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As a partner in the project RESPONDER, SERI is organising the 1st European Dialogue on Sustainable Consumption and Economic Growth, which will take place from 19 to 21 October 2011 in Berlin. This workshop will bring together a selected group of 20 policy makers and the same number of researchers to explore the conflicts between economic growth and sustainable consumption in policy making.

Speakers will include Tim Jackson (University of Surrey), Anders Wijkman (Vice President of the Club of Rome),
Michael Hüther (Director of the Cologne Institute for Economic Research), André Martinuzzi (Vienna University of Economics & Business; Head of the Research Institute for Managing Sustainability), and Sigrid Stagl (Vienna University of Economics & Business; President of the European Society for Ecological Economics).

The European Dialogue is the first of three top level events that constitute a central part of the RESPONDER project funded by the European Commission DG Research under the 7th Framework Programme of Research. For more information on the project and the opportunity to be part of the RESPONDER network, please visit the internet-based Knowledge Platform www.SCP-RESPONDER.eu.

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Muñoz, P.; Giljum, S.; Roca, J. (2009)
In: Journal of Industrial Ecology, Vol. 13, Nr. 6, pp. 881-897

This article aims at estimating the raw material equivalents (RMEs)—the upstream used material flows required along the production chain—of imports and exports for some Latin American countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico. Furthermore, the United States is included in the analysis as a reference for a high-income economy. The RME concept and the empirical evidence are articulated by use of an input?output methodology. Results are set out for the year 2003 for each of the countries and in time series for the years 1977, 1986, 1996, and 2003 in the case of Chile. The findings show not only the physical dimensions behind direct material traded but also how the previous exporter (importer) position of a country (based on standard material flow analysis indicators) deteriorates, alleviates, or changes. Implications for material consumption indicators, such as direct material consumption (DMC) and raw material consumption (RMC), are also drawn. The results suggest basing the discussion of material flows on a broader set of indicators to obtain a more comprehensive picture of the implications of international trade and its impacts on the environment.

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The “Network Footprinting” has been founded! It connects different Austrian organizations from science and practice that want to co-operate in the field of assessing ecological footprints of products and companies. Its aim is the further development of the theoretical and application-oriented aspects of Footprinting.

Read the Network Footprinting Mission Statement (in German)

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This Briefing Sheet explains how we analysed the carbon footprint of viniculture in the model region Traisental (Lower Austria). The analysis included the whole life-cycle of wine: cultivation, wine cellar, packaging and distribution. Download (in German).

This Briefing Sheet deals with the stakeholder process and the development of measures during the project “WeinKlim – Viniculture and Climate Change“. Download (in German).