Sustainability Day
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15th German Sustainability Day Forum ‘Green Metal’ –
Prospects for Industry and the Environment
German Sustainability Day (DNT) is one of the leading national conferences on the topic of sustainability. It is aimed at managing directors and sustainability experts from companies and administrations, as well as experts from politics, research, media and society. The two-day event is considered the most visited communication platform for the pressing sustainability issues of our time. The German Sustainability Award is also presented during the congress. The German Sustainability Award is an accolade for companies that have made outstanding contributions to sustainability and recognises exemplary sustainability achievements in business, local government and research.
This year, the 15th German Sustainability Day will take place on 1 and 2 December 2022 take place at the Maritim Hotel in Düsseldorf.
On the first day, Prof. Dr. Martin Faulstich will moderate the thematic forum ‘Green Metal’ – Perspectives for Industry and the Environment.
Two days packed with keynotes, interviews, pitches, panel discussions and parallel dialogue forums. Questions and answers on the most important topics relating to transformation:
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- Energy security vs. climate protection
- Geopolitics and sustainability
- Transformation in companies
- Communication as a driver of transformation
- Sustainability in sport
- Future of construction
- Circular Economy
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Further information about the event can be found here.
German Sustainability Day (DNT) is one of the leading national conferences on the topic of sustainability. It is aimed at managing directors and sustainability experts from companies and administrations, as well as experts from politics, research, media and society. The two-day event is considered the most visited communication platform for the pressing sustainability issues of our time. The German Sustainability Award is also presented during the congress. The German Sustainability Award is an accolade for companies that have made outstanding contributions to sustainability and recognises exemplary sustainability achievements in business, local government and research.
This year, the 15th German Sustainability Day will take place on 1 and 2 December 2022 take place at the Maritim Hotel in Düsseldorf.
On the first day, Prof. Dr. Martin Faulstich will moderate the thematic forum ‘Green Metal’ – Perspectives for Industry and the Environment.
German Sustainability Day (DNT) is one of the leading national conferences on the topic of sustainability. It is aimed at managing directors and sustainability experts from companies and administrations, as well as experts from politics, research, media and society. The two-day event is considered the most visited communication platform for the pressing sustainability issues of our time. The German Sustainability Award is also presented during the congress. The German Sustainability Award is an accolade for companies that have made outstanding contributions to sustainability and recognises exemplary sustainability achievements in business, local government and research.
This year, the 15th German Sustainability Day will take place on 1 and 2 December 2022 take place at the Maritim Hotel in Düsseldorf.
On the first day, Prof. Dr. Martin Faulstich will moderate the thematic forum ‘Green Metal’ – Perspectives for Industry and the Environment.
Sustainable cities
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Sustainable cities through reindustrialisation – living spaces of the future
From 2 to 4 November 2022 in Düsseldorf
Climate Festival 2022 in Düsseldorf. INZIN will be there!
The Climate Festival 2022 will take place from 2 to 4 November 2022 in the Alteschmiedehallen in Düsseldorf.
Based on the fundamental concept of ‘cradle-to-cradle,’ Heinze GmbH offers an inclusive platform here.
Prof. Dr. Martin Faulstich will give a lecture on sustainable cities through reindustrialisation – living spaces of the future.
See you in Düsseldorf on 2 November 2022 at 11:45 a.m. at the Heinze Climate Festival for the Construction Transition.
Subject matter experts and decision-makers inform, discuss and learn from each other in three thematic areas:
- Resources: conserve and reactivate
- Efficiency: Effectiveness of measures
- Change: Change as an opportunity
There is something for everyone here:
- 91 expert presentations
- 36 high-calibre discussion partners
- 18 workshops
Participate free of charge and register directly: www.klimafestival.heinze.de
Waste becomes raw material
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Waste and refuse
Trade journal for recycling and resource management
Green Paper of the VDI Round Table
© VDI
Rethinking plastics in the cycle Discussion on the VDI Green Paper.
The way we deal with plastic is changing. Away from single use and towards continuous use in a cycle – from rubbish and waste to circular raw materials. This is the only way to achieve resource efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions at the same time. This requires close and new cooperation between all participants in the cycle and value creation that focuses on the use of recycled materials.
The VDI set itself the goal of advancing this process through a broad and solution-oriented dialogue. In 2019, a round table was held for the first time to bring together relevant players from all areas of the plastics cycle – the chemical industry, plastics processors, OEMs, retailers, consumers, waste disposal companies and recyclers – to identify opportunities and challenges from the perspective of the respective stages of the cycle. Representatives from politics and science as well as environmental and consumer associations were also included. This systemic approach of the VDI round table was key to understanding the requirements of the cycle participants holistically and developing the packages of measures that will be necessary in the future.
In the interview, participants in the round table discussion include Prof. Dr. Martin Faulstich, Chairman of INZIN e.V. – Institute for the Future of Industrial Society and Co-Chair of the Resource Commission at the German Federal Environment Agency, Herwart Wilms, Managing Director of REMONDIS Assets & Services GmbH & Co. KG, Chair of the BDI Committee for Raw Materials Policy, Vice-President of the BDE Federal Association of the German Waste Management, Water and Raw Materials Industry, and Dr. Peter Orth, Managing Director of OPC Orth Plastics Consulting, VDI Society for Materials Engineering, Plastics Technology Division, with a special focus on the waste management and recycling industry.
Das vollständige Interview finden Sie hier.
Kick-off meeting
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Photo InnoZent OWL e.V.
Kick-off meeting of the Circular B2B Electronics exchange platform,
on 5 September 2022 in Bielefeld
The Circular B2B Electronics exchange platform is a joint initiative of InnoZent OWL e.V., Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and the Ministries for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport, and for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia within the framework of the Circular Value Creation NRW and CirQuality OWL round tables.
A total of 25 representatives from manufacturers, waste disposal companies, associations and science & research met at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences on 5 September 2022 to launch the Circular B2B Electronics exchange platform. The aim is to
- Identify and engage with relevant stakeholder groups in the field of circular B2B electronics at the North Rhine-Westphalia level, raise awareness of their issues, and facilitate networking among them.
- Identify and ‘translate’ future political and legal challenges with regard to the circular economy in the industrial electronics sector.
- Making funding and advisory opportunities transparent,
- identify sensible next steps for and with the affected companies, and
- identify sensible next steps for and with the affected companies, and
The INZIN Institute is represented by Ms Jule Jeschonowski-Papstein, scholarship holder in the field of eco-design of electrical household appliances, and by Dr Ewa Harlacz.
Further information about the event can be found at the following link:
https://www.innozent-owl.de/aktuelles/beitraege/nachbericht-auftakttreffen-der-austauschplattform-zirkulaere-b2b-elektronik/
New edition of the practical handbook
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Copyright: Sebastian Reuther, BDE e.V.
New edition of the practical handbook on recycling and raw materials management –
Today's practice with an eye to tomorrow
The editors
Peter Kurth is Managing President of the BDE Federal Association of the German Waste Management, Water and Raw Materials Industry and a member of the Presidium of the BDI – Federation of German Industries.
Dr Anno Oexle is a specialist lawyer for administrative law with a focus on environmental law, a partner at the law firm Oexle Kopp-Assenmacher Lück and a member of the board of the German Waste Management Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Abfallwirtschaft e.V.).
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Faulstich heads the Chair of Resource and Energy Systems at Dortmund Technical University and is Director of the Institute for the Future of Industrial Society (INZIN).
Traditionally complex, waste management continues to evolve at its own pace and can now be regarded as a circular economy and raw materials industry. This handbook covers all key aspects of the economic sector in an interdisciplinary manner. The revised and updated edition takes into account regulatory requirements and their impact on practice. In selecting the topics and authors, the focus was on practical relevance and practical application.
When the decision was made in 2016 to publish a practical handbook on the circular economy and raw materials management, the reason was simple: nothing like this existed yet, but there was a need for it. Whether in discussions with practitioners from within and outside the industry, politicians or administrators, there was a lack of a fundamental overview of the numerous facets of the legal framework, practical experience and technical background.
Since 2016, developments have once again become more dynamic: the Green Deal, the Circular Economy Action Plan, raw material supply and climate protection – these topics reflect the rapid development of the industry. That is why we now have the 2nd edition.
Once again, over 40 authors contributed their expertise. Condensed into almost 900 pages, it is now available to interested parties in its second edition.
You can find all further information here.
Clusters4Future-Competition
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The seven winners are:
CNATM: Cluster for the development of new nucleic acid-based therapies; Munich metropolitan region
curATime: Cluster for atherothrombosis and individualised medicine; Rhine-Main-Palatinate
ETOS: Electrification of Technical Organic Syntheses; lower Upper Rhine region with the Rhine-Main area
nanodiag BW: Nanopore technology for the molecular diagnostics of the future; Baden-Württemberg (Freiburg, Stuttgart, Ulm)
QVLS-iLabs: Quantum Valley Lower Saxony Integration Labs; Hanover-Braunschweig
SEMECO: Secure Medical Microsystems and Communications; Dresden, Saxony
ThWIC: Thuringian Water Innovation Cluster; Jena, Thuringia
Winners of the second round selected
Prof. Dr. Martin Faulstich – Member of the high-calibre expert jury
Since 2019, the open-topic Clusters4Future competition has developed into an important instrument in the region-oriented innovation promotion of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The competition was designed in several stages: 15 finalists were initially selected from 117 submissions in the second round of the competition. The seven winners are expected to start the first of up to three possible implementation phases as new future clusters in February 2023. The future clusters take advantage of a regional environment and create new interfaces for exchange between different disciplines, users, providers and producers with innovative forms of cooperation and experimental spaces.
The second round of the Future Clusters Initiative (Clusters4Future) competition began in November 2020. From a total of 117 entries submitted, a jury of experts recommended 15 proposals for funding for a six-month concept development phase. September 2021 marked the start of the concept phase for the 15 Future Cluster finalists, from which the final Future Clusters for the second round will be selected at the selection meeting on 11 and 12 July 2022.
An independent, high-calibre jury of experts led by Prof. Dr. Michael Kaschke and Prof. Dr. Birgitta Wolff selected seven winners from the finalists. Prof. Dr. Martin Faulstich was also a member of the high-calibre jury of experts.
Further information can be found in the BMBF press release:
https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/pressemitteilungen/de/2022/07/180722-Zukunftscluster.html
You can find all further information here.
Circular Cities
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Circular economy rethinks sustainability standards in cities
As part of a two-semester project, a group of students from the Faculty of Spatial Planning at Dortmund Technical University explored the topic of circular cities and how Dortmund can operate and act in a more circular manner. The project was supported and supervised by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Faulstich, Chair of Resource and Energy Systems, and Maren Gluch from Dortmund Economic Development Agency.
The project focused in particular on what concepts the city of Dortmund can learn from Amsterdam and other circular cities in the area of circularity.
The following students from the Faculty of Spatial Planning at TU Dortmund University are/were involved in the project (in alphabetical order): Luzie Bertrand, Patrick Gleisberg, Marius Kochsiek, Svenja Krefft, Elisa Lubarov, Felix Mohr, Moritz Notmeier, Matthias Sinn, Lena Thomas, Friederike Treue, Nicole Triseckin, Lieselotte Weickhmann, Damaris Wilke and Lukas Zöller.
Results of the advanced project 11
Circular City – Summary | Circular City – Recommendations for action
NORDSTADTBLOGGER, 17. Juli 2022 – Hier geht es zum vollständigen Artikel „Zirkuläres Wirtschaften“ denkt Maßstäbe für Nachhaltigkeit in Städten neu
NRW Environmental Economy Award 2022
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Environmental Economy
Award.NRW 2022
Copyright: Environmental Economy Award.NRW
Ten companies nominated for the Environmental Economy Award.NRW 2022
Under the motto ‘Good for the economy – better for the environment’, the Ministry of the Environment has awarded the Environmental Economy Prize for the second time this year in collaboration with NRW.BANK.
The Environmental Economy Award is aimed at innovative companies in the green economy that contribute to further expanding North Rhine-Westphalia’s pioneering role in the field of environmental economics. Prize money of 60,000 euros awaits the winners, who are selected by an independent jury. The presentation of the Environmental Economy Award is planned for November 2022.
From a total of 58 applications, the jury evaluated the most innovative and sustainable companies and selected ten nominees for the Environmental Economy Award.NRW. Nominations go to Aachen, Düsseldorf, Essen, Cologne, Menden and Münster.
The following ten companies have been selected and nominated for the Environmental Economy Award NRW 2022:
- AQUABURG Flood Protection Ltd., Münster
- Cornelsen Environmental Technology Ltd., Essen
- Everwave GmbH, Aachen
- GoFlux Mobility GmbH, Cologne
- Humuswerkstatt Worth und Frey GbR, Cologne
- Lumoview Building Analytics GmbH, Köln
- MPG Mendener Präzisionsrohr GmbH, Menden
- Plastic2Beans GmbH, Cologne
- Retraced GmbH, Düsseldorf
- Soliterm Group, Aachen
The entries demonstrate the enormous economic, ecological and creative potential of the green economy in North Rhine-Westphalia. The industry is developing important solutions for environmental and climate protection, making it a key partner on the path to sustainable living and economic activity. I wish the nominees and all participating companies continued success – a strong environmental economy benefits businesses, nature and people alike,” said Dr Heinrich Bottermann, State Secretary at the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of the Environment.
‘Sustainability is a central guiding principle for NRW.BANK and an essential criterion in its business policy decisions,’ adds Eckhard Forst, Chairman of the Board of NRW.BANK. ‘The Environmental Economy Award.NRW shows how economic success and sustainability can go hand in hand. It is therefore an important catalyst for North Rhine-Westphalia’s transformation into a low-emission and climate-resilient economy.’
Click here for the press release from the Ministry for the Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Further information on the Environmental Economy Award.NRW:
Environmental Economics Award.NRW
Environmental technologies for the future
Environmental technologies for the future
The INZIN Institute at IFAT in Munich | 30 May to 3 June 2022
IFAT, the world’s leading trade fair for environmental technologies, showcases technologies and solutions for an environmentally and climate-friendly future. INZIN was on site with numerous activities as part of its work with the Competence Network Environmental Economy.NRW (KNUW). The KNUW, which exhibited at the joint stand of the German Waste Management Association (DGAW) in Hall 6, presented itself at IFAT with various contributions at the stand and in the trade fair’s event programme. The focus was on companies, initiatives, associations and research areas from North Rhine-Westphalia. (Press release from MULNV NRW).
According to the final report, IFAT Munich attracted a total of 2,984 exhibitors from 59 countries and around 119,000 visitors from 155 countries (final report by Messe München).
Kunststoffe im Kreislauf: Vom Recycling zur Rohstoffwende
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Weitere Informationen finden Sie > hier
by Peter Orth (author), Jürgen Bruder (author), Manfred Rink (author) with an introduction by Professor Dr. Martin Faulstich
The book will be published in August 2022 and will be available in shops from then on.
The authors introduce readers to the complex world of the plastics industry, think through its circularity to its logical conclusion, and show what a holistic and integrative circular economy strategy could look like
(Prof. Martin Stuchtey). A greenhouse gas-neutral and resource-efficient society is based on two essential pillars: renewable energy sources and recycled raw materials – the energy transition needs a raw materials transition (Prof. Martin Faulstich). The life cycle perspective on plastics enables a win-win situation: circular raw materials replace fossil raw materials, which no longer end up in the environment. We must consistently invest in circular raw materials instead of fossil raw materials (Prof. André Bardow). The vision of circular value creation can only be realised if plastic cycles are systematically and consistently closed. This requires a profound industrial transformation towards a circular plastics economy
(Ralph Appel).
Readers are provided with information for estimating production volumes, market sizes, emissions and waste quantities. The systematic examination of technical, economic and ecological aspects forms the basis for analyses and for implementation in business and society. With this book, the authors aim to provide those involved or interested in the plastics recycling industry with an overview of this rapidly developing field, to address the key challenges facing the plastics industry, to develop the structure of a circular economy in contrast to the linear economy that ends in waste, to provide figures, data and facts for the work, and to clarify the terminology.