The United Nations Global Compact has just launched its new CFO Taskforce to further advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. What is the CFO Taskforce? The UN Global Compact is putting together a taskforce of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) from the real economy and the financial sector alike. The taskforce aims at…
Am 20.01.2020 wurden die CDP Climate Change 2019 Ergebnisse des Assessments veröffentlicht. Insgesamt stieg die Zahl der Unternehmen, die sich von CDP haben bewerten lassen, von 6.251 (2018) auf 8.367 (2019) Unternehmen an. Das entspricht nun erstmalig mehr als 50 % der weltweiten Marktkapitalisierung. Zudem haben 2019 115 dieser Unternehmen mittels CDP Assessment ihre Lieferkette…
Reporting on sustainability becomes more important Companies face increasing pressure to disclose their corporate sustainability program. Such pressures come from various sources including legislative requirements and increasing public concern. Reporting and disclosure of a companies’ sustainability may be seen as a financial burden, however, they will become increasingly economically relevant (e.g., CO2 price). When an…
Happy New Year! The new year barely started and it is already time for planning your acivities around reporting and disclosure of your companies environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities and data. Several external recognition and disclosure bodies have very strict deadlines – other dates can be chosen by the company itself. This article focuses…
