Henner Pasch (3rd from left), President of the Bergische German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid, with apprentices from the Wuppertal-based company KNIPEX-Werk C. Gustav Putsch KG. The apprentices participated in the Sustainability Scouts project at the federal level.

Dr Ingrid Hanhoff, Deputy Director of National Climate Protection at the BMUKN, emphasized in her greeting the importance of the UNK and YEE projects for the NKI and the EUKI as well as for climate protection.

Henner Pasch (back), Monique Zweig (4th from left) together with German and Bosnian scouts.

The German and European Energy Scout program is funded by the BMUKN and implemented by the regional IHKs and AHKs. From left to right: Dr. Ingrid Hanoff, Sofie Geisel, Monique Zweig, and Henner Pasch, Max Junghans, Project Manager Young Energy Europe (YEE), Dominik Horn, Project Manager, Climate Protection Network (UNK)

Since 2014, over 16,000 Energy Scouts have been trained in Germany and Eastern Europe. Henner Pasch, President of the Bergische IHK, Dr Ingrid Hanhoff, Deputy Head of National Climate Protection Initiatives at the BMUKN, and Monique Zweig, Chief Executive Officer of the IHK Ostbrandenburg, with the national and international Energy Scouts from the class of 2025/26 and IHK colleagues.

Tour through the poster exhibition: Enida Cero Dinarević of the Bosnian Telekom presents her project on reducing electricity consumption through standby operation of devices and energy-efficient network modes.

Henner Pasch, Dr. Ingrid Hanoff, and Monique Zweig (from left to right).

Sofie Geisel (left), Managing Director of Service GmbH, moderated the international award ceremony of the Energy Scouts. Over 300 scouts participated in the event.

Dr Ingrid Hanoff (left), Monique Zweig (5th from left), and moderator Julius Neumann (far right) with the two Bosnian Energy Scouts teams.

Sofie Geisel (left), Chief Executive of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) Service GmbH, and Henner Pasch (far right) with the winners in the "Energy & Climate" category.

Dr. Ingrid Hanhoff (far left) presented the Energy Scouts with their certificates. In the "Energy & Climate – large companies" category, a total of 30 teams participated with their energy efficiency improvement projects.