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…
The CDP season 2018 has already started. Companies are in the preparation stage for their CDP participation 2018 and collecting relevant data and resources needed for the response. New participants try to find an appropriate path that guide them well through the CDP process. Repeaters focus on the new requirements (e. g. sector specific questions)…
Your daily companion for working in the field of corporate responsibility has been updated to reflect the latest trends and standards The new CSR Handbook 2018 has been changed compared to the previous one, to feature the more recent standards. In 2017 DFGE has published its first CSR Handbook in order to gain a simple…
An overview of the most important standards and initiatives The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) released an updated version of its environmental reporting framework on April 9. This is now in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). For companies that used to focus on the CDSB in disclosing…
Every year on April 22, Earth Day is celebrated in over 190 countries. In many countries, a new focus is set year by year, on which actions are focused. The motto of the year 2018 in Germany is „Sustainable mobility has a future – speed up for a livable transport turnaround“. What is the Earth…
