Carbon pricing applies market-based mechnisms to accelerate the transition towards a low carbon future. The main idea behind the aspect of carbon pricing is the “polluter pays” principle. Putting a price on carbon implies that the organizations and businesses which are responsible for emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere are also held accountable for their…
The international standard ISO 14068 for „Greenhouse gas management and related activities – Carbon Neutrality“ is to provide clear definitions for CO2 neutrality. The climate crisis is prompting politicians, administrators and businesses to respond to this global challenge with increasuing demands for carbon neutrality. Public and private organizations of all kinds are spurring efforts to…
The UN Global Compact and GRI have implemented an Action Platform called “Business Reporting on the SDGs” that aims to encourage businesses to include SDG reporting in their sustainability communication and relevant processes. Reminder: What are the SDG’s? SDGs is an acronym for Sustainable Development Goals which have been defined by the United Nations and…
Carbon compensation schemes empower businesses to accelerate the transition towards a low carbon future. Offsetting carbon emissions can furthermore send a strong message to stakeholders such as customers, employees and communities that your business is committed to paving the way for a sustainable future. But not every carbon compensation program generates the same positive impact.…
Im Kontext des Green Deals, der u. a. Klimaneutralität der EU bis 2050 vorsieht, hat Ursula von der Leyen Anstrengungen zu einem sog. CO2-Grenzausgleich unternommen. Hierfür läuft gegenwärtig die Konsultation relevanter Stakeholder mittels eines Fragebogens. Hintergrund und Idee Hintergrund zum CO2-Grenzausgleich ist die Vermeidung der „Emissionsverlagerung“ in Länder mit schwächeren Vorschriften. Die Einführung strengerer Emissionsrichtlinien…
DAX® sets a new benchmark for sustainable German equity portfolios, the so-called DAX 50 ESG. It reflects the price performance of the 50 largest and most liquid shares on the German market while incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance (short ESG) criteria. The DAX can herewith provide investors with a new, and more sustainability-related index. According…
Mehr als die Hälfte aller Beschäftigten in Deutschland sind in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen, sog. KMU, tätig (vgl. destatis, 2020). Darüber hinaus zählen 99,5 % aller deutschen Unternehmen zum Mittelstand (vgl. bvmw). Dazu gehören laut Bundesregierung alle Unternehmen mit bis zu 499 Beschäftigten und einem Jahresumsatz von weniger als 50 Millionen Euro. KMU’s tragen somit wesentlich…
Carbon emissions in the supply chain can be fundamentally higher than those of a company’s operational carbon footprint. When discussing corporate emissions, most of us automatically start looking at electricity and other operational emission sources. But it is the Upstream Scope 3 emissions, and therewith the supply chain emissions, that often make up the largest…
Die BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co. KG ist ein Seehafen- und Logistikdienstleister mit internationalem Netzwerk. In den drei Geschäftsbereichen der Automobil-, Kontrakt- und Containerlogistik bietet die Unternehmensgruppe logistische Systemdienstleistungen an. Zu den Kunden zählen die führenden Automobilhersteller ebenso wie starke Marken aus dem Handel. Rund 11.700 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter – viele davon in Bremen (Hauptsitz) und Bremerhaven…
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…
