What’s the Ecological Debt Day?
Ecological Debt Day is interesting. This is the day in the year when the ecological footprint taken up by mankind is as large as the capacity of our earth. According to this, the capacity limit is now already exceeded in July of the current year. During the rest of the year, we practice “overexploitation” of …

You may already know your ecological footprint or your SPI. If not, you can . What are the basic levers you have at your disposal to manage sustainably? Hold your to making each new product more sustainable than the previous one. Your can provide the specifications for this. What aspects should you pay particular attention …
What are the limits to growth?
Overall economic growth is limited. That is why a one-dimensional pursuit of quantitative growth cannot make sense. The closer you get to natural limits, the greater resistance will be felt that inhibits further growth. Then it is more likely that those capabilities that can be used to tap into qualitative growth dimensions will determine sustainable …
What are the consequences of economic growth?
The other side of the growth coin shows the stresses caused by growth. People are sometimes pushed to their personal limits. At the same time, however, they are educated by functioning advertising, supported by social mechanisms, to become reliable consumers and are made dependent on consumption. The deeper meaning of life is exchanged for short-term …
Provisions for Compensatory Measures
It is astonishing that we certainly grasp these connections, but largely ignore them in our actions. Through our behavior, we are becoming irresponsibly indebted not only in financial terms, but above all to nature and our environment. If we add up these growth-related burdens and losses, including appropriate provisions for future compensatory measures, with the …
Necessity of Sustainable Operations
The communicative challenge is to convey the paradox that, on the one hand, we have been able to observe exponential growth in many markets to date, which has led to success, but that in the future it is precisely this strong growth that will limit itself and lead to absurdity. It has been ignored so …
Responsibility for Sustainable Operations
Not only pointing out this global aberration, but also helping to correct it within the scope of our possibilities for the sustainable benefit of companies is an important leadership task that we in industry and in sectors of industry-related services as well as in politics must face up to. You can make a significant contribution …
How to implement sustainable management
Here you will find questions about conceptual approaches that you can implement in your organizational environment. What concrete steps can your company take to operate in harmony with nature in a broader sense instead of continuing to contribute to exploiting, pushing back and trying to dominate nature (concept)? How much growth makes sense for your …
Environmental Management System in Accordance with EN DIN ISO 14001
The EN DIN ISO 14001 standard can serve as a guideline for a sustainable approach to our environment. This standard helps you to determine, evaluate and optimize environment-related key figures in your company and to keep a life cycle assessment. Certification in accordance with EN DIN ISO 14001 is a necessary prerequisite for CO2 tax …
The Balanced Scorecard Concept
When different interests and goals are to be combined, conflicts inevitably arise. Such conflicts are often resolved by giving priority to certain interests and goals and deliberately putting other interests and goals on the back burner. The focus is classically placed on avoiding conflict and concentrating resources on prioritized activities. However, this does not avoid …