34 running Projects // 369 Projects in total

• Opportunities for small and medium-sized service providers in the environmental sector in China

  This project examines the opportunities and risks of exporting environment-related services in the waste water sector to China. In a multi-stage empirical process, which is based on interviews with institutions concerned with [...] More

• Conference „Land Use and Climate Change Mitigation Policies“

  The conference „land use and climate change mitigation policies“ discussed the mitigation potentials of agriculture, biomass for energy generation and peatland renaturation for carbon storage and the trade-offs and synergies [...] More

• Increasing the acceptance and use of mineral secondary raw materials, taking account of the protected interests and application-related requirements of potential macro-economic benefits as well as sectoral economic incentives.

  Well over half the waste generated in Germany is mineral waste. It represents a major potential for resource conservation. Huge quantities of natural, mineral raw materials, such as natural stone, sand, gravel and the [...] More

• Enabling Developing Countries to seize eco-label opportunities

  In 2007, UNEP started a project started which promotes eco-labelling in Brazil, China, India, Kenya and the South East African Region, Mexico and South Africa. The project is funded by the European Commission and the German [...] More

• Futures and Visions: Forest 2100

  Systematic preparation for the world of tomorrow would appear the most logical course of action. Consequently, the project “Forest Futures 2100” wants to illuminate the horizon of expectable, possible and desirable future [...] More

• The Sustainability of DG SANCO policies – New Consumption and Production Patterns

  The main objective of this project was to conduct a process of policy reflection through a professionally facilitated series of three workshops, including a fundamental pre- and after-workshop phase. In doing so the proposed [...] More

• Climate Impacts of Agriculture

  The agriculture in Germany accounts for a significant degree of greenhouse gas emissions. In climate protection strategies (i.e. the energy and climate programme of the federal government), the contribution of the agriculture [...] More

• Assessing the potential of various instruments for sustainable consumption practices and greening of the market (ASCEE)

  Sustainable consumption is a much-discussed topic. To ensure that things move beyond the level of discussion and knowledge of sustainable action also penetrates to the consumers, functional instruments for integrating [...] More

• Dendrom - Future perspectives of wooden biomass (so called "dendromass")

  Currently a rapidly growing demand for biomass (largely due to energetic usage like electric power, heat and bio fuels but also material usage like wood materials and paper) is meeting a falling supply of adequate resources [...] More

• Current energy and climate policy framework conditions (international, EU, Germany)

  The short study constitutes a contribution to the development of an energy and climate protection strategy for Vodafone. In the context of a background paper for the company Vodafone AG, the IÖW described the energy and [...] More

• Relief Effects for the Environment through Nanotechnological Processes and Products

  The project “Relief Effects for the Environment through Nanotechnological Processes and Products”, conducted in cooperation with Bremen University, is aimed at the prospective identification and evaluation of the potential [...] More

• Future markets in forest-wood chain (ZUFO) Verbesserung der Innovations- und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit am Beispiel des Holzbaus in der Region Allgäu

  The project ZUFO pursues a modular and multi-dimensional analysis of an exemplary forest-timber-chain in the wood construction sector. Together with businesses and associations, it aims at pointing out practical development [...] More

• ICZM Oder – Research for an Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Oder Estuary Region

  The Oder Estuary is a rural region at the German-Polish border. It has great ecological and recreational potential. The region suffers from economic and social problems and a steep gradient between West and East and between [...] More

• Sustainability Report Ranking 2007

  The Sustainability Report Ranking evaluates the content and communicative quality of the sustainability and environmental reports of Germany’s 150 largest corporations. It is a joint evaluation project of the Institute for [...] More

• preagro - sub-project "Sustainability Communication along the Agro-Food Chain – Actors and Information Platforms" Preagro - Teilprojekt

  Precision farming is mostly dealt with from technical and on-farm perspectives. The integrated project pre agro complements the analysis by the perspective of the value added food chain: food processing industry, retailers [...] More

• Potentials and trends in bionics

  Bionics exercises great fascination for many different reasons. It promises 'adapted', ecologically compatible solutions for social problems. An important contribution towards implementing this promise consists in working out [...] More

• Stakeholderdialogues (Climate Protection, Child/Youth Protection) at Vodafone Germany

  Conception and Realization of two Stakeholder Dialogues (Climate Protection, Child/Youth Protection) with Recommandations for CR Strategy and CR Reporting at Vodafone D2 More

• Communicating the terms "risk" and "hazard" taking account of the opinions of NGOs and trade associations

  Risk communication aims at the interactive exchange of information and opinions concerning dangers and risks between various actors involved in the communication process. Yet misunderstandings and communication problems [...] More

• Logistics towards Sustainability (LOTOS)

  LOTOS developed sustainable solutions for logistics processes from goods procurement to the delivery of products. To this end sustainability criteria in the logistics processes of the company Tchibo GmbH were analysed, [...] More

• Global Governance and Climate Change Analysis of the Conditions, Risks and Chances of Social-Ecological Transformations

  This research project aims to explore the particular features of global-local governance that are nowadays so distinctive in the field of climate change. These features include the complex relationships between global, [...] More

• Social Learning and Sustainability (GELENA) Analysis, practical testing und theoretical conceptualisation of participatory learning processes in science, organisations and product development in the case of climate change.

  GELENA is an interdisciplinary group of young scientists within the socio-ecological research initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The group members are affilated either with the Carl [...] More

• Options for decoupling Economic Growth and Transport

  Das Forschungsvorhaben brachte mehr Transparenz in die Diskussion um die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Wirtschaftswachstum und Verkehrsentwicklung, entwickelte Strategien und Gestaltungsprinzipien, die als Bestandteil von [...] More

• Consumer conference on the perception of nanotechnology in the fields of food, cosmetics and consumer goods

  Nanotechnology is regarded as a key technology of the 21st century. The hopes and expectations placed in it as a motor for innovations are enormous. This project is being conducted on behalf of the Bundesinstitut für [...] More

• Developing New Methodologies to Assess the Sustainability Impacts of Trade Policies (SIA Method)

  Das Projekt entwicklete im Auftrag der Europäischen Kommission neue Methoden, um die Effekte internationaler Handelsbeziehungen besser und breiter evaluieren zu können. Diese Methoden sollten geeignet sein, um Effekte in [...] More

• Cost-benefit analysis of flood protection measures

  The research project examined the cost-benefit ratios of alternative flood protection strategies from an integrated river basin-related perspective. In collaboration with the Federal Institute of Hydrology, technical flood [...] More

• Concerted Action on Trade and Environment (CAT&E)

  The Concerted Action on Trade and Environment (CAT&E) is designed to provide an opportunity for the large and growing community of European researchers working on trade and environment issues to meet regularly, to discuss [...] More

• Potentials and application perspectives for bionics. Proximity to nature as an opportunity and as a risk

  The main focus of the approach pursued here consists in a systematisation of the approaches and fields of bionics (in particular against the background of the current dynamic differentiation between bionic approaches). [...] More

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• EU environmental and quality standards for Maghrebian import products

  In 1995, the European Union and Mediterranean countries initiated the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership which will oversee the step by step establishment of a free trade zone by 2010. Dismantling trade restrictions will give the [...] More

• The German Photovoltaics Industry Industry report 2003/2004

  Photovoltaics in Germany has experienced a boom since 2000 thanks to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) in conjunction with the 100,000 roofs solar power programme, which ran between 1999 and mid-2003. With the [...] More

• Developing agrobiodiversity Strategies for action and impetus for sustainable livestock and plant breeding

  The dramatic decrease in biodiversity in the field of agrogenetic resources (agrobiodiversity) poses a creeping global environmental problem which is currently not accorded corresponding significance on the political agenda.  [...] More

• What does a cutlet really cost? An ecological-economic comparison of the conventional and organic production and marketing of pork.

  

  In its sustainability strategy the Federal Government has set itself the target of increasing the percentage of organic farmland in Germany to 20% by 2010. In order to achieve this target, consumer demand for organically [...] More

• Innovation, Time, Sustainability - Time dependent political strategies for the enhancement of ecological innovations Time dependent political strategies for the enhancement of ecological innovations

  Modern evolutionary economics depicts the creation and implementation of innovations as an unsteady process. Phases of radical change of technological paradigms alternate with phases of incremental improvement in given [...] More

• Lifestyles, conduct and sustainability (LENA)

  The aim of the project was to update the status of research into lifestyle and related concepts. The central question was how these approaches can be used to promote sustainable consumer behaviour. Such promotion by political [...] More

• CSR- and sustainability requirements for companies with focus on reporting

  CSR, Corporate Social Responsability, Sustainability Reporting, Corporate Citizenship More

• REGIONET – Strategies for Regional Sustainable Development: An Integrated Approach beyond Best Practices An Integrated Approach beyond Best Practices

  The promotion of regional and social cohesion as well as of environmental protection and sustainability are among the most important Community objectives. The thematic network REGIONET (consisting of 16 european partners) [...] More