Nowadays companies are increasingly facing the needs of their stakeholders, investors, and society more broadly in the field of ESG. Stakeholder demands are shifting, they are more and more demanding the disclosure of a company’s sustainability efforts, legal demands are obliging businesses to implement practices that avoid damage but benefit the natural environment, and investors…
With the Paris Agreement of 2015, more than half of the global economy has committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while investing efforts into the removal of GHG from the atmosphere. This is to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting temperature rise to „well below 2°C“ as well as to ensure compliance with…
In the wake of the increasing impact of climate change, many firms have started to sell their products as „climate neutral“. For companies, this means at first reducing their greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible and then, fully offsetting the remaining emissions.But different countries have different requirements in this regard. In France, the Law to Combat Climate Change and Strengthen Resilience to its Impacts was passed demands much stricter regulation regarding the advertising of products with the label „climate neutral“. Discover how to market your products in compliance with French regulation.
The CSO – an increasingly important position for companies Just a few years ago, sustainability was not seen as a priority by most companies and not taken into account in important management decisions. As sustainability is now moving into focus for many companies, there is also a job role, which is becoming increasingly important: The…
Auf der COP26, der Klimakonferenz der Vereinten Nationen im Jahr 2021, wurde eine Vereinbarung über einen neuen Marktmechanismus für den Transfer von Treibhausgas (THG)-Reduktionen mit CO2-Zertifikaten aus Klimaschutzprojekten veröffentlicht. Ziel ist es, den internationalen Handel mit Reduktionsgutschriften aus diesen Projekten zu ermöglichen. Der Handel mit Zertifikaten gestattet dem Verursachenden von Emissionen, welche nicht reduziert werden…
Since calculating corporate carbon footprints (CCF) is complex, companies increasingly implement all-in-one software solutions. Such softwares promise high effectiveness but often fail. Therefore, companies are better advised with hiring experts for the CCF calculation. DFGE’s new Customer Sustainability Platform is the perfect tool for clients who aim for holistic and effective CCF calculation.
The supplier rating platform EcoVadis has published this year´s Sustainability Risk and Performance Index 2021. The following will provide a short overview on the most important findings of this year’s Risk and Performance Index.
Every life on our planet is dependent on the well-functioning of the marine ecosystem. But water resources and marine ecosystems are endangered. Since businesses emit a large amount of greenhouse gases, they are largely responsible for this heating. To make companies accountable and address the urgent need to protect the water and marine resources, CDP included new water-related questions into its questionnaires.
for relevant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are calculated on a scientific basis. Companies which aim to participate in the initiative are expected to set an ambitious target for reducing their GHG emissions which is in line with the 2°C target of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. But setting SBTs is not always an easy task, and many corporations fail at this hurdle.
Die Deadline des diesjährigen CDP Climate Change Programm rückt immer näher mit Ende Juli. Lassen Sie jetzt Ihre Antworten durch den Response Check der DFGE prüfen.
