Visma Connect, Signify and ABN AMRO launched the ESG Clearing House for ESG reporting

We live in a data-driven world. Data underpins decision-making at every level of government, finance and business and nowadays also sustainability initiatives. Improving sustainability practices and reporting on them requires vast amounts of data. That’s why accurate, accessible and standardised data is the gold standard of ESG reporting. However, for many organisations, the availability of […] ... lees meer

EESC opinion on information and measurement instruments for csr in a globalised economy

On 8th June 2005, the European Economic and Social Committee adopted an opinion on “Information and Measurement Instruments for CSR” by 135 votes to 2 with 18 abstentions. The text gives an overview of developments in the field of CSR transparency and makes proposals to extending the use of CSR instruments and make the measurement of CSR more reliable and more transparent. ... lees meer

Data for Good lanceert open beta platform

Data for Good (DFG) kondigt publiekelijk de lancering van een open beta platform aan. Het eerste platform dat wereldwijde duurzaamheidsgegevens omzet in gemakkelijk te begrijpen ‘dashboards’ om de voortgang te meten richting het behalen van de Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). De overkoepelende ambitie is het bouwen van een betere en duurzamere wereld door middel van […] ... lees meer

Arcadis en Data for Good slaan handen ineen om duurzaamheidsdata van steden en dorpen bereikbaar en begrijpbaar te maken voor iedereen

Data for Good – het social media platform met free data exchange, is joining forces met Arcadis wereldwijd. Arcadis meet jaarlijks steden op de topics People, Planet, Profit en presenteert dit overzicht in de ‘Arcadis Sustainable City Index’. Data for Good visualiseert de Sustainable City Index interactief op de Data for Good map om het […] ... lees meer

Data for Good in Arcadis City of 2030 Accelerator, powered by Techstars

Arcadis today announced the ten startups selected for the second wave of its City of 2030 accelerator, powered by Techstars. This is year two of the program, which is aimed at identifying and developing innovative startups to transform the natural and built environment. One of the innovative startups in this year’s accelerator program are is […] ... lees meer

Project findings Sorting For Circularity Europe highlight immense opportunity to accelerate textile recycling

Today Fashion for Good concludes the Sorting for Circularity Europe project, and in collaboration with Circle Economy, releases a report detailing the findings of the 16-month analysis. The analysis indicates that 74%, a total of 494,000 tonnes, of low-value, post-consumer textiles is readily available for fibre-to-fibre recycling in six European countries. This represents the potential […] ... lees meer

Data for Good partnernieuws

Over the last decade, we’ve seen the rise of data, and it’s value to people and companies alike. The rise of the industrial era has witnessed an explosion in information and chaos. Massive amounts of documents, reports, studies, about climate, health, living environment, and nature quickly become convoluted and confusing – even for experts to […] ... lees meer

FTSE4Good Indexes Add Companies After Semi-Annual Review

Last week, the London-based stock market index firm FTSE Group announced the results of the semi-annual review of its FTSE4Good series of socially responsible investment (SRI) indexes. An additional 82 companies (one of them is KPN) have met the FTSE’s corporate social responsibility criteria and will be added to several of the FTSE4Good indexes. Many of the companies newly joining the FTSE4Good universe are large American firms. FTSE also released performance statistics of the indexes since the last review. ... lees meer

Landelijke SDG-dashboards voor energie en grondstoffen transitie nu online, neem deel aan de missie!

De eerste SDG-missies zijn uitgedeeld! Vrijdag 25 September 2020, heeft het mission control team in samenwerking met SDG Nederland, Ruud Koornstra, Karin van IJsselmuide, Kelly Ruigrok, Data-for-Good.com en diverse ministeries, meer dan 200 brieven bezorgd aan parlementsleden, ministers, burgemeesters, staatssecretarissen en burgers in Nederland met hun eigen missie om de Duurzame Ontwikkelingsdoelen in 2030 te […] ... lees meer

The GSES launches the 2.0 version of its platform

The Global Sustainable Enterprise System (GSES®) is a recognized automated platform to rate, verify and certify organizations, products, and projects for their sustainability performance. Today they announced the 2.0 update of the platform, adding an industry benchmark feature, a call-for-tender tool, changing the design of their Rating Cards, expanding the GSES database, and integrating the new blue […] ... lees meer