Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg is a Fairtrade University

"The step towards taking action and applying to become a Fairtrade University was an obvious one," said Prof Dr Maike Rieve-Nagel, referring to the university development plan. The university will be holding a press event to present the diploma.

The professor of private and commercial law was met with an open ear by the university management and now she can work with a

Press conference
on Monday, 3 June 2019,
at 10 am,
Room B 033
at the Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Von-Liebig-Straße 20 in 53359 Rheinbach

together with University President Hartmut Ihne, we will receive the diploma from Transfair e.V./Fairtrade Deutschland as a "Fairtrade University".

Claudia Brück, board member of Transfair/Fairtrade, will present the diploma, talk about the idea behind the label and the criteria that a university must fulfil in order to be a Fairtrade University.

Hartmut Ihne and Maike Rieve-Nagel will shed light on the process leading up to the successful application and the associated concrete measures at the university, as well as the partners who are on board

Rheinbach's mayor Stefan Raetz can speak from experience, as his town has been a Fairtrade Town for ten years.