Heffa Schücking

Name: Paris Peace Forum 2025
Start: 2025-10-29T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-30T18:00:00+01:00

Urgewald

Executive Director, Urgewald

Description

Heffa Schücking is the founder and director of Urgewald, and became the first German to win the prestigious Goldman Environment Prize in 1994. Over the past 30 years, Urgewald has been a powerful advocate for environmental and social standards for the finance industry. Its research and campaigns have reshaped how many banks, insurers, and investors approach climate risk. Urgewald helped pioneer many of Europe’s largest coal divestment actions, and today its Global Coal Exit List and Global Oil & Gas Exit List are widely recognized as crucial data tools for regulators and financial institutions.