{"id":28827,"date":"2022-07-02T09:21:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T07:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/start\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T08:05:07","slug":"start","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id='dbu_header_mb-block-a4b74e95-825c-4fb3-803d-4ddde59cceec'><div class='dbu-header dbu-header_fixedheight  '><div class='swiper-wrapper'><div id='dbu_header_mb-block-a4b74e95-825c-4fb3-803d-4ddde59cceec' class='dbu-header dbu-header_fixedheight  swiper-slide' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/dbu-img-titelbild-firmengelaende-osnabrueck-1920x600.jpg)'><div class='dbu-header__content'><h1 class='dbu-header__content-headline'>Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We promote innovation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In accordance with its mission and guiding principles, the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) supports innovative, exemplary, and solution-oriented projects aimed at protecting the environment, with a special focus on small and medium-sized enterprises. It is one of the largest foundations in Europe; since beginning its work in 1991 (founded in 1990), it has supported more than 11,500 projects with approximately 2.18 billion euros in funding. <\/p>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_icon_mb-block-97bd35d1-bfd3-4b7a-828e-c5568c4211da' class='dbu-icon__container '><a id='dbu_icon_mb-block-97bd35d1-bfd3-4b7a-828e-c5568c4211da' class='dbu-icon  ' href='https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/foerderung\/projektfoerderung\/'><div class='dbu-icon__image'><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-handshake'><\/i><\/div><div class='dbu-icon__content'><div class='dbu-icon__content-headline'>Project Funding<\/div><\/div><\/a><a id='dbu_icon_mb-block-97bd35d1-bfd3-4b7a-828e-c5568c4211da' class='dbu-icon  ' href='https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/foerderung\/green-start-up\/'><div class='dbu-icon__image'><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div><div class='dbu-icon__content'><div class='dbu-icon__content-headline'>Green Startup<\/div><\/div><\/a><a id='dbu_icon_mb-block-97bd35d1-bfd3-4b7a-828e-c5568c4211da' class='dbu-icon  ' href='https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/foerderung\/promotionsstipendien\/'><div class='dbu-icon__image'><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-user-graduate'><\/i><\/div><div class='dbu-icon__content'><div class='dbu-icon__content-headline'>Doctoral Fellowship<\/div><\/div><\/a><a id='dbu_icon_mb-block-97bd35d1-bfd3-4b7a-828e-c5568c4211da' class='dbu-icon  ' href='https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/foerderung\/moe-fellowship\/'><div class='dbu-icon__image'><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-earth'><\/i><\/div><div class='dbu-icon__content'><div class='dbu-icon__content-headline'>MOE Fellowship<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DBU German Environmental Award 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) is awarding the German Environmental Prize, worth a total of 500,000 euros, to Hamburg-based environmental lawyer Dr. Roda Verheyen and membrane filter engineer Dr. Klaus Vossenkaul, founder and CEO of Membion. The award, which is one of the most highly endowed environmental prizes in Europe, will be presented by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday, October 25, at a ceremony in Aachen. For more information about the German Environmental Prize, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/umweltpreis\/\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_text_mb-block-b8d7dcc8-0338-47bc-b3f1-0d0ee79bceb1' class='dbu-layout '>                <div class=\"dbu-layout__container\">\n                    \n<div class=\"dbu-layout__element-container\">            <div class=\"dbu-layout__element  dbu-layout__element_white\">\n                <div \n                    allowedBlocks=\"[&quot;core\\\/paragraph&quot;,&quot;core\\\/heading&quot;,&quot;core\\\/list&quot;,&quot;core\\\/image&quot;,&quot;core\\\/audio&quot;,&quot;core\\\/video&quot;,&quot;core\\\/separator&quot;,&quot;meta-box\\\/dbu-button&quot;,&quot;meta-box\\\/dbu-youtube&quot;,&quot;meta-box\\\/dbu-youtube-carousel&quot;]\"\n                >\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Roda Verheyen<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class='dbu-youtube'><div class='dbu-youtube__default'><\/div><div class='dbu-youtube__video'><div id=\"5eRM-Z-Rpi8-6ac6b2f6a685f\" data-video-id=\"5eRM-Z-Rpi8\" class=\"ma-gdpr-youtube-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" data-new-window=\"\" data-yt-parameters=\"\"><picture class=\"ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnail\"><source media=\"(min-width:640px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnails\/5eRM-Z-Rpi8\/5eRM-Z-Rpi8_hq720.webp\"><source media=\"(min-width:640px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnails\/5eRM-Z-Rpi8\/5eRM-Z-Rpi8_hq720.jpg\"><source media=\"(min-width:320px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnails\/5eRM-Z-Rpi8\/5eRM-Z-Rpi8_sddefault.webp\"><source media=\"(min-width:320px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnails\/5eRM-Z-Rpi8\/5eRM-Z-Rpi8_sddefault.jpg\"><source media=\"(min-width:240px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnails\/5eRM-Z-Rpi8\/5eRM-Z-Rpi8_hqdefault.webp\"><source media=\"(min-width:240px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnails\/5eRM-Z-Rpi8\/5eRM-Z-Rpi8_hqdefault.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnails\/5eRM-Z-Rpi8\/5eRM-Z-Rpi8_mqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Datenschutz\" \"><\/picture><svg class=\"ma-gdpr-youtube-button button-youtube \" ><use xlink:href=\"#ma-gdpr-youtube-play-button-youtube\"><\/use><\/svg><div class=\"ma-gdpr-youtube-notice \" style=\"font-size:.7em; \">When clicked, this video is loaded from YouTube and data is send to YouTube. See our <a class=\"privacy-policy-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/imprint-privacy\/\" rel=\"privacy-policy\">Imprint &amp; Privacy<\/a>.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \n\n<div class=\"dbu-layout__element-container\">            <div class=\"dbu-layout__element  dbu-layout__element_white\">\n                <div \n                    allowedBlocks=\"[&quot;core\\\/paragraph&quot;,&quot;core\\\/heading&quot;,&quot;core\\\/list&quot;,&quot;core\\\/image&quot;,&quot;core\\\/audio&quot;,&quot;core\\\/video&quot;,&quot;core\\\/separator&quot;,&quot;meta-box\\\/dbu-button&quot;,&quot;meta-box\\\/dbu-youtube&quot;,&quot;meta-box\\\/dbu-youtube-carousel&quot;]\"\n                >\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Klaus Vossenkaul<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class='dbu-youtube'><div class='dbu-youtube__default'><\/div><div class='dbu-youtube__video'><div id=\"ldGGf9IQVO0-6ac6b2f6a7136\" data-video-id=\"ldGGf9IQVO0\" class=\"ma-gdpr-youtube-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" data-new-window=\"\" data-yt-parameters=\"\"><picture class=\"ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnail\"><source media=\"(min-width:640px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnails\/ldGGf9IQVO0\/ldGGf9IQVO0_hq720.webp\"><source media=\"(min-width:640px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnails\/ldGGf9IQVO0\/ldGGf9IQVO0_hq720.jpg\"><source media=\"(min-width:320px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnails\/ldGGf9IQVO0\/ldGGf9IQVO0_sddefault.webp\"><source media=\"(min-width:320px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnails\/ldGGf9IQVO0\/ldGGf9IQVO0_sddefault.jpg\"><source media=\"(min-width:240px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnails\/ldGGf9IQVO0\/ldGGf9IQVO0_hqdefault.webp\"><source media=\"(min-width:240px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnails\/ldGGf9IQVO0\/ldGGf9IQVO0_hqdefault.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/ma-gdpr-youtube-thumbnails\/ldGGf9IQVO0\/ldGGf9IQVO0_mqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Datenschutz\" \"><\/picture><svg class=\"ma-gdpr-youtube-button button-youtube \" ><use xlink:href=\"#ma-gdpr-youtube-play-button-youtube\"><\/use><\/svg><div class=\"ma-gdpr-youtube-notice \" style=\"font-size:.7em; \">When clicked, this video is loaded from YouTube and data is send to YouTube. 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