The Wuppertal Institute researches and develops models, strategies and instruments for transitions to sustainable development at regional, national and international level. The focus is on resource, climate and energy challenges within their interaction with the economy and society. Analysing and indexing innovations for the decoupling of natural consumption and the development of prosperity forms the main emphasis of our research.
I am responsible for the introduction and further development of the Blue Ant software in the company. I have been accompanying this process for almost five years now. I am also active in controlling at the Wuppertal Institute. Of course, Blue Ant plays a central role here today. The Wuppertal Institute is one of the largest non-university research institutes regarding questions and methods of change in sustainability.
The institute was founded in in Wuppertal and has been represented for several years with a further location in Berlin. Most of the employees are scientists. We generate a turnover of about 14 million Euros per year and are a non-profit private limited liability company. Research at the Wuppertal Institute is usually carried out on a project basis and on behalf of third parties. Most of the Wuppertal Institute's projects have been put out to tender by public authorities and are organised accordingly.
The special obligation to provide documentation for most projects distinguishes us strongly from traditional commercial enterprises. We have up to ongoing projects per year, making the project landscape very diverse. Approximately 75 percent of the projects are funded by public authorities such as the EU, federal and state ministries. However, orders from industry are also an important part of the project portfolio. The different characteristics of the projects are essentially related to who the client is and what requirements they place on us.
We have projects that run for a few months and are rather short, but we also have projects that run for between one and five years. These longer-term projects are predominantly EU projects.
