German Environmental Prize

The German Environmental Prize (German: Deutscher Umweltpreis) is a government-sponsored award for protecting the environment. Worth €500,000, it is one of the most valuable environmental awards in Europe.[1]

The sponsor German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt [de], DBU) is based in Osnabrück; the prize has been awarded by the President of Germany since 1993.[2][3] The prize is awarded for "commitment and achievements that make a decisive and exemplary contribution to the protection and preservation of our environment now and in the future".[4]

  1. ^ "Fakten zum Deutschen Umweltpreis der DBU". Umweltpreis DBU (in German). 9 September 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. ^ "www.bundespraesident.de: Der Bundespräsident / Reden / Verleihung des Deutschen Umweltpreises". www.bundespraesident.de (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bundesregierung was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Deutscher Umweltpreis (German Environmental Award) – Englisch". DBU. 27 October 2019. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.