Author: moritzbuehner

Understanding the ISO 14000 Family of Standards

Back in the year 1987, the International Organization for Standardization introduced a number of...

Recycling – it’s the magic word when the ill-informed think “environmental friendliness”....

Unlike the global north, most developing countries have difficulties affording sophisticated...

Think global, buy local? The idea of limiting one’s personal consumption to national, regional or...

Instead of using the opportunity to promote a low-carbon society, media reports of global warming...

Industry defines the structure of our economy, of our work environment, of our personal mobility,...

As I sail through the English Channel and complete my last miles around the world on a reefer...

Rapid prototyping, also called 3D printing, is the name of a much praised technological innovation...

Last week, I introduced you to the first three steps small and medium-sized companies need to take...

When calculating and reducing business-related environmental effects, two different approaches are...

Business is not responsible for society. Business is society. Entrepreneur, manager, employee,...

Picking up on “sustainable agriculture”, most people think of free range chicken. They imagine...

Because water is the most vital element for life, many contemporary intellectuals expect it to be...

What is decoupling? Green Growth, Sustainable Growth, Green Economy – All of these concepts require...

According to Tilman Santarius, one essential concept is missing in all the scenarios that lead...

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – the waste imperative is as clear as it can get. What’s less clear,...

In the course of the last 20 years, some of the more developed countries achieved a remarkable...

I bet you know how much carbon dioxide your car emits per kilometer. Maybe you are also well...

In the course of the last three decades, more and more voices have called for cleaner industry....