First of all, it is necessary to understand what CSR is. CSR stands for “Corporate Social Responsibility”. The guiding principle is that economy is a global network of mutually depending influencing factors. The main focus of a CSR-strategy is to protect people (employees of the company, employees of suppliers, the society in general) and the…
Die DFGE – Institut für Energie, Ökologie und Ökonomie arbeitet aktiv an der Deutschen Version des GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) Standards mit. Der Gründer der DFGE unterstützt als Chairman das Peer Reviewers Committee, das an der Deutschen Übersetzung des neuen GRI Standards arbeitet. Der neue GRI Standard ist eine Weiterentwicklung der GRI G4 Guidelines, den…
Im März 2017 verabschiedete der Deutsche Bundestag das Gesetz zur Stärkung der nicht-finanziellen Berichterstattung von Unternehmen (CSR-Berichtspflicht). Das Gesetz, das die Umsetzung der EU-Richtlinie 2014/95/EU darstellt, heißt offiziell „Gesetz zur Stärkung der nichtfinanziellen Berichterstattung der Unternehmen in ihren Lage- und Konzernlageberichten“ (offizieller Gesetzestext). Ziel des Gesetzes ist es, die Transparenz der Unternehmen bezüglich sozialer und…
In March 2017, the German Bundestag passed the law to strengthen companies’ non-financial disclosure in their management reports and group management reports. The CSR reporting law, which is the implementation of the EU Directive 2014/95/EU (non-financial reporting), is called „Gesetz zur Stärkung der nichtfinanziellen Berichterstattung der Unternehmen in ihren Lage- und Konzernlageberichten“ (see the official…
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,…
