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Una Terra expanding its Sustainability Impact Committee to increase focus on Circular Economy
Rob Opsomer to join Una Terra Venture Capital Impact Fund as Sustainability Impact Committee Member.
ZURICH, ZH, SWITZERLAND, March 3, 2023 / — Effective immediately, Rob Opsomer will join the Sustainability Impact Committee of UnaTerra Venture Capital Impact Fund. UnaTerra is absolutely thrilled and excited that Rob accepted this mandate and looks forward to this collaboration.
Luca Zerbini, CEO and Managing Director of UnaTerra said: "I am delighted Rob is joining our Sustainability Impact Committee.
Luca Zerbini, CEO and Managing Director of Una Terra said: “Rob and I have known each other for many years. We worked together already in the early days of the New Plastics Economy at the Ellen McArthur Foundation, where he is currently a member of the Executive Leadership Team and has over the past years mobilised programmes in plastics, finance, fashion, and food. I cannot think of a better addition to UnaTerra as we focus our current fund entirely on circular economy. He will bring a solid strategic approach from his McKinsey days combined with a deep understanding of how to drive systems-change initiatives and leverage sustainable financing to accelerate the transition”.
Rob Opsomer said: “More than ever, the world needs solutions that can rapidly tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, while creating new economic opportunities. Una Terra has set out to identify and catalyse innovators who are driving exactly such solutions, aiming for large-scale impact. I am delighted to contribute my expertise to support this journey”.
This appointment is the second of a few announcements that UnaTerra will release in the coming weeks to reveal its full Sustainability Impact Committee.
Many thanks to Rob for his trust in UnaTerra and for his environmental and financial leadership. We look forward to a productive and rewarding collaboration.
Rob Opsomer
Rob Opsomer is an executive with deep expertise in circular economy, systems change, and plastics. He also has experience across the finance, fashion, and food sectors.
He is currently a member of the Executive Leadership Team at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an international non-profit with a mission to accelerate the transition to a circular economy, where he oversees the Foundation’s work on plastics and finance.
Before joining EMF, Rob was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he advised senior management of private and public sector clients, with a focus on finance and environmental sustainability.
Rob is a Fellow at Belgium’s 40 under 40. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he majored in finance, and a Master’s degree in Software Engineering, focused on machine learning.
About Una Terra VC Fund
Una Terra was born out of a shared aspiration: to make the world a more sustainable place. Una Terra’s ambition is not only to invest capital but also to provide direct support, expertise, education, and leadership to companies aiming to transform entire industries through commercial technology and innovation.
They utilize asset-light models that can be scaled through marketing, commercial introductions, partnerships, new market entry, and accelerated go-to-market strategies.
Una Terra has received the “Innovative Fund for our Future Award” from the World Economic Forum (Uplink) and is recognized as an “Impact Assets IA50 Emerging Impact Manager.”
Una Terra is actively engaged with organizations such as the UN Global Compact, UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Capitals Coalition, King Charles III Sustainable Market Initiative (SMI), and Terra Carta, World Economic Forum (WEF), and Klosters Forum (KF).
Una Terra is a Certified SFDR Art. 9 Fund in accordance with the European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), Science-Based Targets, and is B-Corp certified.
Lastly, Una Terra is a member of the Swiss Venture Capital Association (SECA).
