Olusheun Olaoshebikan, ESG and Human Rights Expert, Joins Governing Board of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP)

18 July 2022

Corvallis, Ore.: International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) welcomes Olusheun Olaoshebikan,Sustainability Strategy and Disclosure Manager at Environmental Resources Management, to its Governing Board as Secretary. 

“I am excited to join the ISSP Governing Board. The respect and promotion of human rights is critical in fostering sustainable development, and I hope that my global perspective and human rights background will enable me to make an important contribution to the work of the board,” Olaoshebikan said. “I look forward to collaborating with its leaders to fulfill ISSP's mission to empower professionals to advance sustainability.”

ISSP is the leading global membership network of sustainability professionals, providing connection and professional development to individuals, organizations, and communities around the globe. The ISSP Governing Board members are sustainability leaders from the public, private, nonprofit, and academic sectors committed to creating a future where sustainability is standard practice.

“I am very happy to welcome Olusheun Olaoshebikan to the ISSP Governing Board and delighted he will be stepping into the officer role of board secretary. Olusheun’s international experience and thought leadership on a range of topics, including transition risk and human rights, brings valued breadth and depth to the Board,” said Trisha Bauman, M.S., ISSP Governing Board President. “We look forward to engaging his insights in supporting ISSP’s mission to empower sustainability professionals across sectors and around the planet.”

“We welcome Olusheun during a time when cross-cultural perspectives and rights-based approaches are needed more than ever to advance sustainable development,” said Michelle Benavides, ISSP Executive Director. “Olusheun’s experience in these areas is helping ISSP respond to our network’s need for cutting-edge professional development to meet sustainability challenges — including social justice and human rights issues — that organizations are facing around the world.”

Olaoshebikan has worked on sustainability and human rights for nearly a decade. In his current role as a Sustainability Strategy and Disclosure Manager at Environmental Resources Management, he assists companies to integrate ESG risks, impacts, and opportunities into their business and corporate strategies.

Olaoshebikan previously worked for non-governmental organizations, inter-governmental organizations, and in the private sector with years of international experience in Africa, Europe, and Latin America. He is fluent in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and German. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in History and African and African-American Studies from the University of Chicago, a Master of Arts degree in French from Middlebury College, a Master of Arts degree in French Cultural Studies in a Global Context from Columbia University, and a Juris Doctorate from the Georgetown University Law Center.

About ISSP

The International Society of Sustainability Professionals is the world’s leading professional association of sustainability practitioners. A member-driven organization, ISSP moves the sustainability profession forward by empowering each other and defining professional excellence. ISSP launched the Sustainability Excellence Associate (SEA) and Sustainability Excellence Professional (SEP) credentials (formerly the ISSP Sustainability Associate and ISSP Certified Sustainability Professional credentials) in 2016 to define and recognize competency in the field of sustainability. ISSP has since partnered with GBCI, which formally acquired the credentials in 2019, to enhance, scale and promote the credentials in order to drive positive environmental, social and economic outcomes in organizations and communities worldwide.