Completed Projects
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The KfW Group has commissioned a study to IZT in order to identify economically important non-fuel minerals and metals that could face severe supply problems. more...
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May 2012 the „Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20 is taking place in Rio de Janeiro. In the first phase of this research project ending in March, 2012, it is planned to create an overview of Local Agenda 21 initiatives in Germany as well as of sustainability engagement at the local, city level in Germany. Through this it will be learned which innovative potentials can be associated with various groups of actors with respect to necessary transformation processes serving a sustainable development. more...
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IZT is developing scenarios to asses the future material demand for drive technologies on behalf of the German "Forschungsvereingung Antriebstechnik (FVA)". more...
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The attitude of young persons to sustainable development is ambivalent: a decreasing interest in environmental topics juxtaposes a high awareness of important social themes. By optimized and target-group-specific communication the project seeks to strengthen the connectivity between the concept of Sustainable Development and young persons or to improve this connectivity respectively. more...
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In collaboration with the project partners, IZT analysis the creation of Sustainable Value among selected companies in the chemical sector. This assessement includes 13 sustainability-indicators and covers a period of four years. more...
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With electronic markets and trading platforms in the internet consumer behaviour is changing fundamentally. This offers opportunities for sustainable consumption. The marketing of used products in the internet has positive effects concerning the life span of products. Furthermore electronic markets change the attitude towards consumption and possession. In co-operation with eBay the present project explores second hand markets in the internet and assesses the chances and potentials of second hand marketing for sustainable consumption. more...
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Forests grow slowly. Many of the trees that are planted today will not be ready to cut down and use by 2100. The strategic direction and decisions of today will have a noticeable impact upon forests and land use in the future. Therefore, systematic preparations for the world of tomorrow are important. more...
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The new project “International Research Network on Social and Environmental Aspects in Business and Management“ will establish a worldwide network of research institutions in order to foster the conceptual and methodological exchange on innovative research on environmental and social aspects in business and management. more...
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In this project we apply for the first time the value-based logic used in the financial markets to eco-ratings. We assess the environmental and economic performance of listed companies and thus demonstrate the feasibility of value-based eco-ratings on a first full scale. more...
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Mit dem Forschungsprojekt soll ein fundierter Beitrag zur Sicherung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Umweltschutz und Beschäftigung bei Unternehmen der forst- und holzwirtschaftlichen Wertschöpfungskette geleistet werden. more...
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NeW - Nachhaltig Erfolgreich Wirtschaften - ist ein vom BMBF gefördertes Forschungsprojekt. In diesem Projekt wird der neu entwickelte Sustainable Value Ansatz erstmals in der Breite auf deutsche Unternehmen angewandt. more...
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SVAPPAS is the acronym for Sustainable Value Analysis of Policy and Performance in the Agricultural Sector. This EU financed Sixth Framework project, running from February 2007 till February 2010, brings together nine research groups from different European countries, including Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy and Finland. more...
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