Max Deml

Max Deml (born August 27, 1957) is a German-Austrian writer for environmental and financial magazines, a publisher and an entrepreneur.

Since October 1991, he has been editor-in-chief of Ökoinvest,^{[1] [2]} a bi-weekly German-language stock market newsletter concentrating on socially responsible, sustainable investments and renewable energies such as solar power.^[3] He developed green stock and fund indexes like nx-25 Natur-Aktien-Index  [de] in 2003.^[4]

Deml studied psychology, philosophy and political science in Regensburg and later in Vienna.

He founded Öko-Invest Publishing Ltd. in June 1991^[5] after dropping out of the university of Regensburg. He went on to co-found companies like BioArt AG (organic and fair trade food),^[6] Fair Finance Holding AG, Grassmugg AG,^[7] GreenTec Invest AG^[8] and Prodigium Pictures.^[9] Additionally, he serves as chairman of the board of several Austrian companies.^{[citation needed ]} He serves on the Environmental Advisory Board of Oeco Capital Life Insurance in Germany and is also a member of the fund committee for the World Wide Fund of Nature in Austria.^[10] Since 1990, he has been co-author of the handbook Grünes Geld (English: Green Money).^{[11] [12]}

His publishing work resulted in his winning the Austrian SDG Award; in the media category in 2020: a national prize in Austria issued by the Austrian National Parliament in partnership with the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs.^{[13] [14]}

Since 2012, Deml has also been performing on a stand-up comedy program entitled "Grünes Geld und Frische Blüten - ein C(r)ashkurs" (English : "Green Money and Fresh Dough - a C(r)ash Course").^{[15] [16] [17]}