GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) is an internationally recognized standard to report on sustainability topics, and to structure a sustainability report. On October 19th, the GRI G4 Guidelines have officially transitioned to GRI Standards. What are the main differences/changes? New structure The Standards aimed at restructuring the G4 Guidelines, it was not about adding…
The OECD recently conducted on carbon pricing on CO2-emissions for energy use across 6 economic sectors in 41 countries – 34 OECD member countries and 7 partner economies: Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa, which account for 80% of global energy use and of CO2 emissions. What is carbon pricing? In…
The standard in development ISO 20400 Sustainable Procurement – Guidance has just reached a second Draft International Standard stage. Interested parties can once again provide feedback before the publication of the norm in 2017. Sustainable procurement, extension of CSR in the supply chain Sustainable procurement is defined in the standard ISO 26 000 a followed:…
Human rights checklist We have decided to publish a series of 8 press releases, along with blog articles, providing organizations with a checklist of questions they can ask to easily identify potential improvement areas in the sustainability/CSR management. This fourth one aims at exploring questions that should help you improve respect of human rights. It…
Financial performance is key to rate top players among a sector. Nowadays, more and more ESG (environmental social and governance) factors are also taken into account in such rankings, stock indices and ratings. Living proof: Gartner has included CSR a scoring criterion in its methodology for the Supply Chain Top 25! CSR represents 10% of…
The GRI G4 Guidelines will transition to GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards (SRS), also called GRI Standards. In this article, DFGE wants to give you an overview of the process, of the main changes and the next steps before the final transition. The process (as of the 21st of June) Public exposure from 19th of April…
We have decided to publish a series of 8 press releases, along with blog articles, providing organizations with a non-exhaustive checklist of questions they can ask to easily identify potential improvement areas in the sustainability/CSR management. This third one will help your company assess the labor practices management, by focusing on 5 main topics: Like…
On the 27th of July, DFGE and the World Environment Center hosted a webinar on how companies respond to the Science-Based Targets. The attendance of 80 participants proved that there is a true interest to address this topic. Science-Based Targets Webinar panelists The science-based targets panelists gathered NGOs and institutions, responding companies and DFGE who…
The holidays season has begun: the sun is finally shining, you might have been bitten by mosquitoes while having drinks outside with your friends, and soon you will pack your luggage off to your dream destination. Have you already chosen where to go? Do you want to do it “in a responsible way”? In this…
The seventh Petersberg Climate Dialogue took place from the 3rd to the 5th of July in Berlin. The meeting was attended by representatives from 35 countries, whose key focus was on Paris Agreement and how to implement it, to curb climate change. The Paris Agreement is an historical agreement of the UNFCCC COP21 that was…
