EU plans more investment for clean technologies in Europe The European Union is committed to address climate change and has set ambitious climate goals, including becoming climate neutral by 2050. One of their action to decarbonize the EU is the Net Zero Industry Act. The act, introduced 16th March, is an initiative stemming from the…
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…
for relevant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are calculated on a scientific basis. Companies which aim to participate in the initiative are expected to set an ambitious target for reducing their GHG emissions which is in line with the 2°C target of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. But setting SBTs is not always an easy task, and many corporations fail at this hurdle.
Companies interested in bringing their CO2 emissions towards Net Zero should consider the new report from the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), which will probably be published in November this year, just in time for COP26. The new paper lays out the conceptual foundations for credible, science-based net-zero targets for the corporate sector. Science Based Targets…
“CO2 offsetting is greenwashing” is a common reproach. Critics complain that companies hold on to their environmentally harmful business – and offset CO2 to give themselves the green image of “climate neutrality”. What does “greenwashing” mean? Is the criticism justified? And how does the DFGE clearly distance itself from greenwashing? Greenwashing: the creation of a…
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…
Im Kontext des Green Deals, der u. a. Klimaneutralität der EU bis 2050 vorsieht, hat Ursula von der Leyen Anstrengungen zu einem sog. CO2-Grenzausgleich unternommen. Hierfür läuft gegenwärtig die Konsultation relevanter Stakeholder mittels eines Fragebogens. Hintergrund und Idee Hintergrund zum CO2-Grenzausgleich ist die Vermeidung der „Emissionsverlagerung“ in Länder mit schwächeren Vorschriften. Die Einführung strengerer Emissionsrichtlinien…
The Carbon Footprint is a descriptive, widely-used term for the greenhouse gas emission balance of an entire organization, or alternatively, of a single product or service. It includes emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (measured in CO2 equivalents / CO2-eq). In the case of an organization like a company or public institution,…
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…
Traditionell veranstaltet die DFGE als offizieller CDP Climate Change Partner jedes Jahr zu Beginn der CDP-Saison eine Reihe an CDP-Webinaren, die sich mit den Änderungen vom Vorjahr zum neuen Assessment befassen. Auch ein Rückblick der Performance im letzten Jahr wird dabei vorgestellt. Dieses Jahr wurden dafür vier Termine publiziert, die jeweils zweimalig auf Deutsch und…
