Alpine Impact Days

Official Opening Day 2

Keynote: A common vision for our Alpine Region - and how to implement it
Charly Kleissner is proposing a common vision for the alpine region of Tyrol: Transforming the current extractive regional economy to a regenerative one, treating the root causes of our multi-systemic crisis, as opposed to the symptoms. This will require a transformation of most of our systems as opposed to incrementally enhancing them, e.g., moving from extractive to regenerative agriculture, from mass tourism to eco-tourism, from global to regional supply chains, from a mass transit traffic nightmare to regional e-mobility, from extractive to circular businesses - all based on 100% renewable energy production.

Opening Remarks Patrick Götz, Vorstand Tiroler Sparkasse 

Vom Spinner zum Winner - Johannes Gutmann

Eine runde, rote Brille und eine über 80 Jahre alte Lederhose – das sind die Markenzeichen von Johannes Gutmann, Gründer der SONNENTOR Kräuterhandelsgesellschaft mbH.
1988 startete er als ‚One-Man-Show‘, um Bio-Kräuter und Gewürze unter dem Logo der lachenden Sonne zu vertreiben. Leben und leben lassen, gegenseitige Anerkennung und Wertschätzung sowie fruchtbare Kooperationen auf Augenhöhe – das ist seit Gründung seine Philosophie. Mit dem wachsenden Erfolg brauchte er mehr Hände und mehr Köpfe, die SONNENTOR tragen konnten. Mittlerweile beschäftigt SONNENTOR in Österreich rund 360 Mitarbeiter. Inzwischen gehören rund 80 Bauern in Österreich und Deutschland zur SONNENTOR Familie und beliefern den Betrieb, der seine Produkte derzeit in weltweit über 50 Länder exportiert.

Im Vortrag „Vom Spinner zum Winner“ gibt Johannes Gutmann anhand von lebhaften Geschichten Einblick in seinen Werdegang.

Between Profit and Purpose - Ana-Cristina Grohnert

Ana-Cristina Grohnert is one of the few female top managers in Germany. As Head of HR at Allianz Germany, she played a key role in shaping the Group's digital transformation. Previously, as a member of the management board at EY, she was responsible for transformation and HR strategy and advised clients on restructuring and reorganisation.

In her keynote speech, Ana-Cristina Grohnert sheds light on the difficult but rewarding transformation from shareholder value to stakeholder value - from a focus on short-term and short-term goals to a sustainable, people-centred economy. Based on her own experience as a top manager in business and Chairwoman of the Diversity Charter, she argues that long-term and sustainable success is only possible if companies face up to their ecological and social responsibilities. If their business model consists of increasing the benefits for employees, customers and communities. Based on this conviction, she founded Score4Impact gGmbH, which builds bridges between business and social challenges.