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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:27:13 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[E-waste - moving beyond good and evil]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Öko-Institut report shows possibilities for sustainable e-waste recycling in Ghana

E-waste contains many valuable metals such as gold, silver, palladium, aluminium, steel and cooper. Recovery of aluminium, steel and copper from e-waste is an important livelihood strategy for many poor people in West Africa. However, e-waste also contains many hazardous substances such as lead, cadmium, brominated flame retardants and PVC. Due to a lack of recycling and waste management infrastructure, e-waste is not treated appropriately in West Africa, thereby causing huge damage to the environment, and the health of the workers and local communities. The results of a project on e-waste recycling in Ghana, carried out by Öko-Institut on behalf of the Inspectorate of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM-Inspectorate) and the Dutch Recycling Association (NVMP), show how e-waste can be recycled and managed in an environmentally-friendly way and how to comply with social standards at the same time. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Resources fever - A cool head for hot resource debates]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Öko-Institut presents recent studies and reports on the sustainable use of resources on its website www.resourcefever.org. We discuss, for example, how resources can be used more efficiently within the EU as well as issues related to the recycling of electronic waste in newly industrialising and developing countries. A new report by Öko-Institut and Eurometaux (the EU Association of Non-Ferrous Metals Industry) addresses the standards and guidelines which the European Union and its member states have to develop further for sustainable resource management worldwide.
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<title><![CDATA[Nanotechnology in the Food Sector - Study now available in English]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The study Nanotechnology in the Food Sector, commissioned by the Swiss Centre for Technology Assessment TA-SWISS, is now available in English. 
The study provides an overview of nanomaterials already used in the food sector with a focus on the Swiss market and an analysis of the existing legal framework. Today, nanotechnology is virtually insignificant in terms of environmentally sound and health-promoting nutrition, and even in the future it is likely to play a relatively subordinate role in making nutrition more sustainable. But nanotechnology is already used in food packaging, an area that is regarded as having considerable potential for innovation. The study assesses these products in respect of environmental issues and sustainability and where there is a need for caution and for adaption of regulations with regard to labelling and traceability. 

Link to the English TA-Swiss site >>
Download link >>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate assessors under scrutiny]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An Öko-Institut study hot off the press reveals that the United Nations continues to be dissatisfied with the performance of the companies validating climate change mitigation projects in the developing world. Such projects can be initiated under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in order to deliver emissions reductions wherever such reductions are most cost-efficient. It is already the second evaluation by the Öko-Institut of the work of the companies (termed Designed Operational Entities, DOEs). The verdict is that they have failed to clean up their act since the first in 2009.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting moving on climate protection - sustainable transport strategies]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The new eco@work is online 
How can we make transport more climate-friendly in the face of increasing mobility? This is the question tackled in the current issue of eco@work, which is published today. We present the findings of the Renewbility study, which show how Germany could reduce its transport-related greenhouse gas emissions by a quarter by 2030. Another article quantifies the climate benefits of public transport: each passenger who uses bus or rail instead of the car for local journeys saves on average 2.5 kilograms CO2 per trip. And in the interview we introduce Michael Sailer, the institute's new CEO. 
The current issue "Getting moving on climate protection" is available here >>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How useful are climate labels?]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Öko-Institut makes recommendations on the use of product carbon footprints 
What greenhouse gas emissions are associated with a beef steak or a pack of frozen vegetables? What carbon emissions arise during the manufacture, use and disposal of a TV or a freezer? In recent years a number of new schemes for analysing product carbon footprints (PCFs) have emerged all over the world, accompanied by private or state-run product labelling schemes. A new international standard (ISO 14067) for the calculation of carbon footprints is due to be developed by 2010. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA["Responsibility for climate protection doesn't stop at the factory gates"]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Interview on BOSCH company's corporate social responsibility (CSR) web site: Christian Hochfeld, Member of the Executive Board of the Öko-Institut, reports on a pilot project to calculate the CO2  footprints of various products - their 'product carbon footprint' (PCF).
Climate protection has become a key issue in product development and marketing - and not only in the automotive industry. What is the significance of the 'CO2 footprints' of various other products? The Öko-Institut has completed a PCF pilot project on the subject involving a number of firms. Christian Hochfeld gives a report on the project and its results in an interview on the CSR web site of Bosch company.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['The time has come for us to depolarise ecology and economics and to harmonise them instead.' ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Opening speech by EU Commissioner Günter Verheugen at the annual international conference of the Öko-Institut in Brussels. Discussion with some 160 participants.   
Some 160 participants from the worlds of politics, science, academia and industry met on November 5, 2009, in Brussels at the Annual International Conference of the Öko-Institut, where they participated in discussion about a sustainable industrial policy for Europe with distinguished speakers and guests. The opening speech was held by Günter Verheugen, Vice-President of the European Commission and EU Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry. 'The time has come for us to depolarise ecology and economics and to harmonise opportunities for growth with the struggle to stop climate change,' said Verheugen. In his judgement, the restructuring of the industrial sector, with a horizontally anchored, pan-European industrial policy, is an essential factor in making European industry competitive. 
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<title><![CDATA[A fundamental change to a 'green' model for industry and the economy is urgently needed]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Öko-Institut: Annual International Conference on Sustainable Industrial Policy for Europe begins today / An appeal to Brussels
The global economic crisis, the threat of climate change and dwindling natural resources are posing new challenges to European industrial policy. A paradigm shift to a 'green' economy is urgently needed. In fact, there is no alternative. One aspect of such a shift is the conversion of industrial policy into the motor of sustainable production and consumption. This is the assessment put forth today by the Öko-Institut, one of Europe's leading environmental research institutes, at its annual conference in Brussels. The theme of this year's international conference is Sustainable Industrial Policy for Europe.]]></description>
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