Crowd4Climate platform
Climate protection from 250 euros
The Austrian Crowd4Climate platform handles loans for energy and climate protection projects - also for small investors from 250 euros. Two current campaigns are dedicated to renewable energies in Africa.
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.
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Shrinking forest
It is finely grained, hard and resistant and ideally suited for the construction of instruments and furniture: rosewood is considered the "ivory of the forest" ...
US development policy
New look to the outside
Under the new President Joe Biden, the US is again focusing more on development policy and multilateralism - and is providing four billion dollars, among other things, for the Covax vaccination initiative.
New cooperation between OMV and Post
Green hydrogen for climate-friendly logistics
OMV and Austrian Post are working together to promote electromobility with the help of hydrogen fuel cells for truck traffic.
Mondi sustainability plan
Signpost until 2030
The packaging and paper group Mondi has presented a new sustainability plan - and is announcing improvements along the entire value chain.
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Fair growth on the confectionery shelf
Manner becomes the largest processor of Fairtrade cocoa in Austria: From now on, all wafers and slices will be made with fair trade cocoa.