Nanotechnologies
They are tiny in form, but huge in their effect. Nanomaterials provide many products with new or improved features:...
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Germany 2049
The global demand for raw materials such as building and industrial materials and metals is not only high throughout...
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The EU Batteries Directive is outdated
EU collection rate: More than half of all batteries disappear
Poor collection rates for portable batteries, inadequate targets for lithium-ion batteries and a lack of incentives for those responsible to collect... more
Latest issue of eco@work out now!
Sustainability – An Export Success?
Whether it’s managing waste, labelling the most energy-efficient appliances or promoting renewables – over the years, Germany has amassed a wealth of... more
Energie, Mobilität und Abfall sind Schwerpunkte der Kampagne
Sustainability strategy for EURO 2024 shows that environmentally friendly sports events are possible
The German Football Association (DFB) today unveils its sustainability strategy for the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, with environmental... more
Reliable legal and social framework needed
Opportunities and risks of genome editing: Oeko-Institut calls for informed assessment
The European Court of Justice ruled yesterday that new genetic engineering techniques such as genome editing and the resulting organisms that are... more
ANTICSS will provide a clear definition of circumvention
Start of the ANTICSS project: Anti-Circumvention of Standards for better market Surveillance
The topic of manipulated testing results, or “circumvention” is currently exposed to the highest attention of the public and media, not only for the... more
Out now: the latest edition of our epaper eco@work
Knowledge and science: Facts about alternatives, not alternative facts
With the advent of digital technologies, knowledge has become widely available. It seems that information about everything – and everyone – is just a... more
The cost analysis in detail
Effort sharing: High costs of insufficiently ambitious climate action
If Germany misses its European climate change mitigation targets in the areas of transport, buildings and agriculture, this could cost the country 600... more
Abwrackung von Schiffen in Bangladesch
German companies jeopardise the environment and human rights
If products are not licensed for use in the European Union because of possible risks to human rights and the environment, German firms should not be... more