Peter Dolega

Recent projects

• Raw materials and mining

  The impact of gold - Sustainability aspects in the gold supply-chains and Switzerland’s role as a gold hub

  05/03/2021

  In 2018, WWF Switzerland published a study where the biggest Swiss watch companies were ranked based on their environmental performance. This rating demonstrated that most companies were not able to trace back along their supply chain to understand where the raw materials for their products were so

• Raw materials and mining

  Support for SMEs on mineral supply chain due diligence – maintenance phase (conflict minerals)

  11/06/2020

  One of the aims of this project is to maintain the EU due diligence ready! portal to keep it up to date regarding content, including translation the new content into 7 languages. The portal is meant to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to the Regulation (EU) 2017/821 (hereafter Regula-tion).

• Building materials

  Sustainable Management in Extractive Industrie (SUMEX)

  11/01/2020

  SUMEX (Sustainable Management in Extractive Industries) addresses the definition of sustainability in connection with EU extractive industry from exploration to closure/post-closure of exploration sites. In peer-learning workshops the five focus areas - land use planning, - socio-economic and envir

• Waste management

  Emerging waste streams – Challenges and opportunities. Specific study within a Framework Contract to support to the European Environment Agency’s activities on circular economy and industrial transformation for emerging waste streams

  09/17/2020

  The energy transition is geared to help achieve the climate mitigation ambitions of the EU but should also be in line with other environmental objectives of the European Green Deal. In this context, establishing models that ensure circularity, i.e. material flows that retain as much value as possi

• Data governance

  Germany on the way to climate neutrality: What opportunities and risks result from digitisation

  07/01/2020

  This study analyses the interactions between digitalisation and climate protection. Specifically, the following questions are addressed: What is the status of digitalisation in Germany? What are the most important development trends? What concrete opportunities and starting points does digitalisati

• Waste management

  Preparation of a practical guidance on the development of an inventory of waste batteries containing lithium

  03/05/2020

  Oeko-Institut develops a “Practical guidance on the development of an inventory of waste batteries containing lithium”. The produced guidance document: complements the methodological guidance for the compilation of lists of hazardous wastes and other wastes under the Basel Convention

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Recent publications

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  Sustainability aspects in the gold supply-chains and Switzerland's role as a gold hub

  The Impact of Gold

  November 2021

  Switzerland has a particularly strong relationship with gold: Not only is 50 % – 70 % of the world’s gold refined in Switzerland, but Swiss banks also play a crucial role in marketing bullion. Switzerland is also a primary hub for upmarket jewellery and watchmaking. Despite their reliance on thi

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  Strategies for a circular economy

  Green technologies and critical raw materials

  June 2021

  This policy paper has been commissioned by Henrike Hahn, Member of the European Parliament from the Greens / EFA to support her legislative activities on the European strategy for critical raw materials. It aims at answering key questions regarding critical raw material demand for green technologie

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  Study on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

  Resource consumption of the passenger vehicle sector in Germany until 2035 – the impact of different drive systems

  May 2021

  The annual crude oil demand for passenger cars in Germany can be reduced by 56 percent by 2035 compared to 2020 if the share of electric passenger cars in German registrations rises to 100 percent until then. These savings significantly exceed the consumption of fossil fuels such as natural gas, whi

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  April 2021

  SUMEX Deliverable D1.2: SD Criteria SUMEX Sustainability Framework

  April 2021

  This report describes a sustainability framework for the European extractive industry established by the SUMEX project

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  RE-SOURCING Deliverable 4.2

  State of Play and Roadmap Concept: Mobility Sector

  April 2021

  Meeting the Paris Agreement’s goals requires transformation in the mobility sector. Battery electric vehicle technology today offers a promising technology to  achieve the necessary changes and transform the sector. Yet this transformation goes hand in hand with a significant increase in the

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  Final report

  Assessment of options to improve particular aspects of the EU regulatory framework on batteries

  March 2021

  The general aim of this final report for the project “Assessment of options to improve particular aspects of the EU Regulatory Framework on Batteries” is to support the European Commission in the preparation of their Impact Assessment for a new regulatory framework for batteries in the EU. This

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  Sustainable research and consultancy on a new footing

  News 01/16/2025

  Founded more than 40 years ago, the Oeko-Institut is one of Europe’s leading independent research and consultancy organisations working for a sustainable future. In recent years, the Institute has taken on contracts to provide policy advice and conduct application-oriented research – with growing success. Our consultancy services for policy-makers and the business sector in the fields of environmental protection, climate change mitigation and sustainable development will henceforth be clustered under our newly established subsidiary, Öko-Institut Consult GmbH.

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  Better soil management: Which funding approaches have a positive effect on climate mitigation?

  News 01/08/2025

  Soils play an important role as (potential) carbon reservoirs for climate mitigation. They also play a key role in promoting biodiversity and resilience to pressures such as global warming or pollution. Worldwide, soils store two to three times more carbon than the atmosphere. They act as natural climate protectors and are therefore also a key component of the EU's agricultural policy towards a net-zero future – provided they are intact. Only then can they reduce greenhouse gas emissions and/or sequester carbon.