Tobias has years of experience working in social and corporate sustainability. Since 2021 he is team lead of DFGE‘s reporting unit and helps clients manage their disclosure requirements. Before joining DFGE, Tobias worked in Sustainable Finance for a sustainability rating agency as an ESG consultant covering different European markets. Prior to that he managed SDG projects for an environmental NGO as a project portfolio manager.
The EcoVadis Supply Chain Assessment EcoVadis is a supply chain assessment which helps companies to understand and quantify sustainability risks within their supply chain. Unlike individual questionnaires or very specific ones like CDP, EcoVadis offers a standardized approach which is able to compare the performance of companies with entirely different profiles on a rating scale…
1. Hintergrund & Ziel Die Verschmutzung von Böden, Luft und Wasser gehören zu den größten Umweltherausforderungen unserer Zeit. Insbesondere Unternehmen tragen zur Abmilderung und Verhinderung von Verschmutzung eine besondere Verantwortung. Daher ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass das Thema Pollution innerhalb der CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) einen eigenständigen themenspezifischen Standard darstellt (ESRS E2). Der Standard…
Hintergrund Einwegplastikverpackungen gelten als eine der Hauptursachen der globalen Umweltverschmutzung durch Kunststoffe. Zwar bieten diese Verpackungen große Vorteile, wie etwa Hygiene und den Schutz von Produkten, jedoch verursacht die unkontrollierte Entsorgung von Einwegverpackungen, die in der Regel mit einer fehlenden Abfallinfrastruktur, falscher Abfallbewirtschaftung, schlechten Recyclingverfahren, unklaren politischen Rahmenbedingungen und besonders mangelnder Kreislaufwirtschaft zusammenhängt, weltweite Schäden…
Looking for a Quick CDP Response Check? Choose DFGE! Approaching CDP Deadline Once again, numerous companies have been requested to participate in this year’s CDP Climate Change Program. These requests have been made by both investors and customers. Participants are obligated to address various aspects including CO2 emissions, climate risks and opportunities, reduction targets and…
Nachdem die EFRAG die Draft ESRS (Set 1) im November 2022 an die EU-Kommission übergeben hat, wurden diese von der EU-Kommission nun geprüft und überarbeitet. Am 09. Juni 2023 veröffentlichte die EU-Kommission die überarbeiteten Draft Delegated Acts der ESRS (hier). Diese stehen bis zum 07. Juli 2023 zur öffentlichen Konsultation und die Rückmeldungen werden bei…
Herausgeber: adelphi, Thomas Fleissner (DFGE GmbH) Autorinnen: Johanna Anna Hansjürgens (adelphi), Kai Goldhorn (adelphi), Alina Ulmer (adelphi), Dr. Susanne Pankov (DFGE), Maureen Habermann (DFGE), Eva Kleemann (DFGE) Veröffentlichung: Mai 2023 Hintergrund Die im Januar 2023 in Kraft getretene Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) ist eine Richtlinie der Europäischen Union, die die bisher geltende Non-Financial…
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) season 2023 will officially start on April 17. Already in January of this year CDP has released its 2023 questionnaire and reporting guidances for Forest, Water Security, and Climate Change. The updated scoring methodologies for all questionnaires, i.e. the exact information on how CDP scores each question, was released in…
Sustainability reporting is growing at a rapid pace. Over the years, sustainability reporting has become more widespread globally, both in terms of geography and the number of sectors of industry. A recent report, “The KPMG Survey of Sustainability Reporting 2020,” found that 80% of companies (mid- and large-cap firms) worldwide report on their sustainability progress.…
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) season 2022 has officially started. Already in January of this year CDP has released its 2022 questionnaire and reporting guidances for Forest, Water Security, and Climate Change. The updated scoring methodologies for all questionnaires, i.e. the exact information on how CDP scores each question, was released in March. As of…
The EU Taxonomy is a regulatory classification tool that helps investors, companies and financial institutions to define environmentally sustainable economic activities. It sets standardized requirements under which conditions corporate activities can be considered sustainable. The taxonomy does not ban investments in activities not labelled „green“, but it limits which ones companies and investors can claim…