Almost one-third of all food produced worldwide is discarded every year due to various causes and is not used. This corresponds to almost 1.3 billion tons per year (see FAO, 2011). Statistically, all food produced in Germany by the beginning of May end up in waste, which corresponds to around 18 million tons (see WWF,…
Aside from the price, non-financial factors increasingly play a role when making purchasing decisions. Large corporations face mounting pressure to not only demonstrate sustainability practices within their own organisation but also along their supply chain. Due to this, the resulting number of audits has presented suppliers with a variety of challenges: often, a multitude of…
Scenario analyses are of high relevance in the context of strategic management in order to prepare a company for various future stages. Their functional applications are extremely diverse. The following blog post provides an overview of what scenario analyses are and in which contexts this tool can be used, especially in relation to sustainability and…
Last Sunday, the GRI transition stage of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) regarding its adjusted reporting standard expired. The de facto standard for sustainability reporting is finally entering a new stage. For companies reporting their non-financial information with GRI, since 1 July 2018 it is no longer possible to publish a sustainability report in accordance…
The CDP season 2018 has already started. For big and repeater companies the data collection stage should be almost in its final phase. To ensure the completeness of their answers based on the new methodology, companies have the opportunity to have a ‘high level’ CDP Check by the DFGE. CDP: a changed questionnaire and system…
June 18th is the day of sustainable gastronomy. This was launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In probably no other topic does sustainability play a more important role than food. The idea of sustainability is one of the most important developments in the food industry. Consumers demand transparency in the…
Are you interested in the Sustainability Hot Trends? For your convenience, DFGE has compiled a series of our most popular blog entries for 2017/2018, so that you can have them in one place. To download such compilation, please click here. What are the current Sustainability Hot Trends? Here is a brief overview of what you can…
Beat plastic Pollution On June 5, the World Environment Day is celebrated annually in memory of the opening of the first World Environment Conference in 1972. Since then, more than 100 countries around the world have taken part in environmental protection actions. In 2018 the focus is on plastic pollution, a topic widely discussed on…
On 23rd and 24th of May 2018, DFGE was an exhibitor sponsor at the Sustainability Leaders Congress in Berlin. It is the first time this event has taken place: featuring no less than 26 sessions with almost 40 speakers, we will now give you an overview and share our conclusions from the event. As an…
Why cities are so important to climate protection Two major megatrends are climate change and urbanization. The future researcher John Naisbitt coined the term „megatrends“ in 1982. Megatrends are unevenly defined in the literature. All definitions agree that megatrends are changes that have profound and lasting effects on society, economics, politics and technology. Megatrends have…
