Olaf Tschimpke, Deputy Chairman of the Council
Deputy Chairman of the Council, President of “NABU” (Nature and biodiversity conservation)

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| 2 Dec. 1955 | born in Peine |
| 1974 | High school graduation (A levels) at Ratsgymnasium in Peine |
| 1976 - 1982 | Studies at Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen subjects: Geography, Geology, soil science, land improvement and economy of water and economics at FU Hagen |
| 1983 | Graduation with diploma certificate in Geography |
| 1982 - 1985 | Research about ecological use of land in Sri Lanka and Tanzania |
| 1985 - 2000 | Executive director of Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) in the state of Niedersachsen |
| 1995 - 2001 | Assistant lecturer for environmental politics at FH Hildesheim/Holzminden |
| 2000 - 2003 | State chairman of NABU Niedersachsen |
| 2003 | Election to become president of NABU, 2007 re-election |
Mandates and honorary commitment
Since 2003 Member of the council at ZDF
Member of the board of trustees at foundation Michael-Otto-Stiftung für Umweltschutz
Member of the supervisory board of the Wuppertal-Institut
Since 2004 Member of the board of trustees of the foundation Naturschutzgeschichte
Since 2008 Member of the board of trustees of the foundation Hanns-R.-Neumann
Since Feb. 2012 Deputy Chairman of the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE)
Olaf Tschimpke is married and has three children.
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- 12.06.
- St. Gallen (Schweiz): Happiness and Profit – Well-being as alternative objective function for business?
- 25.06.
- Berlin (Haus der Kulturen der Welt): 12th Annual Conference of the German Council for Sustainable Development
- 04.10.
- Berlin: 5th International Conference on CSR: The Future of CSR

