Franz-Theo Gottwald

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Franz-Theo Gottwald (born September 21, 1955 in Wiesbaden ) is a German corporate and political consultant, foundation expert , publicist and author of specialist publications in the areas of ethics, sustainable development, corporate responsibility , ecological agricultural and nutritional culture, awareness and future research.

Life

Gottwald studied Catholic theology , philosophy , social sciences and Indology . He put his focus on questions of social and natural philosophy and dealt with system theories. He then did several research stays in Thailand, India and the Philippines, where he studied structural changes in rural areas and dealt with the understanding of nature of different faith communities.

In 1984 he started working for the management consultancy Schirmer und Partner (Worpswede) as a consultant specializing in environmental management and systemic organizational development. Among other things, he initially looked after customers from the financial industry and the automotive supplier industry with tools for self and awareness management.

In 1985 he was involved in the conception of the foundation's philosophy in the “future project ecological conversions” of the meat industrialist Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth . After initially advising on the development of the science management of the Schweisfurth Foundation , he took over as scientific director in 1986. Two years later he was appointed sole managing director of the Schweisfurth Foundation in Munich. His project work included development projects such as As the project Chamokoko Porterito Schweisfurth Foundation in Paraguay, in which an ecological village was built with self-supporting economic cycles from 1987 to 1989. Furthermore, the establishment of professorships at German universities. For example those of Ulrich Steger at the European Business School, of Detlef Fölsch at the University of Kassel and of Wolfgang Schad at the University of Witten-Herdecke. Finally, he was involved in the development of models, such as B. with the Bundesverband Naturkost Naturwaren eV, BNN in the development of the so-called "Code" (the self-commitment of the organic food industry).

With the development and communication of an integrative model for ecological agriculture, he created the basis for the management of more than 1500 projects in 1988/89 - according to the self-portrayal of the Schweisfurth Foundation - dedicated to the bottlenecks in the establishment of a multifunctional, sustainable agriculture and food industry were. Problems at the interfaces between environmental protection, animal welfare and consumer protection were always dealt with holistically. According to the Schweisfurth Foundation, Gottwald contributed to the stabilization of organic farming as a systematic alternative and to a successful market design through the diverse funding of educational projects on sustainable nutrition, the food trade and an ecologically compatible lifestyle.

With the organization Support Africa International he was able to manage the Research Award for Sustainable Agriculture from 2000 to 2008. With the Songtsen Library Dehradun, environmental education seminars have been held in northern India since 2003.

Gottwald researches and teaches as an honorary professor for bio- and environmental ethics at the Agricultural-Horticultural Faculty of the Humboldt University Berlin and as a lecturer for political ecology at the University of Politics in Munich from 1998 to 2017. From 2004 to 2010 he was a regular visiting professor at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences engaged in the fields of “Stakeholder Management and Business Governance” and “Sustainability Value Management”.

Since 2008 he has been running the Cocreatio Foundation for cooperation research and collective development in Berg near Munich on a voluntary basis. This foundation deals with the possibilities of cooperation management in building communities and organizations that work culturally and creatively on solidarity futures.

In 2014 he was appointed to the board of the Renate Benthlin Foundation for Farm Animal Protection and reappointed in 2019 until 2024.

Gottwald is on the editorial board of the magazine for environmental policy and environmental law (since 2003) and member of the board of trustees of the Selbach Environmental Foundation, Munich (since it was founded in 2005). His work as a founding member and chairman of the Association of Culinary Heritage Bavaria eV, Munich (since 2010) serves the cultural basis of a regional food industry.

Since 2010 he has been a member of the advisory board of the World Future Council, Hamburg, for the rights of future generations. Since 2018 he has headed their supervisory board. In 2017 he was appointed to the Scientific Board of Trustees of the Senate of the Economy, Institute for Politics Oriented to the Common Good, Bonn / Berlin.

Gottwald was Deputy Chairman of the Bavarian Consumer Commission at the Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection from 2009 to 2013, and then its Chairman from 2014 to 2018; It is there that he is also involved in the Expert Council on Food Safety. He works with the competence center for nutrition in Bavaria, KErn, z. B. in the development of future scenarios for the food industry. He was also involved in the green paper process (2016) of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and led the church dialogues.

Memberships

Gottwald is a member of specialist organizations such as B. the Association of German Scientists, the German Society for Philosophy; of the Society for Economic and Social Sciences in Agriculture, GEWISOLA e. V .; of the Bavarian Academy for Rural Areas e. V .; the Global Ecological Integrity Group (GEIG); of the German Network for Business Ethics, EBEN; the European Society for Agriculture and Food Ethics, EurSafe; the support company Albrecht Daniel Thaer; of the Institute for Cooperatives, Humboldt University Berlin; of the World Food Institute, IWE; and the Association of German Scientists, VDW.

Awards

  • 1998 Knowledge Worker (GDI)
  • 2007 Vision Award (Global Economic Network)
  • 2012 Ambassador for Sustainability (Alliance for Sustainability)
  • 2015 Golden Badge of Honor from the German Butchers' Association
  • 2018 Bavarian State Medal for special services to the environment

The Schweisfurth Foundation was honored under his leadership:

  • 2010/11 Mission Statement “Paths to a Sustainable Agricultural and Food Culture” as an official project of the UN World Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
  • 2012 Awarded Location Germany Land of Ideas
  • 2013 Munich Environment Prize

Publications

as an author
  • F.-Th. Gottwald / A. Krätzer, Irrweg Bioeconomy. Criticism of a totalitarian approach. Edition unseld 51, Berlin, Suhrkamp 2014.
  • KP Sprinkart, F.Th. Gottwald, K. Sailer, Fair Business - How Social Entrepreneurs Shaping the Future. Regensburg, Walhalla Metropolitan 2013. 2nd edition 2014.
  • KP Sprinkart / F.Th. Gottwald, Fair Finance - The Capital of the Future. Munich, Herbig 2013.
  • F.-Th. Gottwald, eat differently! From the end of the scandals. About inspired farmers, innovative craftsmen and informed connoisseurs. Series Agriculture in the 21st Century. Marburg, Metropolis 2011.
  • F.Th. Gottwald, A. Steinbach, Sustainability Innovations in the Food Industry - From Organic Pioneers and Conventional Innovation Leaders. Hamburg, Behr's-Verlag, 2009. 2nd edition 2011.
as editor
  • The Role of Integrity in the Governance of the Commons. Westra, L., Gray, J., Gottwald, F.-Th. (eds.). Springer Publishers, New York. 2017.
  • The inexhaustible power of the simple. Gottwald, F-Th., Malunat, Bernd M., Mayer-Tasch, PC (Eds.)., Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2015.
  • Food and morals. Contributions to the ethics of nutrition. F.-Th. Gottwald, I. Boergen (Ed.) Series Agricultural Culture in the 21st Century. Marburg, Metropolis. 2013.
  • Food Ethics. F.-Th. Gottwald, HW Ingensiep and M. Meinhardt, (Eds.), Springer Publishers, New York. 2010.
  • Secure nutrition - worldwide - eco-social design perspectives. Report to the Global Marshall Plan Initiative. F.-Th. Gottwald, F. Fischler (Ed.) Hamburg, Murmann 2007.
  • J. Lutzenberger / F.-Th. Gottwald, ways out of the food crisis. Campus 1999.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Who we are - coaching. Corporate Development Gottwald & Klepsch. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  2. ^ History. In: Schweisfurth Foundation Fair to Humans and Animals. Retrieved February 3, 2020 (German).
  3. ^ Schweisfurth Foundation for ecological agriculture and animal welfare. Retrieved February 3, 2020 (German).
  4. ↑ Yumpu.com: serie-tierhaltung-schweisfurth-stiftung. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Schweisfurth Foundation - Current Projects Animal Welfare & Organic Agriculture. In: Schweisfurth Foundation Fair to Humans and Animals. Retrieved February 3, 2020 (German).
  6. ↑ Publications. In: Schweisfurth Foundation Fair to Humans and Animals. Retrieved February 3, 2020 (German).
  7. ↑ SUPPORT AFRICA About us. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Songtsen Library. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  9. ↑ pfeilero: Prof. Dr. phil. Franz-Theo Gottwald - Albrecht Daniel Thaer Institute for Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  10. ^ Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Foundation Locator - Cocreatio - Foundation for cooperation and collective development. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Michael Reisenauer: ▷ Renate Benthlin Foundation for Livestock Protection | LEI register. In: Register LEI Germany. Retrieved February 3, 2020 (German).
  13. ^ ZfU - Journal for Environmental Policy & Environmental Law. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Selbach Foundation: Home. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Home - Culinary Heritage Bavaria eV - Schweisfurth Foundation. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  16. ^ The World Future Council. Retrieved February 3, 2020 (American English).
  17. ↑ Board of Trustees | Senate of the Economy Foundation. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  18. ^ Members of the Bavarian Consumer Commission. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Competence center for nutrition. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Federal Ministry of Economics starts green paper process | Energy transition | Our topics | Association of Municipal Enterprises. Accessed on February 3, 2020 .
  21. ↑ VDW eV: Start. In: VDW eV Retrieved on February 3, 2020 (German).
  22. ^ German Society for Philosophy eV: Home. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  23. ↑ GEWISOLA: GEWISOLA - Society for Economic and Social Sciences in Agriculture eV: Welcome! Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  24. ^ Bavarian Academy Rural Areas. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Home. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Marielle Buck: Home. Retrieved February 3, 2020 (German).
  27. ↑ Home. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  28. ^ Fördergesellschaft Albrecht Daniel Thaer Möglin eV Accessed on February 3, 2020 .
  29. ↑ georgruhm: Institute for Cooperatives. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  30. ↑ World Food Institute - Institute for World Nutrition e. V. Accessed February 3, 2020 .
  31. ↑ VDW eV: Start. In: VDW eV Retrieved on February 3, 2020 (German).
  32. ^ Bavarian State Medal for Services to the Environment. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  33. ↑ Project "Animal Welfare on the Plate". Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  34. ↑ Schweisfurth Foundation receives Munich Environment Prize. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Gottwald, Franz-Theo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German business and political advisor, foundation expert and author
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden