Thomas Petruschke works as a Consultant for the CSCP.

 

His work focuses on the fields of environmental technology as well as environmental policy and regulation.

 

The former comprises analytical assessments regarding the current market situation, as well as future prospects of various business models based on renewable energy and resource efficiency technology. In this context he works on projects that support the market entry and export of German environmental technology to the fast growing BRIC economies.

 

Furthermore, Thomas works on projects that explore the opportunities of sustainable product design for risk reduction, regulatory cost reduction, product and service innovation, product and brand differentiation, and customer relationships.

 

In the field of environmental policy and regulation his focus is on economic instruments. For both corporate and public sector clients he works on analysing the costs and benefits of existing as well as potential future framework conditions. In addition, he advises on consequences, opportunities and perspectives of climate change.

 

Thomas studied economics at the University of Bayreuth and at the University of California, Berkeley. During his studies he was involved with oikos, the international student organisation for sustainable economics and management. In 2006 he took a break from his studies in order to work fulltime as elected Executive Director of oikos International in St.Gallen, Switzerland. He gained further professional experience while working with KPMG in Zurich.

 

Thomas is a German national.