Projects
The Council for Sustainable Development initiates and runs a wide range of projects that aim to spread ideas about sustainability in society and the economy. A selection of projects targeting an international audience is portrayed below.
Local Sustainability Reporting Framework
The German Local Sustainability Reporting Framework (BNK) helps local authorities make their progress on sustainable development measurable, thus giving them greater control.
Joint Action for Sustainable Development
For the implementation of the 2030 Agenda to succeed, it must enjoy widespread societal support and active participation. In a new initiative from the German Federal Government and the Länder and coordinated by the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), the Joint Ac...
The Global Forum for National SDG Advisory Bodies
The Global Forum is a network that connects the knowledge and experience of multi-stakeholder advisory commissions, councils and similar bodies for sustainable development. These bodies contribute to the national institutional architectures for the implementation of the Sustai...
Regional Hubs for Sustainability Strategies (RENN)
The RENN network links players from a wide variety of societal areas to help ensure sustainable development at regional level becomes everyday practice.
Climate Governance Initiative Germany
The German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), together with ESMT Berlin and Board Academy e.V., has joined the World Economic Forum’s Climate Governance Initiative and coordinates its Chapter Germany. The network aims to mobilize non-executive directors and supervisory...
Sustainability Culture Fund
The RNE’s Sustainability Culture Fund is aimed at a variety of societal stakeholders and strives to promote approaches that make sustainability the centre of cultural norms and lifestyle models.
“Sustainable City” dialogue – mayors for sustainable development in municipalities
Sustainability needs responsible leadership. Which is exactly what the mayors of over forty German cities involved in the “Sustainable City” dialogue stand for. This dialogue has been facilitated by the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) since early 2010.
The Sustainability Code
The Sustainability Code is an internationally applicable reporting standard for topics relating to sustainability. The German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) adopted the Code in 2011 following a comprehensive preliminary review process together with stakeholders.
German Sustainability Action Days
The German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) established the German Sustainability Action Days (DAN) in 2012 on the occasion of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20).
Project Sustainability
Project Sustainability – the competition for a sustainable society
Open SDGclub.Berlin
The German Council for Sustainable Development started the Open SDGclub.Berlin in 2016 as a transnational peer learning platform of sustainability practitioners at which participants can share their experience with implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at th...