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,…
DFGE becomes the first Consulting Partner in the German-speaking region of EcoVadis, the leader in supply chain sustainability ratings. This partnership will help companies to better answer their clients’ requests for an EcoVadis assessment, as well as to improve CSR performance. EcoVadis, a collaborative sustainability rating platform EcoVadis operates the first collaborative platform providing Supplier…
Why is the World Economic Forum important? The 2016 World Economic Forum annual meeting took place in Davos, Switzerland, from the 20th to the 23rd of January and gathered decision-makers from all over the world. It enables to raise awareness among the most influential people of the world: indeed, it provides an opportunity to gain…
Lost in all the requests for information linked to sustainability management and reporting? DFGE has chosen the top 10 documents you can easily share with your stakeholders. Nowadays, transparency is expected from companies and CSR/sustainability reporting has been increasing by 5 points from 2011 to 2014[1]. There are many channels where information can be reported:…
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…
Wir (das Team der DFGE – Institut für Energie, Ökologie und Ökonomie) hatten das letzte Jahr Revue passieren lassen und unsere Erfahrungen und Eindrücke der Entwicklungen rund um Nachhaltigkeit/CSR zu Prognosen zusammen gefasst. Daraus entstand eine Pressemeldung mit dem Titel „Trends in der Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation“, die wir an Redaktionen verschickt haben. Die Online Redaktion von Haufe.de/compliance…
Sustainability is not a trend but a global movement. Georg Kell recently published the „five trends that show corporate responsibility is here to stay“ in the guardian. Irregardless if you call it CSR, social and corporate governance (ESG) or sustainability. Several big trends indicate that this topic will stay and evolve: Transparency Trust Community Participation…
Der United Nations Global Compact, bei dem auch die DFGE Mitglied ist, hat kürzlich seinen neue Leitfaden zur Transparenz in der Lieferkette veröffentlicht. Der Leitfaden „A Guide to Traceability: A Practical Approach to Advance Sustainability in Global Supply Chains“ kann hier als PDF von der UN Global Compact Seite bezogen werden. Auch im Zusammenhang mit…
Die Ermittlung von Product oder Corporate Carbon Footprints erfolgt vielfach nicht aus Ökologie-Bewusstsein, vielmehr werden Unternehmen dazu gezwungen. Die DFGE nennt die drei Hauptgründe. Greifenberg/München, 15. Oktober 2013 – Laut der Studie „Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland 2012“ des BMU (Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit), steht aus Sicht der Bevölkerung der Umweltschutz auf Platz 2 der…
