Agnese Alksne - Bensone

Corporate Social Responsibility Latvia  Co-founder/ Chairwoman of the board, Latvia


Agnese Alksne-Bensone, the founder of NGO CSR Latvia (Corporate social responsibility platform of Latvia) and Sustainability Partners, Ltd., has worked in the field of sustainability and corporate social responsibility for more than 14 years. Jury lead in the Baltic Sustainability Awards category IMPACT in 2022 and CSR Ukraine CSR project competition jury member since 2018. Has founded the CSR Latvia organization 10 years ago, as well as the "Responsible Business Ambassadors" program in 2018, during which more than 70 sustainability initiatives have been initiated, some of which have already become the basis for new business development directions and national initiatives for responsible business action. Educated more than 1,000 public and private sector representatives on sustainability topics in cooperation with the Employers Confederation of Latvia, KPMG Baltic, CSR Latvia, etc., as well as developed methodologies for companies' sustainability strategies, goal measurement, reporting, and supply chain mapping. She gained international experience by working in the US New Orleans Business Alliance, in the international team of Transparency International Latvia, as well as in BM Certification, developing the certification business in the region (Baltic, Finland, Ukraine and other CEEC countries). She is convinced that maintaining a balance between profit ambitions, and environmental and social impact in the business model is a challenge that everyone can handle.

Council member positions: Society for the openness of "Delna" (Transparency International Latvia) and Latvian Platform for development cooperation since 2021.

Awards: Latvian Association for Public Relations Professionals - "Golden Button" winner (2016); US Government Scholarship "Community Solutions Program" (2017).