40 running Projects // 357 Projects in total

• Turn-around in food-consumption and nutrition

  The joint research project aims to discibe the dynamics and changes between environment, nutrition and health. The previous product oriented approach in science and politics will be confronted with the integrated approach [...] More

• Evaluation of EMAS and the Eco-label for their Revision (EVER)

  Sustainable development is a global objective and the European Commission has a responsibility in playing a key role to promote sustainable development within the EU. In such context of growing environmental awareness the [...] More

• Governance and Sustainability – New Approaches and Networks for Social-Ecological Governance Neue Zugänge und Netzwerke für eine sozial-ökologische Steuerung

  Der dynamische Wandel von Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Umwelt verändert die Kontextbedingungen für eine sozial-ökologische Steuerung gesellschaftlicher Entwicklung. Auf allen politischen, wirtschaftlichen und räumlichen [...] More

• Elements of a sustainability oriented Green Budget Reform Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven für konkrete Umsetzungsmaßnahmen

  Green budget reform, differentiation of value added tax, business development reform, sustainability assessment More

• IPP Indicators

  The objectives of the project could be splitted up into five phases: Phase 1 Summarise existing IPP-related indicators, assessing their use-fulness for monitoring the environmental impacts of a European IPP that could be [...] More

• The sustainable office

  The overriding aim of the transdisciplinary project was to make a practical analytical contribution towards clarifying the basic requirements, protagonist and network structures, conditions for success and sustainability [...] More

• More credibility through audit certificates?

  This project is intended to support the discussion about the benefits of and the necessity for the certification of environment and sustainability reports using objective arguments. In this context, the strategies related to [...] More

• Orientation report for product-related challlenges of a sustainable economy

  Purpose of this report is the preparation of a BMBF-programme focussing towards procut-related challenges of sustainable economy in the framework of the German research programme sustainability (FONA): Which chances and [...] More

• Ranking of German Sustainability and CSR Reports

  The German Ranking of sustainability and CSR reporting continues the past rankings of environmental reporting in 1995, 1996, 1998 and 2000. The new ranking takes up the development of sustainability management and CSR as well [...] More

• PVACCEPT - Improving photovoltaic acceptability through innovative architectural design.

  The research and developement projekt PVACCEPT (funded by EU) is investigating the thesis about about the role of non-technical and non-economical factors that influence the diffusion of photovoltaics, especially the role of [...] More

• Development of policy instruments for increased use of renewable energy sources in heat production

  The project aims at the assessment of policy instruments which target the increased use of renewable energy sources for heat production. Within the project, we will select an appropriate set of policy instruments and give [...] More

• Integrated Product Policy IPP in Europe Overview and classification of Switzerland

  Objectives of the project are: Positioning of the Swiss strategy and activities in the area of an Integrated Product Policy in relationship to the acivitities of the EU-Commission and other Member States of the EU with [...] More

• Product Service Systems Methodology -Development of a Toolkit for Industry (MEPSS) Development of a Toolkit for Industry

  The Product Service Systems Methodology project ("MEPSS") aims to provide industry with a toolkit that enables them to analyse newly developed product-services with regard to design and implementation aspects; micro-, meso- [...] More

• Foodwatch Report on Feedstuffs

  Evaluation of the environmental effects of feedstuff production and trade. Additionally the economic and political relevance of the feedstuff industry is discussed. More

• Market- and cost-development of renewable energies - second analysis of the renewable energy act

  The German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), which came into force on 1st April 2000, is intended to promote the development of renewable energy sources for the generation of electricity as a central element in climate [...] More