Prof. Dr. Anabel Ternès von Hattburg
Prof. Dr. Anabel Ternès von Hattburg is considered one of the leading figures in sustainability, innovation, and leadership. Hypovereinsbank describes her as “one of Germany’s outstanding managers and entrepreneurs.”
Anabel is a futurist, keynote speaker, author, and founder of sustainable start-ups. The CEO of Sustain Plus, she is also the managing director of the Berlin-based SRH Institute for Sustainability Management and a professor of communication management, succeeding Dieter Kronzucker, the founder of the ZDF news magazine heute journal. As a member, advisor, and founder of think tanks and do tanks, she leverages her training in trend scouting, monitoring, and management under the guidance of luminaries such as Li Edelkoort and Mieke de Bock. She has international top-management experience, including roles at Samsonite, Triumph, and Fielmann.
Anabel Ternès is active in various committees and boards, including serving as member of the advisory board for Plant for the Planet, President of the Club of Budapest Germany, and the International Embassy for Economic Affairs, a member of the Senate of the German Economy, a supervisory board member of PAN, Member of the Board of Friends of Social Business, the organisation of the nobel price winner Muhammad Yunus, editor-in-chief of GreenBlue Insights Magazine, and a member of the UN Ocean Decade Germany and the Club of Rome. She also works as a freelance journalist for magazines, radio, and television, such as FOCUS online. Starting at the age of 7 on the beach of Norddeich-Mole, where she saw large amounts of plastic waste and launched her first initiative against this, she has since been committed to human rights and environmental protection through various projects and organisations.
Anabel Ternès has received multiple awards for her entrepreneurial and voluntary efforts, including recognition as a futurist, as an ambassador for the FRAUEN UNTERNEHMEN initiative of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, the Google Impact Challenge Award, and as a LinkedIn Top Voice in sustainability.