Per year around 480 billion Euro are spent on the public procurement in Germany. This market power can contribute to the conservation of biodiversity if e.g. biodiversity criteria are embedded in public tenders and thus it [...] More

In order to improve the innovation climate in Germany and Europe, representatives of research-intensive large companies and meanwhile the EU are calling for the introduction of an “innovation principle”, which should [...] More

Cooperation between corporations and NGOs offer the potential to generate or co-develop sustainable business models and practices.  At the same time they are suposed to contribute to the organisational development and [...] More

On behalf of the think tank Denkwerk Demokratie, IÖW has examined the conditions for a mobility transition as well as its implications for the German automotive industry. Denkwerk Demokratie is financed by trade unions and [...] More

The project examines the complex concept of alternative economy with an explorative approach, it points out possibilities of social, economic and ecological effects and deduces needs for action for the state politics of North [...] More