About the award
Who became the Sustainability Professional 2025?
During this tenth edition, two Sustainability Professionals were honored:
Claudia Verswyver, Retail Concepts, A.S.Adventure & Juttu
is the Dutch-speaking Sustainability Professional 2025.
Vincent Michel, Holcim Belgium
is the French-speaking Sustainability Professional 2025.
The Sustainability Professional 2025 plays a strategic and indispensable role within his company or organisation as someone who motivates, inspires or implements sustainability. This person’s job title can range from sustainability manager to CEO, HR manager, marketer, project leader, event manager, etc.
These finalists were named Sustainability Ambassadors 2025:
These are the Sustainability Pioneers 2025:
The Sustainability Pioneer 2025 is a starter in the field of Sustainability who has realized a strong, inspirational project or best practice during the past year. This title will also go to one Dutch-speaking and one French-speaking candidate.
The timeline looked like this
Start of nominations
End of nominations
All nominees submit their dossier.
Selection by core committee
The core committee of the jury makes a first selection of candidates.
Selection by jury
On the basis of the dossiers, the jury decides which candidates are invited to the jury defence.
Pre-selection results
The candidates are notified of the results of the pre-selection.
Presentation in front of the jury
The top 5 of each category presents its dossier in front of the jury. The jury reduces each top 5 to a top 3. The jury’s vote counts for 75% of the total points. The jury also determines who qualifies for the title of Sustainability Pioneer 2024.
Online voting round
We are calling for online votes for the finalists. Votes account for 25% of the total votes.
Event night Sustainability Professional 2025
The winners will be announced at the Sustainability Professional event.
Masterclass NL
Masterclass FR
What is Time4Society?
Time4Society provides a link between the profit sector on the one hand and the social profit and non-profit sector on the other hand. It’s Time4Society’s mission to facilitate corporate engagement. This is realized through socially valuable projects, Sustainability-advice, Sustainability-coaching, and by sharing innovation and expertise in the field of Sustainability.
What is VBO FEB?
As the leading voice of the Belgian professional world, it is VBO FEB’s goal to achieve an optimal climate for entrepreneurs in Belgian. We represent more than 50 thousand enterprises in more than 50 sectors. A strong economy leads to sustainable progress that forms the basis for more welfare for everyone. Economic and societal interests are not only complementary but also connected. That is how we create value for everyone.
Pieter Timmermans,
CEO VBO FEB
“We will gladly support this event for years to come. It is an important event for the world of business because we need to inspire and support positive and sustainable entrepreneurship.”
