To mark the 100th anniversary of Soroptimist International, the service organization of professional women is placing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the center of its activities. The anniversary campaign, “Plant Trees”, which aims to plant trees and promote global tree sponsorships, ties back to the organization’s very first project. In 1921, the founders […]
FAW/n is currently seeking to fill a full-time position in the Executive Secretariat. All information can be found below. Note: The full-time project staff position (m/f/d) has already been filled. To support the Executive Secretariat of FAW/n, we are looking to fill the following position starting October 1, 2021, initially limited to one year: Administrative […]
Recently, the media reported that four companies, including ALDI SÜD, had allegedly used the term “climate neutrality” in a misleading way. These reports are based on a complaint filed by the German Centre for Protection against Unfair Competition (Wettbewerbszentrale). Prof. Dr. Estelle Herlyn addresses this issue in her article in UmweltDialog and clarifies what climate […]
Prof. Dr. Estelle Herlyn discusses in a new podcast with Eva van der Want from South Pole the concept of Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), their role in climate protection, and the potential they hold. Nature-Based Solutions use the fact that nature is a natural carbon sink. An important component is reforestation, which helps capture CO₂, as […]
The current debate surrounding climate issues has now reached the Federal Constitutional Court. The focus of the ruling, handed down on April 29, is on questions of intergenerational justice: To what extent could the previous approach to climate protection lead to future restrictions on freedoms and rights for the younger generation, simply because the older […]
In an interview with RATIO kompakt, a magazine by RKW Baden-Württemberg, Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Radermacher advocates for implementing rules for sustainability on a global scale. A worldwide eco-social market economy is a goal that Prof. Radermacher and FAW/n have long supported. In the interview, the professor explains exactly what he means by this […]
Childaid Network, a charitable organization that Prof. Radermacher has been actively supporting for years, has won the Covid-19 Relief Prize from the UBS Optimus Foundation. The prize, endowed with USD 50,000, was awarded to organizations that demonstrated exceptional efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic and successfully supported disadvantaged populations Childaid Network’s mission is to address gaps […]
The article by Prof. Radermacher, published in Inclusive Productivity, deals with the core of progress. As the title “We need progress in the physical world – not more storage space in the data realm” already suggests, Prof. Radermacher addresses the differences between productivity in the physical and the digital sense Major leaps in productivity have […]
After eleven years serving as President of the Senate of Economy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Radermacher did not stand for re-election to this position and was elected Honorary President with a large majority during a digital members’ assembly on February 19, 2021. In addition, Prof. Radermacher continues to serve as Vice President on the […]
New Podcast: At the end of January 2021, Prof. Dr. Estelle Herlyn met with IUFE Managing Director Florian Leregger (Austria) for the SDG Sustainability Breakfast. Their conversation focused on the 2030 Agenda as a “magical polygon of sustainability” and touched on topics such as climate protection, development, technology, and digitalization. Estelle Herlyn also explained her […]