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Sustainability Mar 16, 2023
"In the Context of Circular Business Models, Collaboration is Key" - Interview with the Founding Team of CIRCULAR REPUBLIC
In January, UnternehmerTUM launched the new initiative CIRCULAR REPUBLIC, which supports companies in developing circular economy innovations into the core of their business model. Business...
Sustainability Mar 2, 2023
"Within Our Sustainability Strategy, the Circularity Concept Plays a Central Role" - Interview with Christian Haub and Dr. Saskia Juretzek of Tengelmann Twenty-One KG
Family members have run Tengelmann for over 155 years, now in its fifth generation. The family has been committed to environmental protection for more than...
Sustainability Feb 17, 2023
"Circular Economy is Absolutely Exciting from an Entrepreneurial Point of View" - Interview with Carl Warkentin, Entrepreneur and Founder Circular Platforms at CIRCULAR REPUBLIC
As founder of the sustainable fashion label Monaco Ducks, Carl Warkentin knows what it means to make your business circular. With his co-founder Julian Hermsdorf...
Sustainability Dec 15, 2022
Impulse: Four Good Reasons Why the Circular Economy Must Become the DNA of Our Value Creation
Impulse by Dr. Claas Oehlmann, Inken Sittler und Annika Stuckenhoff, BDI-Initiative Circular Economy
Sustainability Dec 14, 2022
"We Can Deliver What Policymakers are Desperately Seeking in the Face of the Energy Crisis" - Interview with Start-up Reverion
"Transitioning to a future without fossil fuels" is the ambitious goal of the young TUM start-up Reverion. To this end, the now 27-member team, which...
Sustainability Dec 12, 2022
"Sustainability is No Longer a Niche Topic" - Interview with Julia Roblick, Program Manager at RESPOND
The RESPOND accelerator program by UnternehmerTUM and the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt supports start-ups around the world in accelerating sustainable business models, driving innovation...
Sustainability Apr 26, 2022
"Talking about the idea helps enormously" - Interview with the founding team of RE-SHIRT
The continued use of a circular product as the norm: that is the mission of RE-SHIRT. Through its innovative reversible textile printing technology, the company...
Sustainability Feb 9, 2022
"Architecture is a tool to improve lives" - Interview with Anna Heringer
Architecture for a better life - that is Anna Heringer's mission. The architect and honorary professor established the METI School in Rudrapur, Bangladesh, as part...
Sustainability Aug 23, 2021
Case Studies of Collaboration: Start-ups and Established Companies Accelerating towards Sustainability
Through our network at UnternehmerTUM, we bring start-ups and corporates together, creating win-win matches. Our accelerator TechFounders is a fantastic example of how they complement...
Sustainability Sep 11, 2020
Ecological and Economical: A Venture Capitalist Perspective on Sustainable Start-ups
Start-ups play a key role in making our society and economy more sustainable. We asked Johannes von Borries, Managing Partner at Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners...