Hannah Helmke

Hannah Helmke is co-founder and CEO of climate tech company right°. Her focus on economic activity in a world affected by climate change was the result of combining both her academic disciplines: Psychology and International Business. Hannah follows her strong conviction that a science-based approach is the best way to manage the emotionally charged field of corporate climate strategy. Before founding right°, she worked for the IT service provider BridgingIT and Deutsche Post DHL Group. There, she explored the potentials of digitization for reaching sustainability targets and worked on introducing science-based targets as reporting instruments.

Under her leadership, right° received the prestigious Next Economy Award 2020. She herself was awarded the Digital Female Leader Award 2020 in the category ‘Sustainability’ as well as the ‘Female Founders Award’ of AmCham Germany in 2021.