Dr. Velislava Ivanova is a recognized sustainability expert with over twenty-five years of wide international experience in developing and delivering sustainability strategies and programs for multinational corporations from various sectors including energy, manufacturing, retail, consumer goods and pharmaceuticals. She works successfully with senior executives in large and complex organizations to set sustainability ambition and goals, improve business performance and embed sustainability across their value chains and products.
In her role as the EY Americas Chief Sustainability Officer, Dr. Ivanova drives the advancement of EY’s Sustainability initiatives to increase the long-term value of the firm and its clients. She has recently been appointed the Global Strategy and Markets Leader for the EY Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) practice. In this new role, she is responsible for the strategic direction and growth for EY CCaSS globally including focus on solutions, sectors, go to market and brand efforts. She oversees the development of consistent delivery methodologies, digital enablement, and innovation of EY sustainability services and the engagement of EY with sustainability partners and Alliances. Dr. Ivanova regularly engages with the analyst community and EY has been recognized consistently as the leading provider of sustainability practice in professional services globally.
Dr. Ivanova is the EY Liaison Delegate at WBCSD. Throughout her career, she has worked with the leading Sustainability organizations including CDP, WEF, SBTi, and UNGC. She regularly speaks at Sustainability forums and has published thought leadership on various topics including Sustainability strategy, Sustainable supply chains, climate and natural capital, and sustainability reporting.
She holds a PhD and MSc from the University of Manchester, UK and MSc from the University of Sofia, Bulgaria. She speaks five languages.
She was recognized among the Top 100 Women in Sustainability in 2022 and 2023 by the Sustainability Magazine, among the Top 100 CSO by the Sustainability Magazine in 2023, and among the Top 25 Sustainability Consultants and Leaders in 2022 and 2023 by the Consulting Report. In 2024, she was recognized among the Top 14 Inspiring Women Leading the Fight Against Climate Change by ESG News and among the Top 20 Chief Sustainability Officers by The Climate Insider.
Sustainability, Environmental Programs, Strategy, Stakeholder Management
In the midst of an industry undergoing fundamental change, EY offers insights to help you reshape your business for the future.
The disruption sweeping the energy and resources industry brings more opportunities than challenges — for companies that get ahead of change.
Decarbonization, digitization, cost pressures and geopolitical uncertainty are just some of the forces transforming the energy and resources industry. Mining and metals, oil and gas, and power and utilities companies face a common challenge: how to marry short-term commercial pressures with the need to reshape their businesses for the future.
EY helps energy and resource companies tackle this challenge. EY’s teams help you reshape your business by focusing on the structure, services, technologies and capabilities needed to meet commercial objectives today and create long-term value tomorrow. Together, EY can unlock the opportunities of an uncertain future — and build a better working world.
Sustainability and ESG
Sustainability is everybody’s business.
EY is committed to helping business create value for sustainability as well as helping sustainability create value for business – reframing how business approaches sustainability and putting it at the center of how value is created.
We call this Value-Led Sustainability – a way of protecting and creating new sources of value – for business, people, society and the world as a whole. And that makes it everybody’s business.
Explore our global insights below on some of the key sustainability and ESG challenges organizations face today and learn how your business can help build a better, more sustainable working world.
Energy & Resources
In the midst of an industry undergoing fundamental change, we offer insights to help you reshape your business for the future.
The disruption sweeping the energy and resources industry brings more opportunities than challenges — for companies that get ahead of change.
Decarbonization, digitization, cost pressures and geopolitical uncertainty are just some of the forces transforming the energy and resources industry. Mining and metals, oil and gas, and power and utilities companies face a common challenge: how to marry short-term commercial pressures with the need to reshape their businesses for the future.
EY helps energy and resource companies tackle this challenge. Our teams help you reshape your business by focusing on the structure, services, technologies and capabilities needed to meet commercial objectives today and create long-term value tomorrow. Together, we can unlock the opportunities of an uncertain future — and build a better working world.
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