About us
As Austria´s most important environmental expert organisation and one of Europe´s leading environmental consultants we stand for a transformation of the economy and society to ensure sustainable living. Our experts provide the basis for decision making at local, regional and international level. We are committed to transparency and impartiality in our work and we engage in dialogue with politics, administration, business, science and civil society.
For our clients we provide the basis for decision-making and offer advice on forward-thinking approaches to meet the challenges at the environment/economy/society interface, on how to identify risks and how to use opportunities. We develop sustainable solutions in an interdisciplinary overall framework. We develop strategies and measures, we calculate scenarios and deliver quality-assured data.
Our topics:
CLIMATE: Development of environmentally friendly forms of business
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Ecologically sustainable processes, production, recycling processes
BIODIVERSITY: Protecting biodiversity to protect livelihoods
ZERO POLLUTION: Protecting humans and the environment from pollution
DIALOGUE & INNOVATION, DIGITALIZATION
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Partners & Networks
At international level we are actively involved in more than 200 networks and bodies, we cooperate with international institutions such as UNEP and the OECD and provide advice e.g. to the European Parliament and the EU Commission.
Our partners include expert organisations such as the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety AGES , the Austrian Institute of Technology AIT, the Swiss Agency for Nature Conservation, the German Agency for Nature Conservation and the German Environment Agency Dessau as well as universities such as the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna.
We are a partner of the European Environment Agency EEA and a member of the network of European environmental agencies and the network of European nature conservation organisations.