Thorsten Pinkepank is Director Corporate Sustainability Relations at
BASF. After completing his education in business administration and
studying political science, mass-communication and psychology, he
helped in establishing a political and business consulting institute.
There he developed and moderated projects on sustainability issues
on national and local levels for business and politics. In 2002, he
moved to BASF and has held various positions in political
communications. He then headed the HR advocacy and
communications unit before taking over responsibility for BASF's
Corporate Sustainability Relations.
He is Chair of the United Nations Global Compact Network Germany,
member of the Board of CSR Europe and of econsense – Forum for
Sustainable Development of German Business. He is also Vice
President of the Presidium of the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics.