Partner, Head of ESG Advisory
Katarzyna has been advising high profile international and Polish clients on sustainable development strategies creation and implementation for almost 20 years now. Since 2007, she has been actively involved creating and implementing business strategies focused on decarbonization, climate risk mitigation, energy efficiency, green building standards, social value creation, and ESG reporting. Has led integrated international teams of experts to deliver innovative and “out of the box” results for value creation. Katarzyna focuses on helping clients in successful preparations and implementations of ESG strategies to meet the growing regulatory and stakeholders’ requirements. She has experience in preparing clients to meet the requirements of the CSRD, CSDDD and EU Taxonomy directive, among others, while building long-term business resilience for clients’ organisations.
Katarzyna has joined Baker Tily TPA from an international leader in real estate consultancy where she has built and led a strong team in sustainability advisory for clients and also has directed internal ESG strategy and reporting for the organisation. She has created and implemented value building ESG strategies for top developers, investment funds, property owners and professional services firms in the CEE market. In 2023, she took part in the biggest real estate transaction in Poland as sustainability advisor providing ESG due diligence to the acquiring party. Prior to that Katarzyna was a sustainability services director and worked with Polish and international clients, advising on the implementation of ESG strategy and reporting. Katarzyna also directed business development in Europe for an international leader in built environment consultancy. During that time, she developed one of the first strategies on the Russian market based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standard. In 2016-2019, she was an Executive Committee Member of the Urban Land Institute in Poland. Katarzyna has also worked with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the European Climate Foundation (ECF).
Seasoned board level advisor, postgraduate lecturer and business trainer, expert of Real Estate Commitee, Polish Chamber of Commerce, coordinated the technical working group for the implementation of the EU Taxonomy for the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology Republic of Poland. Graduate of the Warsaw University, Westminster Business School and Lazarski University.
At Baker Tilly TPA she is responsible for leading the ESG Advisory business line and coordination of the ESG offering together with other business lines to offer holistic and coordinated services for our clients. Katarzyna combines her expertise in ESG and environmental law as well as practical skills in top reporting frameworks and methodologies with her business development and strategic communications skills to offer our clients a complex and value building advisory.
Contact Katarzyna to learn about CSRD readiness assessment and roadmap preparation; double materiality assessment; ESG policy and strategy creation and implementation; sustainable development reporting based on the international reporting frameworks (such as GRI, ESRS, TCFD, TNFD, GRESB, and SDGs among others); ESG trainings and workshops for your team and suppliers; ESG due diligence at corporate and asset levels; as well GHG reporting on Scope 1, 2 and 3; and decarbonisation roadmaps.
Contact
katarzyna.chwalbinska-kusek@bakertilly-tpa.pl
+48 735 256 848
