Huge amounts of plastic waste in oceans and on land, landfills that cause pollution, animals struggling with our waste: These are only a few challenges humanity is facing at the moment linked to the conventional economic activity ‚produce, use, throw‘. One factor is that most business models at the moment are focused on linear growing…
Neues DFGE-Whitepaper Die DFGE hat kürzlich ein neues Whitepaper zum Thema „Sustainability Intelligence: Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement entlang verschiedener Reporting-Standards“ veröffentlicht. Es behandelt die inhaltliche Komprimierung der Masterarbeit „Analyse relevanter Nachhaltigkeitsstandards auf Übereinstimmungsfaktoren zur vereinfachten Implementierung eines Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements“. Der folgende Blogpost gibt Ihnen einen kurzen Überblick zu Inhalten und Hintergründen. Steigende Reporting-Erwartungen Unternehmen sehen sich mit wachsenden Nachhaltigkeitsherausforderungen…
You are looking for a short feedback before submitting your CDP answer? Opt for a CDP Response Check by DFGE! CDP deadline is approaching Companies must answer a variety of questions about their CO2 emissions, climate risks and opportunities, as well as reduction targets and strategies. By 26 August 2020, this information on climate change and…
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) are a set of 17 goals and 169 specific targets (Figure 1) as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This agenda aims to provide peace and prosperity for all people and for the entire planet. All 17 goals are connected, built on a holistic approach and…
Wie bereits bei anderen GRI Veröffentlichungen, fungierte unser CEO und Gründer, Dr. Thomas Fleissner auch im Falle der GRI 207: Tax 2019, als Chairman des Expertenkomitees, dass die offizielle deutsche Übersetzung der GRI-Richtlinie auf Fehler und inhaltliche Konsistenz überprüft. Diese neu eingeführte Richtlinie soll dazu beitragen, dass multinationale Unternehmen viel deutlicher offenlegen, welche und wo…
In 2020 the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has become a global crisis affecting societies and corporations in an unprecedented way. In March of 2020 most countries around the globe have taken measures in form of shutdowns/lockdowns to counter the pandemic. These counter-measures certainly pose a challenge for most corporations to maintain their business models. Some industries are affected…
Every year on April 22, Earth Day is celebrated in over 190 countries. Year after year, a new focus is set. This year’s motto is to take climate action – i.e. to mobilize the world to take the meaningful actions to limit global warming. What is the Earth Day? In 1970, Earth Day was born…
In light of increased environmental destruction, resource scarcity and increased waste production the concept of Circular Economy (CE) has gained increasing attention. It is the main goal of CE to re-form the dominant linear value chains into a circular economic system. By applying sustainable product design, closing resource loops, implementing service solutions or circularity along…
Science Based Targets (SBTs) are reduction targets calculated on a scientific basis to ensure global warming from the pre-industrial era is limited to well below 2°C, ideally 1.5°C. Developing SBTs and committing to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) will allow companies to gain competitive advantages by reducing costs related to CO2 emissions and help…
From the 1st of April 2020, invited companies can open the DJSI CSA. To be eligible to the DJSI, a sustainable stock index, organizations need to fill the CSA – Corporate Sustainability Assessment from the company RobecoSAM together with S&P Global. Below you find the key information as well as further useful links about the DJSI CSA…
