Sabine Nallinger has been leading the Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft in Berlin since September 2014. Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft is an initiative of CEOs, managing directors and family entrepreneurs. The aim of the non-profit foundation, which works independently of parties and across sectors and industries, is to promote climate protection and the sustainable use of natural resources. To this end, Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft combines and activates the willingness to take responsibility, but also the innovative strength and problem-solving skills of German companies. The foundation approaches politicians to show concrete possibilities for the transformation to climate neutrality.

Sabine Nallinger studied urban and transport planning and worked for 20 years in scientific and practice-oriented projects on innovative concepts for large urban areas, environmentally friendly regional, urban and transport planning and mobility management. She has worked for both the City of Munich and the Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH. There she was head of research and development and responsible for numerous research and cooperation projects at national and European level. In 2014 she ran for the office of Lord Mayor of Munich.