Claude Fussler is an expert on business and issues management in Sustainable Development and corporate social responsibility.

He is also a director of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), where he principally acts as special advisor to the UN Global Compact. He also produced the WBCSD business book Walking the Talk in which prominent business executives demonstrate the opportunities and responsibilities in globalization.

Claude Fussler was appointed Programme Director of Caring for Climate (C4C) in March 2008. C4C is an initiative of the United Nations Global Compact. C4C was launched in 2007 by the UN Global Compact, the United Nations Environment Programme and the WBCSD. The initiative is a voluntary and complementary action platform for Global Compact participants that seek to demonstrate leadership on climate change.

Claude Fussler studied chemical engineering in Lyon, France and worked for Dow Chemical for over 30 years on a number of international business assignments.

He led the WBCSD's preparation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2002.

[last updated 08-Apr-08]