Louisa G.
Senior ESG Compliance and Sustainability Advisor
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Languages
About me
Intro
ESG compliance jurist with 14+ years advising global firms on sustainability strategies and regulatory frameworks. Led ESG governance across financial/industrial portfolios, delivering training to 200,000+ employees and ensuring compliance with CSRD, SFDR, and Taxonomy. Specialized in CSRD implementation and multi-jurisdictional ESG risk management.
Work experience
Group Head of Sustainability and Compliance
Sabena technics
Jun 2024 - Present
2 years 5 months
Skills: Leadership · Sustainability strategy · Shareholder Communications · Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) · CS3D · Taxonomy · ESG Risk Management · ESG Compliance · Ethics and Compliance · Regulatory Compliance
ESG Compliance and Sustainability Senior Advisor
Multinational Industry and Financial Services CompaniesFreelance
Oct 2018 - Present
8 years 1 month
Tokyo, London, Paris · Hybrid
Advised global firms with multi-billion turnover, large-scale workforces, and high regulatory scrutiny - delivering ESG strategies aligned with innovation, compliance, and investor demands. - Developed ESG governance frameworks across financial and industrial portfolios, ensuring alignment with NFRD then CSRD, SFDR and ISO 14001/45001/26000. - Embedded compliance systems covering GDPR, AML, CTF, and competition law, materially reducing regulatory exposure across multiple jurisdictions. - Established global ethics and ESG policies, delivering structured training to over 200,000 employees and embedding audit cycles aligned with UNGC, OECD, and ISO 26000. - Reviewed and validated ESG due diligence and sustainability-linked terms for mid- and large-cap transactions, enhancing risk mitigation and deal quality. - Delivered regulatory readiness across evolving ESG frameworks (CS3D, EU Taxonomy, CSDDD, CBAM, SFDR, UK SDR, TCFD, LEC A29), and soft-law standards (GRI, SASB, UN PRI, SDGs). - Led ESG disclosures for CDP, EcoVadis, DJSI, ISS ESG/Oekom, and Corporate Knights, strengthening transparency and external positioning.
Group Sustainability Performance Manager
Schneider Electric
Sep 2015 - Dec 2017
2 years 4 months
Paris, France
Skills: Sustainability Compliance · Sustainability Performance · Sustainability Risks · Sustainability Reporting · Sustainability Disclosures · Extra Financial Audit · KPI management · Sustainability Analytics · Impact Investment
Board member in charge of overseeing social impact, communications and stakeholder management.
HORS CADRE
Mar 2010 - Oct 2015
5 years 8 months
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region · Hybrid
Skills: Social Impact · Communications · Stakeholder Management
International Communications Specialist (Compliance)
GE
Jan 2010 - Dec 2013
4 years
Paris, France
Skills: Project Metrics · Consensus Building · Briefing · Regulatory Compliance · Analytics · Data Analysis · Ethics and Compliance · Policy writing · Sustainability Metrics · Strategy · International Policy · Stakeholder Engagement · Analytical skills · Corporate Communications
Education
Université de Cergy Pontoise
Master of International and Anglo-American Law
ESSEC Business School
MSc in Management