DFGE – Institute for Energy, Ecology and Economy is happy to share its second CSR/sustainability report, which takes the shape of a Communication On Progress (COP). What is a Communication On Progress (COP)? In 2015, DFGE produced its first Communication On Progress, a document showing the targets, the actions implemented to reach the targets and…
Why is the World Economic Forum important? The 2016 World Economic Forum annual meeting took place in Davos, Switzerland, from the 20th to the 23rd of January and gathered decision-makers from all over the world. It enables to raise awareness among the most influential people of the world: indeed, it provides an opportunity to gain…
THE UNFCCC 21th Conference of Parties (COP21) was held in Paris from the 30th of November to the 12th of December, 2015. The 195 countries represented here reached an historical agreement to curb climate change. The Paris agreement at a glance: Objective to keep temperature rise below 2°C and try to limit it to 1.5°C Five-year…
Lost in all the requests for information linked to sustainability management and reporting? DFGE has chosen the top 10 documents you can easily share with your stakeholders. Nowadays, transparency is expected from companies and CSR/sustainability reporting has been increasing by 5 points from 2011 to 2014[1]. There are many channels where information can be reported:…
Climate disclosure goes mainstream As seen on http://blog.cdp.net/climate-disclosure-goes-mainstream/ Also check out her blog: http://figueres-unfccc.net/
Plenary on G4- Introducing the main features of G4 from GRI on Vimeo.
What is the purpose of GRI? GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) is an internationally recognized standard for CSR reporting to help organizations set goals, measure performance, and manage change in order to make their operations more sustainable. The guidelines are now in their 4th version (G4). G4 process in a few words: – Identify your company’s…
ISO 14001 is an internationally recognized standard for environmental management systems. Since 2012, a technical committee has been revising the existing norm to publish a new version in September 2015. How will it impact certified companies? Companies certified in accordance with ISO 14001 former versions (2004 or the amended version of 2009) are given a…
Die „Science-Based Targets“ Initiative hat ihren Leitfaden zur Erarbeitung wissenschaftlich fundierter CO2-Einsparziele für Unternehmen als Entwurf veröffentlicht. Der Initiative von CDP, UN Global Compact, WRI und WWF haben sich bereits mehrere namhafte Unternehmen aus verschiedenen Sektoren angeschlossen und entsprechende Ziele aufgestellt (Coca Cola, Procter & Gamble, General Mills) oder dies angekündigt (u.a. Commerzbank, Hewlett-Packard, L’Oreal,…
Das CDP (vormals Carbon Disclosure Project) hat einige Änderungen am Climate Change-Fragebogen für 2016 vorgestellt, die in einer öffentlichen „Stakeholder Consultation“ kommentiert werden können. Der endgültige Fragebogen wird dann im Januar/Februar 2016 veröffentlicht. Die DFGE fasst die wichtigsten geplanten Änderungen zusammen:
