Yannick Heni

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Yannick Heni

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Yannick Heni works as a Researcher at Ecologic Institute, where he specializes in resource conservation and the just transition to a circular economy. His expertise encompasses sufficiency strategies, waste prevention, and producer responsibility. A native speaker of German, Yannick Heni is proficient in English and has a basic knowledge of Spanish.


Yannick Heni works on the project "Resource Efficiency and Natural Resources in an International Context", which provides support to the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUV) and the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA). In this capacity, he evaluates studies conducted by international organizations in the realm of resource conservation. Additionally, Yannick Heni contributes to Ecologic Institute's involvement in the UBA-funded project "Scientific Support of the Development of a Strategy for a Circular Economy in Germany" (Nationale Kreislaufwirtschaftsstrategie NKWS). Within this project, his main responsibilities include assessing the social acceptability of proposed instruments and measures, as well as devising strategies to enhance social acceptance. Furthermore, Yannick Heni played a pivotal role in the "Re-use Berlin Measures 2022-2023" project for the Berlin Senate Administration, designing and facilitating virtual expert dialogues. Yannick Heni is also an integral part of the Horizon Europe TransPharm project "Transforming into a sustainable European pharmaceutical sector", where he collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to develop a comprehensive framework for integrated sustainability assessment. Moreover, he conducts expert interviews for the PREMIER project "Prioritisation and Risk Evaluation of Medicines in the EnviRonment", focusing on the feasibility of implementing environmentally friendly active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Additionally, Yannick Heni supports the UBA-funded project "Pharmaceuticals Index Environment" with a feasibility study on the establishment of environmental information and classification system for pharmaceuticals in Germany.

 

Before joining Ecologic Institute, Yannick Heni was a researcher in the plastics and packaging department at the German Environment Agency (UBA). While pursuing his master's degree, he was employed for the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Germany (NABU) as a student worker. There, his research focused on various topics in the field of resources and circular economy. Prior to that, he interned at Ökopol Institut für Ökologie und Politik, where he worked on ecological aspects of products and product systems.

Yannick Heni obtained a master's degree in Packaging Technology at the Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT). In his master's thesis, he analyzed the influence of printing inks on the mechanical recycling of plastic packaging and identified potential reduction measures in cooperation with Interseroh+. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Packaging Technology from the University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart (Germany).

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Selected projects by Yannick Heni
ProjectResource Efficiency and Natural Resources in an International Context
 
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Global extraction of primary raw materials has been growing continuously for decades, and absolute decoupling between economic growth and resource consumption, let alone environmental impacts associated with the use of natural resources, has not yet been achieved.... Read more

Resource Efficiency and Natural Resources in an International Context

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ProjectScientific Support of the Development of a Strategy for a Circular Economy in Germany
 

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The substantial negative environmental repercussions stemming from the current extent of natural resource consumption are readily apparent. Efforts to decouple global economic growth from resource consumption and the resulting environmental impacts have so far been... Read more

Scientific Support of the Development of a Strategy for a Circular Economy in Germany

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ProjectScientific Accompanying Research on Current Discourses on Resource Conservation
 

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On the one hand, the project investigates the potential for greenhouse gas savings through resource efficiency and circular economy measures. On the other hand, it provides scientific support for the organization of the European Resource Forum (ERF) 2022 and 2024 and... Read more

Scientific Accompanying Research on Current Discourses on Resource Conservation

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ProjectRe-use Berlin Measures 2022-2023
 
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Re-using used goods and products offers numerous economic, ecological and social potentials. Nevertheless, current waste management practices treat re-use still as a secondary priority and not in the sense of a circular economy. This is due, among other things, to the... Read more

Re-use Berlin Measures 2022-2023

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Selected events by Yannick Heni
EventDigital EventCircular Diversity: Creative solutions to promote the re-use of second-hand goods – Re-use Berlin
 

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In a world grappling with environmental challenges, the concept of circular economy and re-use in particular has emerged as a crucial pillar of sustainability. Re-use can play a pivotal role in reducing waste generation, conserving resources, and minimizing the... Read more

Digital Event:Circular Diversity: Creative solutions to promote the re-use of second-hand goods – Re-use Berlin

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EventDigital EventPromoting Repair through Networks and Repair Bonuses – Re-Use Berlin
 

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To reduce the ecological footprint, we need to use products for longer, as the consumption of resources in their production is the most important environmental factor. Repair is an essential tool for this. In addition to ecological reasons, social and economic aspects... Read more

Digital Event:Promoting Repair through Networks and Repair Bonuses – Re-Use Berlin

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Recent content by Yannick Heni

Publication:Report
 
cover of the UBA report "Ressourceneffizienz und natürliche Ressourcen im internationalen Kontext. Entwicklungslinien der Ressourcenpolitik mit Schwerpunkt auf Ressourcenschonung und Ressourceneffizienz"
This report analyzes documents and formats focusing on resource efficiency, resource conservation and the circular economy at the German, European and international level. It outlines significant developments and expected trends in resource policy and identifies research needs. Given the rapid increase in global resource use, driven by population growth and economic expansion, the transition to a resource-efficient and circular economy is a key challenge. This need is reinforced by various global crises such as climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and increasing resource dependency. The report emphasizes that innovative and effective policies are needed at both national and international levels to promote and implement this transition.

Ressourceneffizienz und natürliche Ressourcen im internationalen Kontext

Entwicklungslinien der Ressourcenpolitik mit Schwerpunkt auf Ressourcenschonung und Ressourceneffizienz

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The online expert dialogue "Circular diversity: creative solutions to promote the re-use of second-hand goods" took place on 10 October 2023, organized by Ecologic Institute for the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Mobility, Transportation, Climate Action and the Environment (SenMVKU). The aim of this event was to present the variety of existing creative approaches to promote the re-use of second-hand goods.

Circular Diversity: Creative solutions to promote the re-use of second-hand goods – Re-use Berlin


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The Berlin Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and the Environment (SenMVKU) organised an online expert dialogue on the topic of "Promoting repair through networks and repair bonuses" on 6 June 2023. Good practice examples were presented and potentials, challenges and measures to promote repair were discussed with the participation of experts from business, civil society and politics.

Promoting Repair through Networks and Repair Bonuses – Re-Use Berlin

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1 page of the summary of the Online Expert Dialogue on Reusable Transport Packaging
Almost one third of all packaging in Germany is so-called transport packaging, which becomes waste after its single use. Despite the factual relevance of this packaging group, it is strongly underrepresented in the public perception as well as in the political discourse. During the online expert dialogue "Reusable Transport Packaging" on 27 February 2023, good examples from practice were presented and potentials, challenges and necessary elements for the expansion of reusable transport packaging were discussed together with experts from trade, logistics industry, civil society and politics. The summary is available for download.

Online-Fachdialog "Mehrweg-Transportverpackungen"

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Despite Germany's Circular Economy and Waste Management Act "Kreislaufwirtschafts- und Abfallgesetz" of 1996, the country's economy remains essentially linear. To transition from this status quo and lead the way towards a genuinely circular and resource-efficient economy, the development of a National Circular Economy Strategy (Nationale Kreislaufwirtschaftsstrategie) (NKWS) is now in progress. The project provides scientific support to the development of this strategy, as much as to the related debate.

Scientific Support of the Development of a Strategy for a Circular Economy in Germany

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In the context of the political goal of strengthening the reuse of used goods, the project aimed at supporting and executing re-use measures in Berlin in order to foster structures and actors in Berlin that bring the used goods market out of its niche. To do so, the project drew on the practical experience of initial pilot tests in 2018, networking activities since 2019 and the opening of the Re-Use Superstore in 2020.

Re-use Berlin Measures 2022-2023

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The project investigates the potential for greenhouse gas savings through resource efficiency and circular economy measures. Ecologic Institute supports the formulation of resource conservation measures as input for the modelling of GHG saving potentials (WP1 led by GWS). Furthermore, Ecologic Institute is responsible for the scientific support of the European Resource Forum in 2022 and 2024 including the development of background papers.

Scientific Accompanying Research on Current Discourses on Resource Conservation

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The PREMIER project aims to develop a comprehensive assessment system dedicated to characterizing the environmental risks of APIs, including their human metabolites and environmental transformation products. This innovative system is designed to fulfill several key objectives, including the screening and prioritization of existing APIs, identification of potential hazards linked to APIs in development, and the enhancement of accessibility to pertinent environmental data for all stakeholders.

Prioritisation and Risk Evaluation of Medicines in the EnviRonment (PREMIER)

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