Günther Bachmann
Günther Bachmann (* 1955 in Berlin ) is a German sustainability and environmental scientist , speaker and publicist . He takes a position on current topics in politics and sustainability and is actively involved in national and international networks.
Life
Günther Bachmann was born in Berlin and studied landscape planning there until 1978 at the Technical University of Berlin . After study and research stays (Jean Monnet scholarship at the European University Institute, German Marshall Fund in USA) he worked for the Federal Environment Agency from 1983 to 2001 . His doctorate took place in 1985. He was significantly involved in the creation of the Federal Soil Protection Act and its regulations. The Bundesverband Boden e. V. he co-founded.
From April 2001 to March 2020 he headed the office of the Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) and has been its general secretary since June 2007. The expansion of the reach of the RNE goes back to him, above all through the regional network centers for sustainability strategies (RENN), the promotion of new ideas and initiatives in sustainable everyday culture, the constant dialogue with the mayor of large and medium-sized German cities and the German Sustainability Code , Report with the company on the sustainability aspects of their business model and at the same time promote it internally. At the international level, in 2019 he initiated the global forum for national committees with an advisory mandate on sustainability and co-founded it for the RNE.
Since 2014 he has been an honorary professor at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg . He is director of the German Sustainability Award and chairman of the juries for companies and cities; he is a member of the board of trustees of the Allianz Umweltstiftung , the scientific advisory board of the Heinrich von Thünen Institute and the German government's sustainability science platform.
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| SURNAME | Bachmann, Günther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sustainability researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |