Interviews 2011

Transparency and accountability

Constanze Berendts

“Payment flows in the raw materials sector must be disclosed to stem corruption and ensure that the wealth generated by trade in raw materials goes towards fighting poverty.“

Constanze Berendts

Member of the Board of Directors of Transparency International Deutschland e.V.

 

Sustainability in Asia

Chandran Nair

„The sustainability challenge in Asia can be boiled down to a key question: “Can or should Asians aspire to consume like Americans?”

Chandran Nair

CEO and founder of the Global Institute for Tomorrow in Hong Kong

 

The great transformation

„We need more technical innovations – radical ones, too – and cleverly conceived international agreements for implementing a sustainable global climate policy.”

Prof. Franz Josef Radermacher

Director of FAW/n [Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing], Vice-President of the European Ecosocial Forum and member of the Club of Rome

 

New measure of prosperity

"If we used a more accurate gage of prosperity in future, the exploitation of resources and the load on the environment would have to be cut back dramatically before we can achieve an increase in prosperity."

Prof. Dr. Meinhard Miegel

Chairman of the Board of Denkwerk Zukunft