Anna Falkenstein

  • 2012-2016: Resource-Efficiency Management (B. Sc., Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences)
  • 2016-2018: Global Sustainability Science (Double Degree M.Sc., Leuphana University Lüneburg & Arizona State University)
  • 2019-2020: Research Assistant at the Center for Global Sustainability and Cultural Transformation (CGSC), Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • Since October 2020 employee of Ökopol

Main focus of work

Resources and Circular Economy, Environmentally Sound Products and Product Systems

Project work in various research projects with a focus on waste prevention, sustainability in e-commerce and ecological film productions.

Ausgewählte Referenzen

Title Client, Project leader, Project partner Duration

Resources and Recycling Economy

Analysis of multi-use systems for packaging avoidance (FKZ: 3720 34 3050)
Short description
German Federal Environment Agency, Dessau (DE)

Project leader:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)

Project partner:
GVM Gesellschaft für Verpackungsmarktforschung mbH, Mainz (DE); Prof. Dr. Thomas Schomerus, Lüneburg (DE); Prof. Versteyl Lawyer, Burgwedel (DE)
2020 – 2024

V786
praxPACK - User-integrated development and testing of practical resource-efficient reusable packaging solutions in e-commerce (FKZ 033R243A)
Short description
Scientifc Article: Comparing the Carbon Footprint of Single use and resuable shipping packaging
Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin (DE)

Project leader:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)

Project partner:
Avocadostore GmbH, Hamburg (DE); Bundesverband e-Commerce und Versandhandel Deutschland e.V. (bevh), Berlin (DE); Cargo Plast GmbH, Salem (DE); Deutsche Post AG, Bonn (DE); GVM Gesellschaft für Verpackungsmarktforschung mbH, Mainz (DE); Händlerbund Management AG, Leipizg (DE); memo AG, Greußenheim (DE); Otto GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg (DE); Plan B From Outer Space Oy, Helsinki (FI); Stiftung Initiative Mehrweg (SIM), Berlin (DE); Tchibo GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
2019 – 2023

V757
Web-Seminar Series: Sustainability in E-Commerce
Short description
Guidelines for e-commerce
Zukunft, Umwelt, Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH, Bonn (DE)

Project leader:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
2021 – 2022

V824
Expert opinion on two selected topics of the EU Plastics Strategy within the framework of the 8th Government Commission of Lower Saxony Niedersächsisches Ministrerium für Umwelt, Energie, Bauen und Klimaschutz, Hannover (DE)

Project leader:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
2020 – 2022

V771
The environmental transformation of E-Commerce: New challenges for the environmental policy promotion of sustainable consumption (FKZ: 3719 11 302 0)
Short description
Report II (German)
German Federal Environment Agency, Dessau (DE)

Project leader:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)

Project partner:
Corsus, Eberle, Butscher & Pieper PartG, Hamburg (DE); GVM Gesellschaft für Verpackungsmarktforschung mbH, Mainz (DE); ISI Consult - Institut für Sozialinnovation UG, Berlin (DE); Prof. Dr. Jan Ninnemann c/o Hansesatic Transport Consultancy, Hamburg (DE); Prof. Dr. Ralf Isenmann, Bremen (DE); Prof. Dr. Thomas Schomerus, Lüneburg (DE)
2019 – 2022

V764
Planning and Execution of a Conference on Waste Prevention of Specific Product Streams (Project No.: 129 309)
Short description
German Federal Environment Agency, Dessau (DE)

Project leader:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
2019 – 2021

V770

Environmentally Sound Products and Product Systems

Conceptual and organisational management of the tender, submission and pre-selection phase of the EISVOGEL 23/24 Heinz Sielmann Stiftung

Project leader:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
2023 – 2024

V848
Updating and expanding the existing environmental guideline of the Fhh into a sustainability guideline (FB1a.12.04.10-422) Behörde für Umwelt, Klima, Energie und Agrarwirtschaft (BUKEA), Hamburg (DE)

Project leader:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)

Project partner:
Dr. Angela Dageförde (Fachjuristin für Vergaberecht), Hannover (DE)
2023

V841
Support and organisation of the EISVOGEL award ceremony 2023 Heinz Sielmann Stiftung

Project leader:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
2023

V842
Waste avoidance in the procurement, use and disposal of workwear with project partners in the public sector Hessisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz, Wiesbaden (DE)

Project leader:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)

Project partner:
circular.fashion UG, Berlin (DE); Dr. Angela Dageförde (Fachjuristin für Vergaberecht), Hannover (DE); Prof. Monika Fuchs (Professorin für Bekleidungstechnik HTW Berlin), (DE)
2021 – 2023

V826
AnSchuhb - Coordination and further development of activities to promote sustainable use of footwear
Research paper on the resource consumption of shoes
German Federal Environment Agency, Dessau (DE)

Project leader:
Fusio e.V., Leipzig (DE)

Project partner:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE); Runder Tisch Reparatur e.V., Stuttgart (DE)
2021 – 2023

V810
Criteria for the environmentally sustainable production of film and TV productions Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Berlin (DE)

Project leader:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)

Project partner:
KlimAktiv gemeinnützige Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Klimaschutzes mbH, Tübingen (DE)
2021 – 2023

V800, 831
Support of the Round Table on Marine Litter to operationalize the measures proposed under Environmental Objective 5 of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), "Reduction of Marine Litter" (FKZ: 3719 25 204 0)
Short description
German Federal Environment Agency, Dessau (DE)

Project leader:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)

Project partner:
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. (UMSICHT), Oberhausen (DE); ÖkoMedia GmbH, Stuttgart (DE); Prof. Dr. Thomas Schomerus, Lüneburg (DE); s.Pro - sustainable projects GmbH, Berlin (DE)
2020 – 2023

V780
Economic assessment of environmental measures - Measures in the field of eco-design and declaration obligations BAFU Bundesamt für Umwelt, Bern (CH)

Project leader:
BSS Volkswirtschaftliche Beratung AG, Basel (CH)

Project partner:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
2021 – 2022

V802
Policy briefs on the Sustainable Products Initiative Better Europe BV, Ukkel (BE)

Project leader:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
2021

V809
Implementation of extended producer responsibility for fishing gear and tobacco products as part of the implementation of the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive in Germany NABU - Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V., Berlin (DE)

Project leader:
Ökopol GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
2021

V790
22.4.2024