Sustainum Institut

Sustainum Institut is an independent research and consulting institute based in Berlin, Germany, working on sustainability, vocational education and organisational development. According to its own mission statement, the institute has been carrying out consulting and research work for companies across numerous sectors, non-profit organisations and public institutions for more than ten years. It describes itself as a private-sector cooperative (privatwirtschaftliche Genossenschaft) that offers consulting services for business and municipalities, complemented by a non-profit association (gemeinnütziger Verein) focused on science and research. The institute also presents itself as a cooperative, association and think tank that invites committed colleagues to participate. The institute's thematic focus is sustainability understood as future viability (Zukunftsfähigkeit), connecting economic, ecological and social questions. Its stated approach is holistic, taking into account human, process, culture and environment aspects. Sustainum says it helps clients discover their sustainability potential and accompanies processes from the first idea through implementation and evaluation, building structures, know-how and cooperation to strengthen innovation. Sustainum's service portfolio is organised around three main areas: education (Bildung), environmental assessments/life-cycle balances (Umweltbilanzen) and consulting (Beratung). Its project work spans European and international topics. Examples shown on its website include XR Energy, which applies extended reality to the energy transition and the build-up of a hydrogen economy; Mix-Tec, on mixed technologies (VR/AR) for small and medium-sized enterprises; Green Growth, on competences for the circular economy in the construction sector; Agile Learning in Companies, an open-access book on flexible competence development; an international handbook of vocational education and training on Vietnam; and work on planned obsolescence behind the scenes of product development. The team is led by a board (Vorstand) whose members are also senior consultants: Jörg Longmuß, Frieder Rock and Danny Püschel. They are supported by senior consultants such as Osvaldo Romero, Benjamin Höhne, Stefan Wolf, William Oduro and Erik Poppe, digitalisation specialists Alexander Stanschus and Benjamin Höhne, and office manager Uta Spreer. The institute states that it is supported by a network of energy advisers, moderators, lecturers, software developers and technicians. As a cooperative, Sustainum positions itself as an open organisation: its website invites interested parties to join the cooperative and to get in touch for a personal conversation. Its combination of a commercial cooperative for consulting and a non-profit association for research is central to its identity as an independent institute that bridges practice and science in the sustainability field.

Sustainum Institut is a Berlin-based institute that, according to its own mission statement, has been providing consulting and research services for more than ten years. It operates as an independent organisation with a dual structure: a private-sector cooperative (privatwirtschaftliche Genossenschaft) that delivers consulting services for businesses and municipalities, and a non-profit association (gemeinnütziger Verein) that concentrates on science and research. This structure reflects the institute's self-description as a cooperative, association and think tank. From its base in Berlin, Sustainum has built a portfolio that combines sustainability consulting, environmental assessments and education. Its stated mission is to treat sustainability as future viability (Zukunftsfähigkeit), linking economic, ecological and social perspectives, and to work holistically across human, process, culture and environment dimensions. The institute says it helps clients discover their sustainability potential and accompanies processes from the first idea through implementation and evaluation, strengthening innovation by building structures, know-how and cooperation. Over time the institute has participated in European and international projects. Its website highlights XR Energy, which uses extended reality for the energy transition and the development of a hydrogen economy; Mix-Tec, which applies VR/AR and other digital learning forms to the training of skilled workers in small and medium-sized enterprises; Green Growth, which addresses competences for the circular economy in the construction sector; and Agile Learning in Companies, an open-access book on flexible competence development. It also presents an international handbook of vocational education and training on Vietnam and research on planned obsolescence in product development. The institute is led by a board (Vorstand) of three members — Jörg Longmuß, Frieder Rock and Danny Püschel — who are also senior consultants. They are joined by additional senior consultants, digitalisation specialists and an office manager, and the institute says it is supported by a network of energy advisers, moderators, lecturers, software developers and technicians. As a cooperative, Sustainum actively invites interested colleagues to join and participate, presenting itself as an open, member-based organisation rather than a conventional consultancy.

Independent cooperative institute combining commercial sustainability consulting with non-profit research, bridging practice and science.

• Consulting (Beratung)

  Consulting services for companies, non-profit organisations and public institutions.

• Environmental assessments (Umweltbilanzen)

  Environmental assessment and life-cycle balance services.

• Education (Bildung)

  Education and competence development offerings, including vocational training projects.

• XR Energy

  Extended reality for the energy transition and the build-up of a hydrogen economy.

• Mix-Tec

  Mixed technologies — VR/AR for small and medium-sized enterprises.

• Green Growth

  Competences for tackling the circular economy challenge in the construction sector.

• Agiles Lernen im Unternehmen

  Open-access book on flexible and innovative competence development in companies.

• Internationales Handbuch der Berufsbildung: Vietnam

  International handbook of vocational education and training on Vietnam.

• Geplante Obsoleszenz

  Research on planned obsolescence behind the scenes of product development.

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2. 2Team | SUSTAINUM Institut Berlinsustainum.de
3. 3Mission | SUSTAINUM Institut Berlinsustainum.de
4. 4Sustainum Institut (Germany) - Wikidatawikidata.org