Environment

For the first time, BDI and acatech are investigating how an intercontinental supply chain for renewable hydrogen between two industrialized countries could be realised. The aim is to identify real business cases to pave the way for a long-term hydrogen partnership between Germany and Australia.

Recyclable material, longer product life, improved reparability - the new eco-design requirements for products are now being implemented. The manufacture of screens is one of the first examples of a new generation of sustainable products that use fewer resources.

Companies improve the environment- and climate-related properties of their products along their entire lifecycle through constant innovation and inform consumers and, in the case of precursors and intermediate products, industrial customers accordingly using customised instruments

German industry want to use its innovative potential optimally for the benefit of the environment under competitive framework conditions.

Investments in German industrial locations must be promoted. Maintenance and development of existing industrial locations and realisation of new projects are a precondition for competitive businesses, secure jobs and meeting high environmental standards.

The availability of raw materials is the basis for industrial value creation and hence for jobs, growth and the competitiveness of companies. Against the background of ever increasing demand for raw materials around the world, there is no escaping the need for sustainable use of raw materials.

Under the heading of technology law, BDI deals with thematic fields such as the safety of industrial products, the operational safety of industrial installations and the technical aspects of occupational safety and health. Under the heading of substance policy, BDI is active in the regulation of chemical substances.

The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) provides for a strengthening of the reference documents describing Best Available Techniques (BAT reference documents or BREF documents).

The success of the major energy transition project will be evaluated over the years ahead. The key to this, alongside the area of renewable energies and network development, is in particular an increase in energy efficiency in the buildings sector, the largest energy consumer in Germany and the EU: it accounts for 40 % of primary energy consumption.

Energy efficiency in buildings: the German Federal Government plans to cut total CO2 emissions in Germany by up to 40 % by 2020 compared to 1990 levels.