{"id":2588,"date":"2026-03-10T11:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:46:38","slug":"berlins-soziale-unternehmen-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/en\/berlins-soziale-unternehmen-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Berlins-Soziale-Unternehmen-2026-1-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Berlins-Soziale-Unternehmen-2026-1-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Berlins-Soziale-Unternehmen-2026-1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Berlins-Soziale-Unternehmen-2026-1-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Berlins-Soziale-Unternehmen-2026-1-1536x1186.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Berlins-Soziale-Unternehmen-2026-1-500x386.jpg 500w, https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Berlins-Soziale-Unternehmen-2026-1.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--1\">These are Berlin&#8217;s Social Enterprises 2026!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every two years, the Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises recognises particularly innovative, sustainable and participatory social enterprises in Berlin that make a compelling impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of re:publica 2026 \u2013 one of Europe&#8217;s largest festivals for digital society and innovation \u2013 the award ceremony was celebrated on 19 May 2026. State Secretary for Economic Affairs Michael Biel opened the event with a welcome address. The programme was hosted by moderator Darlene Schwabroch, with keynote speaker Ela Kagel providing inspiring insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The 2026 Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awards were presented in three categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Category Planet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1st place: Haferkater GmbH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd place: Kreisler e.V.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3rd place: STRAYZ Petfood GmbH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Category People<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1st place: Kopfsachen e.V.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd place: LeistungsLotse GmbH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3rd place: Service Inklusiv gGmbH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Category Transformation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1st place: bcause GmbH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd place: Circle Products GmbH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3rd place: Cradle to Cradle NGO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Nominees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Category Planet: Kreisler e.V., fairster. Energie gGmbH, Haferkater GmbH, klimaklitsche GmbH, STRAYZ Petfood GmbH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Category People: Service Inklusiv gGmbH, querstadtein e.V., Education Innovation Lab, LeistungsLotse GmbH, Kopfsachen e.V.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Category Transformation: Impact Week gUG, Cradle to Cradle NGO, bcause GmbH, Circle Products GmbH, Village One eG<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Jury<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nominees and award winners were selected by an independent jury bringing diverse perspectives from business, social entrepreneurship and civil society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Category Planet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jonas Nipkow \u2013 Project Lead &#8220;Social Economy Berlin&#8221; (SEND e.V.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deniz Ficicioglu \u2013 CEO &amp; Founder wunderfish GmbH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daniel B\u00fcchle \u2013 CEO afb social &amp; green IT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Category People<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ela Kagel \u2013 Co-founder &amp; Board Member Platform Coops eG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jan-Philipp Heinisch \u2013 Start-up Economy and Business Formation, Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anne Jeglinski \u2013 Deputy Managing Director and Head of the District Office, Parit\u00e4tischer Wohlfahrtsverband Landesverband Berlin e.V.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Category Transformation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Antje Meyer \u2013 CoFounder &amp; CoCEO nextblooming GmbH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lukas Marzi \u2013 Founder Marziplan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>G\u00fclcan Nitsch \u2013 Founder &amp; CEO Ye\u015fil \u00c7ember \u2013 \u00f6kologisch. interkulturell. gGmbH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to all award winners! This year, we were once again able to recognise committed enterprises and organisations that contribute to a fair and future-ready economy and urban society through their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A big thank you to everyone involved and to all those who applied and whose commitment strengthens the social economy in Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BSU-26-F.Lorenz-2_websize-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BSU-26-F.Lorenz-2_websize-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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Every two years, the Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises recognises particularly innovative, sustainable and participatory social enterprises in Berlin that make a compelling impact. As part of re:publica 2026 \u2013 one of Europe&#8217;s largest festivals for digital society and innovation \u2013 the award ceremony was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_GB","_original_post":"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/?p=1","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artikel","category-empfohlen","en-GB"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2588"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2867,"href":"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588\/revisions\/2867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialeconomy.berlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}