Jens Gröger

MEG equivalents and the SVHC Score: assessment of problematic substances in software and digital services

A wide range of chemicals are used in the manufacture and use of electronic devices. For most applications, alternatives for problematic substances are now available that have better properties. For the assessment of sustainability in the ICT sector, it is therefore important to know to what extent

A plausible approach for the “Ecological Alignment" of AI?

Policy Brief: The European Parliament’s amendments to the AI Act

According to the European Parliament’s (EP) amendments on the commission’s proposal for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, adopted on 14 June 2023, a whole series of new, environment-related requirements for AI systems shall be integrated into the regulation’s framework. This paper outlines

Contribution to the discussion for more transparency in the digital economy

Development of an energy efficiency label for data centres

What is now common practice for electricity-consuming products has so far not been implemented for data centres: a harmonised and easily understandable efficiency label. Within the PeerDC project ("Public Energy Efficiency Register of Data Centres", https://peer-dc.de), commissioned by the Federal E

Towards Climate Neutrality by 2050

Study on Greening Cloud Computing and Electronic Communications Services and Networks

The digital transformation currently taking place is characterised by an increase in the amount of data that needs to be collected, processed, stored and transmitted. This results in an expansion of the information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure and leads to an increase in energy

PROSAplus Guideline

PROSA – Product Sustainability Assessment

This brochure was produced as part of the joint research project “SDG Assessment – Further development of a sustainability assessment method based on the sustainability goals of the United Nations (Agenda 2030)”. The project on which this brochure is based was funded by the Federal Ministry on

In the Spotlight

Green IT and communication technologies – Potential to boost environmental performance

Information and communication technologies (ICT) are used in many areas of life and the economy today. Online shopping, the electronic processing and storage of data, the management of entire operations – computers, the Internet and mobile communication have become commonplace. From an environmen