Reporting on sustainability becomes more important Companies face increasing pressure to disclose their corporate sustainability program. Such pressures come from various sources including legislative requirements and increasing public concern. Reporting and disclosure of a companies’ sustainability may be seen as a financial burden, however, they will become increasingly economically relevant (e.g., CO2 price). When an…
Happy New Year! The new year barely started and it is already time for planning your acivities around reporting and disclosure of your companies environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities and data. Several external recognition and disclosure bodies have very strict deadlines – other dates can be chosen by the company itself. This article focuses…
Die folgende Schriftenreihe „Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement entlang verschiedener Reporting-Standards“ zeigt, wie Unternehmen das CSR-Reporting an mehrere Standards effizient unter einen Hut bringen können. Unsere Gesellschaft steht vor immer größeren Herausforderungen – Klimawandel, soziale Ungleichheiten und Artenverluste sind nur einige Beispiele. Unternehmen rücken dabei immer stärker ins Rampenlicht, da sie ihre soziale und ökologische Umwelt sowohl positiv als…
DFGE introduces a new interactive Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) tool which enables companies to both set up science-based emission targets (SBTs) and develop a strategy on how to meet them at the lowest costs. More and more companies quantify their greenhouse gas emissions (Carbon Footprint), report them publicly (e.g. via CDP) and set up science-based emission targets…
Die DFGE ist bereits seit 2014 offizieller Silver Climate Change Consultancy Partner von CDP. Die Partnerschaft wurde nun um drei weitere Jahre verlängert. Zudem wird die DFGE zum ersten CDP Partner für das Science-based Targets Rahmenwerk. München/Greifenberg, 9. September 2019 – CDP gehört zu den wichtigsten Initiativen, wenn es um Nachhaltigkeits-Reporting unter Berücksichtigung der Lieferketten geht.…
The first TCFD report In 2017, the first TCFD report has been released. This covered the basic recommendations for implementation. Now, in June 2019, their second status report has been published. It focussed on the status quo and the implementation amongst companies. TCFD, the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosure, published a first report with the framework for…
Over the last years more and more investors are investigating how sustainable a company works before investing capital. This results in the direct need of a quantification method for such sustainability. Furthermore, those standardized methods create a base for comparisons between companies’ performances. One of the most common tools for such comparison is the CDP…
The CDP season 2019 is in its final phase. Ideally, data collection stage has been already finished and participating companies currently are entering their environment-related information in the ORS. To ensure completeness, clarity and consistency of given answers your company has the opportunity to request a ‘high level’ CDP Check by the DFGE. CDP 2019:…
Companies who have been asked to complete the CDP questionnaire have until 31st of July to provide their answers. Below an overview of the main hurdles to address for a successful CDP participation. Several CDP Questionnaires CDP is not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage…
CDP is a platform used by investors and large customers (with CDP Supply Chain) to request companies to disclose environmental data which is then rated against a dedicated methodology. CDP Supply Chain suppliers have just been invited to take part in the questionnaire. Find out more details about the Supply Chain module, the timeline and…
