Sustainability Forum 2022 of Deutsche Bahn

Sustainability Forum 2022

At Deutsche Bahn's Sustainability Forum, decision-makers from politics, business, civil society and academia discuss current issues relating to sustainable business.

In 2022, the one-day conference was held under the motto "50 years of 'Limits to Growth' – How do we achieve sustainable prosperity?" in view of the current situation and the anniversary of the groundbreaking Club of Rome report.

Highlights of the Sustainability Forum 2022

The Sustainability Forum was held at the invitation of Dr. Richard Lutz, Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Bahn, and Andreas Gehlhaar, Head of Sustainability at Deutsche Bahn, on October 6 at St. Elisabeth Church in Berlin.

Panel guests

Dr. Volker Wissing, MdB

Federal Minister for Digital and Transport

Hendrik Wüst MdL

Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia

Silvia Bender

State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Michael Kellner, MdB

Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Cramer

Ecologist and lead author of the International Panel on Climate Change report (IPCC)

Yasmin Fahimi

Chairwoman of the German Trade Union Confederation

Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel

Transformation researcher

Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm

Member of the German Council of Economic Experts

Michael Hähnel

CEO Rügenwalder Mühle

Irene Heemskerk

Head of ECB’s Climate Change Centre

Christian Klein

CEO and member of the Executive Board of SAP

Silvie Kreibiehl

Chairwoman of the Board of Germanwatch

Dr. Chris Methmann

Managing Director of foodwatch Germany

Carla Reemtsma

Fridays for Future

Dr. Richard Lutz

Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of Deutsche Bahn

Dr. Levin Holle

Member of the Management Board for Finance and Logistics of Deutsche Bahn

Dr. Michael Peterson

Member of the Management Board for Long Distance Passenger Transport of Deutsche Bahn

Martin Seiler

Member of the Management Board for Human Resources and Legal Affairs, Deutsche Bahn

Andreas Gehlhaar

Head of Sustainability, Deutsche Bahn

Max-Christian Lange

Head of Public Affairs Sustainability of Deutsche Bahn

Juliane Bade

Sustainability of Deutsche Bahn

Dr. Vera Simon

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