World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. Since it began in 1974, the event has grown to become a global platform for public outreach. The theme for 2021 is “Ecosystem Restoration”.
The UN Global Compact and GRI have implemented an Action Platform called “Business Reporting on the SDGs” that aims to encourage businesses to include SDG reporting in their sustainability communication and relevant processes. Reminder: What are the SDG’s? SDGs is an acronym for Sustainable Development Goals which have been defined by the United Nations and…
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) are a set of 17 goals and 169 specific targets (Figure 1) as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This agenda aims to provide peace and prosperity for all people and for the entire planet. All 17 goals are connected, built on a holistic approach and…
This year the 71st celebration of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights (UDHR) takes place. DFGE outlines key points and general information of the Human Rights Day in this article. Human Rights Day Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10th December – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration…
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…
In early August, the initiatives GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) and UNGC (United Nations Global Compact), with the support of Shift and PWC, published a practical guide in order to support companies in targeting their impact on the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), to measure and to integrate it more adequately into the corporate (sustainability) reporting. Sustainability…
On 23rd and 24th of May 2018, DFGE was an exhibitor sponsor at the Sustainability Leaders Congress in Berlin. It is the first time this event has taken place: featuring no less than 26 sessions with almost 40 speakers, we will now give you an overview and share our conclusions from the event. As an…
Die 17 SDGs als Leitbild der Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation in Bayern Der bereits zum fünften Mal stattfindende CSR-Tag der bayerischen Industrie- und Handelskammern lockte am 26.09.2017 rund 300 Interessenten nach München. Die DFGE nahm an der Veranstaltung als Besucher teil. Die Experten für Sustainability Intelligence beraten Unternehmen bei Ihrer Teilnahme an Nachhaltigkeitsreportings wie UNGC, CDP, EcoVadis und…
The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), a sustainability standard, will experience some changes from 2018. In this article, DFGE aims to share with you the main UNGC updates. First UNGC Update: two different participant options The UNGC is a voluntary initiative to implement universal sustainability principles and to take steps to support UN goals.[1] Before…
We are please to share a guest blog from our partner EcoVadis: discover the SDGs through the lense of EcoVadis, the supplier rating platform September 2015, the United Nations announced a resolution which contains a set of Goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for everyone. These 17 Goals, comprising of 169…
