Growing pressures from governments, as seen through i.e. the ‘Paris Climate Agreement’ have led to the implementation more holistic and serious climate strategies across businesses. This awareness increase was partially driven by the assessment published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which included scientific evidence on the existence of climate change and established…
Die Deadline des diesjährigen CDP Climate Change Programm rückt immer näher mit Ende Juli. Lassen Sie jetzt Ihre Antworten durch den Response Check der DFGE prüfen.
Science Based Targets (SBTs) are reduction targets calculated on a scientific basis to ensure global warming from the pre-industrial era is limited to well below 2°C, ideally 1.5°C. Developing SBTs and committing to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) will allow companies to gain competitive advantages by reducing costs related to CO2 emissions and help score SBT points…
To achieve its targets and align with the company´s vision and mission it is inevitable for an organization to take potential risks and opportunities into consideration. Since companies´ risks are embedded and in context with worldwide risks, topics which are regarded as worldwide pressing issues are at the same time company risks. Recently, the new Global Risks Report 2021 was published and provides an overview and estimation about the most pressing risks (WEF, 2021). To address current risks and recognize opportunities coming from them, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) serves as a tool which supports companies to identify, assess and respond to climate-related risks and opportunities (CDP, 2021).
CDP Water und Forest: neue Rating Saison beginnt! Kürzlich wurden die Ergebnisse der vergangenen CDP-Berichtsperiode veröffentlicht. In unserem Blogartikel vom Januar erhalten Sie nochmal einen Überblick über die Ergebnisse, des diesjährigen CDP-Ratings. Doch nach der CDP Saison ist vor der CDP Saison! Die aktuelle Berichtsperiode beginnt im April, mit der Öffnung des ORS (Online Response System). Bis…
Am Dienstag, den 02.03.2021 wurden die diesjährigen „A-Lister“ des CDP Ratings gekürt. Aufgrund der anhaltenden Corona Pandemie und den damit verbundenen eingeschränkten Kontaktmöglichkeiten, wurde die Zeremonie komplett in den virtuellen Raum verlegt. Die knapp zweistündige Veranstaltung wurde von der European Investment Bank gehostet auf dem Sender Euronews in Form einer TV-Show ausgestrahlt. Moderator war der…
In short, Circular Economy (CE) is about creating closed loop material flows keeping products, components and materials at their highest utility and value and use them through multiple lifecycles. It is also about waste prevention, resource efficiency, leakage minimisation and dematerialisation: Raw materials are added for manufacturing and re-manufacturing of products or components already in…
Five global standard setting organizations have launched a common report towards one single and global set of reporting standards for comprehensive corporate reporting. Five key global organisations for comprehensive corporate reporting The five organizations GRI, CDP, Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) have agreed on…
Carbon emissions in the supply chain can be fundamentally higher than those of a company’s operational carbon footprint. When discussing corporate emissions, most of us automatically start looking at electricity and other operational emission sources. But it is the Upstream Scope 3 emissions, and therewith the supply chain emissions, that often make up the largest…
Neues DFGE-Whitepaper Die DFGE hat kürzlich ein neues Whitepaper zum Thema „Sustainability Intelligence: Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement entlang verschiedener Reporting-Standards“ veröffentlicht. Es behandelt die inhaltliche Komprimierung der Masterarbeit „Analyse relevanter Nachhaltigkeitsstandards auf Übereinstimmungsfaktoren zur vereinfachten Implementierung eines Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements“. Der folgende Blogpost gibt Ihnen einen kurzen Überblick zu Inhalten und Hintergründen. Steigende Reporting-Erwartungen Unternehmen sehen sich mit wachsenden Nachhaltigkeitsherausforderungen…
