{"id":41804,"date":"2022-03-11T12:47:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T11:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/jury\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:24:34","slug":"jury","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/umweltpreis\/jury\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Peter Himsel\/DBU<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Jury<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header>\n\n\n
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The composition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each year, the DBU office proposes suitable personalities to the Board of Trustees<\/a> for the German Environmental Award jury. The jury members are elected for two years. The Board of Trustees may extend the mandate for a further two years. The combination of new and old jury members ensures the continuous transfer of experience but also the introduction of new views.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The task<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The jury receives the proposals prepared by the DBU office<\/a> and then deliberates extensively on the candidates and submits its well-founded recommendation to the DBU Board of Trustees <\/a>, which is responsible for the final decision. The jury guarantees high-quality discussions and decisions and, above all, a look beyond the individual disciplines.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The jury in alphabetical order<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Adina Arth<\/h3>

Doktorandin f\u00fcr Unternehmensnachhaltigkeit (Universit\u00e4t St. Gallen) | Ehem. Jugenddelegierte f\u00fcr UN-Biodiversit\u00e4tskonferenzen<\/h4>
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Adina Arth researches at the University of St. Gallen and the ZHAW School of Management and Law how managers can successfully implement sustainability within planetary boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously, she supported companies in the practical integration of biodiversity in the “Biodiversity in Good Company” initiative. She also worked at the University of Bern at the interface between science and politics in the field of biodiversity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a German youth delegate for the UN Biodiversity Conferences, she represented the voice of young people at COP 14 in Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt) and COP 15 in Montreal (Canada). From 2018 to 2020, she was also a Youth Ambassador for the UN Decade on Biodiversity. <\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sebastian Wiedling UFZ<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Prof. Dr. Katrin B\u00f6hning-Gaese ML<\/h3>

Wissenschaftliche Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrerin des Helmholtz-Zentrums f\u00fcr Umweltforschung (UFZ) und Professorin \u201eBiodiversit\u00e4t im Anthropoz\u00e4n\u201c an der Universit\u00e4t Leipzig<\/h4>
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Die Biologin Katrin B\u00f6hning-Gaese ist eine der bekanntesten Biodiversit\u00e4tsforscherinnen Deutschlands. Ihre Forschung fokussiert auf die Verbindung zwischen biologischer Vielfalt, \u00d6kosystemleistungen und menschlichem Wohlergehen. \u00dcber 14 Jahre war sie Direktorin des Senckenberg Biodiversit\u00e4t und Klima Forschungszentrums in Frankfurt\/Main. Seit September 2024 ist sie f\u00fcr die wissenschaftliche Ausrichtung des UFZ verantwortlich. In dieser Funktion und als Mitglied zahlreicher Organisationen und Gremien wie der Leopoldina ist es ihr ein gro\u00dfes Anliegen, die Rolle der Wissenschaft an der Schnittstelle zu Politik, Wirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft auszubauen, um den gesellschaftlichen Wandel hin zu einer nachhaltigen Lebensweise zu f\u00f6rdern. <\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ira Dazhura<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Dr. Lisa Irwin-Bro\u00df<\/h3>

Sprecherin der Bundesgesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrung der Deutschen Vereinigung f\u00fcr Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e. V. (DWA)<\/h4>
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The German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) unites around 14,000 members from various sectors, including water and waste management, municipalities, industry, associations, universities, engineering firms and environmental authorities. Together, the members pursue the goal of promoting water and waste management and providing impetus for sustainable development. With her many years of experience in association and public relations work, Lisa Irwin-Bro\u00df is committed to sustainable solutions in the environmental sector. As a member of the Environmental Award jury, she contributes her in-depth expertise to promote outstanding projects and initiatives that make a positive contribution to environmental protection.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Peter Himsel<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Prof. Dr. Christina Dornack<\/h3>

Direktorin des Instituts und Leiterin des Lehrstuhls Abfallwirtschaft und Kreislaufwirtschaft an der TU Dresden.<\/h4>
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Christina Dornack is Director of the Institute and Head of the Chair of Waste Management and Circular Economy at TU Dresden. Her main research topics are circular economy, material flow management, recycling of municipal and industrial waste and waste prevention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her previous positions include Head of the Competence Center Recycling and Raw Materials at the PTS – Papiertechnische Stiftung with responsibility for scientific and industrial research and projects in the fields of paper for recycling and cascaded use of biomass as well as Junior Professor for Waste and Bioenergy Management at the TU Cottbus (2010-2013) with a focus on biogas production from waste and renewable raw materials and material flow analysis of waste management processes. She has been a member of the German Advisory Council on the Environment since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9 GMH Gruppe<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Dr. Anne-Marie Gro\u00dfmann<\/h3>

Mitglied der Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrung und Gesellschafterin der GMH Gruppe<\/h4>
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Dr. Anne-Marie Gro\u00dfmann is a member of the Management Board and shareholder of GMH Gruppe. The family-owned company bundles companies along the entire steel value chain and thus contributes to a circular economy – from scrap recycling, steel production and processing to forging technology and casting – as well as in mechanical and plant engineering. The group of companies employs over 6,000 people and supplies customers worldwide. Sustainability is a fundamental issue for GMH Gruppe. As Germany’s most climate-friendly steelworks, it produces CO2-reduced electric steel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9 GMH Gruppe <\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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KIT\/Markus Breig<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth<\/h3>

Vizepr\u00e4sident Transfer und Internationales am Karlsruher Institut f\u00fcr Technologie<\/h4>
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Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth was Vice President for Innovation and International Affairs from 2016 to 2021 and has been Vice President for Transfer and International Affairs at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology since January 1, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He studied chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe (TH), now the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and obtained his doctorate in 1992 at the Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since his studies, Mr. Hirth has been involved in the development of environmentally friendly technologies, circular economy, bioeconomy and sustainable development as well as technology and knowledge transfer. He is the author of numerous national and international publications on sustainable development, the circular economy, bioeconomy, industrial biotechnology, sustainable chemistry and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KIT\/Markus Breig<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lim\u00f3n GmbH<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mark Junge<\/h3>

Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrer der Lim\u00f3n GmbH und Honorarprofessor der Universit\u00e4t Kassel<\/h4>
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mark Junge is Managing Director of Lim\u00f3n GmbH and Honorary Professor at the University of Kassel. After studying mechanical engineering and completing his doctorate, he founded maxPlant GbR in 2002. He was a partner there until 2007. From 2003 to 2008, he researched and worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Production Technology and Logistics at the University of Kassel. In 2007, he founded Lim\u00f3n GmbH. Under his leadership, the company has developed from a start-up into one of Germany’s leading consultancies for energy efficiency and climate neutrality. This success story was honored with the Hessian Founder Award. He is active in various working groups and committees relating to energy efficiency and climate protection, such as the Federal Commission for Energy Efficiency. He is also involved as an investor and mentor for start-ups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9 Lim\u00f3n GmbH<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Faceland.com<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Prof. Dr. Vanessa Just<\/h3>

Gr\u00fcnderin und CEO von juS.TECH, Verantwortet bei neusta analytics & insights den Bereich Business Development, Vorstand des KI-Bundesverbands<\/h4>
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Prof. Dr. Just is an entrepreneur and expert in digitalization and AI. She teaches business informatics at the FOM Hochschule f\u00fcr Oekonomie & Management and is the founder and CEO of juS.TECH GmbH, where she supports companies in the strategic classification and implementation of AI and digitalization projects. As Managing Director of the German AI Association, she is also involved in networking and strengthening AI companies in Germany and Europe.
As an author and editor, she regularly publishes on AI and digital transformation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faceland.com<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Brigitte Knopf<\/h3>

Gr\u00fcnderin und Direktorin des Thinktanks Zukunft KlimaSozial<\/h4>
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Since 2024, Dr. Brigitte Knopf has been the founder and director of Zukunft KlimaSozial, a new think tank linking climate and social policy for a socially just transformation. From 2015 to 2023, she was Secretary General at the climate research institute MCC, where she established the Policy Unit as the institute’s interface to politics, business and civil society. Since 2020, she has also been a member and deputy chair of the German government’s newly appointed Expert Council for Climate Issues. She holds a doctorate in physics and climate science and conducts research on climate economics and energy policy issues in the German and European context, with a focus on the socially just design of the energy transition and a strategic orientation towards scientific policy advice. She develops analyses and impulses and actively contributes these to the public discourse. <\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Umweltbundesamt \/ Susanne Kambor<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner<\/h3>

Pr\u00e4sident des Umweltbundesamtes und Professor f\u00fcr Politikwissenschaft an der Universit\u00e4t Duisburg-Essen<\/h4>
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Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner took over as UBA President on January 1, 2020. He is also Professor of Political Science at the University of Duisburg-Essen. His work focuses on national and international sustainability research, particularly in the areas of globalization and global governance, transformations towards sustainability, decarbonization of the global economy, sustainability and digital transformation as well as international cooperation and social change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most recently, he was Director of the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in Bonn and Vice-Rector of the United Nations University (UNU). Before that, he headed the German Development Institute (DIE). As former Co-Chairman of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), he coined the term “transformation”, which describes the necessary restructuring of cities, mobility, energy systems and land use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Messner is a member of the “Earth League”, an association of leading scientists in the field of sustainability and earth systems, and is currently co-coordinator of “The World in 2050”, a global research consortium for the implementation of Agenda 2030. He advises the Chinese government as a member of the “China Council on International Cooperation on Environment and Development”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Messner holds a doctorate in political science and habilitated at the Free University of Berlin. He is the author or co-author of more than 300 publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: \u00a9 Federal Environment Agency \/ Susanne Kambor<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ZDF<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Catrin Powell<\/h3>

Leitet seit 2011 die Subkoordination Wissenschaft bei ZDF\/3sat.<\/h4>
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This function includes the ZDF editorial management for the weekday science magazine nano and the management of the weekly primetime science documentary on Thursdays. Powell studied comparative literature, sociology and ethnology at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and worked as an editorial assistant at the science magazine hitec during her studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She initiated and was responsible for the scientific documentaries at 3sat for over 10 years and took over the editorial management (ZDF) of nano in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: \u00a9 ZDF<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Blechwarenfabrik Limburg GmbH<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Annika Roth<\/h3>

Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrerin der Blechwarenfabrik Limburg GmbH<\/h4>
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Born and raised in the Rhineland, Annika Roth completed a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences with the title “Rethinking Business”. Roth joined Blechwarenfabrik in 2014 and was responsible for energy and environmental management as well as project management and communication. From 2016 to 2019, she completed a part-time Master’s degree in International Management. Roth became Managing Director in 2020. She is also involved in climate protection companies, the employers’ association, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Museum of Natural History.
In 2020, Annika Roth was awarded the German Environmental Prize together with her brother, Hugo Sebastian Trappmann.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Christian Schw\u00e4gerl<\/h3>

Wissenschafts- und Umweltjournalist, Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrender Gesellschafter der Riff freie Medien gGmbH<\/h4>
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Christian Schw\u00e4gerl is a journalist in the fields of science, environment and politics, co-founder of RiffReporter eG and managing partner of Riff freie Medien gGmbH<\/a>. After training at the German School of Journalism and studying biology, he worked as a correspondent for FAZ and Spiegel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is the author of the books “Menschenzeit”,<\/a> “11 drohende Kriege”<\/a> (with A. Rinke) and “Analog Revolution”<\/a>. Together with Riff freie Medien gGmbH, he organizes the promotion of research from foundation funds. His journalistic work includes contributions to the FAZ, Spektrum der Wissenschaft and Yale E360. He has received numerous awards for his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: \u00a9 Merkau<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Philipp von der Wippel<\/h3>

Gr\u00fcnder und Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrer der gemeinn\u00fctzigen Organisation ProjectTogether<\/h4>
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Philipp von der Wippel is the founder and managing director of the non-profit organization ProjectTogether, which promotes social transformation. ProjectTogether brings civil society, politics and business together for collective action. To this end, ProjectTogether initiates mission-oriented processes and coordinates hundreds of organizations in the joint development and implementation of solutions for pressing challenges (e.g. WirVsVirus, UpdateDeutschland, Alliance4Ukraine, etc.). Philipp von der Wippel has worked for the BMW Foundation and for the G20 Task Force of the Federal Ministry of Finance in Berlin, among others. He studied philosophy, political science and economics at Oxford University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: \u00a9 Samuel Groesch<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ute Boeters<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Prof. Dr.-Ing. J\u00f6rg Woidasky<\/h3>

Professor f\u00fcr Nachhaltige Produktentwicklung an die Hochschule Pforzheim<\/h4>
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. J\u00f6rg Woidasky studied “Technical Environmental Protection” at the TU Berlin and received his doctorate from the University of Stuttgart in 2006. He worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) in Pfinztal from 1994 to 2014, from 2006 as deputy head of the “Environmental Engineering” department and at the same time as group leader for “Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency”. In 2012, he was appointed Professor of Sustainable Product Development at Pforzheim University. He teaches in the Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration\/Resource Efficiency degree programs and conducts research on topics relating to the circular economy. He has published his findings in well over one hundred publications and several patents. At Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, he develops and supervises the “Circular Economy Engineering” course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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