Background The European Union (EU) has emerged as one of the global leader in climate policy, driven by the urgency of addressing climate change and transitioning towards a sustainable future. In the context of climate change, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) represents one key element in the EU’s regulatory approach to integrating climate-related disclosures into…
Am 12. Oktober 2023 veröffentlichte die Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) ihren sechsten und letzten Statusbericht und verkündete damit auch ihre offizielle Auflösung. Was umfasst der Begriff “TCFD” und was bedeutet die Auflösung? Welche Konsequenzen hat das auf die Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung? Diese Fragen werden im nachfolgenden Beitrag beantwortet. Task Force on Climate-Related Financial…
What is a Climate Transition Plan? A Climate Transition Plan is the organization’s roadmap in navigating and leading the shift towards a more sustainable, low-carbon future. This plan encompasses a comprehensive action plan, outlining the transformation of a company’s assets, operations, and business models, with an ultimate goal of achieving net-zero emissions by the year…
Noch im Frühjahr hatte der IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) die ersten Standards zur globalen Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung des eigens dafür ins Leben gerufenen ISSB (International Sustainability Standards Board) veröffentlicht. Daraufhin wurde eine Übergangserleichterung für Unternehmen eingeführt. Im Juli hatte dann das Financial Stability Board (FSB) die IFRS Foundation gebeten, die Überwachung der Fortschritte der Task Force…
What are the TCFD recommendations? For years, there has been an increased demand from the capital market for reliable and comparable information from companies on the impact of climate change. For this reason, the G20 Finance Ministers established the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) in 2015. Since 2017, it has published recommendations to…
For companies who want to remain competitive it becomes increasingly important if not inevitable to report on GHG emission avoidance concerning all kinds of business operations. Investors, new political regulations, and other external stakeholders are demanding companies to disclose relevant information on their efforts to contribute towards climate change mitigation. This development is reflected in…
With the Paris Agreement of 2015, more than half of the global economy has committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while investing efforts into the removal of GHG from the atmosphere. This is to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting temperature rise to “well below 2°C” as well as to ensure compliance with…
CDP as a key player in climate reporting and other areas of sustainability Extended Partnership: CDP stands for one of the longest established and largest initiatives for sustainability reporting taking supply chains into account. Launched almost twenty years ago as the Carbon Disclosure Project, CDP has successively expanded its collection of climate-related data to include water…
Schon seit 2014 berät die DFGE als offizieller Silver Climate Change Consultancy Partner von CDP Unternehmen, wenn es darum geht, regel-konform an Nachhaltigkeits-Reportings teilzunehmen. Die starke Partnerschaft wird erneut für zwei Jahre verlängert. Die DFGE bleibt CDP Partner für die Einreichung bei der Science-based Targets Initiative und die Erfüllung der Task Force on Climate-related Financial…
End of March the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its proposed rules to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for publicly traded companies. The proposed regulations go hand in hand with the increasing importance of climate-related issues on the capital markets thus rising transparency requirements. In this blog post, we will give you a…
