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…
DFGE is very happy to have attended EcoVadis annual SustaIN event in Paris. The conference motto, “now is the time”, brought attention to the urgency to act now and built momentum to drive sustainable supply chain. Now is the time to act: why On the evening of the 10th of April, Isabelle Autisser, former French…
Unification of environmental methods and initiatives If a company wants to promote its products in different markets as eco-friendly, it is confronted with a variety of different methods and initiatives. For this reason, the European Union is working on the development and implementation of an environmental footprint for products and companies. The conference from April…
From the 5th of April 2018, all invited companies can start completing the DJSI assessment 2018. Companies that take part in such questionnaire will then be eligible for the inclusion in one of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. Corporate Sustainability Assessment from RobecoSAM: gateway to the DJSI The CSA (Corporate Sustainability Assessment) from RobecoSAM, also called DJSI assessment,…
CDP, a leader in environment reporting, has just released the CDP Scoring Methodology 2018 and CDP Guidance! You can now use it to prepare your answer to the questionnaire. Scoring methodology and guidance support companies regarding their CDP’s response Mid of last week, CDP has released the CDP scoring methodology 2018 and the CDP guidance…
The SDGs are becoming increasingly important in the economy. This is particularly evident in sustainability reporting practice, as CSR reporting is undergoing change. More than 80 % of all DAX30 companies have already integrated the SDGs (in several forms) into their recently published sustainability reports (see Umweltdialog, 30th August 2017). With the entry into force…
