SCIENCE
- We build environmental understanding through research, diagnostics, modelling, monitoring, LCA, water-system analysis, and technical interpretation.
Institutional profile
Mission
Our mission is to advance environmental understanding and strengthen the connection between science, society, and decision-making. We develop, apply, and share scientific knowledge that supports responsible products, value chains, policies, technologies, and environmental actions, helping organisations and communities navigate complexity through systems thinking, life cycle perspectives, and scientific integrity.
Identity
Holistic frameworks in resonance with nature
- The environmental challenges of the 21st century cannot be solved through isolated disciplines or isolated decisions.
- Products depend on ecosystems, value chains depend on natural resources, and environmental outcomes emerge from interactions across entire systems.
- The Institute’s signature is environmental interdisciplinarity.
- Our experts and advisors work across hydrology, biogeochemistry, ecohydrology, physical chemistry, life cycle assessment, and related fields to build holistic frameworks that reveal connections, identify trade-offs, and support informed decisions.
- Through science, systems thinking, and life cycle perspectives, we help translate complexity into practical pathways for responsible products, value chains, policies, and environmental stewardship.
Institutional capabilities
TECHNOLOGY & DATA SYSTEMS
- We support the selection, validation, and responsible use of environmental technologies, products, pilots, and applied systems.
DECISION GOVERNANCE
- We translate evidence into decisions, claims, standards, MRV, due diligence, policy logic, investment logic, and transparent environmental documentation.
EDUCATION & CAPACITY BUILDING
- We turn complex environmental knowledge into workshops, training, public learning, institutional dialogue, and scientific storytelling.
Updates
Events, publications, and recent Institute news
Latest events
Latest eventsJanuary 2026
Circular economy workshop in Barcelona
A three-day workshop on environmental sustainability and circular economy in the construction sector, focused on product footprint and comparability in construction sector.
Knowledge infrastructure
Latest eventsJuly 2025
Lake remediation discussions in Prague
Conference participation connected to lake remediation and future framework discussions around carbon-credit logic.
Monitoring and carbon credits
Publications and briefs
Publications and briefsFebruary 2026
Brief on science-based environmental interpretation
A note on public-interest decision settings where scientific interpretation must remain explicit and traceable.
Life Cycle Decision
Publications and briefsApril 2026
Vernadsky’s Century of Biosphere Thinking
Already a century ago, Vernadsky explained that living matter [biota] is not a decorative surface on the planet. It is a geological force that changes landforms, the atmosphere, water, and climate. The next century should broader it from The Biosphere to Biosphere Sustainability.
Blue economy