Education
He studied law in Neuchâtel, Paris and Hamburg, and earned a doctorate of law (1973).
He studied law in Neuchâtel, Paris and Hamburg, and earned a doctorate of law (1973).
As Chief Executive Officer of his family"s company, Ernst Winter & Sohn Norderstedt GmbH & Company, he made environmental issues a core objective. Georg Winter created the Winter Model, which defined environmental standards for companies. In 1984, he founded the Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis für Umweltbewusstes Management.
In 1987, he published his book Business and the environment (Das umweltbewusste Unternehmen), which has been translated into 30 languages.
In 1991, he founded the Internationale Netzwerk für Umweltbewusstes Management, and in 1998, the Haus der Zukunft opened. Since 2002, he has been active in Sustainable Management for All Local Leaders.
Winter received the Umweltpreis der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt in 1995. Georg Winter has also published collections of poetry.