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Sustainable founding

Events on the founder platform of BMWK and KfW

  • Various

Borderstep offers various events for the exchange of experiences and networking around business ideas for a more ecologically sustainable future. The offer is free of charge.More

Green Startup Monitor 2023: Press conference

  • March 29, 2023

The Green Startup Monitor (GSM) is jointly published by Borderstep and the Startup Verband and measures green startup activity in Germany. The press conference is open to all.More

European Enterprise Promotion Awards

Award ceremony during the SME Assembly of the EU Commission

  • 2022, Prague, Czech Republic

For the 16th time, the jury of the European Commission will award outstanding projects and initiatives for the promotion of entrepreneurship with the European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA). Borderstep is nominated with the project ScaleUp4Sustainability.More

Business Plan Competition Berlin-Brandenburg (BPW)

Presentation of the Special Award Sustainability

  • 2022, Berlin

As a partner of the Business Plan Competition Berlin-Brandenburg (BPW), the Borderstep Institute sponsors the Special Award Sustainability, which will be awarded during the 3rd BPW 2022 award ceremony on July 4.More

ICT4S 2022

Borderstep presents project results on digitalization in the building sector

  • 2022, University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria and online

The 8th international conference on ICT and sustainability is organized by the University of Plovdiv (Bulgaria). Borderstep presents a paper describing the methods of the Bitkom Building Study.More

EURAM Annual Conference 2022

Leading Digital Transformation: Call for Papers

  • 2022, Winterthur, Schweiz

The largest European conference for economists brings together management researchers and practitioners in an interdisciplinary dialog. Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter, Director of the Borderstep Institute, is this year's co-chair of the track "Innovation for Circularity, Green Technologies and Sustainability".More

Green Startup Monitor 2022: Press Conference

  • 2022, VIRTUAL

This year, the GSM is published for the fourth time. It is published jointly by Borderstep and the German Startups Association and surveys the green startup scene in Germany.More

Borderstep Impact Forum 2021

As part of the ISPIM Innovation Conference 2021

  • 2021, VIRTUAL

The Borderstep Impact Forum 2021 is dedicated to the topic of sustainability assessment and impact measurement of start-ups.More

Borderstep Impact Forum 2020

As part of the virtual ISPIM Innovation Conference 2020

  • 2020, VIRTUAL

The Borderstep Impact Forum 2020 is dedicated to the topic of sustainability assessment and impact measurement of start-ups. It is part of the virtual ISPIM Innovation Conference 2020.More

ISPIM 2019

European Innovation Conference

  • 2019, Florence, Italy

Do those start-ups that set themselves economic, ecological and/or social targets have more difficulties raising capital than other start-ups? Borderstep presents current research results at this year's ISPIM conference.More

Borderstep News

Improving the sustainability of data centres in Europe 04.06.2025

As part of a study for the Directorate-General for Energy of the European Commission, Borderstep is organizing a series of workshops for stakeholders in the data center industry. The focus is on how data centers in the EU can become more sustainable. More

Train4Impact: Making climate impact measurable 06.01.2025

The project, which has now been launched, is intended to help start-ups that are geared towards the common good to quantify and manage their climate impact. Among other things, workshops and individual consultations on the use of software already developed by Borderstep and Impact Nexus are planned. More

Borderstep and ESCP Business School cooperate 29.08.2024

The Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability and the ESCP Business School officially announce their collaboration in a new research and transfer area: Sustainable business models. The cooperation agreement runs from September 2024 to August 2026. Founded in 1819, ESCP is the first business school in the world. More