Florian Harkort

Die Vision von FAIREVER (ehem. TRAID GOLD) ist es, Fairmined & Fairtrade Gold aus dem verantwortungsvollen Kleinbergbau ethischen Konsumenten zugänglich zu machen. Unser Angebot: Fairmined & Fairtrade Schmuck-Halbzeuge, Goldbarren & Münzen. Für eine faire Zukunft für die Minenarbeiter, ihre Familien und die Umwelt. So glänzt Gold für alle. — Themen: Fair Trade Gold, Faires Gold, Fair Gold, Grünes Gold, Nachhaltige Geldanlage, Impact Investing. FAIREVER ist eine Initiative der Fairever GmbH.

The experience of a life-time: Traveling down the winding road from Berlin to Singapore with an old Volkswagen camper van. — Experiencing the culture, people and nature of Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. — Spending time with my little family on Bali, the Island of the Gods, and getting new inspiration...

At pocketvillage we built the largest meta-search engine (at its time) for unique and responsible travel activities & tours. Its fun and intuitive "Inspire Me"​ trip configurator won us multiple awards, global press coverage (e.g. The Guardian's "Best Travel Websites Ever"), and ultimately 1MM $ in funding by a leading online travel agency and others.

In total 5 years of AIESEC eXPerience: Working at the world's largest student organization. — Leadership in practice, working in a rocking team, strategic planning & project management, conference hosting, intercultural communications, workshop facilitation, world issues...

Travelling from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Cape Town, South Africa. With backpack, tent and public transport. Together with pocketvillage co-founder Martin - this is where our business idea started...

Private sector development: Engineering Capacity Building Program (ecbp) — My responsibilities: Enhancing the local value chains of selected agricultural products; developing & implementing management accounting tools; and designing & facilitating stakeholder workshops to achieve maximum inclusiveness. — www.giz.de — To conclude my "African experience", I went on a 3 months trip from Addis Abeba to Cape Town, with a backpack, a tent and lots of luck... :)

Trainee in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) / Sustainability Services department. — Based at Ernst & Young HQ for Germany and European HQ of CSR Services. — Support in management consulting, sustainability reporting assurance, environmental management, organizing stakeholder dialogues.

Strategic planning, financial management, projects, accounting, property management, over €100k turnover. — Leading the finance team of 5 people. — During my term we took care for 50 international interns in Stuttgart. — Motto: "Bookkeeping For A Better World!"

Topics: Agricultural value chains, international trade & development, political science, rural development, sustainable resources management, project management & consulting, certified trainer qualification — Final thesis: "Food Business and the Global Water Challenge" (see link below).