Congratulations to the winners of the German Sustainability Award 2023
At this year’s German Sustainability Award, impressive companies with great sustainability achievements were nominated and awarded. Below you will find a selection of innovative solutions, pick them up and share them. The transformation succeeds when we make sustainable solutions visible, allowing them to spread faster in the market.
Climate
🏆 Klöckner & Co SE Solutions and Label for Green Steel
🏆 Lockay – Die Umweltdruckerei Climate Neutral Printing
Enapter: Electrolyser Technology for Green Hydrogen
Neste Oyj: Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for Aviation
GEAGroup: CO2 reduction in food and pharmaceutical production
EnBW: Hydrogen strategy
dm-drogeriemarkt Deutschland Considering the interrelationships of transformation fields in the product portfolio
Clariant: CO2-reducing fuel additives
BKKProVita – Die Kasse fürs Leben.: Climate protection via nutrition and health
ArlaFoods: CO2 reduction in milk value creationSalus Group: CO2-efficient refrigeration plant for pharmaceuticals
Resources
🏆NickelhütteAue GmbH: Resource-efficient metal recovery
🏆LaveranaGmbH & Co. KG: natural cosmetics and waste prevention
TooGood To Go: saving edible food
RECUP: reusable cups and trays for the catering industry
ReckhausGmbH & Co. KG: protecting insects with “INSECT RESPECT®”
Plastic2Beans: plastic recycling in exchange for coffee beans
ParadiesGmbH: circular pillow and blanket fillings
MACMode GmbH & Co. KGaA: “Green Denim” as a sustainable jeans fabric
LenzingGroup: Lyocell fibers made from wood for textiles
KAMPAGmbH: Plus-energy houses in wood construction
GlobetrotterAusrüstung: Repair service and “A GREENER CHOICE
“Aurubis: Copper recycling solutions, e. g.e.g. for batteries
allsafe– cargo securing made in Germany: aluminum recycling solutions for transport and mobility
Algoliner: biomaterials from microalgae through photobioreactors
Other fields: Biodiversity, supply chain, society
🏆WildlingShoes: Fair-designed shoe supply chain
fairafric: Building cocolden value creation in Africa
erlichtextil: Fairtextile supply chain with verification via blockchain
🏆DialoghausHamburg gGmbH: Inclusion through spaces Experiencing like deaf people (“Dialogue in silence”)
ORTOVOX: Community platform protACT LAB for sustainable mountain sports
BohlsenerMühle: Social education for environmentally conscious nutrition
🏆AllosHof-Manufaktur: Biodiverse cultivation “Food for Biodiversity”
ÖlmühleMoog GmbH: Organic oilseeds and education on biodiversity in value creation
Hollebaby food AG: Biodynamic agriculture for baby food
Firmenich: Biodiversity protection in fragrance production
Finalists and award winners show: many solutions come from medium sized companies. SMEs are thus driving the transformation and can use this for their own new business opportunities.
