Dr. Wulf-Peter Schmidt
Director Sustainability, Advanced Regulations and Product Conformity | Technical Sustainability Management Ford Europe | CBS International Business School
Dr. Wulf-Peter Schmidt,
Holder of the Endowed Professorship ”Technical Sustainability Management”
at CBS International Business School
Wulf-Peter has been Ford of Europe’s Director, "Sustainability, Advanced Regulations and Product Conformity” from March 2014 to April 2024. After his PhD in the area of environmental engineering at Technical University Berlin he joined Ford 1997. He started as expert for Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Strategy.
After several positions and having a parallel engagement as Assistant Professor of RMIT Melbourne (Australia) for several years he had been responsible for broader sustainability subjects as well as compliance to and forecast of environmental and safety regulation in Europe for more than 10 years.
Starting May 2024, he will be the holder of the endowed professorship “Technical Sustainability Management” at CBS International Business School.
2024 Agenda Sessions
Keynote Speaker: Decarbonisation in the Automotive Sector: Driving Towards a Sustainable Future
Climate change is accelerating, and the transport sector is one of the very few still showing increasing emissions in Europe. This is although the homologated CO2 emissions of new registered vehicles reduce year-over-year. This supports the need for an accelerated transformation and carbon neutrality strategy in the sector. Important is that such strategies follow a holistic perspective that takes into consideration the product life cycle. Enabling factors include market demand and supply, technology, supply and infrastructure – some of these factors will require additional policy support and partnerships.
The speaker will focus on:
- Key challenges
- Main strategies
- Enabling factors
- Life cycle stakeholder collaboration
Tuesday 14 May 12:50 - 13:20 E- Mobility Stage
Climate Change: How Decarbonisation and Emission Regulations Are Changing the Powertrain Market and Production
Climate change is accelerating, and the transport sector is one of the very few still showing increasing emissions in Europe. This is although the homologated CO2 emissions of new registered vehicles reduce year-over-year. This supports the need for an accelerated transformation and carbon neutrality strategy in the sector. Important is that such strategies follow a holistic perspective that takes into consideration the product life cycle. Enabling factors include market demand and supply, technology, supply and infrastructure – some of these factors will require additional policy support and partnerships.
The speaker will focus on:
- Key challenges
- Main strategies
- Enabling factors
- Life cycle stakeholder collaboration
E- Mobility Stage Europe/London
