Jonas
Bengtsson

I help boards govern sustainability credibly, climate tech ventures scale with rigour, and organisations turn sustainability commitments into results that hold up to scrutiny.

20 years building Edge Impact from startup to acquisition across four countries. Now contributing through board roles, technical advisory, and thought leadership.

Built & Scaled
Edge Impact. Startup to 100+ people across four countries. Acquired by RSK Group
Current Roles
Special Advisor at Edge Impact. Advisory roles with Rebuilt, UNEP, EPD Australasia, and NZ Green Building Council
Governance Track Record
20+ years across UN bodies, standards committees, industry boards, and green building councils in Australia and New Zealand
Technical
Technical rigour meets strategic thinking. Carbon strategy, sustainability measurement, product transparency, circular economy, and sustainability tech

How I Can Help

I partner with good businesses and people who want to deliver purpose and make a positive impact. Whether that's a board seat, a technical challenge, or a long-term working relationship, I bring experience from building and scaling, and I work best when I'm genuinely part of the team.

Advisory Boards & NED

Sustainability governance, climate risk oversight, and the credibility to challenge assumptions at board level.

Startup & Venture Advisory

Scaling climate tech ventures. Governance maturity, pressure-testing claims, and candid perspective at inflection points.

Technical Expert

Technical depth across carbon strategy, sustainability measurement, and product transparency. Senior credibility when rigour matters.

Speaking & Thought Leadership

Substance with levity. Keynotes, panels, and executive workshops on sustainability governance and scaling purpose-driven companies.

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From 16 Years of Building

Operating principles distilled from co-founding and scaling Edge Impact. Not a consulting framework. A note to myself for the next time I'm about to make a decision I've made badly before.

"Complementary skills aren't enough. Direction has to be shared. The test is specific decisions under pressure, not shared philosophy."

"We were early and rigorous, and we were the friendly consultancy. That was commercially decisive, not soft."

"Speed and competitive tension are the only real leverage. If they think you've got nowhere else to go, you don't have a deal."

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What Others Say

Recommendations from colleagues, clients, and collaborators.

"Jonas's vision and passion for a more sustainable world, his deep expertise in technical sustainability, as well as his character and integrity, are exemplary and of the absolute highest order."

Bryan Sheehan Managing Director, North America, Edge Impact via LinkedIn

"Jonas is one of the smartest people I've had the pleasure to work with. Quietly brilliant, he has consistently blended deep thinking, practical know how and a can do spirit to make an impact on our planet."

Fergus Stoddart Director, Strategy and Growth, Nibble via LinkedIn

"I worked with Jonas for nearly 8 years, and can honestly say he's the definition of authentic leadership. He's someone that is trustworthy and trusting, providing his team with the vision he wants to realise and allowing others to find their own way of making those things happen."

Richard Griffiths Global Head of Growth, Edge Impact via LinkedIn

"One of the god fathers of sustainability. Making sure that the circular bio-economy and the sustainable world we need happens. Having watched him over the last 10 years I'm glad we are in his hands."

Mark Rogers CEO, New Forests Asset Management via LinkedIn

Get in Touch

Open to non-executive director roles, advisory board positions, technical advisory, and speaking. If you need someone who has built and scaled, not just advised, let's talk.