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Climate protection and sustainability

The economy and society are increasingly facing the consequences of climate change. We support our clients in all matters relating to climate protection and sustainability and in their commitment to implementing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on the way to a sustainable global economy.

Companies must act on climate protection today

Climate protection Sustainability Goals

The goals

The economy and society are increasingly facing the consequences of climate change. Germany aims to reduce emissions of climate-damaging gases such as CO2 by 55% by 2030. Measures to achieve this are enshrined in the Climate Action Program 2030, with which the German government is implementing the German Climate Action Plan 2050.

The need to implement measures affects all sectors and applies to the energy sector, industry, buildings, transport, agriculture and forestry, land use and waste management. If sufficient targets are not achieved, the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) estimates the economic damage that could be caused by climate change to total almost 800 billion euros by 2050.

In addition to financial risks, global warming is causing extreme weather events such as dry spells and storms to occur more frequently and more severely. According to the organization Germanwatch, almost half a million people have died in over 12,000 such events over the past 20 years. There is therefore a need for action at all levels of sustainable management.

Why does a company need to take urgent action in the areas of climate protection and sustainability in order to achieve national climate protection targets? For some companies, climate protection and climate management are already common practice. For most of them, starting to implement their own climate strategy and accounting for their own emissions will be an important step on the way to legally compliant and sustainably successful business practices in the future.

We support you in setting up an effective climate management system

The task

Measuring and managing the impact of their own business activities on the environment and climate is a complex challenge for companies of all sizes and in all sectors. These areas are increasingly in the focus of customers, investors and other stakeholders. Sustainable companies are perceived more positively and thus achieve a strong competitive position, and more and more people are demanding measurable sustainability from companies. This is motivation enough to take an in-depth look at climate protection and sustainability.

The solution

We support you in setting up effective climate management. We know the critical points in climate management and reporting and accompany companies from data collection and method selection to scenario analysis and the definition of key figures and targets through to the establishment of paths to net zero emissions. One thing is already clear today: the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting obligations for companies and organizations will increase in the future. We help you to identify risks and opportunities at an early stage and to act with foresight and legal certainty!

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Corporate sustainability as a key success factor

Climate protection Sustainability Corporate Sustainability

The task

The sustainability performance of a company in the area of corporate sustainability is an important factor for all stakeholders. Sustainability indicators or KPIs for measuring this performance are fundamental and significant variables in a company's success, and sustainable business practices are more than ever the focus of a future-proof organization.

The shareholders of listed companies in particular are now demanding an appropriate and measurable representation of climate risks in their reporting. In addition, asset managers must also measure and evaluate climate risks and opportunities in their portfolios as part of their fiduciary duty. This is also a political requirement. With its "Financing Sustainable Growth" action plan, the European Commission has drawn up a strategy for sustainable finance in the EU and intends to establish a new reporting standard in the context of corporate social responsibility through the recommendations of the "Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures".

The solution

We support you in systematically recording, reporting and managing your sustainability performance, especially in integrated reporting on climate protection and sustainability. The performance and results of a company in the area of corporate sustainability are now important indicators for long-term corporate success and the perception of investors and other reference groups. This means that sustainable management is more than ever the key to and focus of a future-proof organization! We systematically support you in recording, reporting and managing your sustainability performance and prepare sustainability reports in accordance with the criteria of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) or the German Sustainability Code (DNK). We are your compass for sustainable target achievement and prioritize and integrate the relevant targets and scenarios into your business strategy and sustainable supply chains.

The UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) affect us all. We are therefore part of the worldwide UN Global Compact initiative and want to contribute to a more sustainable and fairer global economy. We live this vision internally and support our customers in their commitment to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals on the way to a sustainable global economy.

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Our services at a glance

Climate protection Sustainability Services Carbon footprint

Carbon Footprint (CCF & PCF)

Better climate-neutral in the future? We measure, record and calculate your greenhouse gas emissions and create a carbon footprint according to your framework conditions.

Climate protection Sustainability Achievements Climate targets

Climate targets & climate strategy

Setting and reporting climate targets? Together, we develop and formulate your climate strategy to achieve your strategic and operational climate protection targets.

Climate protection Sustainability Services Carbon scenarios

Scenario & potential analysis

Analyze scenarios and leverage potential? We support you in recording consumption data and create and optimize your energy and climate balance.

Climate protection Sustainability Performance EU emissions trading

EU emissions trading

Are you prepared for the EU ETS? We advise you on the requirements for emissions trading in the fourth trading period from 2021 to 2030 and prepare your allocation applications.

Climate protection Sustainability Services Compensation and climate neutrality

Compensation & climate neutrality

offset greenhouse gas emissions? We support you on the way to "net zero emissions" as part of offsetting measures.

Climate protection Sustainability Performance Science based targets Initiative (SBTi)

Science based targets initiative (SBTi)

Putting science into practice? We accompany you to the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets of 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Climate protection Sustainability Services - Corporate responsibility

Corporate Responsibility & Reporting

Sustainability reporting? We support you in reporting in accordance with the criteria of the Global Reporting Initiative and the German Sustainability Code.

Climate protection Sustainability Services - Sustainable Development

CorpSustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Global sustainability? The UN Sustainable Development Goals affect us all. We are your compass for achieving sustainable goals.

Climate protection Sustainability Services - Sustainable supply chains

Sustainable supply chains

Making your supply sustainable? Whether climate or sustainability assessment along your entire supply chain: we work with you to achieve your goals.

Climate protection Sustainability Services - Circular Economy

Circular economy

Thinking in circles? We help with recycling, from procurement to reuse and recycling in the sense of the circular economy.

Climate protection Sustainability Services - Sustainability strategy

Sustainability strategy

Managing sustainability in a targeted manner? Together we set goals and measures and structure your sustainability management in this way.

Value management and diversity

Climate protection Sustainability Value management and targets

The goals

The economy is undergoing an epochal change. More and more familiar paradigms are losing their legitimacy and giving way to new understandings and behaviors. For this reason, business and corporate ethics are becoming increasingly important in practice. The discipline deals with the connections between ethics, business and companies, examines the importance of moral behavior in business and companies and promotes this moral behavior.

In this context, value management is the translation of business ethics into practice. It is about how values are dealt with in terms of the specific form of behavior in all areas of day-to-day business. The aim of corporate value management is therefore to actively shape and control the values in a company in a targeted manner.

The concept of diversity is closely linked to this. The management of diversity issues has become an essential topic for all organizations. It is important for all companies to implement diversity correctly and to position it both internally and externally. Systematic management can turn the practiced and consistent acceptance of diversity and respect for all lifestyles and identities into a success factor and USP.

Ethics, value management and diversity are becoming increasingly important, especially at the interface with climate and sustainability consulting. A decidedly sustainable, environmentally and climate protection-oriented corporate management and strategy is the core of a future-proof corporate ethic and enables growth and development while simultaneously observing and promoting the ESG criteria and the 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda in order to enable a decent life and preserve the natural foundations of life in the long term. This includes economic, ecological and social aspects.

The task

The benefits of ethics and value management for companies are clearly tangible. Value management defines and codifies specific, company-specific values in order to integrate them into the strategic and operational treatment of the company. It goes without saying that this is crucial for the development of a distinctive, value-based corporate culture.

Lived values and genuine diversity have an impact both internally and externally. Professional and consistent value management can significantly increase employee loyalty and their identification with the company. At the same time, it strengthens employer branding in the competition for the best minds. In turn, value-oriented bodies and employees increase trust in and the legitimacy of an organization. This enhances the positive image in the form of high customer satisfaction or delivery reliability, or also because certain issues are more favorably accepted by the public. Unethical behavior can deprive companies of legitimacy in society. This will inevitably have a negative impact on development.

Climate protection Sustainability Value management - The task
Climate protection Sustainability Value management - The solution

The solution

We support you in developing an effective and individual values and diversity management system in your company. We know the requirements for ethics and value management in practice and stand for the systematic development, maintenance and expansion of a value-based identity of the company at the interface with our long-established climate and sustainability consulting. The focus is on combining corporate vision and strategy with ethics and values management, as well as implementing management strategies and advising managers on values management. Together with you, we answer the question of how your entrepreneurial pursuit of profit and moral ideals relate to each other and how you can optimize your business success through ethical, value-oriented action and clear, focused value management and secure it for the future.

Which sectors do we support?

Our industry focus areas at a glance

Responsibility for climate protection and sustainable economic activity affects all sectors. In order to achieve the national climate protection targets, annual reduction targets are already being set by specifying annual emission levels for different sectors. We support you in your industry with all specific requirements relating to climate protection and sustainability along the entire supply and production chain, right through to a sustainable life cycle.

Climate protection & sustainability services

Climate protection & sustainability services

  • Footprints & Handprints (CCF, PCF, CWF, CWP)
  • Climate protection and sustainability management
  • Life cycle assessment/ climate assessment
  • Sustainability reporting (GRI; DNK)
  • Supply chain analysis
  • Resource consumption and sustainable procurement
  • SUSTEPS - Monitoring & Managing Corporate Sustainability

FAQ - Frequently asked questions
on the topic of climate protection & sustainability

Climate change is one of the major risks for the future. This is being pushed politically. Germany is to reduce emissions of climate-damaging gases such as CO2 by 55% by 2030. Measures to achieve this are enshrined in the Climate Action Program 2030, with which the German government is implementing the German Climate Action Plan 2050. Action is therefore required at all levels of sustainable economic activity.

Climate protection measures affect all companies across all sectors. The energy sector, industry, the building sector, transport, agriculture, forestry and waste management are particularly affected. Measuring and managing the impact of their own business activities on the environment and climate is a complex challenge for companies in practice.

With solutions from the areas of CO2 and climate accounting at company and product level and an introduction to a sustainable screening of their own supply chains, companies and organizations can align their own actions sustainably with a well-founded climate strategy.

Customers, investors and other stakeholders are increasingly focusing on a decidedly sustainable business strategy. Sustainable companies are perceived more positively and thus achieve a strong competitive position, and more and more people are demanding measurable sustainability from companies. This is motivation enough to take an in-depth look at climate protection and sustainability.

Corporate sustainability exploits opportunities and manages risks arising from economic, environmental and social developments. More than ever, sustainable management is the key to and focus of a future-proof organization. Sustainable action harmonizes the environment and people.

The performance and results of a company in the area of corporate sustainability are now important indicators for the long-term success of the company and its perception by investors and other reference groups. These are demonstrated by recording, reporting and managing sustainability performance.

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