Developing a Matrix-based qualitative As-sessment Procedure for Sustainability Reports. Supervisor: O. Univ. Prof. Dr. Jürg Minsch, Institute for Sustainable Economic Development
  • 1991-2006 University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU, Vienna: Di-ploma study Land and Water Management and Engineering
  • 2001 Øresund Summer University, Danish Technical University (DTU), Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark: Urban Water Course in sanitary engineering
  • 1996-1997 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden: ERASMUS exchange programme at the Department of Soil and Environment

Previous activities:

  • 09/2007 – 12/2010 EVN AG (energy and environmental services company); Consultant for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • 12/2006 – 02/2007 ÖGUT - Austrian Society for Environment and Technology; Researcher on Sustainable Consumption
  • 11/2003 – 12/2004 Vienna University of Economics and Business; Employee in the Study Regulations Office
  • 10/2001 – 01/2004 University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU; Tutor for the Committee of Study Affairs
  • 08/2003 – 09/2003 Transport Association Vorarlberg; Trainee
  • 06/2002 – 07/2002 Austrian Institute of Ecology; Researcher on Waste Preven-tion
  • 08/1995 – 07/2000 City of Vienna, Municipal Department 48; Waste Advisor for the City of Vienna