Welcome to the
Research Institute for Managing Sustainability
(RIMAS)
Sustainable development is an important challenge for our time - one
which we at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
wish to thoroughly analyse. Here, the topic is addressed from a variety
of angles including Corporate Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility,
Good Governance, innovation research, and sustainable consumption.
A total of ten institutes and departments of the Vienna University of
Economics and Business Administration deal with economic, environmental
and social aspects of sustainable development. In the late 1990s, these
activities were consolidated and reinforced in interdisciplinary projects
with the establishment of a Research Centre for Managing Sustainability,
which in 2005 became the Research Institute for Managing Sustainability.
We hope that our website will provide you with necessary background information
on the topics we are dealing with and the projects and publications we
are or have been working on. Besides describing our capabilities, it also
introduces our team and our network. Moreover you can find information
on the FP6 EU project EASY-ECO, which offers conferences and training
possibilities regarding evaluation in the context of sustainable development.
Since we are interested in exchanging experiences and expanding our network
of scholars and practitioners working in the field of sustainable development,
we invite you to contact us.
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Dr.
André Martinuzzi
Associate Professor
Head of the Research Institute
RIMAS - Research Institute for Managing Sustainability
Franz Klein Gasse 1, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
Tel. +43-1-313 36 - 4698
Fax +43-1-313 36 - 904698
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| Tim Jackson: “Policy must force finance markets to take a longer term view” |
| The transition to a sustainable economy cannot be delivered without transforming the finance system away from one which is dominated by short term speculation and asset bubbles into one that lends far more to the real economy, properly integrates ecological risks into long term investment and helps savers understand how their money is allocated by banks and pension funds. This was the view of a gathering of EU sustainable finance experts at the RESPONDER workshop on "Changing the Finance System to enable the Transition to a Sustainable Economy" held in Brussels on 14-15 May 2013. |
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| Sustainable Food Consumption: Experts Demand Ambitious Governance Reforms in the EU |
| On 18-19 April, more than 50 specialists from 15 countries met in Lisbon (Portugal) to discuss current food consumption trends and necessary reforms in order to achieve a sustainable food system. Identified hotspots that call for interventions are the damages to environment that are caused within the food chain and health issues. |
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| Sustainable Mobility for European Cities: Experts Sketch the Future |
| Urban mobility is crucial for making Europe’s cities more sustainable. The key for improvement is concerted and goal-directed planning, say Europe’s leading mobility experts. It is important that the cities develop long-term goals for their respective mobility future. Last week, more than 66 professionals from 16 European countries discussed in Bratislava the trends, barriers and approaches for sustainable mobility in European cities. The experts agreed [...] |
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