Britta Stratmann

Recent projects

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• Consumption and sufficiency

  Research on the acquisition of new label holders for existing ecolabels

  04/01/2019

  For the product groups electric bicycles, garden tools, detergents and shampoos, shower gels and soaps and other so-called rinse-off cosmetic products of the Blue Angel there are currently (2020) no or very few sign holders, although it is assumed that there are products on the market which meet t

• Procurement

  Biodiversity criteria in procurement II – Further development and practice-based substantiation of biodiversity criteria in selected product groups of public procurement on the part of the German federal government

  11/27/2018

  In the predecessor project it was explored how the protected good of “biodiversity” can be systematically defined and integrated in the course of the revision of existing standards and environmental labels and in requirements relating to public procurement. Oeko-Institut e.V., together with th

• Consumption and sufficiency

  40 years of Blue Angel – refinement of the existing product range

  08/01/2018

  In this research project, criteria for the award of the Blue Angel eco-label for various product groups and services are being continuously developed and improved. For this purpose, products are analysed along their life cycle and environmentally relevant product properties are identified. These p

• Products and technologies

  ANTI-Circumvention of Standards for better market Surveillance (ANTICSS)

  04/01/2018

  ANTICSS objectives are (i) to assess and define "circumvention" in order to achieve a better product positioning in relation to EU Ecodesign and Energy labelling legislation and relevant harmonised standards; this includes clear delimitation from other effects to facilitate unambiguous public (med

• End devices

  Identification and development of a strategy for the long-term continuation of the EcoTopTen information platform for top ecological topproducts www.ecotopten

  04/01/2018

  The key objective of the project applied for by Stiftung Zukunftserbe was to identify and develop a strategy to ensure that the EcoTopTen information platform for top ecological products www.ecotopten.de could be continued for a period of 10 years. On the one hand, various financing models were to

• Food systems

  Creating an open dialogue on 'sustainable school catering'

  11/01/2017

  The overall aim of the project was to encourage pupils to deal with the topic 'sustainable nutrition systems' and to motivate them to take an active part in a sustainable transformation of school catering. An important research question within the framework of the project outline was how catering

Recent publications

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  Living up to expectations? Monitoring the effects of Ecodesign and Energy Labelling in Germany

  August 2017

  Published in: eceee 2017 Summer Study on energy efficiency: Consumption, efficiency and limits, ISSN: 2001-7960 (online)/1653-7025 (print), ISBN: 978-91-983878-1-0 (online)/978-91-983878-0-3 (print)

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  Environmental product indicators and benchmarks in the context of environmental labels and declarations

  January 2008

  ANEC commissioned the Öko-Institut e.V. to conduct a research study on various issues related to environmental labels and declarations which are of particular relevance to the consumers. The issues involve: (a) the usefulness of life cycle assessment methodology for product labelling schemes, (b) f

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  CCQI scores for IFM projects point to substantial integrity risks

  Blog 03/25/2024

  The Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI) has released new scores for the integrity risks of carbon credits from improved forest management (IFM) projects. We find that unrealistic baselines and underestimated leakage are likely to lead to significant overestimation of emission reductions or removals under all assessed methodologies. The likelihood of additionality depends strongly on the forest management practices that are implemented. The sustainable development benefits are more limited compared to most other project types.

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  Alternative reactor concepts do not solve the repository problem

  Press releases 03/21/2024

  A new scientific study commissioned by the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) indicates that the market launch of alternative reactor concepts (also known as "Generation IV") is currently not on the horizon. "Despite some intensive advertising by manufacturers, we currently see no development that would make the construction of alternative reactor types on a large scale likely in the coming years. On the contrary: "From a safety perspective, we should expect the potential advantages of these reactor concepts to be outweighed by the disadvantages and the questions that remain unresolved," says BASE President Christian Kühn, and emphasises that "The concepts solve neither the need to find a repository for radioactive waste nor the pressing issues of climate protection."