Every year on April 22, Earth Day is celebrated in over 190 countries. In many countries, year after year, a new focus is set on which actions are planned. This year’s motto is in Germany as well as in the USA (origin of the movement) the protection of our species and implicitly the protection of…
EcoVadis is a global sustainability rating platform which aims to improve supply chain transparency between buyers and their suppliers. Over 55.000 companies across 155 countries have so far undergone the assessment to improve and integrate sustainability along their value chain. At their annual flagship event Sustain which took place in Paris in March 2019, EcoVadis…
CDP is a platform used by investors and large customers (with CDP Supply Chain) to request companies to disclose environmental data which is then rated against a dedicated methodology. CDP Supply Chain suppliers have just been invited to take part in the questionnaire. Find out more details about the Supply Chain module, the timeline and…
From the 2nd of April 2019, invited companies can open the DJSI CSA. To be eligible to the DJSI, a sustainable stock index, organizations need to fill the CSA – Corporate Sustainability Assessment from the company RobecoSAM. Read the key features of the questionnaire as well as the next steps and find out quick links…
DFGE publishes the new whitepaper „Automatic Analysis of Textual CSR Data“ on the connection of CSR and Artificial Intelligence (AI). It introduces methodologies and use cases for an automated analysis of CSR-related textual data. The shift towards data-driven CSR management is promoted and accelerated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) (1) and Machine Learning (ML) (2) Techniques. Methods…
From 11 to 12th of March 2019 was the annual Sustain Conference of EcoVadis. With more than 600 sustainability delegates, the two-day event was the opportunity to focus on current challenges and foster comment solutions, under the motto “Ignite the Change”. DFGE, partner of the sustainability rating platform since 2015, has had the pleasure to sponsor…
Check out which are the most popular global goals amongst companies thanks to the UNGC progress report! Such report features current trends in terms of sustainability management and reporting. The UNGC is a set of ten principles to which more than 12,000 organizations adhere. Since the release of the Sustainable Development Goals, the UNGC also…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a large driver of digitalization is discussed controversially. Since AI is often associated with incredibly high opportunities on one hand and vague fears of losing self-control on the other hand, it might increase the competitive gap between business pioneers and laggards. DFGE implements new AI methods in the context of CSR…
Founded in 1999 by Kofi Annan, the UN Global Compact has become the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. More than 13,000 participants have joined the initiative to align their strategies with ten universal principles in the areas human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption (see UNGC, 2019). Since January 2014, the DFGE has been also a…
