Stefan Giljum is participating in an international workshop on “Material Use Indicators for Measuring Resource Productivity and Environmental Impacts”, which takes place in Berlin, 25th and 26th of February.

The German government intends to assess the applicability of indicators measuring the use of resources by the German economy. At the workshop, new studies further developing resource use indicators are represented and participants will elaborate suggestions for further use and development of these indicators. The results of the workshop will improve the existing monitoring of progress towards sustainability in pursuit of the German national strategy for sustainable development, in particular regarding the objective to increase the raw material productivity of the German economy.