Julia Akker

About Julia Akker

Julia is an Associate Director at OnePointFive (OPF) and instructor with over 10 years of business and sustainability consulting experience. She started her career as a business consultant at EY, where she managed project teams and advised Fortune 30 banking clients on banking strategy, risk management, compliance, and operations. Since then, she has dedicated her career to working on sustainability challenges and solutions. Julia currently leads sustainability strategy & implementation work at OPF, and has completed over two dozen projects delivering climate impact for global clients across diverse industries. Julia is OPF’s subject matter expert on greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and sustainability standards, regulations, and frameworks. She developed the curriculum for and teaches these topics as part of OPF’s 8 week Sustainability Consulting training program, OnePointFive Academy, and has delivered several webinars through partners including Environmental Defense Fund, Work on Climate, The Change Climate Project, and others. In addition to completing numerous GHG accounting and regulatory projects, she has also led projects focused on sustainability strategy and governance, target-setting, lifecycle analysis, decarbonization planning, and more. She is passionate about sustainable food systems and the power of plant-based diets to reverse climate change, and has taught 700+ fellows on Food & Agriculture within the climate space. Julia graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a B.S. in Applied Economics and Management. She is a native Russian speaker and proficient in Spanish.

Experience

1. Associate Director

   OnePointFive (opf.degree)

   Aug 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Julia is OPF’s Sustainability Services lead, overseeing cross-industry advisory projects spanning sustainability strategy and governance, measurement, decarbonization planning, and more. She is the resident subject matter expert on greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and sustainability standards, regulations, and frameworks, having developed and delivered training as part of OPF’s Sustainability Consulting training program, OnePointFive Academy. She has also delivered bespoke training sessions and webinars through partners including Environmental Defense Fund, Work on Climate, The Change Climate Project, and others.

Education

• Cornell University

  Bachelor's Degree, Applied Economics and Management

  2010 — 2014

Skills

• Statistics
• Data Analysis
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• University Teaching
• Research
• Program Evaluation
• Microsoft Word
• Higher Education
• Teaching
• Microsoft Office
• Critical Thinking
• Public Speaking
• Spanish
• Program Development