The year 2021 exposed in a burdensome way how much the world has grown together – and at the same time hasn’t: While some rich industrial nations had to dispose of massive unused doses of the new liquid gold – the SARSCoV-2 vaccines –, in many poorer countries there was...
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY AND PROMOTING MORE SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION IN THE DIY SECTOR
With more than 330 stores, 18,200 employees and a revenue of 3.2 billion euros, toom is one of the leading players in the German DIY sector. The Vice President of the European Senate of Economy and Technology Benedikt Grütz spoke with the CEO of toom, Baumarkt GmbH Renè Haßfeld, about...
THE EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL & SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS GROWTH
From the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has been influencing our lives, forcing the whole world to rethink and reset many aspects of the global economy and society. The World Economic forum speaks of the so-called ‘Great Reset’; which comes about five decades after the publication of ‘Limits to...
GRID STABILIZATION BASED ON E-MOBILITY V2G TECHNOLOGY
Renewable Energy Sources (RES) are expected to become the most relevant source of energy and will replace traditional carbon-based energy. RES are usually being used to provide electrical energy, these only count for around 20% of the primary energy being utilized, the residual part is energy for heating and cooling,...
DEVELOPING FIT-FOR-PURPOSE TECH SOLUTIONS TO EMPOWER AFRICA
Both, Europe and Africa, are confronted by numerous common deficits in these days and it will be important, that Africa gets better equipped with an adequate skill and tech set in order to grow its own role as a solution provider for its own concerns. While for the continent´s population...
AFRICA, AN EMERGING MARKET FOR EU INVESTORS AND BUSINESSES: WHERE TO START
Reshaping business engagement – growing inclusive benefits with Africa The world goes round and round because of business-related migration and tourism for business owners, investors, and executives. These business migrations, however, had been dealt a blow due to travel restrictions and the rising spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, causing major...
HEALTHY HYDROGEN TO REDUCE WARMING IN AFRICA: OPPORTUNITIES & SCENARIOS
Fast soot reduction from household energy and transport globally should be our number one priority if we put public health and nature’s health at the core of our investment decisions. In many African countries, millions of women are still cooking on wood, and millions of people often drive 100 –...
TECHNOLOGY OBLIGES: BUILDING THE WORLD’S LEADING TECH NETWORK
In my Editorial, I focused on what we have achieved with “Visions for Europe” in its first year, but 2021 has seen some heavyweight achievements by the European Technology Chamber, which entitle us to aim for even greater things in the years ahead. As you will know, our foundation, our...
THE UN INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM 2021 INTERNET UNITED
The Internet was launched in 1983, and it has become vitally important for billions of people since the invention of the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1990. Today, economic, and political opportunities and the potential risks of the Internet are clear. Most of us access it daily, not only in...
WITH GREAT TECHNOLOGY COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY TECHNOLOGY OBLIGES
Florian von Tucher is Chairman of the Tucher Group, which is the holding company of his family’s Engineering, Investment and Project Development companies. As Chairman of the EU Tech Chamber and President of the EU Senate of Economy and Technology he actively promotes the vision that „With Great Technology, Comes...