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…
Bis ein T-Shirt in der Europäischen Union in den Laden kommt, hat es nach Angaben des Bundesentwicklungsministeriums 18.000 Kilometer zurückgelegt. 80 Prozent des Welthandels gründen auf weltumspannenden Wertschöpfungsketten. Sie bilden die Existenzgrundlage für mehr als 450 Millionen Menschen. Aber oft leiden diejenigen am Anfang der Lieferkette, die für Europa Kleidung oder Nahrungsmittel herstellen, unter schlechten…
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, will likely be released in March. As in the previous years, CDP’s Online Response System will open in April and close by…
The race to net zero is on! The overarching goal of COP26 was to limit global warming to 1.5 instead of 2 degrees Celsius. With the conference in Glasgow just ending last weekend – what are the most important take-aways? There has been progress in some singular areas as heads of state, policy-makers, and industry…
Companies interested in bringing their CO2 emissions towards Net Zero should consider the new report from the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), which will probably be published in November this year, just in time for COP26. The new paper lays out the conceptual foundations for credible, science-based net-zero targets for the corporate sector. Science Based Targets…
„CO2 offsetting is greenwashing“ is a common reproach. Critics complain that companies hold on to their environmentally harmful business – and offset CO2 to give themselves the green image of „climate neutrality“. What does “greenwashing” mean? Is the criticism justified? And how does the DFGE clearly distance itself from greenwashing? Greenwashing: the creation of a…
