Our mission

Our mission is to accelerate the sustainability transition. 

Our belief is that accessing science can create massive value – for individual actors, and for society.

Our vision is a society that is intelligent in stewarding the biosphere, our home on planet Earth.

Meet the founders

Peder and Gustaf Folke have spent a combined 20 years in tier 1 strategy consulting and in senior business management. Having grown up with leading sustainability academics, they are in a unique position to bridge communication challenges between academia and the private sector.

In 2022, they decided to dedicate themselves to this task and launched Biosphere Intelligence, with the goal of rethinking how science is packaged, and radically shortening the time it takes for planetary insights to reach people and businesses.

Peder Folke

As Associate Partner at Material Economics by McKinsey & Company, Peder supported numerous executive teams on how to navigate the sustainability transition, and was part of developing Sweden’s method for climate tracking. He ​​previously also worked at Bain & Company and holds a MSc in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics.

peder@biosphereintelligence.com

Gustaf Folke

As a business leader at Clas Ohlson, Gustaf was in charge of mobilising change across 5000 people (8bn SEK revenues, 230 retail outlets). Prior to that, he worked at BCG with strategic change linked to AI. He holds a MSc in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics and has studied Sustainable Leadership at Cambridge University.

gustaf@biosphereintelligence.com

Team & collaborators

  • Nora Giertz

    Nora is a facilitator and process designer specialising in sustainability and innovation. She holds a MSc in Social-Ecological Resilience for Sustainable Development from Stockholm Resilience Centre. Apart from working with Biosphere Intelligence, Nora works with the Executive Programme for Union Leaders which is a part of the 4 year research project FAIRTRANS.

  • Alexandra Kulldorff

    Alexandra has 10 years experience as a strategy consultant. As an Associate Partner at Material Economics by McKinsey & Company she worked on climate strategies for large companies, across industries. Apart from working with Biosphere Intelligence, she is an investor and supporter of sustainability focused startups.

  • Jakob Nyström

    Jakob works at the intersection of business strategy and data & analytics. As a Principal at BCG, he leads teams of data scientists, software engineers and business consultants to develop high impact, scalable products in close collaboration with users. His Master's Thesis in machine learning focused on estimating biodiversity intactness of ecosystems.

  • Victoria Tham

    Victoria has a passion for sustainable products and services. As a repeat entrepreneur, she has built companies focusing on quality products towards consumers. Beyond her board engagements, she works with brand building, marketing and business development.

  • Professor Beatrice Crona

    Scientific collaborator

    Beatrice is a Professor in Sustainability Science and Science Director at Stockholm Resilience Centre. Her research focuses on sustainable finance and sustainable food systems, specifically how environmental impacts can be better accounted for in financial decision-making. Over the past years, she has engaged in many science-business collaborations.

  • Professor Gretchen Daily

    Scientific collaborator

    Gretchen is a Professor of
Environmental Science and co-founder of the
Natural Capital Project at Stanford University. Together with colleagues, she has published several hundred scientific articles, and a dozen books, on
human dependence and impact on nature. She has received numerous prestigious international awards.

  • Professor Carl Folke

    Scientific collaborator

    Carl is one of the most cited scientists in the world. His research has broken new ground in understanding the dynamic interplay of economy, society, and nature. He is co-founder of Stockholm Resilience Centre and Director of the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Carl has received several prestigious science awards.

  • Professor Steve Polasky

    Scientific collaborator

    Steve is a Professor of Ecological / Environmental Economics at the University of Minnesota and co-founder of the
Natural Capital Project. His expertise is at the intersection of ecology and economics including the value of ecosystem services and natural capital. Steve currently serves as co-chair at IPBES, Biodiversity and Business Assessment.

  • Mary Ruckelshaus

    Scientific collaborator

    Mary is the Executive Director of the Natural Capital Project. She was previously an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at the Florida State University. The main focus of her recent work is on developing ecological models including estimates of the flow of environmental services under different management regimes in marine systems worldwide.

  • Assoc. Professor Lisen Schultz

    Scientific collaborator

    Lisen is the Director of Education at Stockholm Resilience Centre and the programme director for the centre's Executive Programme in Resilience Thinking. In this role, she has educated chairpersons and CEOs from over 70 companies including major asset owners, banks, industrials and retailers. She specialises in knowledge transfer to decision makers.

  • Professor Henrik Österblom

    Scientific collaborator

    Henrik is the Director of the Anthropocene Laboratory at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. With the SeaBOS initiative, he pioneered a new type of science-business collaboration and developed sustainability strategies together with some of the largest corporations in the world. He is also a former policy advisor for the Swedish Government.