In May, the eco4fin team met at working level in Dresden. Current project progress was discussed. Improvements to the data architecture were also discussed in a workshop. Finally back in physical presence, a little sightseeing was not to be missed.
It is official: eco4fin will be extended until the end of 2022. Everyone involved agreed that there are still enough interesting topics within the project that are worth continuing to work on. In the extension, we will focus in particular on the topics of versioning and open data. We look Read more…
Under the motto “What you need is what you get”, we presented the project at the international business conference Achieving Sustainability Development 2021. We presented results from the conception phase – especially with a view to the functional perspective. Initial interim results from the evaluation phase were also presented.
A digital project meeting was held in September. Current project progress was discussed. This included, above all, new results in the technology analysis, the prototype and the evaluation. Scientific successes were also presented in the form of accepted scientific papers and presentations.
The research cooperation “eco4fin – enabling esg interaction” of University of Oldenburg and Volkswagen Group cooperated internationally with the Mexican-French composer Mr. Esteban Zúñiga (https://estebanzuniga.com/wp/). Together, we produced a video demonstrating the current state of the prototype. Purpose of the video was visualizing the main idea and getting feedback from Read more…
The evaluation of the prototype was carried out with actors from the financial community. For this purpose, individual discussions were held with potential users. The insights gained are now being analyzed. First insights emphasize the relevance of the approach and the core interaction. The acceptance of additional features was also Read more…
Check, the first prototype is almost done. During the July meeting, the project team presented the prototype and pre-approved a prototype version which is intended to be used for the first evaluation phase. In the coming weeks, the project team will continue working on the remaining issues. Then, the first Read more…
Our research strives towards a completely new IT solution that will improve sustainability communication between companies and the financial community. To avoid time-consuming reading for several stakeholders and decision-makers, the prototype demonstrates the results of our research. In several meetings, the project team presented interim results of the current implementation Read more…
In December the eco4fin team met in Oldenburg for the last quarterly meeting in 2019 to discuss the results achieved so far and to plan the start in 2020. The discussions focused on the creation of the next prototype version and communication to internal addressees. Various options were discussed. At Read more…
A project meeting took place in Wolfsburg at the end of October. At the factory gate, the VLBA team was welcomed by the new VW logo. Changes were discussed at the project meeting. Cedrik Theesen introduced himself as a new project employee of VLBA. In addition to organizational agreements, the Read more…