Criteria

Target criteria

The German Environmental Award honors commitment and achievements that contribute decisively and in an exemplary manner to the protection and preservation of our environment, now and in the future. Nominees are subject to review criteria based on the DBU’s funding criteria. The following criteria characterize the guiding idea of the award:

• The award-winning performance should primarily serve as a role model for other individuals, companies and organizations.
• The achievement to be awarded should help to identify environmental problems in good time and to mitigate them with the help of appropriate precautionary and implementation strategies.
• The merits should be so convincing that an imitation effect is achieved. Accordingly, the focus should be on the model character and practical feasibility.
• Innovative, networked holistic solution approaches are given special consideration. In this context, cooperative services with an interdisciplinary character are given priority.