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…
The World Water Day was proposed on the Agenda 21 of the UNCED in Rio de Janeiro. The day should be used by the member states of the UN to promote concrete actions in their countries and to draw attention to this important resource. Non-governmental organizations and companies are also putting emphasis on water on…
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), approx. 2.3 million people lose their lives each year as a result of work-related illnesses or accidents. In addition, there are numbers of occupational accidents involving (sometimes serious) injuries (see for example ISO, 12th Feb. 2016)– a non-sustainable balance that needs to be reduced or (best case) avoided.…
An alternative to the traditional form of product and service acquisition is in vogue. Sharing Economy is the buzzword here. Essentially, this involves the temporary transfer of use of products that are lent, exchanged or shared. This can be observed both in the private and in the business environment. Sharing Economy – Definition Sharing Economy…
The TCFD framework (Task Force on Climate-related Finance Disclosures) is becoming increasingly popular. Chairman Mike Bloomberg and Mark Carney (chief of the Financial Stability Board) announced the growing importance of such framework and the increasing support from the economy at the ‘One Planet Summit’ (additional World Climate Summit on the 2nd anniversary of the Paris Climate…
