Dr. Florian Antony

How can we achieve a turnaround in land use, agriculture, food and forestry?

Land-use transition – Strategies and solutions for sustainable land use

Land is fundamental to our lives. We use it to grow food for ourselves and feed for livestock. We use it for forests that absorb carbon dioxide and yield timber. We benefit from its ability to store water and cool the air. And last but not least, we live and work on it. For farmers and forest own

Brief description of the legal opinion on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the substantiation and communication of environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)

Preventing greenwashing and unclear environmental claims - that is the aim of two new EU directives on "green claims". However, the EU Commission's proposals to date still show clear contradictions - both between the proposed directives on green claims themselves and between the proposed directives

PROSAplus Guideline

PROSA – Product Sustainability Assessment

This brochure was produced as part of the joint research project “SDG Assessment – Further development of a sustainability assessment method based on the sustainability goals of the United Nations (Agenda 2030)”. The project on which this brochure is based was funded by the Federal Ministry on

In the Spotlight

Aquaculture - Sustainably farmed fish

Fish is healthy and it tastes good – and Germans eat more than a million tonnes of this protein-rich food each year. Salmon, wild Alaskan salmon and herring from marine fisheries are particularly popular. Yet seas and coastal waters around the world are overfished. In addition, large quantities of

Study commissioned by MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Offenburg, Germany

Life-cycle comparison of reusable and non-reusable crockery for mass catering in the USA

The aim of the project was an evaluation of the ecological impacts of two systems, i.e. returnable and non-returnable crockery along the respective life stages. In methodological terms, the study is based on a product-related life cycle assessment in accordance with the requirements of the ISO stand

Final Report

Study on the Energy Saving Potential of Increasing Resource Efficiency

This study estimates potential energy savings found through increased resource efficiency in select product groups, sectors and examples of industrial symbioses in the EU. Six areasoffer the greatest energy savings from resource-efficiency initiatives: improving general recycling efforts, reducing f