Sustainability dialog
Sustainability is a mega-trend in corporate management. In addition to climate neutrality and the transformation of our energy supply, sustainability and business mean a fundamental change in operational materials management, production, transportation, end-of-life cycle management – and therefore also in innovation management, due diligence, corporate governance and, last but not least, in addressing and exchanging ideas with a diverse group of addressees and partners. Those who do not become sustainable are putting their place in the future at risk. Pressure is no longer just coming from consumers and social movements. Legislators are reinforcing the trend with significant regulation:
In the middle of the year, the EU will adopt a new standard for sustainability reporting in the form of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the Climate Protection Act already applies in Germany with restrictive requirements for annual emissions in the individual sectors. Banks, asset managers and insurance companies use ESG criteria (environment, social responsibility and governance) to assess not only the financial but also the ethical creditworthiness of companies.
The necessary change in companies and business models requires co-creativity, technological solutions and exchange. With the ENERGY SAXONY Sustainability Dialogue with WeichertMehner, we offer you a platform to discuss the challenges ahead, to jointly develop ideas and concepts and to network with solution providers.
Documentation of the event series
The
kick-off event on March 24, 2022
highlighted the topic “The EU’s CSRD: What reporting means in the future”.
The EU’s new CSR does not stand for Corporate Social Responsibility, but for the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). That’s right: it’s about reporting! All companies with more than 250 employees or 40 million euros in annual turnover or 20 million euros in total assets are affected. They must report on how the companies are doing on sustainability issues.
- But where should the data for such reporting come from?
- What standards apply?
- How are data and scales translated, transformed and standardized?
- Is there a threat of modern paperwork management, a veritable Excel horror?
- Which communicative challenges, both internal and external, can be overcome and how?
- How do companies manage the necessary change?
- And is there also room for maneuver: for your own views, even for contradicting the reporting objectives and EU requirements?