Category Archives: Global Responsibility
Report on resource efficiency indicators and targets for the EU published
In a new report, BIO Intelligence Service, the Institute of Social Ecology and SERI present a basket of resource use indicators and corresponding targets for the Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative on Resource Efficiency. The researchers suggest a set of consumption and production based indicators that covers both, the environmental pressures and impacts from material, energy, [...]
Closing the eco-innovation gap: The Eco-Innovation Observatory publishes its new annual report
The second annual report produced by the Eco-Innovation Observatory has recently been published. The report “Closing the eco-innovation gap” looks particularly at evidence of the economic benefits from eco-innovations and argues that eco-innovation in European companies is an opportunity for strategic investment rather than a cost factor. [more]
Compendium on resource efficiency and eco-innovation
Fritz Hinterberger [...] gave a keynote speech on “Resource efficiency and eco-innovation: Opportunities and challenges for Eastern Europe and the NIS region” at the UNIDO Europe and NIS Round Table on the theme Promoting innovative industries and technologies for a sustainable future in the Europe and NIS region, held on 30 November 2011 in Vienna, during
Vacancy in the working group “Sustainable resource use & global responsibility”
For our team of the working group “Sustainable resource use & global responsibility” we are looking from the beginning of March for a 1-year temporary replacement (maternity leave) – with possibility for a later permanent employment – for a 30h-position as Junior Researcher for the collaboration in national and international research projects regarding the sustainable use of natural resources.
New tool launched to help EU policies go beyond resource efficiency
The One Planet Economy Network EU project (OPEN:EU [...]) has just launched a unique new tool for mapping ecological carbon and water footprint data across all the 27 EU member states.
Over the past 2 years the project, in which SERI was one of 8 partners, has carried out evidence gathering, software tool design
Sammlung an Argumenten gegen Atomkraft entlang der Produktionskette
Angefangen hat es mit einer Einladung zum IAEA Ball vor ein paar Jahren. Die Einladung habe ich „dankend“ abgelehnt. Zum davor angesetzten Zusammentreffen bin ich gegangen. Umringt von Freunden die da keine Skrupel haben, musste ich meine Gründe nennen, warum ich danach nicht mitgehe. Um es ihnen deutlich zu verstehen zu geben habe ich die [...]
Europe’s global land demand – A study on the actual land embodied in European imports and exports of agricultural and forestry products
Lugschitz, B., Bruckner, M., Giljum, S. (2011)
As fertile land areas to produce agricultural and forestry products are only available in a limited amount on our planet it is very important to use this resource thoughtfully. A number of conflicts are coupled with the global land use. In developing countries conflicts arise on the issue [...]
Energy Globe Vienna 2011 – SERI is one of the prize winners
On 17 October 2011, the award ceremony of the Energy Globe [...] Vienna 2011 took place. This award honours projects that conserve and protect our resources or that employ renewable energy.
SERI was nominated for the SERI set of indicators, which covers the categories of materials, water, land area, and GHG emissions. It allows a comprehensive
A life in abundance at the cost of evermore agricultural land outside Europe
As fertile land areas to produce agricultural and forestry products are only available in a limited amount on our planet it is very important to use this resource thoughtfully. A number of conflicts are coupled with the global land use. In developing countries conflicts arise on the issue whether arable land should be used for [...]
