Projects – Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm

“Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Franken”

The Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Franken’s mission is to support small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) in digitalisation processes and sustainability transformation. The partners in this effort comprise a consortium of the Sustainable Innovation and Transformation Management (NIT) group from the Ohm, the AN[ki]T at the Ansbach University of Applied Sciences, which heads the consortium, and the Academy for Artificial Intelligence (AKI), and the Fraunhofer IESE.

The center focuses on the fields of AI and sustainability, with the NIT group contributing expertise in the areas of sustainability management, supply chain management, greenhouse gas emissions and certificates, and sustainability transparency.

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Corporate due diligence in the supply chain

The “Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz” (LkSG) stipulates that enterprises with more than 1,000 employees are obligated to analyse their supply chains for human rights and environmental risks, avoiding and preventing human rights and environmental risk in their supply chain, and take remedial action if risks in these areas are detected.

WohnLB: How is it to live in Nuremberg in low-income households?

Increasing the rate of refurbishments and improving energy efficiency in local housing supply are important contributions to achieving climate targets. Ensuring the homes of low-income households meet acceptable standards will also improve the living conditions of those affected: low-income households are particularly affected by the technical standard of their homes, as the supply of available or accessible housing for them is very limited. Additionally, poor refurbishment of a home can lead to energy price increases and, in turn, expenditures that impact the availability of resources elsewhere in the household budget. And conversely, refurbishment measures generally lead to an increase in rents, which results in a decrease in the low-cost flat market segment.

Summer School

With the growing global integration of companies, their area of responsibility for the ecological, social, and human rights impacts associated with their activities are part of discussions in societies and politics. Transparency, traceability, and compliance with sustainability standards are requirements that investors, consumers, supervisory authorities, and environmental and human rights groups demand in the form of corporate due diligence reporting.

NachvollziehbAR (= comprehensible)

Immersive and interactive augmented reality app for simplified and comprehensible visualisation, information transfer, and communication of sustainability aspects and risks along the supply chain