It would be a dream for investors, politicians, and customers if sustainability-related company data was machine-readable and freely available Open Data. Such approaches exist for individual contents and regions, but they are not widespread worldwide and only concern a selective part of the thematic diversity of sustainability. Sven von Höveling and Raphaela Helbig Read more…
In mid-August, the project team presented the results of the last project quarter. The meeting took place in Wolfsburg. Focus was on the first version of the prototype. All project participants were satisfied with the results so far and there was a constructive discussion about improvements and further functions of Read more…
In the beginning of July, the eco4fin project team presented a platform concept to our research partner Volkswagen in Wolfsburg and participated in a training on FOSS (Free Open Source Software) deployment. Our demonstration met the expectations and was the basis for a creative and constructive exchange between the project Read more…
We are thinking theoretically about the practice: What should the first prototype be able to do and what should we postpone until later? We discussed this question at the project meeting in March 2019. The meeting took place at the VLBA premises in Oldenburg. A highlight was a short visit Read more…
Is there a bottleneck in sustainability communication between companies and investors? Yes, summarizes the external doctoral student of the VLBA Raphaela Helbig. She is part of the eco4fin project. At the 14th International Conference on Information Systems (WI2019) she presented her conference paper showing a technical process model of sustainability Read more…
On St. Nicholas Day, the participants of the eco4fin research cooperation took stock of the interim results. The project meeting took place in Wolfsburg, next to the Christmas-decorated Autostadt (photo).
Environment, capital market and Volkswagen – How does it fit together? Since June 2018, a research cooperation between the Business Information Systems / VLBA department and Volkswagen AG has been working on new ways of environmental communication. The aim is to create a prototype for an environmental big data platform Read more…