- Press Release
Frank Otto, entrepreneur and investor, joins the United Sustainability Group and takes over shares of the investment company United Sustainability GmbH.
At the conference “The New European Ocean Age” as part of the 37th German Shipping Day in Hamburg on May 8, 2025, the question of how Germany can meet the goals of the UN Decade of Action will be explored.
Europe and the entire world are facing unprecedented challenges - and the ocean is our greatest common denominator. Following the concept of the “common heritage of the oceans” by Elisabeth Mann Borgese and with a special focus on the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, we are looking at the question of the extent to which Germany has already achieved the goals of this decade and what measures are still measures are still needed to advance the sustainable development of the oceans - and thus our own future.
He argues here for a new economic governance that directs people's innovative power towards more sustainability (‚Lebensdienlichkeit‘), towards strengthening the real economy and the commons, and towards cultivating our quality of life instead of being unidimensionally focused on financial profit maximization.
They discuss the way towards a corporate reporting methodology of strong sustainability, which makes the planetary boundaries the yardstick of economic activities.
The paper discusses the current conflicts of CSR reporting in the light of the recent developments in standard-setting and the fields future.
On October 13, 2022, prominent representatives of the Austrian sports landscape, officials, clubs, athletes, and companies, met in Trofaiach in Upper Styria. Dr. Dahm opened the event with a keynote "Spielfelder für Re:Generation und Lebensdienlichkeit. Perspektiven für einen Sport mit Zukunft" (Playing fields for re:generation and sustainability. Perspectives for sport with a future).