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The global pandemic has hit the aviation industry like no other. As vaccination rates increase, strict travel restrictions are being increasingly relaxed, and demand for air travel is rising again. At the invitation of ÖBAG, industry experts will discuss the long-term development of the industry in dialogue events with the industry. Against the backdrop of the site agreement […]
The stock market rally has regained momentum. Germany's most important stock market index, the DAX, broke the 16.000-point mark for the first time in its 33-year history on Friday, August 13, 2021. It peaked at a historic high of 16.030 points. The European Stoxx 600 and the US indices S&P 500 and Dow Jones also broke new records in 2021.
Sustainability is no longer seen as a fashionable trend, but as a survival strategy. Business leaders are increasingly realizing that we must preserve natural resources and the global climate for future generations. There is no "pause" or "backtracking" without being punished by society, competitors, investors, and politicians. To achieve sustainable development […]
Sustainability and climate protection are omnipresent global issues. They are reported on daily in the media, politicians rarely miss an opportunity to highlight their achievements in this regard, and even energy-intensive and climate-damaging industries have fully embraced the topic. In the spirit of strengthening networking among international and domestic decision-makers, ÖBAG invited […]
Plastics are high-quality materials and often the more sustainable choice. However, the improper or inadequate disposal of plastic products is problematic – the solution lies in the transition to a global circular economy. United Nations forecasts predict that the world population will grow to nine billion people by 2050: almost two billion more than today. [...]
Does sustainability pay off? Can the financial industry make the world a better place? And how can constructive exchange in the area of sustainability work? To foster increased networking among international and domestic decision-makers, ÖBAG hosted a hybrid conference on June 29, 2021. The discussions focused on the various efforts of national and international players to stimulate the economy […]
Sustainability is gradually gaining importance in ÖBAG's portfolio companies – this is the analysis of a group of students in the project supervised by ÖBAG and the Sustainability Challenge. This is evident, for example, in restructuring within the companies themselves. In 2021, both Telekom Austria AG and OMV AG established a dedicated staff unit […]
Many industries have shown us: what we learn once has an increasingly short half-life. There was a time when energy experts at utility companies could explain to us how electricity gets into the socket. No matter where you worked in this value chain, your role and the interfaces were clearly explained. The technologies were established and [...]
For several years, researchers have been exploring the hypothesis that successful sustainability performance (ESG: Environmental, Social, and Governance) positively influences corporate financial performance. A meta-analysis by NYU-Stern University addressed this question and analyzed over 1.000 studies from 2015 to 2020 to discuss this possible correlation. The university concluded that positive financial performance through ESG […]
