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…
Want to have short feedback before submitting your CDP answer? Opt for a CDP Response Check by DFGE! What is CDP? The CDP is „a not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts“. The CDP collects data related to Climate Change, Water, and…
DFGE is looking for motivated professionals in the field of sustainability. Discover below our corporate culture as well as our job offers. DFGE’s corporate culture We want you to get to know more about us and how we work, so we point out here to our main values. Customer-oriented. Our passion is to deliver…
Bonn Climate Talks took place from 8th to 18th of May 2017. More precisely, they are the UNFCCC intermediate talks. During this two-week event, important progress was made on an outline for a detailed rulebook (also known as implementation guidelines) for the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement was signed in 2015 to reduce climate change.…
Each year in spring, thousands of companies worldwide are requested to answer the CDP questionnaires on climate change and/or water. What is the CDP Supply Chain Questionnaire? The CDP is “a not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts”. The CDP collects data…
In April 2017, a group of leading climate and business experts convened by Christiana Figueres – former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)- has identified the year 2020 as a turning point to reduce CO2 Emissions. This is called the Mission2020 or M2020. Such campaign takes its roots in the report “2020:…
Read the guest blog DFGE wrote for EcoVadis on Science-based Targets. Climate change has been acknowledged for a few decades now. Many companies are making efforts into reducing their carbon footprints, making sure to mitigate climate change. To make sure these efforts actually help curbing climate change, a new trend is currently gaining momentum: science-based…
We are please to share a guest blog from our partner EcoVadis: discover the SDGs through the lense of EcoVadis, the supplier rating platform September 2015, the United Nations announced a resolution which contains a set of Goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for everyone. These 17 Goals, comprising of 169…
