Denkstatt - Sustainable Thinking

Hietzinger Hauptstraße 28
A-1130 Vienna, Austria
Telefon: +43 1 786 89 00 Fax: +15
E-Mail: office@denkstatt.at

DI Joachim Kircher

Contact:
Phone: +43 1 786 89 00 DW 34
“Always act in a way to increase the number of choices!”
Heinz von Foerstner

Every day we enormous choice in our decisions, be they small or big. We should use those choices in a way to enable living together in an environmentally and social friendly way. At the same time those decisions should not hamper the prosperity of future generations nor the living conditions of any group of the human population in the world, thus building the essence of sustainable development. The best decisions in sustainability respect are developed together in an appreciative dialog involving all stake holders.

Professional duties:

  • Development and implementation of integrated management systems
  • Process management
  • Water Management
  • Organizational development
  • Ecoprofit

Projects:

  • OMV Refinery Schwechat
    Implementation of an environmental management system according to ISO 14.001
  • AT&S AG Leoben Hinterberg plant
    Implementation of an health and safety management system according to OHASA 18.001
  • Wasserwerk Mödling
    Implementation of an environmental management system according to EMAS
  • Environmental Audit Serbia
    Environmental site audit of a fertilizer plant in Serbia
  • EMAS European Commission
    Implementation of an environmental management system according to EMAS in the EC in Brussels

Education:
  • 1984–1989 Engineering College Klagenfurt (A): Electrical Engineering
  • 1990–1997 Technical University Vienna (A) und University of Wisconsin, Madison (USA): Chemical Engineering
  • 2001 ÖVQ, Quality Manager
  • 2007 Europäische Ausbildungsakademie: Coaching according the Kieler Model
  • 2008 Horizont3000 (A): Inter cultural Consultant

Previous activities:
  • 02/1998–02/1999 Austrian Federal Environmental Agency (A). National Expert on great volume inorganic chemicals
  • 03/1999–03/2008 KWI Consultants und Auditors, St. Pölten, Brüssel, Wien; Senior Consultant Environmental Protection, Integrated Management Systems and Public Consulting
  • 04/2008–08/2010 Developm ent Aid Project, northeast Brazil: Organizational development of an NGO in Bahia
  • since 12/2010 denkstatt gmbh, Wien