Projects
The Oeko-Institut’s researchers work on more than 350 national and international projects a year, focusing on Chemicals Management and Technology Assessment, Energy and Climate, Emission and Ambient Pollution Control, Radiation Protection, Agriculture and Biodiversity, Sustainable Consumption, Mobility, Resource Management and Industry, Nuclear Engineering and Facility Safety, and Law, Policy and Governance.
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Evaluation of public participation – Improving planning and permitting of major environmentally-relevant projects through participation of citizens and environmental organisations
The research project assesses the advantages of public participation in planning and approval procedures, with a focus on the improved consideration of environmental concerns. It also examines the extent to which the possible costs and…
REACH Radar Plus - Support for SMEs on problematic substances, detection, substitution, conformity testing
REACH Radar Plus is an Excel-based tool that helps companies identify critical substances. This includes substances that are already legally restricted or for which such a restriction is to be expected. The substances are on various…
Capacity building to facilitate implementation of the Effort Sharing legislation, with focus on ex-post evaluation and policy lessons learned
Support for SMEs on mineral supply chain due diligence - implementation phase (conflict minerals)
Environmental and human rights due diligence as a means to strengthen sustainable business conduct
The project connects the concurrent yet often detached discourses on due diligence, sustainability management, supply chain management etc., with the aim to build a consistent and improved political framework towards sustainable and…
Collection and disposal of "cross-over" waste electrical equipment
The project creates a knowledge base for the handling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) that falls under the open scope of the ElektroG. A more precise definition of these products, which are referred to ad interim as…
Voluntary certification scheme for waste treatment - CEWASTE (action)
The CEWASTE project contributes to an improved recovery of valuable and critical raw materials (CRMs) from key types of waste through traceable and sustainable treatment processes in the entire supply chain of secondary raw materials.…
Research Project “Holistic management of energy- and resource efficiency in companies” (MERU)
Die ökologischen Belastungsgrenzen des Planeten stehen unter Druck. Dazu tragen die gegenwärtigen Konsum- und Produktionsmuster maßgeblich bei. Zwar konnte die Energie- und Ressourceneffizienz in den letzten Jahren durch Innovationen…
Study to support the Commission in gathering structured information and defining of reporting obligations on waste oils and other hazardous waste
Revision and further development of the environmental criteria in the clothing and textiles product group as part of sector project "Sustainability standards and public-private responsibilities"
In March 2013, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) commissioned the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) with the project "Quality Check Sustainability Standards". The aim of the…
Identification of stakeholder-related options of action for a turnaround in food and agriculture with a view to shaping the CAP after 2020
The project analyses the transformation in agriculture and food in an integrated way, with regard to the transformation needs, the actors involved and espe-cially with regard to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The project also…
Indo-German Financial Cooperation - Scoping assignment solid waste management
The Indian Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and the German Development Bank KfW consider co-operation in the field of municipal solid waste management and circular economy. In this planning phase, the interdisciplinary…
Study to assess two exemption requests in Annexes III and IV to Directive 2011/65/EU
Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 2) provides that "electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market, including cables and spare…
Sustainable finance and progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals - status quo and future perspectives
The financial market plays a key role in funding environmental change and promoting global sustainable development. Against this background, the project analyses how the current financial system and capital markets will need to be…
Reduction of commercial noise in cities
The research project focuses on the build-up of existing German cities and analyses health risks with respect to noise in living areas near commercial sites.
Briefing for the ENVI delegation on China climate policies with emphasis on ist carbon trading markets
Analysis, aggregation and assessment of Member States' information on climate finance received under the Monitoring Mechanism Regulation (MMR)
Developing Recommendations for Allocating Emissions Rights for a Mexican Emissions Trading System
Study to establish a methodology for the reporting of reuse of products and rules for the reporting of reusable packaging
Analysing substance derogation requests under Article 6.7 of Ecolabel Regulation EC 66/2010
Article 6(6) of the Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 (EU Ecolabel Regulation) requires that ecolabelled products shall not contain substances and mixtures meeting the criteria for specific classifications of the regulation on Classification,…