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 practises 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 of Co-Chair of the Retailers’ Environmental Action Programme and Chairman of the International Tourism Partnership for International Business Leaders Forum.
In the early days of her career, Pia studied in the arts of Environmental Management, Personal and Leadership Development. 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 the Chief Sustainability Officer, 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. During her time as the Co-Chair of REAP, Pia exchanged best practises and raise awareness of key sustainability issues, with other retailers looking upon her as a role model.
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.
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