The European Union has just made a groundbreaking decision to crack down against greenwashing. If you care about transparency, sustainability, and holding businesses accountable – you won’t want to miss this. Learn how these new regulations will empower consumers and bring integrity to product labeling in the full article here:
A recent study reveals that Earth is failing the “scientific health check.” Six out of nine planetary boundaries are pushed beyond limits that are safe for humans. This includes climate, water resources, and biodiversity, raising urgent calls for climate and environmental action to restore stability. Discover more critical climate news in this roundup of the World Economic Forum.
The EU supply chain law continues to take shape: On June 1, the majority of the European Parliament voted to tighten the EU Commission’s original legislative proposal. In this form, the directive would place greater obligations on companies than the German supply chain law. A decision in the EU trilogue is due shortly.
A guest article by Uwe Beyer, employee of the Fraunhofer Institute IAIS on the topics of sustainability, climate change and the global challenges.
Measuring your personal carbon footprint – this is how it works
The waste disposal and recycling company Alba commissioned an aluminum sorting plant in mid-May, using a first commercial application of a laser-based sorting technology co-developed by the German Federal Foundation for the Environment.
According to a report by the ViaMedica Foundation commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), climate protection in the healthcare sector still leaves much to be desired – pharmacies are also implementing too few measures in this area.
Nowhere in Europe do so few companies tie executive compensation to ESG metrics as in Germany. Investors expect a change of course.
Topics such as life cycle assessment and corporate carbon footprints are becoming increasingly important – for companies, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders.
In the case of the corporate carbon footprint, all direct and indirect CO2 emissions generated by the company are accounted for on the basis of ISO 14064.
Life cycle assessments (LCAs) are used to present the direct or indirect environmental impacts of products, processes or business units over a defined life cycle.
This offers many advantages:
✔ Potential savings in terms of energy and materials
✔ Evidence for sustainability reports
✔ Image improvement and competitive advantages through credible external presentation of environmental commitment
✔ Increase in employee motivation
✔ Company-internal product comparison
✔ Support for environmentally compatible product development
✔ Cost reduction
PeoplePlanetProfit supports companies since 2014 in all questions of sustainability and also in life cycle assessment and corporate carbon footprint.
As a company for sustainable consulting and software offerings in the area of sustainability, energy and the environment, we set a good example and save CO2 every day by enabling our employees to work remotely and from home.
Hear from sustainability researcher Gerrit von Jorck on how companies can take care of their environmental footprint and what to consider when doing so.