The Impact Council is an essential body for us that supports us in achieving our ambitious sustainability goals. At the beginning of the year, we made new appointments to the Impact Council, which has been in place since 2020. Here you can find out who we are thankful for and say goodbye to and which great new experts will now be supporting our work.
The Impact Council, which we set up in 2020, is a central body at Tomorrow and supports us in achieving our ambitious sustainability goals. It is involved in all strategic questions relating to sustainability and regularly checks whether we are meeting our standards. In this way, the Impact Council ensures that our mission, strategy and goals are adhered to in the long term and implemented in every decision.
After all, sustainable finance is a complex topic that requires in-depth specialist knowledge and is constantly evolving. There are often no simple answers, but rather many perspectives that need to be taken into account. The Impact Council contributes this expertise, asks critical questions, provides impetus and helps us to involve the various stakeholder groups and expand our impact.
At the same time, in addition to transparency, which is essential for us, it is in line with the zebra mindset that we live by as a company. Namely, that great goals can only be achieved through exchange and joint work, and the exchange with our independent experts is an important part of this process.
Many thanks to the former members of the Impact Council
Our Impact Council consisted of the following members until the end of 2024:
Kristina Lunz, co-founder of the Center for Feminist Foreign Policy
Andreas Neukirch, former Managing Director of GLS Bank
Susanna Krüger, co-founder of the bcause project, former CEO of Save the Children Germany
Prof. Dr. Markus Beckmann, Chair of Corporate Sustainability and Management at FAU
These experts have supported us enormously in recent years and achieved several impact milestones with us: among other things, we launched the Tomorrow Fund sustainable equity fund, revised our sustainability strategy, launched the Spekboom renaturation project in the Eastern Cape, the first project financed solely by Tomorrow customers, we are one of the two most sustainable banking providers in Germany according to Fair Finance and have financially supported numerous projects with the donation and rounding-up feature - and much more.
We would like to say a big thank you to Kristina Lunz, Susanna Krüger and Andreas Neukirch, who have had a significant influence on Tomorrow's sustainability as members of the Impact Council since fall 2020. Prof. Dr. Markus Beckmann - this much can be said at this point - will remain with us on the newly appointed Impact Council.
Curtain up for our new Impact Council
We are now facing new challenges and tasks and have sharpened our impact focus. We have therefore been looking for experts who can advise, challenge and support us with their specialist knowledge in the fields of ecological, social and economic sustainability.
We are very pleased about our newly appointed Impact Council with these experts:
Prof. Dr. Markus Beckmann
Markus Beckmann has been Chair of Corporate Sustainability Management at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg since 2012 and is an expert in sustainability management and business ethics. Previously, he was Assistant Professor for Social Entrepreneurship at Leuphana University Lüneburg, where he founded the Social Change Hub (SCHub) – a platform for student engagement in social entrepreneurship.
He completed his PhD in business ethics at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, earning multiple awards, including the Max Weber Award for Business Ethics. Markus Beckmann is dedicated to ensuring that companies fulfill their social responsibilities and actively contribute to a sustainable future.
Focus: Sustainability as a whole with a focus on business ethics, sustainability management and social entrepreneurship
Rana Zincir Celal
Rana Zincir Celal is an expert in social impact, inequalities, and philanthropy. For over 20 years, she has worked in academia, philanthropy, arts and culture, and peace-building to drive social change. As the founding Executive Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity program at LSE, she helped shape global efforts to tackle inequality. More recently, she advised the Robert Bosch Stiftung on intersectional approaches to reducing inequalities and served on the Board of Greenpeace Mediterranean. She has also held roles at the Ford Foundation, Domini Impact Investments, and Columbia Global Centers. Currently, she is a Director of Equality Impact Investing (EIIP) and a Board member of the European Cultural Foundation.
Her goal: a fairer and more sustainable world through collaboration and social engagement.
Focus: Social impact, economic equity and philanthropy
Kristina Jeromin
Kristina Jeromin is an expert in sustainable finance and transformative economics. Since May 2024, she has been co-head of the Made in Germany 2030 initiative, where she works on financing strategies for the decarbonisation of Germany as an industrial location.
In former capacities as Head of Sustainability at Deutsche Börse, Deputy Chair of the Sustainable Finance Advisory Council of the German Federal Government, and Managing Director of the Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany, she has been instrumental in advancing the sustainable transformation of financial markets.
In addition, Kristina works as a speaker and consultant to promote socially just and environmentally responsible economic and financial systems. Her goal: a future-ready economy that puts people and the planet at its core.
Focus: Economical Sustainability with a focus on sustainable finance and sustainability management
Marilyn Waite
Marilyn Waite is the Managing Director of the Climate Finance Fund and an expert in sustainable finance. Previously, she held leadership roles in cleantech, renewable energy, and climate research, including at Project Drawdown and AREVA.
As a multilingual speaker and author of Sustainability at Work, she inspires audiences worldwide with talks on sustainable investing, climate change, and energy. Marilyn envisions a world where sustainability drives key decisions.
Focus: Ecological Sustainability with a focus on Climate and Net Zero Economy