The function of communal water supply utilities is to provide consumers with high quality drinking water in sufficient quantities. On the other hand communal wastewater disposal utilities have to dispose the wastewater. In addition to this water prices and wastewater charges shall also give...

The economic analysis of sustainable consumption structures concentrates on the extent to which it is possible and recommendable to foster substitution of flows by stocks (improving the thermal quality of buildings, more energy-efficient transport systems). Also of relevance is the role that...

Over the past decades, environmental policy discussions tended to focus on the negative impact of production processes on the environment. Sustainable development as a subject and holistic approach became a scientific and political issue only at the Rio Earth Summit of 1992. Since then, consumer...

Die Studie erörtert Chancen und Risiken, die mit der Anwendung der Unternehmensführungsstrategie CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) verbunden sind. Eine Vielzahl an Gefahren in CSR-aktiven Unternehmen - darunter das Risiko des Greenwashings - werden identifiziert, systematisiert und...

Seit zwei Jahren stellt das Weltwirtschaftsforum jährlich den Index »Sustainability-adjusted GCI« vor, der die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Länder im Hinblick auf langfristiges und nachhaltiges Wachstum bestimmt. Der Beitrag stellt die Ergebnisse vor.

The authors of the papers collected here discuss current environmental and economic problems such as sustainability, the effectiveness of environmental policies and aspects of energy policies. (Published in German.)