Why Now Is the Time to Act The global economy is standing on the edge of a major climate reckoning. The ongoing reliance on fossil fuels is driving a rise in the frequency and intensity of floods, wildfires, and storms. In 2025, climate hazards are already taking a severe toll—from wildfires in Los Angeles burning…
Doppelte Wesentlichkeit: Der erste Schritt unter den ESRS – Warum Unternehmen tiefer gehen müssen Die doppelte Wesentlichkeit steht aktuell für viele Unternehmen im Fokus. Diese Analyse dient nicht nur dazu, die berichtspflichtigen Themen zu identifizieren, sondern kann auch als erste Risiko- und Chancenanalyse angesehen werden. Unter den European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) nimmt diese Analyse…
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…
