The supplier rating platform EcoVadis has published this year´s Sustainability Risk and Performance Index 2021. The following will provide a short overview on the most important findings of this year’s Risk and Performance Index.
Every life on our planet is dependent on the well-functioning of the marine ecosystem. But water resources and marine ecosystems are endangered. Since businesses emit a large amount of greenhouse gases, they are largely responsible for this heating. To make companies accountable and address the urgent need to protect the water and marine resources, CDP included new water-related questions into its questionnaires.
The background EcoVadis is a supply chain assessment which helps companies to understand and quantify sustainability risks within their supply chain. Unlike individual questionnaires or very specific ones like CDP, EcoVadis offers a standardised approach which is able to compare the performance of companies with entirely different profiles on a rating scale from 1 (bad)…
Along with movements, such as Friday for Future many people increasingly feel “climate responsible”. Sustainability has become more than just a trend on YouTube. We are increasingly aware that travelling is a major factor contributing to climate change. There are several ways to start with Green Travelling. We present you 3 levels: From easy, to…
YouTube is to a certain degree a reflection of our culture. Emerging moods in our society are often reflected in the creative output of our daily media. Eco-friendly brands and “clean” products have been gaining traction with consumers, who are now turning to YouTube as they look to make sense of this burgeoning category and…
This month, DFGE released a new white paper about the Sustainability in packaging, entitled Sustainability challenges and resources in the Packaging Industry. Discover how to address the key topics and resources while identifying who you can partner with. Sustainability in packaging: challenges More and more requests go to the packaging sector in terms of sustainability.…
The GSSB (Global Sustainability Standards Board) that operates under the auspices of GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) is currently overseeing a project to review and update the content of GRI Waste disclosures related to GRI sustainability reports in the current GRI Standard 306: Effluents and Waste. Achieve best-practice disclosure of waste-related activities The main target of…
EcoVadis is a global sustainability rating platform which aims to improve supply chain transparency between buyers and their suppliers. Over 55.000 companies across 155 countries have so far undergone the assessment to improve and integrate sustainability along their value chain. At their annual flagship event Sustain which took place in Paris in March 2019, EcoVadis…
Check out which are the most popular global goals amongst companies thanks to the UNGC progress report! Such report features current trends in terms of sustainability management and reporting. The UNGC is a set of ten principles to which more than 12,000 organizations adhere. Since the release of the Sustainable Development Goals, the UNGC also…
Was wird unter nachhaltigem Finanzwesen verstanden? Unter nachhaltigem Finanzwesen wird die Bereitstellung von Finanzmitteln für Investitionen unter Berücksichtigung von ökologischen, sozialen und Governance-Aspekten verstanden. Nachhaltiges Finanzwesen beinhaltet eine starke grüne Komponente, die Wirtschaftswachstum unterstützt und gleichzeitig die Umweltbelastung reduziert, Treibhausgasemissionen und Abfall vermeidet beziehungsweise natürliche Ressourcen sorgsam nutzt. Ebenfalls wird verstärkt berücksichtigt, welche Risiken die…
