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The core team

Our core team consists of the two founders Marion Zöchbauer and Johannes Naimer-Stach, as well as our Office Manager Wiltrud Stöckl.

Consulting Education

Marion Zöchbauer

Marion studied economics and has many years of experience in management consulting and organisational development. She uses her expertise in advising a wide range of companies and her comprehensive know-how on ESG topics to support organisations in their green transformation. Her superpower: preparing and communicating knowledge in such a way that others benefit from it
Climate Protection Expert Cooperations

Johannes Naimer-Stach

After studying economics, Joe dedicated his career to the topic of climate protection. After working in emissions trading, he joined WWF to help companies move towards sustainability. As Managing Director of the Climate KIC Austria Entity, he dealt with the topic of climate protection from many perspectives. His superpower: motivating, clear on the matter
Senior Office Manager

Wiltrud Stöckl

Wiltrud knows international corporations as well as law firms and the public sector from the inside. With her broad spectrum of expertise, ranging from accounting and project management to marketing and sales, she supports the Climate Protection Academy team in operational processes. Her professional, solution-orientated approach contributes significantly to the satisfaction of our customers. Her superpower: all-round specialist, reliable, open to new ideas, likes to lend a hand

Our partners for the success of the climate transition

We work closely with these great people in our courses, in-house programmes and consulting projects. Our partners are experts in their field and pass on their knowledge as part of our solutions to promote sustainable change.

Anja Abicht

Anja is the founder and managing director of Tomorrow Academy.She has been working on the topic of sustainability for a long time, focussing on the creative industry. Her superpower: creativity and clarity

Nathalie Aubourg

Nathalie is a freelance designer and moderator. Her superpower: creativity and out-of-the-box thinking

Katharina Benedetter

Katharina's passion is to get people and organisations excited about climate protection and to work together to shape a climate-friendly future for everyone.
Superpower: making complex topics understandable

Klaus Bergsmann

Klaus has over 40 years of management experience in the financial industry and was most recently Group Head of Sustainability at one of the largest banking groups in Austria and CEE. After retiring, he founded ‘Ginkgo-Sustainability Consulting e.U.’ with a focus on imparting knowledge on sustainability topics.
His superpower: communicating and implementing complex topics in a clear way

Luise Fischer

Luise has a deep passion for imparting knowledge that empowers and builds bridges between disciplines and people. With an academic background in economics and sustainable development, she has dedicated years to the interplay of macroeconomics, psychology and behaviour change and has accompanied numerous projects with cities that particularly inspire her.
Superpower: Solution-orientated questioner with a talent for analysis

Andreas Peham

As a trainer, Andreas enables people to strengthen their skills or acquire new ones while catering to the needs of the target group. His decades of experience as a consultant and project manager in climate protection and development cooperation as well as a sound education in sustainability management enable him to effectively accompany organisations on their way to climate neutrality.
His superpower: creativity and networked, interdisciplinary development of solutions

Damien Plant

Damien has been involved with climate change and the loss of nature for over thirty years and is still committed to fighting it. Amongst other things, he loves working with Marion, Joe and the lovely team and bringing my own complementary skills and experience into the training arena. He firmly believes that this is everyone's cup of tea - not just those who call themselves environmentalists.
Superpower: extensive expertise in the risk and security implications of the converging crises

Peter Potoschnig

Peter likes to understand complex contexts in order to pass on knowledge to others in a concise manner. His experience in strategy, project management and marketing gives wings to the transformation to climate neutrality.
Superpower: fast in thought, pragmatic in action

Christoph Sandler

Christoph is a strategy implementer, consultant, speaker and climate gamechanger. His home zone is energy ecosystems, where he works with a clear focus on zero emissions. With artificial intelligence (AI) and a strong network, he drives innovative, sustainable solutions in the corporate and municipal environment.
Superpower: building strategic connections and recognising innovative opportunities

Martin Schott

Martin Schott is a climate activist at work and in politics. In addition to his work as a freelance consultant, he works for the Upper Austrian Climate Alliance and is also a climate councillor in Bad Ischl. After working at BOKU and WU in Vienna, he spent several years at EIT Climate-KIC in the innovation and start-up sector.
Superpower: climate protection knowledge from companies, administration and political practice

Charlotte Steenbergen

Charlotte has been passionate about sustainability for over 10 years. With expertise in leadership, organisational development and ESG, she is as versatile as a Swiss army knife and thinks strategically ahead with operational pragmatism.
Her superpower: Speaking truth to power.

Our Ecosystem

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Office

ORCA Evolution OG

Spittelauer Lände 45

1090 Vienna

Contact

T: +43 680 1748332

E: office@klimaschutzakademie.com