How to build a sustainable car?
What are the challenges for the implementation of Sustainable Product Development in the automotive industry? The Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable Product Management of the University of Graz, AT and the...
Achieving transparency starts with digitalization – How blockchain can deliver social, economic and environmental benefits
It is hard to argue that industrialism didn’t improve the world. Without industrial-scale production, affordable food, clothing, medicine, transportation and communication we take for granted wouldn’t be possible...
German Battery Forum 2019: a round-up of congress highlights
Andreas Genest from ifu Hamburg, Member of iPoint Group, attended the BatterieForum Deutschland 2019 (German Battery Forum) conference, which took place in Berlin from January, 23 to 25. The 3-day event brought together...
How to bring transparency into the supply chain
More and more people are consuming more consciously and want to know where a product they buy comes from and under what conditions it is manufactured. At the same time, media pressure on companies to bring transparency...
Sustainability and Compliance Trends – What Kept Companies Busy in 2018?
At the beginning of 2018, iPoint started to conduct a survey on Sustainability and Compliance Trends 2018 – and the response was overwhelming: More than 450 participants from different industries provided information...
Smart Microorganisms at Work: Turning Waste into Bioplastic
How a waste product like pentose wood sugars is transformed into bioplastic and can be used as a new resource for plastic coatings and packaging. So called 1st generation biofuels are based on materials such as corn...