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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?

Reaching goals faster with artificial intelligence

This spring, the Joint Action for Sustainable Development will welcome a new member to the team: a web crawler. The crawler is currently being fed information in the hope that it will soon be able to recognise key actors for the 2030 Agenda independently.

Improving sustainability: On the home straight

Green energy, reusable packaging and social engagement – clubs, athletes and their fans can all play a major role in sustainable development. A great example of this is RENN.west’s “Goals Need Actions – Sport in the West” campaign. Among those breaking new ground are prominent football clubs.

What’s new from the Sustainable Shopping Basket

Would you like to live more sustainably? The Sustainable Shopping Basket from RENN.süd gives you lifestyle tips, connects you with like-minded people and shows you what goes where – with plans to expand services with partner input.

Actions speak louder than words

From influencers and podcasters to transport activists and bakeries – never before have so many different people taken part in the German Action Days on Sustainability as this year. In their own way, they all spotlight how consumption, mobility and the very lives we lead can be designed to meet the needs of the future.

Kick-off to the Global Forum: international sustainability bodies join together

More and more sustainable development advisory councils and similar organisations are being established in the Global South. However, their work is often far from easy and their resources are limited. Next week, actors are coming together in Bogotá, Colombia, at the inauguration of the Global Forum for National SDG Advisory Bodies to learn from one another.

Sustainable finance markets taking concrete form

For the finance sector, things are now getting serious: the Federal Government wants to make Germany a leader of sustainable finance and has commissioned a Sustainable Finance Advisory Council to prepare corresponding proposals. At the third German Sustainable Finance Summit, experts discussed a first position paper.

RNE developing innovative solutions for sustainable business together with FinTech Arabesque

Inauguration of Sino-German sustainability dialogue

The Sino-German Sustainability Summit held in Beijing highlighted parallels between the two countries regarding discussions of sustainable business practice. Various RNE initiatives have attracted the interest of the Chinese and could contribute to sustainable development in China, too.

Open SDGclub.Berlin 2019 asks for more ambition by Heads of State

The Sustainability Code is coming to Turkey

Reporting in line with the National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights (NAP) with the help of the Sustainability Code