For companies who want to remain competitive it becomes increasingly important if not inevitable to report on GHG emission avoidance concerning all kinds of business operations. Investors, new political regulations, and other external stakeholders are demanding companies to disclose relevant information on their efforts to contribute towards climate change mitigation. This development is reflected in…
Revising the CoP: Background The UN Global Compact (UNGC), a non-binding United Nations pact, encouraging firms and businesses to think of, adopt and report on more sustainable methods. To ensure a more straightforward reporting it has identified 10 principles (The Ten Principles | UN Global Compact) forming a value system companies should adopt when conducting business. These principles…
What is the IPCC? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body, presented by hundreds of scientists and other experts, that commissions expert reports on the state of the climate. Approximately every seven years the IPCC publishes a new Assessment Report (AR) within its assessment cycle consisting of four parts which…
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…
Die Zahl der Regulierungsinitiativen, die auch eine nichtfinanzielle Offenlegung vorschreiben, steigt rapide an. Zwischen 2013 und 2018 ist die Zahl der erfassten Regulierungen um 72 % gestiegen. Vor allem in den letzten Jahren hat dieser Trend eine noch größere und bestimmendere Rolle eingenommen und ist der Grund für diesen CSRD-bezogenen Beitrag. Die DFGE hat diesen…
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.
