{"id":6010,"date":"2024-07-01T17:25:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T15:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnature.org\/about-us\/transparency-voluntary-commitment\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:52:10","slug":"transparency-voluntary-commitment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalnature.org\/en\/about-us\/transparency-voluntary-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;intro&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|-12px|auto||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; pac_dcm_carousel_specific_module_num=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||14px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Global Nature Fund supports the uniform disclosure requirements of the Transparent Civil Society Initiative (ITZ).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][dipi_divider content_type=&#8221;image&#8221; content_image=&#8221;https:\/\/globalnature.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/icon-1.png&#8221; content_width=&#8221;40px&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Trenner&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1741&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{%22gcid-primary-color%22:%91%22header_text_color%22%93}&#8221;][\/dipi_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Selbstverpflichtung&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|-12px|auto||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; pac_dcm_carousel_specific_module_num=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||14px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||25px||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>Self-commitment<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Name, registered office, address and year of foundation<\/strong><br \/>Global Nature Fund (GNF)<br \/>International Foundation for Environment and Nature<br \/>Fritz-Reichle-Ring 4<br \/>78315 Radolfzell\n<p>Year of foundation: 1998<\/p>\n<p>The GNF is a non-profit foundation under private law, recognized in accordance with \u00a7 80 BGB by the Senate Administration for Justice in Berlin on April 29, 1998, No. 3416\/584-II.2.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Full statutes and objectives of our organization<br \/><\/strong><div class='w3eden wpdm_package_shortcode'><!-- WPDM Link Template: Button Template -->\n\n<a class='wpdm-download-link download-on-click btn btn-primary btn-sm'  rel='nofollow' href='#' data-downloadurl=\"https:\/\/globalnature.org\/en\/download\/satzung-des-global-nature-fund\/?wpdmdl=3113&refresh=6a4a6f8d15f5e1783263117\">Download<\/a><\/div> The foundation&#8217;s objectives are to promote nature conservation, environmental protection and animal welfare. International cooperation to promote international understanding and development aid is particularly important. These goals are realized through four thematic and project areas:\n<ul>\n<li>Living Lakes &amp; Water<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable development &amp; development cooperation<\/li>\n<li>Nature conservation<\/li>\n<li>Business &amp; Biodiversity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Information on tax concessions<\/strong><br \/>We are exempt from corporation tax in accordance with Section 5 (1) No. 9 KStG and from trade tax in accordance with Section 3 No. 6 of the Trade Tax Act due to the promotion of nature conservation and landscape conservation, animal welfare, education and public education and youth welfare according to the last notice of exemption we received or according to the annex to the corporation tax assessment notice from the Singen tax office (tax number 18153\/12059) dated 10.11.2022.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Name and function of key decision-makers<\/strong><br \/><strong>Managing Directors:<\/strong> Udo Gattenl\u00f6hner, Stefan H\u00f6rmann<br \/><strong>Presidium:<\/strong> Marion Hammerl (President), J\u00f6rg D\u00fcrr-Pucher, Kat Hartwig, Barbara Metz, Dr. Andrew Venter, Sebastian Winkler<br \/><strong>Board of Trustees:<\/strong> Michael Bauer (Chairman), Michael Blank (Deputy Chairman), J\u00fcrgen Resch<\/li>\n<li><strong>Activity report<\/strong><br \/>You can find detailed information on our activities in our latest activity report.  <div class='w3eden wpdm_package_shortcode'><!-- WPDM Link Template: Button Template -->\n\n<a class='wpdm-download-link download-on-click btn btn-primary btn-sm'  rel='nofollow' href='#' data-downloadurl=\"https:\/\/globalnature.org\/en\/download\/taetigkeitsbericht-2024\/?wpdmdl=10836&refresh=6a4a6f8d2d1f81783263117\">Download<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><strong>Staff structure<\/strong><br \/>In addition to the two managing directors, more than 20 other employees currently work in six units at the Radolfzell head office, the Berlin office and the Bonn office. The members of the Board of Directors and the Founders&#8217; Council support the GNF on a voluntary basis.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Information on the source of funds<\/strong><br \/>See the Finance &amp; Marketing chapter in the current GNF activity report.  <div class='w3eden wpdm_package_shortcode'><!-- WPDM Link Template: Button Template -->\n\n<a class='wpdm-download-link download-on-click btn btn-primary btn-sm'  rel='nofollow' href='#' data-downloadurl=\"https:\/\/globalnature.org\/en\/download\/taetigkeitsbericht-2024\/?wpdmdl=10836&refresh=6a4a6f8d429581783263117\">Download<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><strong>Information on the use of funds<\/strong><br \/>See the Finance &amp; Marketing chapter in the current GNF activity report.  <div class='w3eden wpdm_package_shortcode'><!-- WPDM Link Template: Button Template -->\n\n<a class='wpdm-download-link download-on-click btn btn-primary btn-sm'  rel='nofollow' href='#' data-downloadurl=\"https:\/\/globalnature.org\/en\/download\/taetigkeitsbericht-2024\/?wpdmdl=10836&refresh=6a4a6f8d436001783263117\">Download<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><strong>Corporate affiliation with third parties<\/strong><br \/>The Global Nature Fund has no corporate affiliation with third parties.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Names of legal entities whose annual payments account for more than ten percent of our total annual revenue.  <\/strong><br \/>For 2023, the GNF received project funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) amounting to 37% and from the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) amounting to 32% of annual income.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Global Nature Fund supports the uniform disclosure requirements of the Transparent Civil Society Initiative (ITZ).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5524,"parent":5869,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"dipi_cpt_category":[303],"seitenkategorie":[152],"class_list":["post-6010","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dipi_cpt_category-about-us","seitenkategorie-about-us"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.9 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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