Die DFGE hat diesen Artikel am 09. Mai 2022 veröffentlicht. Da die CSRD fortlaufenden Änderungen unterzogen wird, infomieren Sie sich hier über den aktuellen Stand und erfahren Sie alles, was Sie wissen müssen. Nun also doch – am 22. Juni wurde vom EU-Parlament für die CSRD-Berichtspflicht eine vorläufige politische Einigung erreicht. Somit gilt für bereits…
What does ESG stand for? The abbreviation ESG has become indispensable in today’s world, as companies are increasingly focusing on an ESG strategy and ESG criteria. E stands for Environment, S for Social, and G for Governance. The basic idea is to align the entire company structure and culture as well as its business models…
The CSO – an increasingly important position for companies Just a few years ago, sustainability was not seen as a priority by most companies and not taken into account in important management decisions. As sustainability is now moving into focus for many companies, there is also a job role, which is becoming increasingly important: The…
Revising the CoP: Background and Rationale About CoP and UNGC: The UN Global Compact (UNGC), a non-binding United Nations pact, encouraging firms and businesses to think of and adopt and report on more sustainable methods. To ensure a more straightforward reporting experienced it has identified 10 principles (The Ten Principles | UN Global Compact) forming…
The S&P Global questionnaires for CSA 2022 will open on April 5, 2022 (DJSI) and May 5, 2022 (ESG Indices). Due to the growing interest of stakeholders in sustainability and climate change, it is becoming increasingly important for companies to make their sustainability efforts transparent. In addition to sustainability reports with environmental, social, and governance…
The EU Taxonomy is a regulatory classification tool that helps investors, companies and financial institutions to define environmentally sustainable economic activities. It sets standardized requirements under which conditions corporate activities can be considered sustainable. The taxonomy does not ban investments in activities not labelled „green“, but it limits which ones companies and investors can claim…
After three years of Covid, people around the world are undoubtedly tired of sliding from one crisis to the next. Especially compared to the ongoing pandemic and the Ukrainian war, other global crises seem to lose importance. Experts emphasize the danger of ignoring surfacing warning signs. Besides the ongoing pandemic, supply chain disruptions, inflation, debt,…
Bis ein T-Shirt in der Europäischen Union in den Laden kommt, hat es nach Angaben des Bundesentwicklungsministeriums 18.000 Kilometer zurückgelegt. 80 Prozent des Welthandels gründen auf weltumspannenden Wertschöpfungsketten. Sie bilden die Existenzgrundlage für mehr als 450 Millionen Menschen. Aber oft leiden diejenigen am Anfang der Lieferkette, die für Europa Kleidung oder Nahrungsmittel herstellen, unter schlechten…
Environmental protection and sustainability are becoming more and more a trend. For many companies real measures to meet sustainability criteria are getting priority. Supply Chain Due Diligence Act and the Taxonomy under ESG regulation is intended to help with this. EU Green Deal & Taxonomy To enable Europe to become “the first climate-neutral continent in…
From April 6, 2021, invited companies can open the CSA and from June 1, 2021 they can access the S&P ESG Indices as well as the Dow Jones Sustainability (DJSI) Indices. Companies are selected for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), S&P 500 ESG and several other sustainability indices on the basis of…
