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07.05.08 4th Forum Envicomm in Stuttgart, May 26 to 27
This forum on environmental issues, sustainability and CSR brings together representatives from politics, media and NGOs with decision makers and communicators from German companies. This year the conference is amended by a...
07.05.08 New Release: GaBi lite – the easy way to LCA
The importance of Life Cycle Assessment in product development is intensifying. An increasing sensitivity to environmental questions and economic efficiency is setting the bar very high. GaBi lite is a software that meets these...
07.05.08 SETAC Europe 18th Annual Meeting taking place May 25 to 29, 2008 in Warsaw, Poland
The SETAC Annual Meeting will focus on scientific and applied issues of different stressors in the present World. Carbon Footprinting (CF) of products and services is currently a booming subject in industry, environmental...
29.04.08 Wuhan Iron and Steel Company (WISCO) ordered SoFi-Software
Wuhan Iron and Steel Company (WISCO), one of the largest Chinese steel producers, ordered SoFi software to generate sustainability reports and for monitoring energy efficiency, carbon footprints and major air pollutants. To...
28.03.08 EUROFER releases their final report on IPP
The European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries (EUROFER) releases their final report on Integrated Product Policy (IPP). IPP was implemented with an aim to develop practical tools to assess and encourage the...
27.03.08 EuP - an Overview for Korean Industries
Dr. C. Herrmann provided an article for N-CER, a Korean “Network for Compliance with Environmental Regulations” on the subject of impacts from the European EuP Directive on Asian companies (in Korean language). The so-called...
26.02.08 A step forward in sustainability management – PE at the Global CR Reporting Summit in Berlin
One thing important for a sustainability report is the reader’s verdict – but it is not the only thing. That is why the Global CR Reporting Summit on 3rd/4th March in Berlin takes a step ‚back’ and answers questions that are...
25.01.08 Built on sand? A new foundation for sustainable financial services
After a lot of negative headlines in recent times – the effects of the US mortgage crisis are not forgotten – the financial sector is now heading in the right direction again. The last phase for public comments on the GRI...
11.01.08 LCA on energy production from agricultural grown biomass
“In the context of bio-energy promotion, the question rises whether the introduction of annual energy crops in crop rotations or the production of perennial energy crops are adequate options compared to conventional food crops to...
20.11.07 PE International supports "Bayer Climate Check"
Leverkusen/Leinfelden-Echterdingen, 26 November 2007. Bayer has launched a corporate-wide "Climate Program" to reduce its CO2 emissions in in-house production even further and develop new solutions for climate protection and...