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4 4 Learning from best practices During the “Sustainability Reporting Guidelines” project, the second sustainability project funded by the Fraunhofer Executive Board, the Fraunhofer IGB engaged in intensive dialog with the other institutes in the Sustainability Network. The project delivered not only a printed guide, but also an intranet-based platform for sustainability reporting. “iLENA” contains interesting and pertinent information on sustainabil- ity topics at Fraunhofer, and can be accessed by all Fraunhofer employees. It makes a wealth of experience gained through the networking activities available in order to support the Fraunhofer Institutes with developing their own sustainability management systems, writing a sustainability report or initially simply implementing effective measures in their daily opera- tions. “iLENA” contains a description of the international Global Re- porting Initiative standard for the preparation of sustainability reports as adapted to the Fraunhofer context; the platform also includes a large collection of best-practice examples of the manifold aspects of responsible corporate leadership, which are intended to inspire emulation. The Fraunhofer IGB has already contributed numerous examples, such as offering in-house German courses for foreign employees or its utiliza- tion concept for the dismantling phase of the old demonstra- tion center building. The project also included developing a modular training concept aimed at making the experiences of sustainability reporting actively available to other institutes. Fraunhofer IGB scientists were involved both in the development of the con- cept and in the test training courses. Both course content and project experiences are now being incorporated into the Insti- tute Center’s second site-wide sustainability report. HIGHLIGHTS 2013