Georg Winter (Manager)

Georg Winter (* 1941 in Hamburg ) is a German manager and environmental economist . He is considered to be the founder of an environmentally friendly management approach in Germany. In addition to other honors, he was awarded the German Environment Prize of the German Federal Environment Foundation in 1995.

Life

After high school studied Winter in Neuchatel, Paris and Hamburg law and wrote the dissertation in 1973 to liability of the partners in the insolvency of undercapitalized GmbH . Since 1968 he was managing partner of Ernst Winter & Sohn Norderstedt GmbH & Co , a mechanical engineering company owned by his family. Right from the start of his entrepreneurial activity, he made environmental protection one of his most important concerns. Among other things, he designed the so-called winter model , in which he defined environmental standards for companies and also implemented them as managing director. Winter pointed out ways of integrating and enforcing environmental protection in product development, marketing and material procurement (see also integrated product policy ). His concept of environmentally-oriented corporate management ( ecology- oriented business administration ) is considered the first of its kind worldwide and is the basis for the sustainability strategies of many companies. In 1985 he initiated the first building biology industrial building in Germany. As early as 1984 he founded the Federal German Working Group for Environmentally Conscious Management (BAUM eV), and several hundred companies have joined him to this day.

In 1987 he published his book "The Environmentally Conscious Company" , which is considered the standard work for environmental protection in companies and has been translated into thirteen languages. It was the first book on this subject in all countries. In 1991 he founded the International Network for Environmentally Conscious Management (INEM), which today includes over 20 business associations for environmentally conscious management. In 1995 he was awarded the German Environment Prize of the German Federal Environment Foundation for his commitment .

As a result, he initiated the House of the Future , which opened in 1998 , a project that offers space to various non-profit organizations that operate at the interface between business and environmental protection. Winter has also been involved in the SMALL (Sustainable Management for All Local Leaders) initiative since 2002. In his home town in Hamburg he is involved in the debate about the Mühlenberger Loch . Since the 1970s, Winter has written numerous articles on environmentally friendly and environmentally conscious economic activity. At the International Conference on Eco-Management in Tokyo in 1993, he first presented the concept of biocracy , which he released for international discussion.

However, on September 30, 2006, he was shown to a wide audience in the entertainment show Wetten, dass ..? known in which he recited as betting candidate successfully seven self-written tongue-twisters in a time limit, and betting King was. The writing of humorous poetry indicates Winter as a hobby, although he was able to achieve success here with some publications. With the theater scholar, actress and speech teacher Dagmar Puchalla he developed the method of speaking sport, a "sporty, fun speaking training".

Fonts

environmental Protection

The environmentally conscious company. A handbook of operational ecology with 22 checklists for practice . Beck Verlag , Munich 1987, ISBN 3-406-32153-4 .

with Jürgen Hopfmann (Ed.): Germany as a location for the future. The environmentally conscious entrepreneur program . Droemer Knaur , 1997, ISBN 3-426-26939-2 .

as publisher: ecological corporate development. Management in a dynamic environment . Springer Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-540-61790-6 .

Georg Winter: The environmentally conscious company. The future starts today . Vahlen Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-406-32153-4 .

Poetry

The junk bard or The Show of Strange Things . 1986.

Other titles

Tongue-twister. When Papa slaps grappa ... and other stumbling blocks . Goldmann Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-442-15460-X .
Tongue twisters . Audiobook, Random House Audio, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-86604-473-9 .
The junk bard, ballads . Audio book read by Uwe Friedrichsen. Random House Audio, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-86604-700-6 .
with Dagmar Puchalla: speaking sport. Beltz, Weinheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-407-36506-4 .

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↑ Based on the presentation of the House of the Future . Read about it at: Website House of the Future

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personal data
SURNAME	Winter, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German manager and environmental economist
DATE OF BIRTH	1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg

[1] Based on the presentation of the House of the Future . Read about it at: Website House of the Future