BASF Key Experience Document

Emily Brooks is the Head of Applied Sustainability and the Regional Sustainability Manager for the

Nutrition & Health Division in North America. As a Senior Sustainability Manager and Global Business

Strategist, she actively facilitates global sustainability strategies for BASF’s direct customers to enable

long-term global Sustainable Development in the key business areas of: Human Nutrition, Food & Food

Production, Beverages, Dietary Supplements, Animal Nutrition, Agriculture, Pharmacology, Aroma

Ingredients, and Health Care.

Utilizing state of the art sustainability metrics and facilitating change and risk management, Emily drives

global sustainable business strategy development and product innovations that make corporate

sustainability measurable to drive business growth for global nutrition industries.

Emily Brooks

http://www.linkedin.com/in/brooksemily

Key to Emily Brooks’ success is her ability to multitask in complex environments while keeping

an eye on collaboration, change and risk management, and system implementation to further

benefit an organization’s reputation and long-term market strategy. Her ability to identify

gaps and build new global competitive strategies, while soliciting and managing key

stakeholder support, drives long-term profitable growth for the global companies that she

works with.

135 Talmage Road, Apt. B, Mendham, NJ 07945 | emilytbrooks@gmail.com | c: 203-450-4331 | newsustainabilityinc.com

Head of Applied Sustainability, Nutrition & Health, North America | BASF July 2012 - Present

Creating and Facilitating the Implementation of Global Sustainability Strategies for Fortune 100-500 Companies Around the World

Sustainability Metrics and Sustainability Reporting

Global Sustainability Business and Product Innovation

Sustainability Training & Capacity Building Throughout Organizations

Sustainability Marketing and Internal and External Stakeholder Engagement

New Product Development

Industries: Food & Beverage Companies, Human Nutrition, Animal Nutrition, Agriculture, Pharmacology, Aroma Ingredients, Health Care

Further Employment History Available Upon Request

References Available Upon Request

Professional

Experience

BASF ACHIEVEMENTS:

Routinely bring together large global stakeholder groups to solve sustainability problems through research, R&D, and technology innovation. Work with experts in Agriculture Crop Technology, Water, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers with Production System Design, Packaging, and Chemists and Biochemists from around the world to solve identified problems in the food industry.

Analyzed the sustainability hotspots for the largest meat producer in the world; utilizing quantitative and qualitative analyses to study beef, pork, lamb, and poultry production throughout the world in 6 different countries – including a comprehensive global sustainability strategy and marketing platform for the organization.

Lead a global R&D taskforce to study the sustainability levers for fish based Omega 3 global sourcing, procurement, and supply chain transparency.

Conducted a US & Canada Omega-3 HotSpot Analysis with End-Consumer survey to map the gaps between sustainability issues, perception, purchasing behavior, and supply chain risk areas. Created a global sustainable sourcing strategy and marketing platform.

Worked on a project that brought over 80 industry stakeholders together to analyze the sustainability of US beef production; led the creation of change initiatives through marketing, core messaging, and the implementation of innovation to further drive sustainability into the beef supply chain. Project has led to the creation of the US Roundtable On Sustainable Beef which launched in July 2015.

Worked on a project that analyzed the critical sustainability issues in the Quick Service Industry as a Materiality Assessment with an End-Consumer Survey.

Conducted a Materiality Assessment of sustainability issues within the US Dietary Supplement Industry. Managed organizational strategy creation to address: transparency, sustainable sourcing, consumer health & information, air and water and emissions reductions, operational excellence, and packaging.

Emily Brooks

http://www.linkedin.com/in/brooksemily

Key to Emily Brooks’ success is her ability to multitask in complex environments while keeping

an eye on collaboration, change and risk management, and system implementation to further

benefit an organization’s reputation and long-term market strategy. Her ability to identify

gaps and build new global competitive strategies, while soliciting and managing key

stakeholder support, drives long-term profitable growth for the global companies that she

works with.

135 Talmage Road, Apt. B, Mendham, NJ 07945 | emilytbrooks@gmail.com | c: 203-450-4331 | newsustainabilityinc.com