Water scarcity Archive

Sustainable ‘Die Ärzte’ concerts: Mathis Tommek as C2C ambassador

19. November 2024/by Corsus

At the end of August, a pioneering project took place on the former Tempelhof airport site in Berlin with three concerts by the German band ‘Die Ärzte’ that were as sustainable as possible. With around 50,000 visitors per day, concerts have so far caused large amounts of waste and CO2 emissions. Mathis Tommek, working student at corsus, supported the sustainable event organisation as an ambassador.
In november the ‘Tempelhof Laboratory’ will receive a special prize at the German Sustainability Award for its pioneering role in the implementation of environmentally friendly and resource-positive events!

corsus presentation on the environmental impact of the DGE dietary recommendations

15. November 2024/by Corsus

corsus presentation on the environmental impact of the DGE dietary recommendations at the fourth annual conference of the Centre for Nutrition, Food and Sustainable Supply Systems on 6 November at Fulda University of Applied Sciences.

New scientific paper published on the environmental impact of nutrition in Germany

22. August 2024/by Corsus

corsus congratulates life cycle assessment experts Dr Ulrike Eberle and Nico Mumm on the publication of their scientific paper on the “Reduction potential of German environmental food impacts due to a planetary health diet” in the renowned International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment.

Interview with Marius Rödder about his work on a Spanish organic farm

24. July 2024/by Corsus

Marius Rödder spent two months in May and June helping out on an organic farm in the south of Spain. In this interview, he explains what he did and what motivated him to temporarily swap the office for an orange grove.

First, preliminary assessment of the environmental impact of the new DGE dietary recommendations published

19. June 2024/by Corsus

An initial, preliminary assessment of the environmental impact of the new DGE dietary recommendations shows: The recommendations are a step in the right direction. If they were followed consistently, they would make a significant contribution to reducing the climate footprint associated with nutrition, as well as the land and biodiversity footprint. However, the impact with regard to the scarcity-weighted water footprint could increase significantly.

Working together for intact nature in and around Hamburg’s waterways: successful integration of interest groups for the large-scale nature conservation project „Hamburg, deine Flussnatur“

16. April 2024/by Corsus

corsus has successfully moderated the involvement of interest groups in the large-scale nature conservation project “Hamburg, deine Flussnatur” (Hamburg, your river nature). The last regional workshop took place in Altona before Easter.

When will the eco-footprint for food be introduced in Germany?

12. April 2024/by Corsus

In an interview with Tagesspiegel Backround, corsus argues in favour of the eco-footprint of food and calls for standardised rules for environmental labels in Germany.

The „10 Must Knows“ for the conservation of biodiversity have been published

25. March 2024/by Corsus

The 10 Must Knows from biodiversity research were published in english today. Dr Ulrike Eberle was involved in updating the 10 Must Knows for the conservation of biodiversity.

corsus presents methodological concept for a climate and environmental label at „Agricultural research on climate change“ conference

20. March 2024/by Corsus

Marius Rödder presented the methodological concept for a climate and environmental label at the DAFA conference “Agricultural Research on Climate Change” (11 to 14 March 2024 in Potsdam).

Presentation by Dr Ulrike Eberle at the Bitkom FoodTech#7 roundtable

14. March 2024/by Corsus

On 11 March 2024, Ulrike Eberle gave a presentation on the climate labelling of food and the database required for this at Bitkom’s Food Tech #7 roundtable in Berlin