The GRI Standards are a standard organizations can use to structure a sustainability report, to define Key Performance Indicators they wish to follow in terms of sustainibility. GRI official definition is the following: “GRI is an international independent organization that helps businesses, governments and other organizations understand and communicate the impact of business on…
What are the GRI Standards? The GRI Standards are a set of internationally recognized CSR standards to report on sustainability topics. Usually, organizations use them to structure their sustainability/CSR a report. Such report is a tool used to disclose information to stakeholders, e.g. parties impacted by the organizations’ activities. Organizations report their commitments, their actions…
Im Jahr 2016 hat die DFGE Checklisten veröffentlicht, die Unternehmen dabei helfen, ihr CSR-Programm zu verbessern. Zuerst haben wir erklärt, wie ein Programm generell strukturiert sein sollte. Dann wurden die anderen CSR-Themen der ISO 26000 (Nachhaltigkeitsnorm) behandelt: Umwelt, Arbeitspraktiken, Menschenrechte, Einbeziehung und Entwicklung von Gemeinschaft und nachhaltiger Umgang mit Kunden und Verbrauchern. Die letzte Checkliste…
From the 23rd to the 25th of May, the 5th GRI Global Conference was held in Amsterdam. Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an internationally recognized standard for sustainability reporting. Such conference gathered more than 1,200 attendees interested in sustainability and was an opportunity to discuss current sustainability hot topics. DFGE chose to focus on the…
Main findings All information requested in the CDP Climate Change Questionnaire can be reused in a GRI G4-based report, on the condition that the climate change related Aspects[1] (Energy, Emissions, Products and Services, Public Policy) have been identified as material. Material means that the topic is relevant for the company while has impacts on…
On the 17th of February, DFGE co-animated a webinar on Sustainable Development Goals with the World Environment Center. For those who missed it, we summarize the main conclusions of the webinar in this article. The webinar featured sustainability experts. Elisa Tonda (Head of Business and Industry Unit, UNEP), Lorraine Francourt (Director, EH&S & Sustainability,…
Stakeholder erwarten von Unternehmen zunehmend Transparenz im Umgang mit CSR / Nachhaltigkeit. Die DFGE hat eine Übersicht über die zehn wichtigsten Dokumente zusammengestellt, die dabei helfen, die Nachhaltigkeits-Berichterstattung zu verbessern. München/Greifenberg, 17. Dezember 2015. Seit 1999 bietet DFGE Beratungs- und Auditierungs-Dienstleistungen an, die Firmen dabei helfen, eine Integration von Nachhaltigkeitsbelangen in ihre Business-Strategie umzusetzen.…
Plenary on G4- Introducing the main features of G4 from GRI on Vimeo.
What is the purpose of GRI? GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) is an internationally recognized standard for CSR reporting to help organizations set goals, measure performance, and manage change in order to make their operations more sustainable. The guidelines are now in their 4th version (G4). G4 process in a few words: – Identify your company’s…
Das Thema Nachhaltigkeit gewann bei Medien, Öffentlichkeit und Unternehmen in den letzten 12 Monaten weiter an Bedeutung. Was sind die Sustainability Trends 2015? Die DFGE – Institut für Energie, Ökologie und Ökonomie – ist der Frage nachgegangen und sieht für das neue Jahr fünf wesentliche Trends in der Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation. München/Greifenberg, 13. Dezember 2014 –…
