The new “NIU” information portal (“Sustainability in Companies”) was awarded the “Innovation Prize of the Year” by Manz.

The NIU editorial team (pictured from left to right): Peter Eitzenberger, CSR Manager, Consultant at VBV Group; Berthold Lindner, Attorney at Law, Environmental and Sustainability Law; Daniela Knieling, Managing Director of Respact; Marina Luggauer, KPMG Manager, Advisory, Deputy Editor-in-Chief; Gabriela Maria Straka, Editor-in-Chief, Business and ESG Expert, Board Member of Respact; Marlene Johler, Circular Economy Expert; Christian Richter-Schöller, Attorney at Law, Transformation Law, Schiefer Rechtsanwälte; Christopher Dietz, NIU Program Manager. © Gabriela Maria Straka

Sustainability managers responsible for implementing the company's diverse ESG agendas often lack well-prepared, understandable, and actionable specialist information from a single source. MANZ Publishing and University Bookstore now aims to fill this gap with an ESG specialist information initiative. On the website MANZ Publishing – NIU: Sustainability in Business: MANZ, renowned industry experts regularly publish short, concise, and practical articles on the topics of "Laws & Regulation," "Materiality Analysis & ESG Factors," "Strategy – Implementation – Monitoring – Controlling," and "Communication & Stakeholder Management." This forward-looking information portal includes not only 200 ESG-relevant glossary terms and over 70 specialist reports, but also practical tips for implementing successful business models. A particular focus is on explaining the legal foundations of sustainable business for practitioners, as well as numerous best practices – from purchasing to marketing – for companies in all sectors. Gabriela Maria Straka is the editor-in-chief and Marina Luggauer, KPMG, is her deputy.


Christopher Dietz, Non-Fiction Program Manager at MANZ, presented the award: "The effort to create a more sustainable, future-proof economy also unites those we wish to honor today. Their goal: to support sustainability managers in integrating the often complex EU requirements into everyday business operations in a comprehensible and practical way."