Stadt Löhne

What Stadt Löhne does

The firmographics record is labeled 'Stadt Löhne' in Löhne, North Rhine-Westphalia, but every authoritative source attribute (registered legal name, address, founding date, partnerships, board, contact details, and website) maps to a distinct entity: Umweltzentrum -- Initiative zur Pflege und Entfaltung des Umweltschutzgedankens e.V., a registered nonprofit association (eingetragener Verein) seated at August-Bebel-Str. 16-18, 33602 Bielefeld, registry number 20 VR 1997 at Amtsgericht Bielefeld. The organization has existed since 1979 as a coalition of environmental working groups, initiatives, and businesses and is led by authorized board representative Dorothea Schwartze. Its operating brand is Infonetz OWL, served via the website infonetz-owl.de. Headcount is reported at approximately 25, and there is no parent company, no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, and no equity ownership.

Infonetz OWL is a free, public-facing environmental information portal that catalogs approximately 110 specialized topic pages covering waste and recycling, energy and climate, healthy living, food and nutrition, building and renovation, nature and habitats, sustainability, and civic participation -- organized from A (Abfall/waste) to Z (Zugereiste Pflanzen und Tiere/invasive species). The platform offers a searchable catalog with title and full-text search, links to regional environmental counseling centers, supplementary documents, and a 'Mitreden' (participate) feature for community contributions. It is augmented by a small amount of Turkish-language content on food and water topics, indicating limited multilingual outreach within the Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL) region of Germany. Distribution is exclusively online and self-serve, with email and contact-form channels for feedback.

The revenue model is non-commercial: the platform is provided free of charge to residents of OWL and beyond, and the organization is funded primarily through project grants from public and municipal-affiliated foundations, specifically the Stiftung Umwelt und Entwicklung Nordrhein-Westfalen (core-tier, 2005-2006 development funding) and the Stiftung der Stadtwerke Bielefeld (minor-tier support). Customer segments are horizontal and predominantly the general public and environmentally interested citizens of OWL, with a secondary educational segment (schools, educators, and environmental education providers). There are no patents, no AI or proprietary technology stack disclosed, no apps, no API, and no pricing tiers; the offering is a content service rather than a technology product.

Name

Stadt Löhne

Legal name

Umweltzentrum -- Initiative zur Pflege und Entfaltung des Umweltschutzgedankens e.V.

Website

https://infonetz-owl.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stadt Löhne is a misattributed firmographics record; the underlying entity is Umweltzentrum e.V. Bielefeld, a registered German nonprofit operating the free Infonetz OWL environmental information portal serving residents of Ostwestfalen-Lippe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Information and Education Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Education & Outreach (BPAGAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wildlife Conservation & Species Protection (BPAGAGAB), Water Resources & Watershed Protection (BPAGAGAK)

Keywords

• Environmental information services
• Sustainability education
• Waste management guidance
• Regional environmental portal
• Nature conservation resources

Headquarters

HQ city

Bielefeld

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The organization operates the infonetz-owl.de online environmental information portal, providing free, curated access to approximately 110 topic pages covering waste and recycling, energy and climate, sustainable living, health, building renovation, and nature conservation for residents of Ostwestfalen-Lippe. It also serves as a regional directory linking users to environmental counseling centers, educational programs, volunteer opportunities (including FÖJ), and umbrella environmental organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Infonetz OWL Environmental Information Portal

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Naturschutzstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen: NRW-based foundation funding nature conservation and environmental education projects. Directly comparable as a regional NRW environmental funder/partner, though operating as a grant-making foundation rather than an information provider.
• Lokale Agenda 21 NRW: NRW-wide network coordinating local Agenda 21 sustainability processes. Highly comparable: Infonetz OWL explicitly references Lokale Agenda 21, and both organizations work on regional sustainability education and citizen engagement in the same geography.
• Öko-Zentrum NRW: NRW-based sustainable building and environmental consulting center. Comparable as a regional environmental organization providing information and advisory services, though focused more on sustainable construction than the broader environmental education scope of Infonetz OWL.
• Naturschutzbund NRW (NABU NRW): NRW state chapter of NABU providing regional environmental information, education, and advocacy. Comparable as a peer NRW environmental education and outreach organization with overlapping topics (species protection, habitat conservation), though part of the larger national NABU network.

Direct peers

• Umweltzentrum Hannover e.V. Regional Umweltzentrum operating an environmental information center and education programs in Hannover. Directly comparable as a peer city-level Umweltzentrum with the same coalition-of-groups nonprofit model and environmental education/outreach mission.

Broad incumbents

• NABU (Naturschutzbund Deutschland): Germany's largest environmental NGO with ~900,000 members, operating nationwide. Directly comparable as a nonprofit environmental advocacy and education organization, though NABU operates at national scale versus Infonetz OWL's regional OWL focus.
• Umweltbundesamt (UBA): Germany's federal environment agency providing authoritative environmental data, guidance, and publications. Comparable as a peer environmental information authority, though UBA is a federal government agency serving all of Germany rather than a regional nonprofit.
• BUND (Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland): Major German environmental NGO focused on conservation, sustainability education, and advocacy. Comparable as a peer environmental education nonprofit with similar topics (biodiversity, climate, sustainable consumption) but operating nationwide with a much larger membership base.
• Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH): German environmental and consumer protection organization providing environmental information, education, and policy advocacy. Comparable as a peer environmental information provider, though DUH is national in scope with a litigation and advocacy-led model.

Others

• Heinrich Böll Stiftung (Heinrich Böll Foundation): German political foundation affiliated with the Greens, conducting environmental and sustainability education, policy research, and publishing. Comparable as a peer organization producing trusted environmental information and education content, though operating at national scale with a broader political mandate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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