Kirsten Hund

Head of Carbon Neutrality De Beers Group

Kirsten Hund joined the De Beers Group as Head of Carbon Neutrality in October 2020. Her responsibility is to develop and lead the Groups’ Climate Strategy and get De Beers to Carbon Neutrality across its operations by 2030. Kirsten joined from the World Bank in Washington DC, where she worked for 8 years as a Senior Mining Specialist, co-leading the Climate Smart Mining Initiative on the sustainable extraction and processing of strategic minerals from developing countries, in the Energy and Extractives Global Practice. Before that, she worked in several leadership roles for development and conservation NGOs, including WWF and Action Aid in the Netherlands and Africa ( based in Amsterdam, Gabon, and South Africa) on all aspects of sustainable and climate-smart mineral sector development. She is currently based in the Hague, the Netherlands. She holds an MA in International Relations and in international Humanitarian Assistance from the universities of Groningen and Aix-Marseille.

2024 Agenda Sessions

Developing Net-Zero Mines in Africa; pipe dream or smart business choice?

•   What role do renewables have to play to bring down a mine’s emissions?
•   Developing renewable fuels in Africa.
•   What to do with those last, hard to abate emissions; can African nature-based carbon offset projects play a legitimate role?
•   How can carbon offsets be done “right”?

Wednesday 07 February 13:00 - 13:45 Stewards Stage

Sustainability Series

Add to calendar 02/07/2024 13:00 02/07/2024 13:45 Developing Net-Zero Mines in Africa; pipe dream or smart business choice? •   What role do renewables have to play to bring down a mine’s emissions?
•   Developing renewable fuels in Africa.
•   What to do with those last, hard to abate emissions; can African nature-based carbon offset projects play a legitimate role?
•   How can carbon offsets be done “right”?
Stewards Stage Africa/Johannesburg

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