Helen Sahi is a global sustainability, ESG, and business strategy leader with more than three decades of experience driving transformation across complex, multinational organizations. She currently serves as Group Sustainability Officer at BIC, where she leads the company’s global sustainability vision, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) strategy, and ESG reporting framework. She works closely with senior leadership to embed sustainability into long‑term business strategy and unlock new value creation opportunities. Known for her ability to translate sustainability ambition into operational reality, Helen has guided organizations—including BIC, Armstrong World Industries, Unifi, and Avery Dennison—through the development of science‑based goals, circularity initiatives, climate strategies, and award‑winning sustainability reporting. Her work has consistently driven measurable impact, enhanced stakeholder trust, and supported commercial growth. With a background that spans corporate environmental affairs, consulting, product sustainability, and global ESG leadership, Helen excels at uniting financial, environmental, and social priorities to advance resilient, future‑ready organizations.
Helen Sahi
Group Sustainability Officer
BIC
Story as Stakeholder Fuel How Brands Ignite ROI Through Purpose Narratives
CMOs are under impossible pressure: prove ROI, protect brand trust, navigate greenwashing scrutiny, and amplify sustainability without turning off customers. Most sustainability stories fall flat — too abstract, too technical, or too safe. But the ... View More
Writing the Future From Disposable to Sustainable, to Circular at Scale
This talk will walk us through the evolution of BIC’s circularity strategy and implementation to date. The focus will be on telling the overall story through a case study on the in-market recapture of lighter products with the help of retailers acr... View More
The Sustainability – Resilience – Regeneration Pathway Cutting through Jargon to Align Teams and Goals
Session Description: Sustainability. Resilience. Regeneration. Net positive. Circular economy. Triple bottom line. Thriving. Nature positive. And more — the vocabulary of responsible business and systems change has been growing for decades, and so... View More