Environmental protection and sustainability are becoming more and more a trend. For many companies real measures to meet sustainability criteria are getting priority. Supply Chain Due Diligence Act and the Taxonomy under ESG regulation is intended to help with this. EU Green Deal & Taxonomy To enable Europe to become “the first climate-neutral continent in…
Sustainability and Circular Economy are not just a niche trend anymore. Well-known brands are using this consumer consciousness by producing so-called “green products” and by advertising their sustainability with an alleged circularity through various initiatives, like take-back programs, circular product design, as well as recycled -or biomaterials. But there is a lot that can go…
Rapidly rising electricity prices and shortages on the market are leading companies to increasingly secure access to their own green electricity. With the increased demand for renewable energies, interest in so-called Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) contracts is also growing. What is a Power Purchase Agreement ? Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) are long-term electricity contracts between…
In September 2021, the EFRAG Working Group on European Sustainability Reporting Standards (PTF-ESRS) presented the Climate standard prototype working paper at its plenary meeting and subsequently published it on the EFRAG website. The working paper serves the purpose of transparency towards the public and is not a consultation document. The content of the working paper…
The newest CDP assessment results for 2021, published on December 7, provide a clear insight into the development of corporate transparency and the willingness by companies across the globe to undertake environmental action. This year a record-breaking 13,000+ companies reported their environmental data through CDP, submitting at least one of the available questionnaires (Climate Change,…
Der CO2-Grenzausgleich, welcher Teil des „Fit for 55“-Klimapaketes ist, wurde von der EU-Kommission Mitte Juli vorgeschlagen. Durch diese verschärften Klimapolitischen Anstrengungen, will die EU den Ausstoß von Treibhausgasen bis 2030 um 55 Prozent im Vergleich zu 1990 zu reduzieren. Was dies im Detail bedeutet und welche Rolle der CO2-Grenzausgleichsmechanismus, auch bekannt als CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment…
The complexity of life on earth, with its variety of animals, plants, fungi and bacteria, known as biodiversity, is fundamental to life on this planet and the prosperity of species. Although many species on land and in water are already known to us, millions are yet to be discovered. Scientists are also finding that an…
Slowly moving away from the COVID-19 lethargy and processing the latest IPCC report, the climate crisis has been omnipresent during the past couple of months. To limit global warming to 1.5°C, many countries have committed to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reaching Net-Zero. This however requires a comprehensive transformation across politics and all economic…
Join the Race to Zero through the SBTi Business Ambition for 1.5°C Campaign This SBTi webinar for COP26 preparation provides a detailed overview of the importance of setting ambitious science-based targets (SBTs). The session covers the SBTi Business Ambition for 1.5°C Campaign commitment model for net-zero targets and 1.5°C aligned SBTs, key SBTi criteria, and…
Ein Produkt als klimaneutral bezeichnen zu können, erfordert von Unternehmen die Einhaltung von festgelegten Schritten: der Berechnung von CO2-Emissionen, der Vermeidung und Reduktion dieser Emissionen und letztlich den Ausgleich von nicht vermeidbaren Emissionen über zertifizierte Kompensations- bzw. Klimaschutzprojekte. Vor allem die Schritte der Reduktion und Vermeidung von Emissionen sind essentiell. Was heißt Klimaneutralität? Klimaneutralität bedeutet,…
