Georg Winter (manager)
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Georg Winter (17 December 1941 – 9 January 2026) was a German businessman, environmentalist and an advocate for sustainable business management.[1]
Winter was born in Hamburg on 17 December 1941. He studied law in Neuchâtel, Paris and Hamburg, and earned a doctorate of law (1973). As CEO of his family's company, Ernst Winter & Sohn Norderstedt GmbH & Co, he made environmental issues a core objective. Georg Winter created the Winter Model, which defined environmental standards for companies. In 1984, he founded the Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis für Umweltbewusstes Management.
In 1987, he published his book Business and the environment (Das umweltbewusste Unternehmen), which has been translated into 30 languages.
In 1991, he founded the Internationale Netzwerk für Umweltbewusstes Management.[citation needed] He founded the Haus der Zukunft (House of the Future) that opened in 1998.[2]
Winter received the German Environmental Prize (Umweltpreis der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt) in 1995.
From 2002, he was active in The Global SMALL Company Movement— Sustainable Management for All Local Leaders.[citation needed]
He also published collections of poetry.[when?]
Winter died in Hamburg on 9 January 2026, at the age of 84.[3]
