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  • Press release 34/2025 from 18.09.2025 | Last changed: 15.10.2025

    Sustainability is hard to find in online retail

    Das Bild zeigt ein aufgeklapptes Laptop, auf dessen Bildschirm die Webseite eines Online-Shops angezeigt wird

    … regarding the condition, quality and hygiene reduces trust in second-hand goods. Additionally, due to partially limited buyer protection and return … more firmly in platform structures . Algorithmic recommendation systems should, for example, systematically take sustainability criteria into account. Such a …

  • Press release 32/2018 from 25.10.2018 | Last changed: 04.11.2018

    40th anniversary of the Blue Angel

    Cover des Magazins "40 Jahre Blauer Engel"

    … signal it sends, which essentially says that what’s inside the product is not only good for the environment but for people, too. At the same time the Blue Angel is a … – but have the same usability and quality. Smartphones with the Blue Angel, for example, must feature a replaceable storage battery and have low radiation …

  • Press release 06/2022 from 24.01.2022 | Last changed: 27.01.2022

    Picture-perfect fruit and vegetables are a burden on environment and climate

    makellose, gerade gewachsene und einheitlich lange Möhren mit frisch-grünem Blattwerk

    … business are detrimental to the environment and the climate. Broccoli, for example, is marketed according to a standard weight, apples with flawless skin only … and sold almost exclusively per unit rather than based on weight. It is a common practice that offers little incentive to choose smaller size produce. Kohlrabi and …

  • Press release 16/2023 from 07.06.2023 | Last changed: 11.08.2023

    Marine Litter Round Table active against plastic pollution in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea for seven years

    Müll liegt am Sandstrand, vor allem Plastik- und Fischereimüll.

    … just as important as environmental education in the national park facilities, for example. But beach trash clean-ups and fishing-for-litter initiatives also reduce … to date. Among others, they include a provision of action guidelines on best practice examples and legal options for municipalities to reduce plastic waste generation. An …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 06.01.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2025

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Tourism

    Beach chairs at the Baltic Sea

    … tourists can be affected by heavy rainfall events and longer periods of heat. For example, hot days can limit the usual distances cycled per day and lead to health … pools may lose their attractiveness in summer due to rising temperatures, for example compared to other offered activities such as bathing, cycling or walking. … pools may lose their attractiveness in summer due to rising temperatures, for example compared to other offered activities such as bathing, cycling or walking. At …

  • Press release 37/2025 from 20.10.2025 | Last changed: 12.12.2025

    Two percent can make a big difference

    Luftaufnahme einer ländlichen Flusslandschaft im Sommer.

    … and rivers has been lost. The European Union has set itself the goal of achieving good ecological status for rivers and watercourses. This goal is still far from … and thus provide habitats for numerous organisms. These structures include, for example, sand and gravel banks, islands, or fallen trees. However, water bodies …

  • News from 27.07.2022 | Last changed: 28.07.2022

    Pesticide authorisations put our ground-& drinkingwater at risk

    A hand holding a water glass can be seen.

    … - on behaviour in the environment, effects on ecosystems and health effects, for example. It is not uncommon for them to be classified as harmless, only to discover … degrade in the soil to substances that are harmless to health - in principle a good idea. However, it often follows that such substances themselves decompose very … the data basis for the product evaluation is also correspondingly up-to-date. In practice, however, we notice a delay in the re-approval of many active substances. …

  • Press release 26/2023 from 03.08.2023 | Last changed: 10.08.2023

    Environmental awareness study: Majority of Germans consider adaptation to already clearly noticeable climate crisis necessary

    A woman can be seen standing with her back to the picture. She is standing in a forest, which is beautifully green and looks into the distance.

    … also strongly felt in Germany, are of great concern to the people in Germany. For example, 85 percent of those surveyed already perceive very strong or strong impacts … very important to promote the circular economy, i.e. to recycle raw materials and goods more effectively and to promote long-term product use. Steffi Lemke comments: …

  • Press release 19/2020 from 19.05.2020 | Last changed: 20.05.2020

    German Environment Agency enhances its air quality app

    Zwei Smartphones auf lila-farbenem Hintergrund. Aufschrift: Wie gut ist die Luft, die sie atmen?

    … This makes it possible to see at a glance the air quality index values ("very good" to "very poor") which have just been determined within each federal state. … networks of the federal states. The air quality index, which ranges from "very good" to "very poor", provides information at a glance about the air quality at each …

  • Press release 48/2014 from 05.11.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Environmental protection provides employment for 2 million

    worker with tools and crash helmet

    … made by the government and businesses in "classical" environmental protection, for example waste disposal, protection of waters, noise abatement or air quality … is also becoming a driver of employment. Exports of environmental protection goods accounted for about 49,000 jobs in 2006 and grew to about 78,000 in 2010. This …

  • Press release 44/2021 from 28.10.2021 | Last changed: 06.12.2021

    Environmentally Harmful Subsidies: nearly half granted for road traffic and aviation

    Euro bank notes

    … - sometimes for, sometimes against environmental and climate protection. An example of this is the pointless parallel existence of diesel privileges for … lead to environmentally desirable adjustment reactions that reduce tax revenue. For example, an increase in the energy tax rate on diesel increases the incentive to … harmful subsidies can only be partially dismantled at the national level. One example is the jet fuel tax exemption on domestic and non-European flights. The EU …

  • Press release 12/2020 from 16.03.2020 | Last changed: 15.04.2020

    Renewables cover 17.1 percent of gross final energy consumption in Germany in 2019

    Photovoltaikanlage auf dem Dach des Umweltbundesamtes in Dessau-Roßlau

    … legal provisions for a successful 'heat turnaround' must be created quickly - for example in the forthcoming Buildings Energy Act." Press release No. 12/2020 | … legal provisions for a successful 'heat turnaround' must be created quickly - for example in the forthcoming Buildings Energy Act." … Renewable energies accounted for …