World Environment Center (WEC) and DFGE Institute for Energy, Ecology and Economy will expand their cooperation to help organizations to better integrate Sustainability Intelligence into companies’ daily business from a corporate as well as from a global perspective. For March 2018 WEC and DFGE plan a webinar on “Climate-related Disclosures and Investment Decisions” – the…
This blog article briefly discusses the framework conditions as well as possible measures for drafting a ‘Sustainability Policy’ and makes a point of reference to the EcoVadis sustainability assessment platform. Short introduction – what is a ‘Sustainability Policy’? A ‘Sustainability Policy’ sets a defined framework and limits the necessary actions to achieve the goals in…
CDP questionnaire 2018 published CDP has published the 2018 questionnaire for their programs CDP Climate Change, CDP Water and CDP Forests. The online versions can be accessed here, PDF and Word versions can also be created and exported via that page. The questionnaire experienced far-reaching changes compared to previous years. Prior to the reorientation according to the…
A way to reduce your company’s emissions. Which possibilities are there in the field of green energy? If a company wants to purchase green electricity, there are three options. On the one hand, it can invest directly in the construction of a plant for the production of renewable energies. On the other hand, it can…
Your daily companion for working in the field of corporate responsibility The field of CSR is becoming more and more complex. Sustainability plays an increasing role. Every company but also private individuals are confronted with this megatrend. The DFGE CSR-Handbook helps you to stay up to date and to make your business sustainable and future-oriented.…
Our Partner EcoVadis released last week their Global CSR Risk and Performance Index, a study on more than 20,000 companies. Read below their blog entry: 12 September 2017 by EcoVadis „The first annual Global CSR Risk and Performance Index reveals progress of more than 20,400 companies looking to improve their sustainability efforts. Today we published our…
The DJSI 2017 results are now available! The DJSI, or Dow Jones Sustainability Index, is a stock exchanges index, which includes Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria into the ranking. DJSI 2017 Process In March 2017, a total of 3,484 companies was invited to take part in the Corporate Sustainability Assessment or CSA, which serves as…
The GRI Standards is a set of reporting standards to define the contents of sustainability reports. The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) has just updated two of these GRI Standards, 303:Water and 403:Occupational Health and Safety. The board has launched a public consultation period from 10 August to 9 October 2017 to comment on these drafts. GRI Revision: What has…
The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), a sustainability standard, will experience some changes from 2018. In this article, DFGE aims to share with you the main UNGC updates. First UNGC Update: two different participant options The UNGC is a voluntary initiative to implement universal sustainability principles and to take steps to support UN goals.[1] Before…
In March 2017, the German Bundestag passed the law to strengthen companies’ non-financial disclosure in their management reports and group management reports. The CSR reporting law, which is the implementation of the EU Directive 2014/95/EU (non-financial reporting), is called „Gesetz zur Stärkung der nichtfinanziellen Berichterstattung der Unternehmen in ihren Lage- und Konzernlageberichten“ (see the official…
