Joanna Plaisant

Strategic Partnership & Sustainability Director, ESG Lead at Arcadis Polska, board member and Global Sustainability Leadership Group member. Lawyer and mediator with international experience, from 2012 to 2020 Country Manager of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Poland. Graduate in law, holder of an LL.M. degree from Humboldt University in Berlin.

For 18 years, she has been bridging business, regulations, and standards, transforming complex ESG challenges into measurable outcomes. At Arcadis, she is responsible for developing B2B collaborations, investor and public sector relations, and the commercialization of ESG services and contract solutions. She designs ESG strategies and reporting (CSRD/ESRS), linking climate and operational risks with KPIs for organizational resilience and cost of capital. She specializes in energy transformation, infrastructure decarbonization, urban resilience, and circular economy. Speaker, lecturer at PW, and industry mentor.

Arcadis is a global consulting and design firm that integrates engineering, consulting, and project management in the fields of the natural environment, infrastructure, water, and construction. The company operates in over 30 countries, employing around 36,000 specialists – from architects, data analysts, designers, planners to sustainability experts.