Charlotte WWiebe is TUI Group's new Sustainability Director
Charlotte WWiebe has been appointed as TUI´s new Group Sustainability Director, taking over the role from Jane Ashton, who leaves the company to take on a new challenge outside TUI. Charlotte previously held the function of HR Director and Member of the Management Board at TUI Nordic, where she had been driving change at one of TUI's centres of excellence for innovationsince 2010.
In her new role Charlotte WWiebe will report to Thomas Ellerbeck, Member of the Group Executive Committee and Group Director Corporate and External Affairs, in charge of group-wide Communications, Government Relations and Sustainability at TUI who is also Chairman of the international TUI Care Foundation. “Charlotte has successfully driven change during her time at TUI Nordic. Her interest in sustainable transformation and innovation as well asher ability to drive change are the perfect qualities for her new role as Group Sustainability Director. Tourism is a powerful global force for good. Our ambition for TUI's new Sustainability Strategy 2030 is clear: We want to continue to set sustainability standards in our industry –balancing the environmental,social and economic dimensionsof sustainability in tourism,” said Thomas Ellerbeck.
From March 2020, Charlotte WWiebe will be in charge of implementing TUI Group's new Sustainability Strategy 2030 with the mission to strengthen TUI's leading position in sustainability and shape the future of sustainable travel. Working with TUI´s sustainability team in all parts of the business she is heading the strategy process and will be presenting the new Sustainability Strategy at the beginning of the next year.
Charlotte WWiebe: “Sustainable transformation is one of the great challenges of our time. I am convinced that sustainability, business and profitability go hand in hand. My goal is therefore to continue working with my colleagues throughout TUI Group as well as our stakeholders and partners to drive change in this area with the purpose to create a more sustainable business - for our customers and destinations, our colleagues and the planet. New ideas and new technology will be needed to solve this task. In the years to come, we will continue shaping the future of the travel industry with a strong focus on people, a thriving business and the needs of our planet.”
About TUI Group
The TUI Group is one of the world's leading tourism groups and operates worldwide. The Group is headquartered in Germany. TUI shares are listed in the MDAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and in the regulated market of the Lower Saxony Stock Exchange in Hanover. TUI Group offers its 20 million customers integrated services from a single source and forms the entire tourism value chain under one roof. The Group owns over 400 hotels and resorts with premium brands such as RIU, TUI Blue and Robinson and 17 cruise ships, ranging from the MS Europa and MS Europa 2 in the luxury class and expedition ships in the HANSEATIC class to the Mein Schiff fleet of TUI Cruises and cruise ships operated by Marella Cruises in the UK. The Group also includes Europe's leading tour operator brands and online marketing platforms, for example for hotel-only or flight-only offers, five airlines with more than 130 modern medium- and long-haul aircraft and around 1,200 travel agencies. In addition to expanding its core business with hotels and cruises via successful joint ventures and activities in vacation destinations, TUI is increasingly focusing on the expansion of digital platforms. The Group is transforming itself into a global tourism platform company.
Global responsibility for sustainable economic, environmental and social action is at the heart of our corporate culture. With projects in 25 countries, the TUI Care Foundation initiated by TUI focuses on the positive effects of tourism, on education and training and on strengthening environmental and social standards. In this way, it supports the development of vacation destinations. The globally active TUI Care Foundation initiates projects that create new opportunities for the next generation.
