His high grade of personal commitment , a stiff entrepreneurial sense , strategical brainstorm and his open , unmediated , motivating way of dealing with customers , producers , employee and partner within the manufacture were the critical factors for the members of the renowned panel of expert . Last Friday , Steven Gätjen presented the Taspo ' Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 ' award to Armin Rehberg , CEO of Landgard eG , at the Grand Hyatt in Berlin . Dr. Svea Pacyna - Schürheck , Head of Quality and Sustainability Management at Landgard ( l. ) and donor Steven Gätjen ( r. ) presented the honour in the category " Best Concept Environment & Sustainability " to the congresswoman of Schloss Fleesensee in Göhren - Lebbin , which were award for the hotel ’s own agriculture " Project Organic " . -(c ) taspoawards.de/ Photographer Andreas Schwarz & Moritz Rennecke
" As chief operating officer of Landgard , Armin Rehberg is not on the dot an anon. fellowship president , but rather an authentic entrepreneur and a somebody who is 100 per centum identified with the co-op , its products and the industry , " said Oliver P. Kuhrt , Managing Director of Messe Essen . " With cacoethes , creativity , courage and unconventional thought that inspire and persuade people , he has managed to breathe novel life into the producer cooperative , as well as brace it . Its proximity to the market , phallus companies and employees were key component in assist to steer Landgard on a sustainable course . ''
The ' German gardeners ' ware ' recording label , advertising go-ahead ' Flowers - 1000 Good Reasons ' , ' Cash & stockpile future mart Herongen ' and the newly designed flower G. Stanley Hall of the International Green Week in Berlin are just some of the milepost on this new and successful Landgard path . Together with his squad , Armin Rehberg has put up exciting concepts and licensing collaborations with potent partners as a completely new access to selling in the green sphere . And we are sure that even more exciting elements will follow . "
Visitors of the Taspo Award Gala fetch a taste of this hullabaloo on the eventide of the awards itself . To welcome the guest at the single Berlin Hotel Grand Hyatt , Landgard had put up an heart - catch light initiation , focus on the façade of the opposite construction , highlighting the gullible industry through its enterprise " Flowers - 1000 just reason " .
Entrepreneur of the Year 2018After studying business administration , Armin Rehberg began his vocation at Aldi Süd in Germany and the USA . Immediately afterwards , the graduate in Business Management , who is currently 53 years old , was a member of the management gameboard at Norma for many years . From there , he connect the Rewe Group as a member of its Executive Board . Afterwards , Rehberg was in the main an enterpriser and managing theatre director . He has extensive experience and detailed cognition of all functional areas of trading caller .
Since May 2013 , Armin Rehberg , CEO of Landgard , has been responsible for Sales / Marketing , Producer / Procurement , Human Resources , Corporate Communications / Marketing , Corporate Auditing , Corporate Development / Strategy , Legal / Compliance and Sustainability / CSR .
As both locomotive and number one wood , he has consistently work on within the Producer Cooperative to implement mod , forward - look ideas and task , such as for the establishment of the " German Gärtnerware " label and " Germany tastes " ; provenience and quality certifications for flowers and plants as well as fruit and vegetables from regional German cultivation . With the development of Cash & comport future market Landgard Herongen , under his leadership Landgard took an of import step into the time to come of specializer retailing as an attractive , advanced market place with digital elements .
Also on the subject of sustainability , Landgard , under the leadership of Rehberg , created a stable introduction for a unripened hereafter . Since 2015 , the Producer Cooperative has been pursuing a comprehensive company - wide sustainability strategy with the four pillars " Green Products " , " Climate , Energy and Environment " , " employee " and " Society " .
As part of the blowout hosted by Steven Gätjen ( r. ) , at the Grand Hyatt in Berlin , Armin Rehberg , chief executive officer of Landgard eG ( l. ) , was given the Taspo " Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 " award.(c ) taspoawards.de/ Andreas Schwarz & Moritz Rennecke
With slap-up personal committedness , he is also 100 per centum behind Landgard ’s claim to place novel impulses on the market place as the author of approximation for the industry . A testimonial to this are the legion fresh and successfully expanded construct and licence agreements with strong partners . These speak of exciting prospect of flowers and plants as well as fruit and vegetables , thus produce newfangled incentives for customers . At authoritative international trade fair such as the IPM in Essen , the Fruit Logistica in Berlin or the spoga + gafa in Cologne , twelvemonth after twelvemonth the visitor will be sway by Landgard ’s creativeness .
Armin Rehberg not only identifies himself intensively with " his " cooperative , but also with the green industry as a whole . In 2015 , Landgard was the first company in the industry to establish the " Flowers - 1000 Good Reasons " campaign , just in time for the first highlight of the season , Valentine ’s Day . Since then , the end of the largest flower and works sphere in Germany is to make young consumer in particular more interested in flowers , to inspire them with new estimate and , above all , to refresh the image of flower and plants .
At the beginning of 2018 , Landgard ’s " Flowers - 1000 Good Reasons " initiative set up the chore of become the well - eff Flower Hall of the International Green Week into a sparkling ' generator of diversity ' , aid by numerous better half from the green sector , through a new holistic concept and one thousand of flowers and plants . The Landgard Initiative also purport to ascertain that the Flower Hall will become a thriving bunch pleaser for the approximately 400,000 visitors of the International Green Week from 2019 to 2021 .
" On behalf of Landgard , 3,000 employee , 3,300 member companies , over 1.9 billion euros turnover , and so much passion , I thank you . This award is a recognition and an incentive at the same time . It is the confirmation of the young , modern Landgard as a successful manufacturer co-op - digital , international and sustainable . For responsible market leading and for acting instead of babble , for cooperation and cohesion . The fact that I can now accept the Taspo Award as Entrepreneur of the Year in Berlin recount me that we have done many things right in recent twelvemonth . It is a check for me as an entrepreneur and as a person , " say Armin Rehberg .
Excellent Landgard member businessesWith their advanced products , concepts and services , several impregnable Landgard member company had caught the eye of the technical jury of the Taspo Awards 2018 . Bock Bio Science GmbH was award the " Taspo Award : Innovative Product " , Green Brain GmbH received the " tendence Award : Best Marketing Concept " and the " ambiente Award : Best Product Presentation at the POS " . PlusPlants GmbH receive the " modiform Award : Best Cooperation of the Year " .
Armin Rehberg : " We cordially preen our growers on these great successes . Strong members like you are the basis on which we can successfully work together in the future . "
As Landgard ’s leading modern marketing cooperative for peak and plants , as well as fruit and vegetables , this yr ’s Landgard Award was the first to receive sustenance in the new Best Environment & Sustainability category . On behalf of the Producer Cooperative , Dr. Svea Pacyna - Schürheck , Head of Quality and Sustainability Management , presented the prize to the congresswoman of Schloss Fleesensee in Göhren - Lebbin , who were awarded the prize for their own farm " Projekt Organic " .
The industry periodical , Taspo , awarded fellowship and mass in the green sector last Friday in class like " Breeder of the Year " , " Innovative ware " , " Gardener of the Year " , " Florist of the Year " , " Best Marketing Concept " , " Best Digital Strategy " , " Best Concept - Environment and Sustainability " , " Best Cooperation of the Year " and the Gold Award for " Entrepreneur of the Year " for Outstanding Achievements in the green Industry . For this industry , the gala and the award ceremonies are truly the highlight of the year .
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