Who we are
About Our Company
Our Company
We are a boutique sustainability think tank and consultancy firm. With the help of our inspiring global advisory network, we aim to inspire and you towards sustainable success…
Our Vision
Go4more.global envisions a world where sustainability is a basic human right. A business’s true north star comes from this guiding principle.
Our Mission
Bridge opportunities for businesses to become just, resource efficient, inclusive and circular in their operations and value chain. Go4more.global helps organizations develop products, processes and policies that make it easy for people, independent of income and geography, to make better choices
Meet Our Founder
Dr. Reiner Hengstmann
Thought leader, entrepreneur,business strategist and at the heart an environmentalist
Skills
- Cradle to cradle enthusiast
- Senior Advisor
- Understanding the Chemistry
- Systems Thinker
Experience
- 1995 – Managing Director Institute for Hazardous Waste
- 1999 – PUMA Group, Sustainability & Compliance, Global Director
- 2016 – HUGO BOSS AG, Senior Head Sustainability Global
- 2016 – Go4more.global, founder
- 2016 – Advisor, Science Platform Sustainability 2030
- 2018 – Member Board of Directors, Sustainable Textile School
More about him
Reiner is a chemical scientist by education with a focus on environmental chemistry. To create a better world to live in was always his goal and so it is not a surprise that Sustainability, and all it’s related subjects, became his career foundation. Having lived for 12 years within the supply chain in Asia and confronted with different cultures, in direct contact with suppliers and workers, he gained extensive experience in creating impact by doing things differently, successfully embedding practices that benefit the business by integrating sustainability.
Reiner has worked for almost 18 years in this space, having set up the compliance and sustainability department in the international sporting goods company PUMA. As Global Director for Sustainability and Compliance, Reiner was responsible for 23 global experts within the field of sustainability. He has a proven record of delivering sustainability programs and strategies, from externally-driven compliance to the integration of sustainability at the beginning of major business decisions/actions with a clear focus of sustainability’s value added to core business. The world’s first Environmental Profit & Loss account, the PUMA E P&L, was developed in his department and under his leadership. Reiner chaired the Sustainability Committee of the European Sporting Goods Association (FESI) based in Brussels.
Reiner is an “ad personam” member of the steering committee “Science Platform Sustainability 2030 – UN-SDGs 2030” established in Germany, which operates as an independent organization and where he actively contributes to developing actionable solutions for transformation processes to create a more sustainable society. The platform is receiving cross-ministerial support throughout its development and operation and is under the supervision of the office of the Federal Chancellery in Germany.
He supported the establishment of the Sustainable Textile School in September 2017 and he is still engaged with its ongoing development.
Our extended end experienced go4more.global team with
a specific focus on Social/Labor/Modern Slavery Act
Kate Larsen
katienow@gmail.com
Skills
- Chinese (mandarin) speaking in the field
- ESG Strategy and Plan Advisory
- Responsible Procurement/Ethical Trade Strategy, programme design, implementation
- Modern Slavery Reporting, risk assessment, risk management
Experience
- 1999 – AIESEC (non-profit) China extension Manager, Beijing.
- 2001 – Yahoo! Inc Silicon Valley USA
- 2002 – Future Considerations Sustainability consultancy, London
- 2004 – Senior Consultant, Social practise, ERM (Environmental Resources Management) China
- 2006 – BURBERRY Manager, Senior Manager Corporate Responsibility Asia (based China, then HK)
- 2012 – Advisory to Kering, REMA, NEXT and other clients on Asia, China supply chain E&S
- 2013 – Director Responsible Sourcing Innovation, Engagement for large US retailer
- 2015 – World Bank Supply Chain Women’s Empowerment project (Bangladesh) lead
- 2016 – Principal Consultant Human Rights, ESG, ERM (Environmental Resources Mgmt), London
- 2018 – Founder SupplyESChange Initiative, Online Courses & Advisory support in ESG & Supply Chain with anti-slavery charity Unseen
- 2014 – Board member The Rights Practise for
More about her
Meet Associate Senior Advisor, Supply Chain labour and environmental standards and ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Advisor, Chinese speaker
Olgun Aydin
olgunaydin@yahoo.com
Skills
- Sustainability and Project Management
- Quality Management Systems
- Human Resources
- Capacity Building and Team Management
- Sustainability Reporting (GRI)
- Gender Equality and Women Empowerment
- Human Rights, Migrant & Refugee Integration
- Stakeholder Engagement
More about him
Olgun Aydin is an independent Expert of Supply Chain Sustainability with more than 25 years of experience in the textile, garment and footwear industry and is currently supporting/leading PUMA’s Supply Chain Sustainability Team in the region of Europe, Middle East & Africa – EMEA
Olgun has arranged and conducted several Sustainability Assessments and remediation plans in about 25 + countries within the EMEA area since 2004.
Beside the Supply-Chain Sustainability Assessment Management Olgun has initiated, coordinated and conducted several capacity building projects and programs with the collaborations of NGOs, MSIs Universities/Academics, Service providers and suppliers in the PUMA Supply-Chain on proper
management of supply chain, Women Empowerment, Management-Worker communication, CoC, OHS, Environment/Waste Management and Energy Efficiency etc.
He has been working with the suppliers in preparing and publishing their Sustainability reports since2006 in the EMEA region.
In addition, he has been collaborating with various stakeholders such as UNHCR, Governmental Authorities, FLA, NGOs to support the legal/universal employment and integration of Syrian Refugees in
Turkey.
Our Advisory Board
…helping us to adjust and to make the right decision
Michael Kuhndt
Founder and Executive Director of the (CSCP)
Michael Kuhndt is the Founder and Executive Director of the Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP) with more than 20 years of experience in the fields of international co-operation, development and sustainability. He has cooperated with a number of organizations such as UNEP, UNIDO, World Bank, ILO, the European Commission, the Wuppertal Institute, the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, and various European retail and consumers good companies.
Auret van Heerden
Labor specialist
Auret van Heerden has over 40 years experience in labour and human rights issues worldwide. He began as a student leader and anti-apartheid activist in South Africa before being forced into exile after long periods of detention and torture. In 2001 he joined the Fair Labor Association in Washington DC and served as its President and CEO for 13 years..
Sanjeev Bahl
Business
Sanjeev is the president of Saitex Vietnam. Sanjeev is an entrepreneur that has ventured into diverse businesses including Apparel, IT & Healthcare. Sanjeev is the President of Saitex, a state – of – the art denim manufacturer in Vietnam where they incorporate sustainability into product design and development from the beginning. Giving back to the community and making a difference to humanity have been of great importance in life and business. His future initiatives include bringing manufacturing back to the West.
Prof. Dr. Markus Beckmann
ACADEMIA
Prof. Markus Beckmann is the chair of corporate sustainability management at the University Erlangen-Nuernberg. His research focuses on sustainability management and social entrepreneurship as well as business ethics and corporate social responsibility.
Our Partner
…helping us to make the right decision
Michael Braungart
Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart,
Friederike von Wedel
Friederike von Wedel in the director of the beneficial design institute in Berlin. With their holistic approach of closed loop and circular design systems in the sense of the Cradle to Cradle philosophy, they combine artistic-scientific theory with practice. We research, develop and test holistic innovation concepts, design fashion, textiles and products from prototypes to series, advise and design. The beneficial design institute also sees themselves as networkers and multipliers and provide impulses for teaching and further education.
Our Clients
