As a lawyer and proven expert specialising in areas such as energy law, commercial and corporate law and European law, Prof. Dr Schwintowski works at numerous institutes in Germany. In particular, through his position as scientific director and managing director of the EWeRK - Institute for Energy and Competition Law in the Municipal Economy at Humboldt University in Berlin - he has been able to distinguish himself as an expert and central contact for all-encompassing topics (energy supply and change, regulatory and legal development topics, sustainability in the Taxonomy Regulation and the greenhouse gas quota) in the emission-intensive energy and supply industry. He is in constant and close contact with the participating industry, trade and regulatory authorities as well as the BMWK (Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection).
In addition to several supervisory and advisory board functions, he is co-editor of various specialist and industry journals for the energy and insurance sector. Until 2010, he was a member of the Insurance Advisory Board of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority.
Prof Dr Schwintowski supports Silva Viridis with his expertise, experience and specialist knowledge in regulatory legal and economic issues in emissions trading, with a focus on the energy and emissions-intensive industries and the insurance sector - both sectors for which sustainability (ESG) and carbon neutrality are a central and increasingly important topic. In addition to his skills and industry expertise, his network in the relevant sectors (energy and insurance) strengthens us; he is in close dialogue with us in order to develop and offer innovative, legally compliant and industry-oriented solutions for our clients and partners.
Diego Pesciatini is CEO of Amicorp Management Services, a global financial services company with more than 30 offices worldwide. He advises international companies on the expansion of their business in compliance with regulations, laws and compliance guidelines.
With more than 20 years of experience in the global market, one of his main areas of focus is helping companies and investors fulfil their objectives, particularly in the area of sustainability (ESG). By structuring investment vehicles and working with some of the leading companies in this field, he is committed to minimising the environmental footprint of the Amicorp Group and its clients through the Amicorp Community Foundation project.
With his financial expertise and many years of experience, he is an essential advisor for Silva Viridis and provides support in solving relevant challenges in the financial and investment sector, such as ‘Investing in compliance with ESG criteria’. However, the development of ESG-compliant and ‘green’ products targeted at the institutional financial market is also a core area that he covers together with us.
As a graduate engineer (Dipl. Ing. Mechanical Engineering) and expert in the fields of sustainability, energy and consulting, Thomas Bloch has many years of experience and expertise at municipal and corporate level in the areas of sustainability concepts and strategies, mobility management, energy and emissions balancing and climate protection conceptualisation. In addition to various leadership and management positions, including in the municipal utility sector and at an international consultancy firm for sustainable energy supply strategies, he also worked for many years in the accompanying research of the BMWI (Federal Ministry of Economics and Innovation) on a research programme in sustainable and energy-efficient urban development.
Since 2016, he has been working with ewko-Thomas Bloch Consulting and as Managing Director of ECOSPEED Deutschland GmbH, specialising in sustainability concepts and strategies, mobility management, energy and emissions balancing, climate protection concepts and energy audits for numerous municipalities, commercial, energy and utility companies.
With his many years of experience and expertise at municipal and corporate level in the relevant sustainability and climate issues, he supports Silva Viridis and its departments not only in terms of technical content at project level, but also in customer-specific external communication.