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Publikation | created on 12.12.2023 | changed on 12.12.2023

Corporate sustainability reporting on environmental pollution

From 2025 onwards, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requires large European companies to provide transparency on their impacts on people and the environment. So far, the role of these new reporting rules in the work of environmental authorities has not been systematically analysed and discussed. This study examines the potential benefits and challenges for environmental ... read more

Artikel | created on 27.09.2013 | changed on 19.03.2025

Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines

Pursuant to the 2nd amendment of the German Drinking Water Ordinance (TrinkwV), since December 2012 the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA ) has been tasked with stipulating mandatory evaluation criteria for materials and substances that come into contact with drinking water. Previously, UBA has issued guidelines and recommendations which were less legally binding. Since the amen... read more

Publikation | created on 12.03.2021 | changed on 12.03.2021

Rio20 plus

Die Wertschätzung der kommunalen Nachhaltigkeitsarbeit durch die Nationalstaaten, Unternehmen und Nichtregierungsorganisationen während der Rio+20 Konferenz bezog sich auf die Wendigkeit und verhältnismäßige Leichtigkeit des Systems Stadt/Gemeinde/Landkreis im Vergleich zur Schwerfälligkeit des UN-Systems und seiner einzelnen Nationalstaaten. Gleichzeitig gilt es, diese Stärke auch in den komm... read more

Projektförderung | created on 09.05.2018 | changed on 26.06.2018

Lernendes Netzwerk der Transition Towns

Verstetigung des Aufbaus des 'Lernenden Transition-Netzwerkes' - partizipative Erprobung und Weiterentwicklung interdisziplinärer Bildungs- und Beratungsformateformate sowie Beratung einzelner Transition Initiativen und Initiativegruppen für einen gezielteren Aufbau in den Kommunen.Das Vorhaben dientder Entwicklung von realen und digitalen Bildungs-, Beratungs- und Fortbildungsmodulen aus den ... read more

Publikation | created on 26.01.2016 | changed on 26.01.2016

Investigations on the presence and behavior of precursors to perfluoroalkyl substances in the environment as a preparation of regulatory measures

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been identified as a significant pathway for the introduction of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) to natural waters. It was observed in several studies that the concentration of certain PFASs were higher in the WWTP effluent compared to the corresponding influent. The objective of the present study was the identification of potentia... read more

Publikation | created on 28.06.2012 | changed on 14.06.2013

Evolution of commitments under the UNFCCC: Involving newly industrialized economies and developing countries

International negotiations have lead to first steps in combating climate change with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol. Under the Protocol, industrialized countries have to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by around five per cent between 2008 and 2012 compared to 1990 levels. It is however broadly recognized that further steps are ne... read more

Publikation | created on 15.04.2009 | changed on 16.07.2014

Wirtschaftsfaktor Umweltschutz

Klare und ambitionierte umweltpolitische Ziele fördern die Innovationsbereitschaft der Unternehmen im Umweltschutz. Das zeigt die Analyse, die im Auftrag des UBA den Stellenwert der Umweltpolitik für Wachstum und Innovationen ermitteln sollte. Anhand ausgewählter Handlungsfelder (Energie- und Rohstoffeffizienz, erneuerbare Energien, nachhaltige Mobilität und nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft) werde... read more

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