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Florian Gramm actively promotes sustainability, climate protection and the circular economy professionally, as he is the sales manager for one of Europe’s most sustainable printing and media groups based in Mannheim and a similarly progressive company in Belgium. For example, Florian accompanied the certification of Germany’s first cradle-to-cradle-capable print shop and is in customer-supplier relations and best exchange with many innovative and ecologically-minded medium-sized and large companies in D-A-CH. Hardly anyone has such an excellent network as Florian with companies that have already taken important steps towards a successful circular economy and high sustainability: Such as Cradle to Cradle or Blue Angel certifications. He is therefore an excellent contact person for our (potential) member companies. Florian knows the situation of companies that have already gone ahead towards circularity, as well as those for whom the decision about the first (or next) steps is difficult. As a trained printer and graduate in business administration, Florian’s experience makes him an excellent communicator, integrator and inspiring networker, and nice is his vocation. Florian lives in the beautiful Palatinate in Weingarten in the Germersheim / Speyer area.

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Clemens Gutmann started his professional journey during law school, when he was able to take over the sales for an inheritance law software and thus gain his first intensive experience with sales and marketing. After 4 years working as a lawyer in business consulting law firms, Clemens founded his first company in 2003. Later came years of leadership and management positions in B2B sales of digital solutions and services. Consulting mandates such as from an institute for virtual reality at KIT Karlsruhe, activities in the advertising industry and in the digital startup environment followed. For example, as Sales Manager Northern Germany for a subsidiary of Stroer-Außenwerbung in the field of SEO and SEA. In addition to marketing and sales strategy, Clemens’ favorite professional topics are online marketing and social media, content marketing, brand building including employer brands, and recruiting. He is also passionate about process and organizational development, leadership, new work and corporate culture. Clemens has also been a fan of circular economy approaches for years, inspired by YouTube videos by Michael Braungart, the founder of Cradle to Cradle. Clemens lives in Mannheim, Germany.

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Felix Pfeiffer is a geographer (M.Sc.) with several years of experience in microplastic research as part of the MRC (Microplastic Research at CEN) at the University of Hamburg. He has conducted extensive sampling and subsequent analysis projects in the Maldives and on the Rhine, including with Greenpeace. Felix is currently a full-time consultant to a member of the state parliament for the Green Party in Baden-Württemberg. Here Felix deals with the whole variety of consumer protection issues and environmental policy. Among other things, Felix will methodically manage technical and research topics at nice and initially monitor the content of everything published in the field of plastics with regard to materials and technologies. Felix lives in Stuttgart and Bad Wimpfen.

Arno Maier is a graduate engineer (FH) for forestry. During his work for the Climate Protection and Energy Agency Baden-Württemberg (KEA-BW), he dealt with sustainability processes and was responsible for the Climate Protection Plus funding program on behalf of the Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Energy Management. At the Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences, Arno helped coordinate the SENCE (Sustainable Energy Competence) master’s degree program as a research assistant. Arno has extensive knowledge and networking in the fields of energy management and climate protection as well as forestry and timber industry. Relevant funding programs have also been an integral part of his career to date. Through years of journalistic engagement, for example at the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, he can demonstrate experience in public relations and editing. Arno lives in Leimen near Heidelberg.