background

Christian Hochfeld; Dipl.Ing., born in 1969, studied Industrial and Environmental Engeneeering focusing on Environmental and Resource Economics at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. Since 1996 he works as a Scientist at the Öko-Institut within the Infrastructure & Enterprises division.

He is conducting international research projects and he is also heading policy advisory and consultancy projects. His main fields of work are Corporate Social Responsibility, the Integration of the Vision of Sustainable Development in corporate strategy and practice, Sustainable Product Development and Assessment, Social Responsible Investment and Non-Financial Reporting. Since 2004 he is the Deputy Director of the Öko-Institut and head of the Berlin office.

For the last years Christian Hochfeld was responsible for advising the 2006 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee Germany on the concept and implementation of Green GoalTM, the environmental programme of the FIFA World Cup 2006TM.