German Environmental Award

The German Environmental Award recognises commitment and achievements that make a decisive and exemplary contribution to the protection and preservation of our environment now and in the future. The award, which is endowed with 500,000 euros, is aimed at people whose innovative products and technical process improvements, successful research results or lifetime achievements are characterised by sustainable environmental protection. The prize is awarded annually and can be shared between several prizewinners. The award ceremony (in German language) took place on 29 October 2013 in the “Musik- und Kongresshalle” in Lübeck. On the day before the award ceremony, the symposium “Companies need (species) diversity – On the way to a nature-friendly economy” took place on the occasion of the German Environmental Award 2023. Here you can find more information and the link to the recording (in German language).

Here you can find further information on the award winners, the criteria for the German Environmental Award, sustainability at the ceremony, the award nomination process, the jury and the symposium held as part of the German Environmental Award.

The symposium for the German Environmental Award 2023

A symposium on a different environmental topic is held every year before the award ceremony. Experts from various disciplines discuss these topics with specialists from DBU projects and present their research findings. The topic of the 2023 symposium was “Companies need (species) diversity – on the way to a nature-friendly economy”.

Further information on this year’s symposium can be found here (in German language).

You can watch the recording of the symposium here (in German language).