Highly regarded business award: Reinhard Schneider was honored with the “EY Entrepreneur of the Year” in the sustainability category and the Audience Award.

Werner & Mertz sets a world record: one billion bottles from Post-Consumer Recyclate! An outstanding result for us and proof of a functioning circular economy.

In the live talk series “Die Zuversichtlichen“, authors and experts tell it like it is and show ways out of the climate crisis.

The Source Matters for the Climate! We use material from the Yellow Bag in our packaging and thereby contribute greatly to climate protection.

At Talk on the Red Couch, experts meet to discuss timely topics such as the circular economy, biodiversity, plastic and the climate.

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At Werner & Mertz TRAINING is written large! We look for motivated, engaged, talented team players that want to shape the future with us.

Welcome to Werner & Mertz

Reinhard Schneider is convinced that a credible green product can come only from a company that consistently pursues sustainability in everything it does. As the managing partner of Werner & Mertz, Schneider acts in accordance with this conviction.

“Sustainability has to play a part in all corporate decisions. Only then can a company’s credible, comprehensible commitment stand out from the usual marketing promises and earn consumers’ deep and lasting trust.”

In 2025 Reinhard Schneider received the highly regarded business award “EY Entrepreneur of the Year” in the sustainability category as well as the Audience Award, which is decided by the public. This double honor is an impressive recognition and confirmation of the path of effective circular economy for Reinhard Schneider and all employees of Werner & Mertz.

In October 2019 the Federal President presented the German Environmental Award to Schneider for his company’s integrally sustainable orientation.

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