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Nov 30

30th of November 2016

STRADE publishes policy brief on voluntary initiatives, principles and criteria on environmental sustainability in mining

The STRADE team from Oeko published policy brief 07/2016 that reviews environmental principles and criteria in voluntary and legally non-binding initiatives with particular relevance for the ore mining sector.

Oct 31

31st of October 2016

STRADE publishes policy brief on socio-economic challenges

Oeko-Institut's STRADE team published another policy brief, no. 05/2016 (Outlining Socio - Economic Challenges in the Non - Fuel Mining Sector), addressing the socio-economic challenges related to the extraction process of mining.

Sep 30

30th of September 2016

STRADE publishes policy brief on environmental challenges

The STRADE team from Oeko-Institut published its first policy brief, no. 04/2016, reviewing environmental impacts and ecological challenges in raw material production.

Jun 22

The full version of the Öko-Institut study „Resource efficiency and resource policy aspects of the electro mobility system” is now available in English

22nd of June 2012 by Stefanie Degreif

The full version of the Öko-Institut study „Resource efficiency and resource policy aspects of the electro mobility system” is now available in English.

The rapid growth of new technologies in the energy and transport sectors will drive up demand for special resources. The need for rare earths, in particular, is likely to rise disproportionately by 2030. It is therefore vital to develop alternative technology strategies that are not dependent on these valuable resources and to find efficient methods of recycling them. These are among the key findings of a research project that has investigated the resource-policy aspects of electric mobility. The work was carried out by the Öko-Institut in cooperation with Daimler AG, Umicore and TU Clausthal supported by the German Environment Ministry (BMU).

You can find the press release here http://www.oeko.de/press/press_releases/dok/1305.php

and the study in English here: http://www.resourcefever.org/detail/items/resource-efficiency-and-resource-policy-aspects-of-the-electro-m.html 

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