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Innovation platform Verbund X Accelerator
Islands for Austria
300 start-ups have applied to the Verbund X Accelerator innovation platform to fine-tune energy and infrastructure solutions - six promising projects have now been selected.
UN Global Compact
More ambition asked
New strategy of the UN Global Compact: Companies should make their progress in corporate responsibility more measurable - and there will be more offers tailored to SMEs.
"RecycleMich" initiative
Incentive to collect
The Austrian initiative RecycleMich is testing a digital incentive system to increase the collection rate for one-way beverage packaging.
Austrian export award
New export champions
For the 26th time, the export award was given to domestic companies that have made particular contributions to export and internationalization in recent years.
Interview
Sustainability in the hotel industry: local impact, global power
corporAID: Is sustainability still a niche in the hotel industry or is it already mainstream? Wolfgang M. Neumann: There is definitely a strong trend towards more sustainability in ...
News in brief
Expertise from Austria for projects in developing countries
In cooperation with the World Bank and Co, Austrian consultants are active in all corners of the world. Find current projects here.
Economic Partnerships
Window for innovation
The Austrian Development Agency advances the private sector in developing countries with business partnerships. The funding instrument was used for years to support Austrian companies in particular in poor markets. Now they also want to test new things, as an Africa project by Ashoka Austria shows.
African companies: emerging brands
South Africa, 1987: Two friends meet for lunch in a simple pub in the south of Johannesburg. They order chicken. And the taste is completely ...
Climate protection: on the way to climate neutrality
Exactly five years ago, on December 12, 2015, history was made at the climate conference in Paris: Almost all countries in the world came to an agreement ...
Vietnam: Economy Spotlight
Low numbers of corona infections, an up-and-coming economy, beneficiaries of various crises: Vietnam is on a very promising path and, thanks to a new free trade agreement with the EU, also offers enormous opportunities for Austrian companies.
Economic Partnerships
Can hear!
The Tyrolean hearing implant manufacturer MED-EL Medical Electronics supports institutions in Bangladesh and the Ivory Coast in developing a wide range of products in the field of hearing health. The Austrian Development Agency is funding the project.
3 conversation
From the Africa summit to the new partnership
Werner H. Bittner, Umdasch Group Ventures, Martin Engelberg, ÖVP member of the National Council, and Arnold Schuh, WU Vienna, will discuss perspectives of increased economic cooperation with Africa, the potential contribution of local companies and the need to catch up in terms of communication and coordination.