Alexander Bonde

In an interview, Alexander Bonde once compared the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) to “Bob the Builder”: the DBU is “always about generating something exactly replicable with a new business model, a specific technology, a type of communication or an education project that solves environmental problems”, whether for the energy transition, the circular economy or taking action on the climate. Observers also praise his talent as a bridge builder: Bonde is committed to reconciling different positions, always for the benefit of the environment. Before taking up his current post at the DBU, Bonde, a lawyer and civil servant, had a career in party politics, sitting in the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens from 2002 to 2011. From 2011 to 2016, he was Minister for Rural Areas and Consumer Protection in Baden-Württemberg under Winfried Kretschmann. He has been Secretary General of the DBU since 2018.