An overview of the most important standards and initiatives The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) released an updated version of its environmental reporting framework on April 9. This is now in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). For companies that used to focus on the CDSB in disclosing…
The World Water Day was proposed on the Agenda 21 of the UNCED in Rio de Janeiro. The day should be used by the member states of the UN to promote concrete actions in their countries and to draw attention to this important resource. Non-governmental organizations and companies are also putting emphasis on water on…
The TCFD framework (Task Force on Climate-related Finance Disclosures) is becoming increasingly popular. Chairman Mike Bloomberg and Mark Carney (chief of the Financial Stability Board) announced the growing importance of such framework and the increasing support from the economy at the ‘One Planet Summit’ (additional World Climate Summit on the 2nd anniversary of the Paris Climate…
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…
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…
Im Oktober letzten Jahres fand die jährliche CDP Jahreskonferenz statt, an der sich die DFGE auch aktiv beteiligte. Inhalt dieser Konferenz ist die Bekanntgabe der Ergebnisse zu den CDP Climate Change Fragebögen sowie eine Auszeichnung besonders engagierter Unternehmen. Kurz vor Jahresende wurde dann der neue Fragebogen veröffentlicht und so kann die neue Rating Saison als…
The CDP DACH Climate Leadership Award Conference and Ceremony 2016 took place on the 25th of October in Munich. As a longstading partner the DFGE was happy to be part of this event, which was held at Terminal 1 of the Munich Airport. Here are the highlights of this day. Our highlights First, several of…
Mit dem CDP Supplier Engagement Rating verstärkt das CDP (vormals Carbon Disclosure Project) seinen Fokus auf Klimaschutz in der Lieferkette. 2016 werden Unternehmen erstmals separat danach bewertet, wie aktiv sie ihre Zulieferer im Bereich Klimaschutz einbinden (siehe Pressemitteilung des CDP). Das CDP Supplier Engagement Rating bewertet Unternehmen auf Basis der Antworten zum CDP Climate Change-Fragebogen. Das…
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…
Science-Based Targets enable to curb global warming. Before going into further details you can wa the NASA video called A year in the life of Earth’s CO2, to see CO2 emissions evolve over a year. Carbon Dioxide or CO2 is part of Greenhouse Gases emissions, meaning gases whose higher concentration lead to an increase in global temperatures. Discover…
