Agriculture occupies a substantial proportion of the European land, and consequently plays an important role in maintaining natural resources and cultural landscapes, a precondition for other human activities in rural areas. Unsustainable farming practices and land use, including mismanaged...

Die Sicherstellung von adäquaten Arbeitsbedingungen in Lieferketten ist Gegenstand einer intensiv geführten Debatte in der Wirtschaft, der Politik und der Zivilgesellschaft. Als Antwort auf die mit zunehmendem Nachdruck formulierten Forderungen, die sozialen Missstände bei Zulieferern zu...

The Covenant of Mayors (CoM) Community offers countless possibilities for peer learning and exchange on key opportunities and challenges in local energy and climate action planning. Since the start of the CoM initiative, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) has not...

The Covenant of Mayors (CoM) Community offers countless possibilities for peer learning and exchange on key opportunities and challenges in local energy and climate action planning. Since the start of the CoM initiative, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) has not...

The research project EFIResources: Resource Efficient Construction towards Sustainable Design, supports European policies related to the efficient use of resources in construction and its major goal is the development of a performance based approach for sustainable design, enabling to assess...

The Development of the Green Public Procurement (GPP) criteria for Paints, Varnishes and Road Markings is aimed at helping public authorities to ensure that paints, varnishes and road markings are procured in such a way that it delivers environmental improvements that contribute to European...

Several countries in the world are currently engaged in an energy transition entailing a massive shift to renewable energies and a progressive increase in the efficiency of processes whereby energy inputs are used by economies. Researchers and policy makers working in this area rightly describe...