Policies
The non-existence of recognised labels and standards has been identified as a key barrier to enabling consumers and public...
Policy
This "Organic Farming – Looking Forwards" strategy is designed to shine the spotlight on the economic and policy conditions...
The Circular Economy Act (KrWG) was amended in the course of implementing the updated Waste Framework Directive. The federal...
The ElektroG incentivizes that electrical and electronic equipment is designed to be less polluting and that WEEE is avoided...
Policy
The waste prevention programme promotes sustainable practices such as the concept of "renting or borrowing rather than buying...
The economic transformation needed for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals is unprecedented: it will amount to a total...
The German Packaging Law contributes to specify and standardize extended producer responsability rules. It contributes to a...
The Circular Economy Act (KrWG) has made people even more aware of the necessity to separate waste, led to the introduction...
The competition promotes the three pillars of sustainability: In terms of ecological sustainability, one of the criteria...
The 5-Point-Plan aims to reverse the trend of increasing packaging waste volume and thus contributes to the shift towards a...
Each year, German contracting authorities purchase products ranging from pencils to city buses that are worth – in total –...
The value of goods and services procured publicly in Germany amounts to about 350 billion euros annually. This offers far...
