Volkswagen Appoints Professor Ye Qi to Sustainability Advisory Council
August 29 2019 - 9:28AM
Dow Jones News
By Maitane Sardon
Volkswagen Group (VOW.XE) said Thursday that it has appointed Ye
Qi, a professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology, as a new member of its sustainability advisory
council.
He will join a group of nine independent experts from business
politics, science and society in their role of advising the company
on topics including sustainable mobility, environmental protection
or social responsibility.
"The sustainability advisory council is a very important body
for the Volkswagen AG. It has given significant impetus to the
decarbonization strategy of the group," Herbert Diess, chairman of
Volkswagen Group's board of management, said.
Volkswagen said the professor has proven expertise in
environmental governance, policy and urbanization. His current
research focuses on energy transition and the generation and use of
renewable energy in an urbanized world.
Write to Maitane Sardon at maitane.sardon@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 29, 2019 09:13 ET (13:13 GMT)
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