Federal funding: Energy and resource efficiency
The federal government’s promotional loan provides a high level of funding for particularly climate-friendly components, systems and solutions and a repayment subsidy of up to 60 percent.
Sustainability & Energy
Starter package for climate-neutral SMEs
The Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia supports small and medium-sized enterprises on their way to climate neutrality.
Development of circular business models and product design strategies
The CIRCO method supports companies in developing circular approaches. The Effizienz-Agentur NRW is the first CIRCO hub in Germany and conducts a series of workshops with NRW companies.
PFAS regulation endangers industrial processes
The EU’s planned blanket ban on around 10,000 PFAS substances would have a negative impact throughout the mechanical and plant engineering sector. The substances must be viewed in a differentiated manner.
Selected topics in corporate environmental protection
Corporate environmental protection encompasses a variety of different aspects – participants helped determine the focus of the event.
CSR reporting in mechanical and plant engineering
The strategic anchoring of sustainability in the company is gaining in importance: Increasing transparency obligations with regard to sustainability will in future also affect medium-sized companies to some extent.
Practical implementation of the calculation of the product carbon footprint
The Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) is crucial in the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions. The event outlined how VDMA supports companies in PCF calculation.
