Our founding team consists of 5 members:
Christoph Kunz is the author, creative director and future managing director. He has more than 20 years experience in marketing and sales as well as in product management and business development. For more than 15 years he has been working for Europe's leading purchasing association, the BME e. V. Verband für Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik. There he is responsible for sponsoring, events and business development. Christoph is a passionate networker and has a large network in the purchasing community. As a reminder, the sustainability of products is created in the supply chains for which Purchasing is responsible. In addition, a large "sustainability network" has been added in the last two years since he has started the founding of worldwatchers.
Michael Kochs is the second future managing director and our financial and risk expert. He gained his professional experience mainly in international sales, risk management, strategy and business development. He makes sure that we don't overshoot the mark and stay focused. His studies in agricultural sciences brought him into contact with various aspects of environmental pollution and solutions for environmental protection. During his 15 years with Munich Re, he gained extensive insights into the topic of climate change and its consequences.
Andreas Rennet is our IT expert, he has an extensive network in the cost calculation scene and is an experienced founder. He has more than 20 years of experience in technological and product-oriented consulting in manufacturing and development. In addition, there is extensive knowledge in sales, marketing and business and software development. He was responsible for extensive software projects and software implementations, e.g. in the area of product life cycle analysis as well as data and cost management for automobile manufacturers. In addition, he is very familiar with the trend technologies artificial intelligence, big data and blockchain. This also makes worldwatchers the technology leader in sustainability measurement.
Jonas Scheyrer is our expert for life-cycle-assessment. He is responsible for crowdfunding and will in future primarily serve our corporate clients. For them, we can use Andreas' tools to analyze the CO2 footprints of their products. He has a wide range of experience, from customer care and consulting to environmental management. Jonas got to know life-cycle-assessment as part of his master's degree in Bioeconomics. Since this is the best tool to achieve a sustainable future in his view, he wrote his master thesis about it and combined it with life-cycle-costing.
Viola Hasani is our project manager and keeps us on track. With more than 4 years of professional experience in HR, processes and project management, she will primarily be responsible for the social media areas as well as product management for B2C. She will always keep an eye on your product wishes and have an ear for your concerns.
But there are others behind the project! Special mention should be made here:
The Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy gGmbH (WI), which forms our scientific backbone and is significantly involved in the development of worldwatchers. The WI is ranked among the top 10 think tanks worldwide on the subject of sustainability. We work closely with them to ensure that our data is objective, scientifically sound and reliable.
Prof. Dr. Christa Liedtke, chairwoman of the Resource Commission of the Federal Environment Agency, is head of Sustainable Production and Consumption at the Wuppertal Institute and chairs our scientific advisory board. She has been a permanent member of the jury for the German Sustainability Award for many years and is a sought-after speaker.
Michael Lettenmeier, scientist, managing director of D-Mat and co-author of the current study "1.5-DEGREE-Lifestyles" is a worldwide renowned expert in the field of sustainable lifestyles, CO2 and resource efficiency.
AndersGründer, is a project of the KfW Foundation to support start-ups that develop solutions in the area of the UN's sustainability goals (SDG17), like our project worldwatchers.
Krombacher supports us in the context of their Naturstarter action! A huge thank you for that!
We are also invited to the Ludwig Erhard Symposium to discuss how start-ups deal with and influence the topic of sustainability.