The standard in development ISO 20400 Sustainable Procurement – Guidance has just reached a second Draft International Standard stage. Interested parties can once again provide feedback before the publication of the norm in 2017. Sustainable procurement, extension of CSR in the supply chain Sustainable procurement is defined in the standard ISO 26 000 a followed:…
DFGE– das Institut für Energie, Ökologie und Ökonomie veröffentlicht die vierte Pressemitteilung in Form einer Checkliste. Firmen können die hier aufgeführten Fragen einsetzen, um Lücken in ihrer CSR Strategie aufzudecken. Diese Checkliste konzentriert sich darauf, wie Menschenrechte im betrieblichen Umfeld gewahrt werden können. Greifenberg/München, 15. September 2016 – DFGE – Die DFGE – Institut für Energie,…
We have decided to publish a series of 8 press releases, along with blog articles, providing organizations with a non-exhaustive checklist of questions they can ask to easily identify potential improvement areas in the sustainability/CSR management. This third one will help your company assess the labor practices management, by focusing on 5 main topics: Like…
Webinar: Science Based Targets (SBTs): how do companies respond? | July 27 at 5pm-6pm CET | Register now We are pleased to invite you to attend this special World Environment Center & DFGE Institute webinar titled: Science Based Targets (SBTs) – how do companies respond? Please join Cynthia Cummis (WRI – World Resources Institute), Andreas…
Science-Based Targets enable to curb global warming. Before going into further details you can wa the NASA video called A year in the life of Earth’s CO2, to see CO2 emissions evolve over a year. Carbon Dioxide or CO2 is part of Greenhouse Gases emissions, meaning gases whose higher concentration lead to an increase in global temperatures. Discover…
We have decided to publish a series of 8 press releases, along with blog articles, providing organizations with a checklist of questions they can ask to easily identify potential improvement areas in the sustainability/CSR management. The second one focuses on the Environment program and can be divided into seven main questions: 1 – Is the…
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…
We have decided to publish a series of 8 press releases, along with blog articles, providing organizations with a checklist of questions they can ask to easily identify potential improvement areas in the sustainability/CSR management. The first one focuses on the overall CSR strategy, and is divided into 6 main themes: 1 – Is 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…
Background story: The majority of our blog posts deals with CSR topics; we write about the latest developments in this field and try to relate it to a company’s daily business. Our background stories have a different perspective: Here, we explain trends, scientific background and societal implications of corporate sustainability – sometimes with a personal…
