… report "Longer lifetime for products: benefits for consumers and companies" in 2016. This report is currently being discussed in the Parliament committees. The …

… worldwide declined even more sharply: from 18.2% in 2002-2006 to 13.5% in 2012-2016. However, Germany still ranks among the three top in patent applications … at more than double the rate of patent applications as a whole between 1991 and 2016. Although the pace of innovation in the energy sector is high, developments …

… during a campaign week of waste avoidance in Berlin. Press release No. 36/2016 | 22.11.2016 Ms Krautzberger welcomed the further increase the proportion of returnable …

… Emissions in the EU ETS are to be reduced by 61 per cent by 2030 compared to 2005. The linear reduction factor (LRF) is to be raised from the current 2.2 percent …

… said Dirk Messner, President of the German Environment Agency (⁠UBA⁠). Since 2005, the EU ETS has aimed to curb the greenhouse gas emissions of power plants, …

… protection fall within the scope of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005/29/EC . It states that general and imprecise environmental claims that do not …

… and electric motors. Background The Eco-Design Directive entered into force in 2005 and, together with the Energy Labelling Directive of 1992 (Revised 2010), is an …

… believe in providing help and support where it is most needed. Press release No. 37/2016 | 22.11.2016 “I have been an SOS sponsor for a long time and an environmental ambassador for …

… the most economical of all greenhouse gas-neutral solutions.” Press release No. 35/2016 | 17.11.2016 Germany’s transport sector must become greenhouse gas-neutral by 2050 to reach …

… | 26.05.2025 Since TFA was detected in the drinking water of the Neckar region in 2016, authorities have been intensively examining the substance  across disciplines. TFA is not only released by large industrial facilities — in 2016 and 2017, it was also identified as a degradation product of several active …