https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/thema/sustainability/ Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität | Neues aus Forschung, Lehre, Studium Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:30:31 +0000 de hourly 1 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-fav_guo-blau-32x32.jpg https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/thema/sustainability/ 32 32 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/donations-take-root/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:28:52 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=86907 DE Version Private sponsors drive sustainability initiatives at Goethe University / Goethe University seeks new supporters for further projects Goethe University Frankfurt is continuing to expand its commitment to sustainability […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/climate-resilient-miniature-forests-on-campus/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:56:32 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=85969 Several Tiny Forests will soon be planted at Goethe University, which is inviting interested individuals to help bring these fascinating ecosystems to life and care for them. Landscape architect Robert […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/climate-change-on-your-doorstep-new-online-tool-shows-future-of-regional-and-global-water-resources/ Tue, 06 May 2025 10:25:51 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=83833 Interactive web application by Frankfurt scientists shows how water availability could change due to climate change. How is climate change affecting our water resources – globally and locally? A new […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/goethe-university-frankfurt-joins-un-environmental-conferences-in-geneva-as-official-observer/ Tue, 06 May 2025 07:07:28 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=83824 Frankfurt scientist represents German research landscape at UN environmental conferences addressing international waste trade and chemical safety Goethe University Frankfurt is currently participating in an official observer capacity at the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/how-important-are-the-un-sdgs-to-students-in-germany/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:58:10 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=82635 Students at universities in Germany have a consistently positive attitude towards the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, but, depending on their subject of study, they rank the individual goals’ importance […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/sustainability-workshops-completed-successfully/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 10:11:26 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=81685 Five workshops, around 150 participants and over 1,500 ideas – these are the positive results from Goethe University’s sustainability workshops held during the summer semester 2024. Members of all status […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/how-will-we-store-energy-from-the-sun-in-the-future-a-completely-new-technology-is-being-researched-at-goethe-university/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:04:03 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=81665 In the future, our economy will use more and more renewable energy and therefore effective, high-capacity energy storage technologies will be essential – for example a completely new technology like […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/2024-frankfurt-prize-for-environment-and-sustainability/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:30:10 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=80398 This year’s Frankfurt Prize for Environment and Sustainability, endowed with a total of €5,000, has been awarded to five Goethe University Frankfurt early career researchers, who submitted impressive theses from […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/how-can-sustainability-reporting-become-internationally-comparable/ Fri, 24 May 2024 07:03:24 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=79884 How can sustainability reporting become internationally comparable? How do sustainability and reporting obligations feature in research? These and other questions will be the focus of the Sustainability Standards Conference 2024, […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/goethe-university-and-issb-want-to-work-together-intensively-in-future/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:57:33 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=79742 Internationally comparable standards for corporate sustainability reporting are an important prerequisite for achieving climate and other sustainability goals worldwide. The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), which has been based in […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/giving-something-back-to-nature/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:34:52 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=79391 Landscape architect Robert Anton has been responsible for the flora and fauna on Goethe University’s grounds for the past eleven years, and during his tenure has seen ecological aspects become […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/launch-of-hesse-water-competence-center/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 07:52:50 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=78413 The federal state of Hesse’s water industry is facing major challenges when it comes to sustainably ensuring the secure supply of water for both the population as well as companies. […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/step-into-the-future-shaping-a-sustainable-university/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:34:30 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=77057 Since it first began its work in the summer of 2022, the five-member team of Goethe University Frankfurt’s Sustainability Office has initiated numerous processes related to transforming Goethe University into […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/four-early-career-researchers-honored-with-2023-frankfurt-prize-for-environment-and-sustainability/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 08:13:07 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=73313 Award recognizes work in the field of environmental and socio-ecological sustainability research at Goethe University Frankfurt. This year’s „Frankfurter Preis für Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit 2023” [Frankfurt Prize for Environment and […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/raising-public-awareness-of-biodiversity-thats-my-main-job/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 09:34:57 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=68045 Prof. Karin Böhning-Gaese is a professor at Goethe University Frankfurt. In 2010 she became Director of the city’s Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre and has now been appointed to […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/news-in-brief/turning-everyone-into-a-sustainability-officer/ Mon, 16 Jan 2023 09:51:46 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=66869 To mark its founding year, Goethe University’s Sustainability Office organized an event at the end of 2022 to discuss the current state of sustainability at the university. All told, some […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/goethe-university-on-course-for-sustainability/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 09:52:04 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=65101 With its new Sustainability Office, Goethe University intends to mobilize the potential of sustainability for university development Goethe University plans to make consistent strides in the direction of sustainability in […]]]>