Institute for Resource Conservation, Innovation and Sustainability e. V.

The Institute for Resource Conservation, Innovation and Sustainability (IRIS) e. V. is an affiliated institute of the Berlin School of Economics. It offers consultancy, training and research services, with economists, engineers and scientists working together to develop innovative solutions for environmental protection, and consequently making a contribution to sustainable development.

The members of the institute all share an interest in sustainability, while having many years of experience in their respective specialities as experts from different fields. The interdisciplinary approach has proved particularly successful, and is a guarantee of the high quality of work at the institute. IRIS e. V. can rely on a huge potential of knowledge, through its connection to the Berlin School of Economics with its multi-disciplinary and environmentally oriented courses. This knowledge will be extended by co-operating with other institutes and/or consultancy services.

IRIS e. V. uses various methods to investigate and develop practice-oriented concepts, which take the model of sustainable development in its different facets and make this realizable.

Achieving sustainable development while giving equal consideration to ecological, economic and social goals demands new ways of thinking, new values and new consultancy services. These should both set the necessary changes in motion and then accompany them through the process.

IRIS e. V. has set itself the goal of supporting those necessary changes which will lead to sustainable development in politics, society and business, tailored to the needs of the target group.

IRIS e. V. offers a wide-ranging spectrum of competence in specialities and methodology, whether in the development or implementation of environmental protection projects.