Federal German working group for environmentally conscious management
| Federal German Working Group for Environmentally Conscious Management (BAUM e.V.) |
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| purpose | Company network for environmental management and sustainable business |
| Chair: | Maximilian Gege |
| Establishment date: | 1984 |
| Number of members: | about 550 (2015) |
| Seat : | Hamburg (Federal Office) |
| Website: | www.baumev.de |
The Federal German Working Group for Environmentally Conscious Management e. V. (BAUM) is a corporate network for sustainable business.
According to its own statement, the aim of the association is to sensitize companies, municipalities and organizations to the vision of sustainable management and to support it in the ecologically effective, economically sensible and socially just realization. Members of the BAUM support group can voluntarily sign the non-binding declaration of intent of the association, the BAUM code for sustainable management, and are thus allowed to use the association's logo.
Club work
Projects
The association initiates projects and specialist conferences, often with the involvement of companies such as B. the Sustainability Leadership Forum (SLF), which should enable the transfer of knowledge as well as the content-related development of concrete problem solutions through the direct exchange of experience between science and industry. BAUM organizes its own competitions such as B. since 2005 the office & environment competition, which distinguishes the careful use of resources in the company and the consideration of environmental and sustainability aspects when purchasing office products.
TREE e. V. is also involved in research projects, such as the BMBF funded project "New approaches, strategies, business and communication models for Bi okunststoffe as a component of Na chhaltigen economy" ( Bina ), which evaluated the use of bioplastics. The focus here was on the production of the biopolymers and subsequent processing into the finished bioplastic.
The association initiated the three-year BAUM Zukunftsfonds eG, which allowed citizens to invest financially in energy-saving projects and was rewarded with a return of 3-5%. The fund was awarded the SPD innovation prize. With the BAUM Fair Future Fund there is another fund that enables private investors to invest in small to medium-sized companies that operate sustainably.
Awarding
The association has been awarding its own BAUM environmental award since 1993 . According to his own statement, the undoped award honors outstanding personal achievements and individual commitment of the award winner in corporate environmental protection. Important criteria in the selection and evaluation of the award winners are the practical relevance and the transferability of the initiated measures to other companies. The BAUM environmental prize is awarded in the categories of large companies, small and medium-sized companies, scientists, media representatives and institutions / associations.
Since 2004, the International BAUM Special Prize has been awarded to personalities who are committed to environmental and nature conservation or to social issues.
criticism
The association's work is based on "insight" and has an "appeal character" to encourage companies and interest groups to act more environmentally friendly. However, the association does not require any binding rules from its members. The association does not verify in its statutes what “sustainability” and “ sustainability management ” mean specifically for the association in terms of corporate policy measures.
Companies that have repeatedly attracted attention for their environmentally harmful production methods, arms production or socially difficult work situations are also members of the BAUM support group. Furniture company IKEA Germany , among others, is a BAUM member and obtains a large part of its pine furniture wood from the far north of Russia . The Ikea subsidiary Swedwood has leased 300,000 hectares of natural forest in Karelia alone and is cutting down forest areas that have been untouched by the timber industry . Other members who engage in environmentally harmful business practices include: B. Danone , Lacoste , Porsche , TUI Cruises , Procter & Gamble and Commerzbank .
Award of Unilever boss
In 2011, the BAUM environmental award went to the then Unilever boss Harry JM Brouwer, as he “had a decisive influence on the sustainability activities of the group”. This award was criticized by other NGOs, including a. due to Unilever's sources of supply of palm oil that were not secured as sustainable at that time . In response to this, the association “ Save the Rainforest ” awarded the Unilever boss its anti -prize BAUM-AB-Prize “for aid to environmental destruction and disregard for human rights in Indonesia”. Reinhard Behrend from "Rettet den Regenwald" characterized the BAUM association in connection with the controversial environmental award ceremony 2011 as follows: "BAUM is an association in which 500 companies sit and pat each other on the back in a media-effective manner."
Awarding of the prize to AIDA
In 2014, the environmental award in the large company category was given to the cruise company AIDA . This has been criticized by environmental organizations.
Club structure
The association was founded in 1984 and is recognized as a non-profit organization. The executive board includes the chairman Maximilian Gege (founding member, chairman since 2005), Dieter Brübach and Martin Oldeland. The association's work is accompanied by a company advisory board and a science board of trustees. The company membership includes owners or executives from BAUM member companies, including a. Thomas E. Banning (spokesman), Naturstrom . Scientists from fields related to sustainable business are involved in the Science Board of Trustees. Members of the board of trustees are B. Claudia Kemfert, German Institute for Economic Research ; and Mojib Latif , Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Who we are Website of the Federal German Working Group for Environmentally Conscious Management. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ↑ BAUM-Codex website of the Federal German Working Group for Environmentally Conscious Management. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ Sustainability Leadership Forum (SLF) Website of the Sustainability Leadership Forum. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- ↑ Office & Environment competition Website of the Office & Environment competition. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ↑ Homepage - BiNa. IfBB - Institute for Bioplastics and Biocomposites, accessed on January 19, 2020 .
- ↑ BAUM Future Fund | National climate protection initiative of the Federal Environment Ministry. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
- ↑ SPD Innovation Prize 2013 to BAUM Zukunftsfonds eG In: SPD Innovation Prize. REEG, accessed on January 19, 2020 .
- ↑ GLS Bank: BAUM Fair Future Fund. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
- ↑ These companies are members of the BAUM network. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
- ↑ https://www.regenwald.org/aktion/877/ikea-wohnst-du-noch-oder-zerstoerst-du-schon .
- ↑ Imported mineral water in one-way bottles: Deutsche Umwelthilfe criticizes Nestlé and Danone Waters for ecological madness. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
- ^ Dirty Laundry. Retrieved January 19, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ DER SPIEGEL: Porsche has to pay a fine of 535 million euros in the diesel scandal - DER SPIEGEL - mobility. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Dinosaur of the year 2011 - NABU. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
- ^ RP ONLINE: Neuss: "Stop land grabbing for speed". Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
- ^ Meike Schreiber: Commerzbank: weapons, coal, parental leave. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
- ↑ BAUM Environment Prize - press release (PDF), accessed on May 25, 2016.
- ↑ https://www.regenwald.org/files/de/PM_Baum-ab-Preis_Unilever.pdf
- ↑ AIDA receives BAUM environmental award ( Memento from November 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Committees of BAUM e. V. Accessed May 24, 2016.