Pia Heidenmark Cook

Pia Heidenmark Cook is well known for her successful career with retail giant IKEA. From communications to sustainability, Pia has established a reputation as a people-centric and customer-focused leader on a mission to prove the link between sustainable practices and business success. Today, Pia is a popular choice as a speaker for corporate and public events, sought to cover her expertise of global corporate social responsibility, sustainability, business strategy and communication.

With over 20 years of business experience, Pia is best known for her role as Chief Sustainability Officer for IKEA and Head of Communications for the IKEA Foundation. In such roles, Pia has helped to formulate strategic communication plans, lead the agenda for sustainability and communicate significant partnerships with companies such as UNICEF and Save the Children. Pia is also known for her former role as Co-Chair of the Retailers’ Environmental Action Programme and Chairman of the International Tourism Partnership for International Business Leaders Forum. Upon graduating, Pia joined Tellus Milijӧmanagement as an Environmental Consultant. Here she developed her interests in sustainability and protection of the environment, before joining as the Vice President of Responsible Business at The Rezidor Hotel Group. In this role, Pia developed her skills of corporate social responsibility as she implemented the companies programme of CSR and various business strategies.

With IKEA, Pia has continually strived to ensure that the business follows sustainable practices. Today, she continues her work as a Senior Advisor at IKEA, spearheading sustainable agendas across over 360 IKEA stores globally to over 160,000 employees. A customer-centric leader, Pia ensures that sustainability is innovated, developed, communicated and complied with across the IKEA franchise and is regularly seen engaging with other prominent companies, NGO’s and Governmental boards. Her commitment to sustainability has seen Pia named as one of the Top 10 Female Leaders in Sustainability by WBCSD and one of the Top 5 Influencers on Climate Change Agenda by the Climate Group. She has also been named as one of the Top 100 Climate Influencers on Twitter in 2020. 

Today, Pia is a popular choice as a speaker for corporate and public events. Having formerly spoken for the likes of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership and set to appear as part of the Global Female Leaders 2021 Summit, Pia is a popular choice to express concern over pressing environmental and sustainability issues. Having pioneered IKEA Ingka Group policies, Pia Heidenmark Cook is guaranteed to be a well-received speaker at a range of events. She has also lectured and studied CSR and sustainability-related topics, perfectly positioning her to cover such subjects as a speaker.