M.A. Sustainability Economics and Management
Consultant
Climate neutrality | Verification systems for renewable energies
Focus
- Verification systems for renewable energies (heat, electricity and gases)
- Climate accounting, complex PCF
- Strategy development for decarbonisation and climate neutrality
- Science-based reduction pathways (SBTi)
Marina Kemper is a consultant for renewable energies and climate neutrality at Hamburg Institut. She works on net-zero strategies for various sectors for our clients and customers and advises companies on accounting issues, verification systems for renewable energies and science-based reduction pathways.
She is currently working on recommendations for the further development of the methodology for the product carbon footprint (PCF) and supply chains in the automotive industry on behalf of the German Federal Environment Agency. Marina Kemper also advises corporate clients on complex accounting issues and supported the SBTi target setting for a corporate client in the IT sector. On behalf of the Federal Environment Agency, she is developing the basis for Guarantees of Origin systems for gas, heating and cooling and, as part of the IW3 research project, is looking at the prospects for using Guarantees of Origin, particularly in the context of heating.
Professional experience & qualification
After completing her bachelor’s degree in business administration in Bonn, Marina Kemper completed her master’s degree in sustainability economics and management at the University of Oldenburg. She wrote her Master’s thesis on the topic of corporate carbon performance. Before joining Hamburg Institut in 2022, Marina Kemper completed a trainee programme at the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) in Jakarta, Indonesia. Before that, she worked as a project manager at the Oldenburg Energy Cluster, where she was involved in the research project “Energetisches Nachbarschaftsquartier Oldenburg”.
