Austrian Council for Sustainable Development

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The Austrian Council for Sustainable Development brings together representatives from science, business and civil society as well as political decision-makers in order to accelerate topics of the global Agenda 2030 . The Austrian Council for Sustainable Development is an independent non-governmental organization and an advisory body.

Austrian Council for Sustainable Development

tasks

The Austrian Council for Sustainable Development deals integratively with social and economic development as well as environmental and climate protection and should therefore deal in particular with opportunities and added value as well as the risks of sustainability. At its core, it is about the potential of intergenerational and global justice to change society and promote prosperity within the load-bearing capacity limits set by nature. It promotes Austria as a business location and deals with the global transformation process.

The Austrian Council for Sustainable Development aims to identify challenges, fields of action and potential in the field of sustainable development in Austria. Together with partner organizations such as the UNGSII Foundation, it supports the implementation of the United Nations ' global sustainability goals "UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs". It initiates national and international projects and campaigns and serves as a driver and multiplier for sustainability initiatives, is an information and knowledge platform as well as a communication interface and mouthpiece for the topic of sustainability and SDGs. The Sustainability Council is both an actor and an advisory body.

He deals with the initiation, coordination and implementation of national "Made in Austria" and international projects on the subject of transformation, corporate responsibility, social development, climate protection, social and economic sustainability, global sustainability goals of the United Nations, surveys and studies as well as campaigns with partners and Experts.

  • Promotion of sustainability as a public and societal concern
  • Spokesperson for sustainability in Austria, information and communication interface
  • Exchange with central actors about the status and implementation options of sustainable development
  • Multiplier and driver for national and international sustainability and SDG initiatives and strategies
  • Support of sustainability policy in a national, European and global context

High-profile projects and activities

The Austrian Council for Sustainable Development initiates and carries out national and international projects and campaigns with partners. The aim is the concretization, penetration and visualization of sustainability through projects in all areas of society. The focus is on projects that show complex, cross-departmental and future-oriented change. For the duration of a project, people with special technical expertise are also brought in.

Form of organization and office

The Austrian Council for Sustainable Development was founded on April 4, 2018 and entered in the register of associations on April 14, 2018. Financing is ensured through partnerships and memberships as well as donations and project funding (third-party funding).

Companies, organizations, public institutions, institutions, NGOs, associations, interest groups and individuals can join the association “Austrian Council for Sustainable Development” and actively participate in projects and working groups.

The General Secretariat implements the work program. It serves as the administrative and coordination point for all activities of the Council. The expert advisory board (so-called council members) and additional persons (so-called principal advisors) with special technical expertise are available for support.

The General Secretary is Markus Bürger , the Deputy General Secretary is Marina Luggauer .

Council members (expert advisory board)

The members of the Expert Advisory Board (so-called council members) act as an independent advisory body. The members of the expert advisory board work on a voluntary basis and are not necessarily members of the association. The expert advisory board consists of national and international personalities from business, environment, social affairs, science, the young generation, development cooperation, politics and society. These persons are appointed by the General Secretariat for a mandate of at least two years. Prominent "council members" are:

  • Matthias Beck , Associate Professor for Moral Theology, University of Vienna, Roman Catholic. Priest, member of the Bioethics Commission in the Federal Chancellery
  • SD Prince Constantin von und zu Liechtenstein , CEO of the Prince Liechtenstein Foundation
  • Franz Josef Radermacher , head of the research institute for application-oriented knowledge processing (FAW / n), former university professor for databases a. Artificial Intelligence, Ulm University, Vice President of the Eco-Social Forum Europe, member of the Club of Rome
  • Sebastian Bohrn Mena , Chilean-Austrian economist, publicist & activist, initiator of the animal protection referendum

Honorary members

  • Alexandra Palt , Executive Vice President & Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer L'Oréal Group , Executive Vice President of The Foundation L'Oréal

Former council members (extract)

  • Rudolf Hundstorfer , Federal Minister for Labor, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection a. D., former President of the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions (ÖGB)
  • Magdalena Moll , Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs and Head of Corporate Communications at OMV AG
  • Peter Oswald , CEO of the Mondi Group
  • Roland Falb , Managing Partner of Roland Berger Austria
  • Andrea Sihn-Weber , CSE - Head of Group Sustainability Management (Executive Director) at Raiffeisen Bank International AG and Managing Director of the Raiffeisen Sustainability Initiative
  • Bettina Gneisz-Al-Ani , strategy and communication consultancy

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Austrian start of the Alliance for Development and Climate. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Austrian Council for Sustainable Development starts work. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Complete and current list of the Expert Advisory Board
  4. ↑ Write to us. Retrieved on June 25, 2020 (German).