8th February 2021

In 2019/2020, ISC3 initiated a dialogue with various stakeholders worldwide as part of its Workstream Sustainable Building and Living, Focus on Plastics. The final report now available was prepared on the basis of international thematic workshops, interviews, online surveys and contributions from experts. We contributed to the preparation of chapter 3.2 Status quo of known health and environmental issues.

January 13, 2021

After the 2020 Most Cited Paper Award, Resources, Conservation & Recycling (RCR) has now also given us the 2020 Most Downloaded Paper Award for our contribution “Construction and demolition waste best management practice in Europe”. The award recognizes work that was published in RCR in a specific year (in this case 2018) and the highest number of downloads or full article views (ScienceDirect ) have received.

07. Januar 2021

Resources, Conservation & Recycling (RCR) hat uns den 2020 Most Cited Paper Award für unseren Beitrag „Construction and demolition waste best management practice in Europe“ verliehen. Mit dem Award werden Arbeiten ausgezeichnet, die in einem bestimmten Jahr (in diesem Fall 2018) in RCR veröffentlicht wurden und in den folgenden drei Jahren einschließlich des Jahres der Veröffentlichung (in diesem Fall 2018-2020) die höchste Anzahl an Zitierungen (Web of Science) erhalten haben.

3rd December 2020

About one year after publishing its first environmental report, LINZ AG has published its first environmental and sustainability program. It was again scientifically advised by Dipl.-Ing. Isabella Kossina and Dr. Barbara Zeschmar-Lahl.

10th November 2020

On 9.11.2020, the expert report was published on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency Waste co-incineration in cement plants as UBA-Texte 202/2020. The report is in German, but contains an English summary. Authors: Zeschmar-Lahl B., Schönberger H., Waltisberg J.

6th November 2020

As in previous years, BZL GmbH provided Wienerberger AG with scientific advice for the preparation of its sustainability report. The 2019 Wienerberger Sustainability Update was awarded third place in the “Large Companies” category of the Austrian Sustainability Reporting Award (ASRA) on November 5, 2020. This award is sponsored annually by the Chamber of Certified Public Accountants in cooperation with the Institute of Austrian Certified Public Accountants, the Ministry of Life, the Federal Environment Agency, the Confederation of Austrian Industries, respACT (the Austrian Business Council for Sustainable Development), the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, and the Austrian Society for Environment and Technology.  

30th June 2020

Since June 30, 2020 the 2019 Wienerberger Sustainability Update has also been available for download on the company website:

30th March 2020 

For several years we have been advising Wienerberger AG on the further development of its sustainability management. This includes sustainability reporting in accordance with the GRI standard, the preparation of the Communication on Progress for the UN Global Compact and the preparation of the report on non-financial performance in accordance with the Austrian Sustainability and Diversity Improvement Act (NaDiVeG). The 2019 Wienerberger Non-financial Performance has been available for download on the company website since March 30, 2020.

January 2020 

With this project, the German SAICM Focal Point, located at the German Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environment Agency, Dessau), wants to make a forward-looking contribution to the “Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste” (SMCW) by developing indicators and milestones to support the concrete achievement of objectives within the concept of sustainable chemistry. The contractors are N³ Nachhaltigkeitsberatung Dr. Friege & Partner, Voerde (project management), and the Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP), Wuppertal, as well as in a subcontract the BZL GmbH and the Akademie Dr. Obladen, Berlin.

• Federal Environment Agency: SAICM (Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management)