Sustainability in purchasing or in tenders holds enormous potential for climate protection. Public clients in particular have a special obligation to do a good job when using taxpayers' money....
general, highlights / 24.01.2023
How important is standardization for your Circular Economy project?
In the Thinking Circular Podcast episode 122 „Normen für die Circular Economy“ we talked about the fact that the EU Commission has given over 100 standards back to the industry and with that comes a threat that could also affect you and your business model....
Ein neuer Standards-Kompass bietet Orientierung zu nachhaltigen Siegeln, Branchenstandards und Multi-Stakeholder-Initiativen. So können auch kleine Unternehmen leichter erkennen, welche Standards zu ihrem Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement passen....
general / 05.09.2022
Mobile Styropor Recycling: at home in the Ahrweiler district, on the road for climate protection
The Future Home Prize, which Volksbank RheinAhrEifel has been awarding since 2008, was presented on August 30th2022 to the Styropor Recycling compressor plants of FZ-Recycling GmbH & Co. KG...
Today marks the anniversary of the flood disaster in the Ahr Valley, and rightly so, it is receiving widespread media coverage, because the flood is one of the biggest disasters of the post-war period in Germany. The pressure of suffering on the ground is great, the mourning for human losses can be felt everywhere, and the despair after property losses is still immeasurable. That is why commemoration is important today. And thanks. Because many people, institutions and politicians are still helping. The reconstruction will take a long time....
Circular Economy, general / 22.06.2022
Argentina – Cordoba goes circular
Zero-waste city - the concept has long since arrived in the Global South. This is also the case in the city of Cordoba, the capital of the Cordoba region in Argentina. It has set out to implement the circular economy. For the second time, an international congress called Cumbre Mundial de Economia Circular has been held there to show the public what is behind the term Circular Economy. This is a great approach, it has also received the necessary public response, because the awakening is moving forward: in...
general, highlights / 08.06.2022
CASCADE Erasmus+ Advancing digital solutions for the circular economy
Closing a loop in our digital age usually requires a digital solution. Startups or SMEs that are in the process of transforming to circularity, or aiming to do so, are quickly faced with this task. The competencies for digital solutions are often available. But how do we make this solution circular? And how do we convey the circularity of our solution in a potential grant application or pitch to an investor? The answers to these questions are digital. The software solutions to them must be circular....
Was können wir für die Abfallwirtschaft aus der Flutkatastrophe lernen? Meine Unternehmensberatung Thinking Circular® hat ihren Sitz im Landkreis Ahrweiler, darum befasste ich mich, auf der Suche nach der Antwort, seit Juli 2021 mit genau dieser Frage....
Here, interested parties learn about the causes and consequences of the climate crisis, what accelerates it and what the climate protection and climate adaptation concept of the district of Ahrweiler looks like....
At the official founding meeting of the energy efficiency and climate protection network ETA-Plus Südhessen at the Darmstadt Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the members set themselves a common savings target. In the next two years, they want to avoid 1,000 tons of CO2 emissions. For the more than 20 companies, this is an ambitious goal. However, Dr. Nico Wenz from the Darmstadt Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who is overseeing the initiative, is confident that the goal can be achieved together. The experience of the last 5 years...