Peter Dolega

Recent projects

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• Raw materials and mining

  The impact of gold - Sustainability aspects in the gold supply-chains and Switzerland’s role as a gold hub

  05/03/2021

  In 2018, WWF Switzerland published a study where the biggest Swiss watch companies were ranked based on their environmental performance. This rating demonstrated that most companies were not able to trace back along their supply chain to understand where the raw materials for their products were s

• Decommissioning nuclear power plants

  Recycling of technology metals from the dismantling of nuclear facilities under consideration of radiation protection regulations (RecTecKA) - Subproject: Project coordination together with ecological and radiological assessments

  05/01/2021

  At the Philippsburg site with the two nuclear power plants Philippsburg Unit 1 and Unit 2, decom-missioning and dismantling activities are currently being prepared intensively or are already in pro-gress. At this site, an applied research project is being carried out with the aim of identifying re

• Raw materials and mining

  Support for SMEs on mineral supply chain due diligence – maintenance phase (conflict minerals)

  11/06/2020

  One of the aims of this project is to maintain the EU due diligence ready! portal to keep it up to date regarding content, including translation the new content into 7 languages. The portal is meant to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to the Regulation (EU) 2017/821 (hereafter Regula-tion)

• Building materials

  Sustainable Management in Extractive Industrie (SUMEX)

  11/01/2020

  SUMEX (Sustainable Management in Extractive Industries) addresses the definition of sustainability in connection with EU extractive industry from exploration to closure/post-closure of exploration sites. In peer-learning workshops the five focus areas - land use planning, - socio-economic an

• Data governance

  Germany on the way to climate neutrality: What opportunities and risks result from digitisation

  07/01/2020

  This study analyses the interactions between digitalisation and climate protection. Specifically, the following questions are addressed: What is the status of digitalisation in Germany? What are the most important development trends? What concrete opportunities and starting points does digitalisat

• Waste management

  Preparation of a practical guidance on the development of an inventory of waste batteries containing lithium

  03/05/2020

  Oeko-Institut develops a “Practical guidance on the development of an inventory of waste batteries containing lithium”. The produced guidance document: complements the methodological guidance for the compilation of lists of hazardous wastes and other wastes under the B

Recent publications

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  Sustainability aspects in the gold supply-chains and Switzerland's role as a gold hub

  The Impact of Gold

  November 2021

  Switzerland has a particularly strong relationship with gold: Not only is 50 % – 70 % of the world’s gold refined in Switzerland, but Swiss banks also play a crucial role in marketing bullion. Switzerland is also a primary hub for upmarket jewellery and watchmaking. Despite their reliance on thi

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  Strategies for a circular economy

  Green technologies and critical raw materials

  June 2021

  This policy paper has been commissioned by Henrike Hahn, Member of the European Parliament from the Greens / EFA to support her legislative activities on the European strategy for critical raw materials. It aims at answering key questions regarding critical raw material demand for green technologie

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  Study on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

  Resource consumption of the passenger vehicle sector in Germany until 2035 – the impact of different drive systems

  May 2021

  The annual crude oil demand for passenger cars in Germany can be reduced by 56 percent by 2035 compared to 2020 if the share of electric passenger cars in German registrations rises to 100 percent until then. These savings significantly exceed the consumption of fossil fuels such as natural gas, whi

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  April 2021

  SUMEX Deliverable D1.2: SD Criteria SUMEX Sustainability Framework

  April 2021

  This report describes a sustainability framework for the European extractive industry established by the SUMEX project

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  RE-SOURCING Deliverable 4.2

  State of Play and Roadmap Concept: Mobility Sector

  April 2021

  Meeting the Paris Agreement’s goals requires transformation in the mobility sector. Battery electric vehicle technology today offers a promising technology to  achieve the necessary changes and transform the sector. Yet this transformation goes hand in hand with a significant increase in the

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  Final report

  Assessment of options to improve particular aspects of the EU regulatory framework on batteries

  March 2021

  The general aim of this final report for the project “Assessment of options to improve particular aspects of the EU Regulatory Framework on Batteries” is to support the European Commission in the preparation of their Impact Assessment for a new regulatory framework for batteries in the EU. This

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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."