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…
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. The second one focuses on the Environment program and can be divided into seven main questions: 1 – Is the…
Die Berechnung von Carbon Footprints auf Unternehmens- oder Produktebene gehört seit über 15 Jahren zu den Kernkompetenzen der DFGE. Darüber hinaus übernimmt die DFGE aber auch vergleichende Emissionsberechnungen, die sich beispielsweise auf neuartige Fertigungsmethoden oder Veränderungen der firmeninternen Logistik beziehen. In diesen Fällen wird eine Studie erstellt, die es erlaubt, die Innovation mit dem Basisszenario…
Today, 22nd of April is Earth day. To support environmental initiatives, DFGE is happy to extend the fruitful partnership with CDP for the next three years. A partnership aiming at helping respondent companies DFGE has been an official Silver Climate Change Consultancy Partner of CDP since 2014, to support companies responding to CDP.…
Das CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) hat seinen CDP Climate Change Fragebogen für 2016 verändert. Was ist CDP? Über CDP veröffentlichen etwa 6000 Organisationen ihre Treibhausgas-Emissionen und andere umweltbezogene Leistungskennzahlen; dazu werden sie von ihren Anteilseignern oder ihren Kunden aufgefordert. Die Erwartung ist, dass Unternehmen dadurch besser in der Lage sind, dem Klimawandel zu begegnen. Was sind…
Background story: The majority of our blog posts deals with CSR topics; we write about the latest developments in this field and try to relate it to a company’s daily business. Our background stories have a different perspective: Here, we explain trends, scientific background and societal implications of corporate sustainability – sometimes with a personal…
Why is the World Economic Forum important? The 2016 World Economic Forum annual meeting took place in Davos, Switzerland, from the 20th to the 23rd of January and gathered decision-makers from all over the world. It enables to raise awareness among the most influential people of the world: indeed, it provides an opportunity to gain…
Read this interesting article by Bill McKibben in the Rolling Stone Magazine. McKibben investigates Climate Changes scenarios and corresponding Carbon Footprints with three numbers: – 2° Celsius (maximum temperature rise humans can cope) – 565 Gigatons (of CO2 that humans can pur in the atmosphere to stay below 2°) – 2795 Gigatons (of CO2 that…
