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KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

Cluster Tourism industry

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… tourism, river-based types of tourism, city and cultural vacations as well as business trips. The structure of the tourism sector is characterised by small and medium-sized businesses. It comprises accommodation and catering businesses, travel agencies, …

Press release 20/2016 from 27.05.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

Federal Government initiates carbon offsetting scheme for all official travel

… The Federal Government is gradually offsetting the climate impact of all its business trips. For 2014, the first year of the current Federal Government, the … protection. The Federal Government is also encouraging other institutions and businesses to offset their travel-related emissions by cancelling their emission …

KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

LW-R-2 + 3: Cultivating thermophilic crops and adapting variety spectrum

… is sufficient market demand and the prospect of cultivation appeals to agricultural businesses from a commercial point of view. Thermophilic crop species include grain … opportunities, individual experience and preferences prevailing in agricultural businesses, their willingness to experiment, as well as other factors – play an …

KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

LW-I-3: Hailstone damage in agriculture

The picture shows a field of maize after a tempest. The maize plants are heavily damaged, with stalks snapped off. Between the plants, there are still areas of standing water.

… yield losses mentioned above can sometimes be much more severe. Many agricultural businesses struggled to survive. The businesses affected obtained financial support …

KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

IG-R-1: Perception of the relevance of physical climate risks in trade and

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… and confronts some companies with major challenges. Owing to climate change, their business activities are exposed to a variety of risks. Temporary or … to be exposed more strongly to physical climate risks than for instance software businesses. There are other studies, however, which have worked with larger data …

Press release 45/2021 from 18.11.2021 | Last changed: 06.12.2021

German Environment Agency advocates increased use of reusables in "to go" consumption and online shopping

Disposable cups result in unnecessary amounts of waste and the unnecessary use of resources

… Source: Weixx / fotolia.com The German Environment Agency (UBA) is calling upon businesses to review their packaging systems and optimise their environmental … packaging reusable product … The German Environment Agency (UBA) is calling upon businesses to review their packaging systems and optimise their environmental …

Press release 03/2021 from 28.01.2021 | Last changed: 08.02.2021

Many companies underestimate the risks of climate change

… do not sufficiently address the financial risks of climate change for their business and take a hard look at climate impacts in the long term. Climate … of CSR reporting. Further information The report on climate-related risks for businesses is part of the Economics of Climate Change: New Management Instruments to …

Appointment from 09.12.2020

Conference: Non-financial reporting in Germany

… results and a panel discussion with representatives from the European Commission, business and finance representatives, among others. Since 2017 approximately 500 … climate protection and resource conservation along global supply chains - Business approaches and instruments of sustainable supply chain management Corporate …

Appointment from 16.08.2017 | Last changed: 16.08.2017

Accelerating the Resource Revolution – World Resources Forum 2017

Menschen tauschen sich auf einer Konferenz aus.

… Change – the World Resources Forum Association invites leaders from government, business, research and NGOs to Geneva to talk about how to accelerate the Resource … have the chance to discover the opportunities smart resource management brings to business and industry. The conference will feature two sizzling days of plenary …

KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

FiW-I-1:Claims ratio, combined ratio in homeowners’ comprehensive insurance

The picture shows the top view of a building roofed with red tiles. To the right and left of the roof ridge you can see numerous large hailstones. Some of the roof tiles are broken.

… insurance In general, homeowners’ comprehensive insurance is a less profitable business for insurance companies. After price responses to increasing amounts of … insurance. Where the ratio exceeds 100 %, this signifies that this is a loss-making business for the insurance company. In the segment of homeowners’ comprehensive …

Appointment from 12.07.2022

New European Bauhaus Festival Online Event: “NEB meets Research”

… Research, invited interested parties and stakeholders from science, municipalities, business and politics to exchange on strategic alliances for knowledge generation … heritage and justice aspects. The speakers discussed how research, politics, business and society can form strategic alliances for integrated solutions fostering …

Press release 39/2022 from 22.09.2022 | Last changed: 04.10.2022

Sustainability at the supermarket: retailers not tapping their full potential

… and vegan products or energy efficiency increases in their food outlets and business offices. On the whole, the companies studied could make much greater use of … and vegan products or energy efficiency increases in their food outlets and business offices. On the whole, the companies studied could make much greater use of …