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The DNS – a plan to secure Germany’s long-term future

A revised version of the German Sustainable Development Strategy (DNS) is set to be published at the end of the year. As a partner in the update process, the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) is determined to make the DNS more binding, more systematic – and more focused on what comes after 2030.

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A pact for the future

The United Nations has big plans for the Summit of the Future in September 2024. A Pact for the Future aims to smooth the waters between the member states and, above all, give the 2030 Agenda a boost. Now the first draft has been published and the tussle begins.

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Heat-Map about Principal Adverse Impact Indicators (PAIs)

DRSC/RNE pilot group "SME Reporting" presents contribution to the discussion on indicators for adverse impacts on sustainability aspects, the Principal Adverse Impact Indicators (PAI) for sustainability reporting by SMEs.

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COP28 must continue to push global climate financing despite multiple crises!

Members of the German Council for Sustainable Development at COP28 in Dubai

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Ways out of the current crises

Initial recommendations of the German Council for Sustainable Development for updating the country’s sustainable development strategy and advancing sustainability governance

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SDG Summit: A question of money

The world has some catching up to do, was the overwhelming takeaway from the sustainability summit in New York. So how do we get there? The German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) calls for urgent reform of the international financial architecture.

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HLPF: The international community is still off track

As every year, the High-Level Political Forum saw UN member states and NGOs convene in New York to discuss the lie of the land as the international community attempts to reach the global sustainability goals. We present the key topics that emerged for the forthcoming SDG Summit in the autumn.

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RNE calls for mobilisation of global capital to hit SDGs

Further recommendations: reforming the World Bank into a transformation bank, debt relief and reforming the special drawing rights of the IMF

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Midway through Agenda 2030: Global community must step up a gear

The mid-term review from the latest Global Sustainable Development Report makes sober reading. Answers are expected at the United Nations SDG Summit in New York in September.

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German Sustainability Code hits 1,000 users

European companies are going sustainable – at least that’s the plan, as the EU aims to boost sustainability in business with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. The regulation presents challenges for many companies, but these can be overcome with the German Sustainability Code (DNK). So what is the secret to the transparency standard’s success?

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Modernise and accelerate, yes, but please think ahead

German Council for Sustainable Development to support implementation of coalition committee findings with constructive feedback

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Reiner Hoffmann elected new Chair of the German Council for Sustainable Development

Berlin, 16.02.2023 – At their inaugural meeting in the Federal Chancellery, the members of the newly reappointed German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) unanimously elected Reiner Hoffmann, former president of the German Trade Union Confederation, as their new chair. He succeeds Werner Schnappauf, who had previously held the RNE Chair since 2020.

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