Looking back to the future
The ZNU's Future Conferences have been taking place for over 10 years. Each conference has a different theme, which participants focus on. Here you will find a review of the last two ZNU Future Conferences.
A Fresh Start for Sustainability: Entrepreneurial. Effective. Shaping the Future.
Sustainability is not a short-term trend, but an expression of genuine corporate responsibility and collective creative power. Those who act out of conviction and live by clear values foster collaboration that goes beyond mere compliance. In this way, sustainability becomes the foundation of credible business practices and long-term success.
At the historic Zollverein Coal Mine site, participants experienced two days filled with fresh insights, workshops, and networking opportunities centered on key future topics, featuring speakers such as DFB President Bernd Neuendorf, who discussed the relevance of sustainability in sports, as well as insights from the fields of investment and lending (Sparkasse Osnabrück and Deutsche Bank).
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Climate neutral? Sustainable? Together! Do it!
With the Green Deal 2030 and the political goal of climate neutrality by 2050, Europe has committed to implementing sustainability measures. The 140 participants discussed how to tackle these challenges with speakers such as Professor Dr Mi-Yong Becker from Bochum University of Applied Sciences, Dr Antje von Dewitz, Managing Director of VAUDE, and Dr Reiner Münker from the Wettbewerbszentrale.
Shaping the transformation process together.
Around 120 participants discussed ideas and solutions in the areas of climate protection, preventing food loss, recyclable packaging, promoting human rights in the supply chain and promoting biodiversity. Dr Ophelia Nick, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Annika Ahlers, Co-Lead of the Farm-Food-Climate Challenge and Florian Haarlandt, Coordinator of the German Sustainability Code, were among those who provided impetus on relevant topics.
