How Much Of My Emissions Do I Need To Offset?

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**This article was written in collaboration with our offsetting partner ClimateSeed. Let’s do a quick recap on carbon offsetting first.  According to IPCC, carbon offsetting is any activity that compensates for the emissions of CO2 or other greenhouse gasses (measured in CO2-eq) by providing an emission reduction elsewhere.  Companies can purchase carbon credits* to compensate […]

How To Select High-Standard Carbon Offsetting Projects

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*This guest article was written by our carbon offsetting partner ClimateSeed. Carbon offsetting has become a well-known term by now. But that doesn’t mean it’s always clear how it actually works. This article will guide you in selecting high-quality carbon offsetting projects that fit your business: Which offset projects can you choose from? What criteria […]

4 Steps To Create the Foundation for Credible Sustainability Reporting

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Sustainability reporting is no joke. Companies often struggle to collect the right data and create concise and focused reporting on their sustainability matters. We teamed up with our implementation partner Nexio Projects on how you can tackle that big pool of sustainability data in your company. And turn it into high-quality sustainability reporting. Step 1. […]

From Information to Impact: How Sustainability Reports Can Stand Out.

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 In the episode: What are the first steps to take in building an impact reduction strategy;  How to create a killer sustainability report;   And why quality data is better than more data. Check out more on our partner Nexio Projects here. Keep update with our guests Cesar Carreño-Chasin and Zuzana Struharova via LinkedIn. And […]

5 Key Questions to Get Started With Biodiversity and Business

Biodiversity is a hot topic for businesses. Companies have a growing awareness of their relation with ecosystems: they have an impact on ecosystems and they are dependent on resources from those ecosystems. We also see more and more organizations ‘quantify’ their biodiversity impacts enabling them to start managing the impact. But the domain is also […]

How to Collect Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Data from Suppliers

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We always talk about why you should engage your suppliers in your emission reduction efforts. But how do you actually retrieve the primary environmental data you need from them? Let’s dive into it. GHG Protocol reporting in the EU’s new CSRD  The EU’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will affect more than 50.000 large […]

How To Sell Sustainability: Collaborating With Marketing & Sales

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You measured your environmental footprint. Improved your products or services. But without customer buy-in- your sustainability efforts won’t achieve the financial returns vital to business success. To turn sustainable improvements into a business. You need to know exactly how your environmental benefits- benefit your customer. And to do so, sustainability, marketing & sales need to […]

CSRD & ESRS Guide: Prepare for Sustainable Reporting

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1. What is the CSRD? The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, also CSRD, improves and replaces the current Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), which applies to approximately 12.000 organizations within the EU region. The NFRD explains the rules on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information for certain large companies- including sustainability reporting.  The new CSRD applies to […]