Every life on our planet is dependent on the well-functioning of the marine ecosystem. But water resources and marine ecosystems are endangered. Since businesses emit a large amount of greenhouse gases, they are largely responsible for this heating. To make companies accountable and address the urgent need to protect the water and marine resources, CDP included new water-related questions into its questionnaires.
The complexity of life on earth, with its variety of animals, plants, fungi and bacteria, known as biodiversity, is fundamental to life on this planet and the prosperity of species. Although many species on land and in water are already known to us, millions are yet to be discovered. Scientists are also finding that an…
Slowly moving away from the COVID-19 lethargy and processing the latest IPCC report, the climate crisis has been omnipresent during the past couple of months. To limit global warming to 1.5°C, many countries have committed to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reaching Net-Zero. This however requires a comprehensive transformation across politics and all economic…
The debate on an ambitious climate target (Science-Based Targets) has increased among internationally active companies since the UN climate summit in Paris (COP21). The Paris Agreement marks a turning point for climate policy. Companies have a key role to play in achieving the COP21 goals. They have the opportunity to make an appropriate contribution to…
We’ve all heard of it: the aim of becoming „net-zero“. Companies around the world are setting net-zero targets, yet there currently isn’t a global standard to distinguish what truly constitutes a science-based net-zero target. Now, in the lead-up to COP 26, the SBTi is hard at work developing the first-ever global standard for net-zero criteria.…
EcoVadis, NQC/ SAQ, Sustainalytics und CDP im Vergleich Unternehmen veröffentlichen in ihren Nachhaltigkeitsberichten, Informationen über ihre Verantwortung und Tätigkeiten für die Umwelt, die eigenen Mitarbeiter sowie die Gesellschaft bis hinein in die eigene Lieferkette. Eine gute Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung schafft Vertrauen bei den Stakeholdern (Kunden, Mitarbeitern, Investoren und der Öffentlichkeit). Jedoch unterscheidet sich die Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung zwischen den…
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).
