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ESRS E1 Climate Change: How to comply with climate protection reporting

The CSRD's thematic standards are led by ESRS E1 Climate Change. The final German version of the ESRS E1 has been finalized since July 31, 2023. It is expected that the ESRS E1 Climate Change will be one of the key reporting topics for almost every company, since almost every economic activity involves the emission of greenhouse gases. 

|  UPDATE: February 19, 2024

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ESRS E1 Climate Change EFRAG Standard CSRD

1. ESRS E1: Location in the EFRAG Standards for CSRD Reporting

 

The CSRD's thematic standards are led by ESRS E1 Climate Change. The Energy consumption and the Greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1, 2 and 3) form the core content of the standard. KPIs, measures, goals, and strategies are based on these.

Source of the delegated act

The German final version of the ESRS E1 has now been confirmed since the corresponding delegated act of the EU Commission was published on 31 July 2023. A delegated act is a legal measure taken by the European Commission to complete or supplement certain details or aspects of existing European Union legislation.

Under the section “Adoption by the Commission” in Annex C you will find the ESRS E1 Climate Change in German from 31.07.2023:

https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13765-Erste-europaische-Standards-fur-die-Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung_de

 

2. Interaction with the materiality analysis

It is now clear that the ESRS E1, like all subject-specific standards, Materiality analysis is subject to. This means that it only needs to be reported if it is identified as material for the company.

However, it is expected that the ESRS E1 Climate Change will be applied to almost every company on the main reporting topics since virtually every economic activity involves the emission of greenhouse gases.  

If climate change is a problem for a company not essential the conclusions of the materiality assessment with regard to climate change be explained in detail to justify the exclusion. In addition, this analysis must also take a forward-looking approach and clarify under what circumstances this area might be important in the future.

3. Overview of the disclosure requirements of the ESRS E1 report

 

E1-1 Transition plan for the Climate protection
Explanation of the company's climate protection strategy in line with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C
ESRS 2 SBM-3 Key impacts, risks and opportunities
and its interaction with strategy and business model
E1-2 Strategies
in connection with climate protection and adaptation to climate change
E1-3 Measures
Explanation of the measures and resources related to the climate strategies
E1-4 Goals
in connection with climate protection and adaptation to climate change
E1-5 Energy consumption and energy mix
Breakdown of energy sources
E1-6 Gross GHG emissions
Scope 1, 2 and 3 categories and total GHG emissions according to the GHG Protocol
E1-7 CO2e reduction projects
Greenhouse gas reduction and greenhouse gas reduction projects financed through carbon credits
E1-8 Internal CO2e pricing
Internal system for imaginary or actual CO2 pricing to create incentives for savings
E1-9 Financial impact of risks and opportunities
Expected financial impact of significant physical risks and transition risks and potential climate-related opportunities

 

4. ESRS E1 requirements for the Scope 3 Emissions

Include the value chain in Scope 3

The sustainability information refers to the entire value chain, not only on the company's own activities. For the ESRS E1, essential data from the value chain are required to indicate the Scope 3 Greenhouse gas emissions required.

 

Extract from the efrag standard esrs e1

 

In particular, the collection of Scope 3 presents many companies with new challenges. Scope 3 includes upstream and downstream greenhouse gas emissions that are primarily related to the company's activities. This includes, among other things, data on purchased and sold goods, services, waste disposal, travel and commuting of employees. These must be standard-compliant according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol collected and the specified Scope 3 categories be assigned.

 

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5. Exceptions and transitional arrangements for the ESRS E1 report

 

In several areas for the first reporting years Simplifications and transitional arrangements were granted.

For example, if strategies, measures and objectives are not yet available, they can initially only be specified with an indication of the planned timeframe for implementation, according to ESRS 1 paragraph 33.

Also at Scope 3 there is one relevant exception: The Scope 3 For companies with up to 750 employees, emissions must only be reported from the second reporting year onwards.

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6. Preparation of greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 to 3)

 

Especially the survey of Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions after ESRS E1 Climate Change presents many companies with new challenges. There are data gaps that need to be closed and uncertainties as to which data is actually required for recognized accounting. Procedure regarding the Scope 3 For these reasons, emissions should supported by experts become.

Based on the essence of our practical experience, our team at Green Vision Solutions has developed a clear and TÜV-certified process for the corporate carbon footprint – and has already successfully applied it to over 200 companies. We work with you to collect Scope 1, 2, and 3 – guaranteed to be simple and requiring no prior knowledge on your part:

 

Video update: Since July 31, 2023, it has been clear that the ESRS E1 is also subject to the materiality analysis.

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When it comes to sustainability or ecological viability, climate change and human influence on it are central, as in hardly any other area can environmental impacts be measured and documented so well with figures. The indicator here is anthropogenic emissions, i.e., greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans that contribute to global warming.

What does this mean in the context of sustainable business? Every company should keep its greenhouse gas emissions – which are unavoidable in the provision of business services – as low as possible. Sustainable business cannot be achieved at the push of a button, but a continuous optimization process based on ecological indicators is the crucial approach.

By recording the greenhouse gas emissions generated by your company, product, or service, you can identify potential for emission reduction. This enables you to optimize your processes and also save costs. You communicate to your customers and suppliers that you take responsibility for the emissions for which you are responsible. This allows you to build trust and adapt to the requirements of your business partners.

Acting now is worthwhile

Knowing your emissions will prepare you for predictable, more stringent regulatory requirements, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions taxes or the mandatory implementation of investment-intensive measures. Incorporating this component into your corporate risk management is essential in the long term.

Due to the ongoing social demand for Climate protection, even the European Central Bank under Christine Lagarde has now taken the inevitable course of giving capital preferential treatment to companies that can demonstrably Climate protection The same trend is evident in the capital flow of large asset managers, such as BlackRock. Their chairman, Larry Fink, wrote in a letter to his CEOs that companies that do not address environmental issues seriously and transparently are no longer viable and will therefore no longer be invested in.

Climate protection Therefore, operating your company professionally and verifiably is inevitable in the near future. If your company is among the first to address this situation, you will establish a pioneering effect that prepares you for the foreseeable legal requirements, results in lower capital costs in the long term, and guarantees market advantages!

ACTING NOW IS WORTH IT

When it comes to sustainability or ecological viability, climate change and human influence on it are central, as in hardly any other area can environmental impacts be measured and documented so well with figures. The indicator here is anthropogenic emissions, i.e., greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans that contribute to global warming.

What does this mean in the context of sustainable business? Every company should keep its greenhouse gas emissions – which are unavoidable in the provision of business services – as low as possible. Sustainable business cannot be achieved at the push of a button, but a continuous optimization process based on ecological indicators is the crucial approach.

By recording the greenhouse gas emissions generated by your company, product, or service, you can identify potential for emission reduction. This enables you to optimize your processes and also save costs. You communicate to your customers and suppliers that you take responsibility for the emissions for which you are responsible. This allows you to build trust and adapt to the requirements of your business partners.

Acting now is worthwhile

Knowing your emissions will prepare you for predictable, more stringent regulatory requirements, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions taxes or the mandatory implementation of investment-intensive measures. Incorporating this component into your corporate risk management is essential in the long term.

Due to the ongoing social demand for Climate protection, even the European Central Bank under Christine Lagarde has now taken the inevitable course of giving capital preferential treatment to companies that can demonstrably Climate protection The same trend is evident in the capital flow of large asset managers, such as BlackRock. Their chairman, Larry Fink, wrote in a letter to his CEOs that companies that do not address environmental issues seriously and transparently are no longer viable and will therefore no longer be invested in.

Climate protection Therefore, operating your company professionally and verifiably is inevitable in the near future. If your company is among the first to address this situation, you will establish a pioneering effect that prepares you for the foreseeable legal requirements, results in lower capital costs in the long term, and guarantees market advantages!

ACTING NOW IS WORTH IT

When it comes to sustainability or ecological viability, climate change and human influence on it are central, as in hardly any other area can environmental impacts be measured and documented so well with figures. The indicator here is anthropogenic emissions, i.e., greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans that contribute to global warming.

What does this mean in the context of sustainable business? Every company should keep its greenhouse gas emissions – which are unavoidable in the provision of business services – as low as possible. Sustainable business cannot be achieved at the push of a button, but a continuous optimization process based on ecological indicators is the crucial approach.

By recording the greenhouse gas emissions generated by your company, product, or service, you can identify potential for emission reduction. This enables you to optimize your processes and also save costs. You communicate to your customers and suppliers that you take responsibility for the emissions for which you are responsible. This allows you to build trust and adapt to the requirements of your business partners.

Acting now is worthwhile

Knowing your emissions will prepare you for predictable, more stringent regulatory requirements, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions taxes or the mandatory implementation of investment-intensive measures. Incorporating this component into your corporate risk management is essential in the long term.

Due to the ongoing social demand for Climate protection, even the European Central Bank under Christine Lagarde has now taken the inevitable course of giving capital preferential treatment to companies that can demonstrably Climate protection The same trend is evident in the capital flow of large asset managers, such as BlackRock. Their chairman, Larry Fink, wrote in a letter to his CEOs that companies that do not address environmental issues seriously and transparently are no longer viable and will therefore no longer be invested in.

Climate protection Therefore, operating your company professionally and verifiably is inevitable in the near future. If your company is among the first to address this situation, you will establish a pioneering effect that prepares you for the foreseeable legal requirements, results in lower capital costs in the long term, and guarantees market advantages!

ACTING NOW IS WORTH IT

When it comes to sustainability or ecological viability, climate change and human influence on it are central, as in hardly any other area can environmental impacts be measured and documented so well with figures. The indicator here is anthropogenic emissions, i.e., greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans that contribute to global warming.

What does this mean in the context of sustainable business? Every company should keep its greenhouse gas emissions – which are unavoidable in the provision of business services – as low as possible. Sustainable business cannot be achieved at the push of a button, but a continuous optimization process based on ecological indicators is the crucial approach.

By recording the greenhouse gas emissions generated by your company, product, or service, you can identify potential for emission reduction. This enables you to optimize your processes and also save costs. You communicate to your customers and suppliers that you take responsibility for the emissions for which you are responsible. This allows you to build trust and adapt to the requirements of your business partners.

Acting now is worthwhile

Knowing your emissions will prepare you for predictable, more stringent regulatory requirements, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions taxes or the mandatory implementation of investment-intensive measures. Incorporating this component into your corporate risk management is essential in the long term.

Due to the ongoing social demand for Climate protection, even the European Central Bank under Christine Lagarde has now taken the inevitable course of giving capital preferential treatment to companies that can demonstrably Climate protection The same trend is evident in the capital flow of large asset managers, such as BlackRock. Their chairman, Larry Fink, wrote in a letter to his CEOs that companies that do not address environmental issues seriously and transparently are no longer viable and will therefore no longer be invested in.

Climate protection Therefore, operating your company professionally and verifiably is inevitable in the near future. If your company is among the first to address this situation, you will establish a pioneering effect that prepares you for the foreseeable legal requirements, results in lower capital costs in the long term, and guarantees market advantages!

ACTING NOW IS WORTH IT

When it comes to sustainability or ecological viability, climate change and human influence on it are central, as in hardly any other area can environmental impacts be measured and documented so well with figures. The indicator here is anthropogenic emissions, i.e., greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans that contribute to global warming.

What does this mean in the context of sustainable business? Every company should keep its greenhouse gas emissions – which are unavoidable in the provision of business services – as low as possible. Sustainable business cannot be achieved at the push of a button, but a continuous optimization process based on ecological indicators is the crucial approach.

By recording the greenhouse gas emissions generated by your company, product, or service, you can identify potential for emission reduction. This enables you to optimize your processes and also save costs. You communicate to your customers and suppliers that you take responsibility for the emissions for which you are responsible. This allows you to build trust and adapt to the requirements of your business partners.

Acting now is worthwhile

Knowing your emissions will prepare you for predictable, more stringent regulatory requirements, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions taxes or the mandatory implementation of investment-intensive measures. Incorporating this component into your corporate risk management is essential in the long term.

Due to the ongoing social demand for Climate protection, even the European Central Bank under Christine Lagarde has now taken the inevitable course of giving capital preferential treatment to companies that can demonstrably Climate protection The same trend is evident in the capital flow of large asset managers, such as BlackRock. Their chairman, Larry Fink, wrote in a letter to his CEOs that companies that do not address environmental issues seriously and transparently are no longer viable and will therefore no longer be invested in.

Climate protection Therefore, operating your company professionally and verifiably is inevitable in the near future. If your company is among the first to address this situation, you will establish a pioneering effect that prepares you for the foreseeable legal requirements, results in lower capital costs in the long term, and guarantees market advantages!

ACTING NOW IS WORTH IT

When it comes to sustainability or ecological viability, climate change and human influence on it are central, as in hardly any other area can environmental impacts be measured and documented so well with figures. The indicator here is anthropogenic emissions, i.e., greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans that contribute to global warming.

What does this mean in the context of sustainable business? Every company should keep its greenhouse gas emissions – which are unavoidable in the provision of business services – as low as possible. Sustainable business cannot be achieved at the push of a button, but a continuous optimization process based on ecological indicators is the crucial approach.

By recording the greenhouse gas emissions generated by your company, product, or service, you can identify potential for emission reduction. This enables you to optimize your processes and also save costs. You communicate to your customers and suppliers that you take responsibility for the emissions for which you are responsible. This allows you to build trust and adapt to the requirements of your business partners.

Acting now is worthwhile

Knowing your emissions will prepare you for predictable, more stringent regulatory requirements, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions taxes or the mandatory implementation of investment-intensive measures. Incorporating this component into your corporate risk management is essential in the long term.

Due to the ongoing social demand for Climate protection, even the European Central Bank under Christine Lagarde has now taken the inevitable course of giving capital preferential treatment to companies that can demonstrably Climate protection The same trend is evident in the capital flow of large asset managers, such as BlackRock. Their chairman, Larry Fink, wrote in a letter to his CEOs that companies that do not address environmental issues seriously and transparently are no longer viable and will therefore no longer be invested in.

Climate protection Therefore, operating your company professionally and verifiably is inevitable in the near future. If your company is among the first to address this situation, you will establish a pioneering effect that prepares you for the foreseeable legal requirements, results in lower capital costs in the long term, and guarantees market advantages!

ACTING NOW IS WORTH IT

When it comes to sustainability or ecological viability, climate change and human influence on it are central, as in hardly any other area can environmental impacts be measured and documented so well with figures. The indicator here is anthropogenic emissions, i.e., greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans that contribute to global warming.

What does this mean in the context of sustainable business? Every company should keep its greenhouse gas emissions – which are unavoidable in the provision of business services – as low as possible. Sustainable business cannot be achieved at the push of a button, but a continuous optimization process based on ecological indicators is the crucial approach.

By recording the greenhouse gas emissions generated by your company, product, or service, you can identify potential for emission reduction. This enables you to optimize your processes and also save costs. You communicate to your customers and suppliers that you take responsibility for the emissions for which you are responsible. This allows you to build trust and adapt to the requirements of your business partners.

Acting now is worthwhile

Knowing your emissions will prepare you for predictable, more stringent regulatory requirements, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions taxes or the mandatory implementation of investment-intensive measures. Incorporating this component into your corporate risk management is essential in the long term.

Due to the ongoing social demand for Climate protection, even the European Central Bank under Christine Lagarde has now taken the inevitable course of giving capital preferential treatment to companies that can demonstrably Climate protection The same trend is evident in the capital flow of large asset managers, such as BlackRock. Their chairman, Larry Fink, wrote in a letter to his CEOs that companies that do not address environmental issues seriously and transparently are no longer viable and will therefore no longer be invested in.

Climate protection Therefore, operating your company professionally and verifiably is inevitable in the near future. If your company is among the first to address this situation, you will establish a pioneering effect that prepares you for the foreseeable legal requirements, results in lower capital costs in the long term, and guarantees market advantages!

ACTING NOW IS WORTH IT

When it comes to sustainability or ecological viability, climate change and human influence on it are central, as in hardly any other area can environmental impacts be measured and documented so well with figures. The indicator here is anthropogenic emissions, i.e., greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans that contribute to global warming.

What does this mean in the context of sustainable business? Every company should keep its greenhouse gas emissions – which are unavoidable in the provision of business services – as low as possible. Sustainable business cannot be achieved at the push of a button, but a continuous optimization process based on ecological indicators is the crucial approach.

By recording the greenhouse gas emissions generated by your company, product, or service, you can identify potential for emission reduction. This enables you to optimize your processes and also save costs. You communicate to your customers and suppliers that you take responsibility for the emissions for which you are responsible. This allows you to build trust and adapt to the requirements of your business partners.

Acting now is worthwhile

Knowing your emissions will prepare you for predictable, more stringent regulatory requirements, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions taxes or the mandatory implementation of investment-intensive measures. Incorporating this component into your corporate risk management is essential in the long term.

Due to the ongoing social demand for Climate protection, even the European Central Bank under Christine Lagarde has now taken the inevitable course of giving capital preferential treatment to companies that can demonstrably Climate protection The same trend is evident in the capital flow of large asset managers, such as BlackRock. Their chairman, Larry Fink, wrote in a letter to his CEOs that companies that do not address environmental issues seriously and transparently are no longer viable and will therefore no longer be invested in.

Climate protection Therefore, operating your company professionally and verifiably is inevitable in the near future. If your company is among the first to address this situation, you will establish a pioneering effect that prepares you for the foreseeable legal requirements, results in lower capital costs in the long term, and guarantees market advantages!

ACTING NOW IS WORTH IT

When it comes to sustainability or ecological viability, climate change and human influence on it are central, as in hardly any other area can environmental impacts be measured and documented so well with figures. The indicator here is anthropogenic emissions, i.e., greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans that contribute to global warming.

What does this mean in the context of sustainable business? Every company should keep its greenhouse gas emissions – which are unavoidable in the provision of business services – as low as possible. Sustainable business cannot be achieved at the push of a button, but a continuous optimization process based on ecological indicators is the crucial approach.

By recording the greenhouse gas emissions generated by your company, product, or service, you can identify potential for emission reduction. This enables you to optimize your processes and also save costs. You communicate to your customers and suppliers that you take responsibility for the emissions for which you are responsible. This allows you to build trust and adapt to the requirements of your business partners.

Acting now is worthwhile

Knowing your emissions will prepare you for predictable, more stringent regulatory requirements, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions taxes or the mandatory implementation of investment-intensive measures. Incorporating this component into your corporate risk management is essential in the long term.

Due to the ongoing social demand for Climate protection, even the European Central Bank under Christine Lagarde has now taken the inevitable course of giving capital preferential treatment to companies that can demonstrably Climate protection The same trend is evident in the capital flow of large asset managers, such as BlackRock. Their chairman, Larry Fink, wrote in a letter to his CEOs that companies that do not address environmental issues seriously and transparently are no longer viable and will therefore no longer be invested in.

Climate protection Therefore, operating your company professionally and verifiably is inevitable in the near future. If your company is among the first to address this situation, you will establish a pioneering effect that prepares you for the foreseeable legal requirements, results in lower capital costs in the long term, and guarantees market advantages!

ACTING NOW IS WORTH IT

When it comes to sustainability or ecological viability, climate change and human influence on it are central, as in hardly any other area can environmental impacts be measured and documented so well with figures. The indicator here is anthropogenic emissions, i.e., greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans that contribute to global warming.

What does this mean in the context of sustainable business? Every company should keep its greenhouse gas emissions – which are unavoidable in the provision of business services – as low as possible. Sustainable business cannot be achieved at the push of a button, but a continuous optimization process based on ecological indicators is the crucial approach.

By recording the greenhouse gas emissions generated by your company, product, or service, you can identify potential for emission reduction. This enables you to optimize your processes and also save costs. You communicate to your customers and suppliers that you take responsibility for the emissions for which you are responsible. This allows you to build trust and adapt to the requirements of your business partners.

Acting now is worthwhile

Knowing your emissions will prepare you for predictable, more stringent regulatory requirements, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions taxes or the mandatory implementation of investment-intensive measures. Incorporating this component into your corporate risk management is essential in the long term.

Due to the ongoing social demand for Climate protection, even the European Central Bank under Christine Lagarde has now taken the inevitable course of giving capital preferential treatment to companies that can demonstrably Climate protection The same trend is evident in the capital flow of large asset managers, such as BlackRock. Their chairman, Larry Fink, wrote in a letter to his CEOs that companies that do not address environmental issues seriously and transparently are no longer viable and will therefore no longer be invested in.

Climate protection Therefore, operating your company professionally and verifiably is inevitable in the near future. If your company is among the first to address this situation, you will establish a pioneering effect that prepares you for the foreseeable legal requirements, results in lower capital costs in the long term, and guarantees market advantages!

ACTING NOW IS WORTH IT

When it comes to sustainability or ecological viability, climate change and human influence on it are central, as in hardly any other area can environmental impacts be measured and documented so well with figures. The indicator here is anthropogenic emissions, i.e., greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans that contribute to global warming.

What does this mean in the context of sustainable business? Every company should keep its greenhouse gas emissions – which are unavoidable in the provision of business services – as low as possible. Sustainable business cannot be achieved at the push of a button, but a continuous optimization process based on ecological indicators is the crucial approach.

By recording the greenhouse gas emissions generated by your company, product, or service, you can identify potential for emission reduction. This enables you to optimize your processes and also save costs. You communicate to your customers and suppliers that you take responsibility for the emissions for which you are responsible. This allows you to build trust and adapt to the requirements of your business partners.

Acting now is worthwhile

Knowing your emissions will prepare you for predictable, more stringent regulatory requirements, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions taxes or the mandatory implementation of investment-intensive measures. Incorporating this component into your corporate risk management is essential in the long term.

Due to the ongoing social demand for Climate protection, even the European Central Bank under Christine Lagarde has now taken the inevitable course of giving capital preferential treatment to companies that can demonstrably Climate protection The same trend is evident in the capital flow of large asset managers, such as BlackRock. Their chairman, Larry Fink, wrote in a letter to his CEOs that companies that do not address environmental issues seriously and transparently are no longer viable and will therefore no longer be invested in.

Climate protection Therefore, operating your company professionally and verifiably is inevitable in the near future. If your company is among the first to address this situation, you will establish a pioneering effect that prepares you for the foreseeable legal requirements, results in lower capital costs in the long term, and guarantees market advantages!

ACTING NOW IS WORTH IT

When it comes to sustainability or ecological viability, climate change and human influence on it are central, as in hardly any other area can environmental impacts be measured and documented so well with figures. The indicator here is anthropogenic emissions, i.e., greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans that contribute to global warming.

What does this mean in the context of sustainable business? Every company should keep its greenhouse gas emissions – which are unavoidable in the provision of business services – as low as possible. Sustainable business cannot be achieved at the push of a button, but a continuous optimization process based on ecological indicators is the crucial approach.

By recording the greenhouse gas emissions generated by your company, product, or service, you can identify potential for emission reduction. This enables you to optimize your processes and also save costs. You communicate to your customers and suppliers that you take responsibility for the emissions for which you are responsible. This allows you to build trust and adapt to the requirements of your business partners.

Acting now is worthwhile

Knowing your emissions will prepare you for predictable, more stringent regulatory requirements, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions taxes or the mandatory implementation of investment-intensive measures. Incorporating this component into your corporate risk management is essential in the long term.

Due to the ongoing social demand for Climate protection, even the European Central Bank under Christine Lagarde has now taken the inevitable course of giving capital preferential treatment to companies that can demonstrably Climate protection The same trend is evident in the capital flow of large asset managers, such as BlackRock. Their chairman, Larry Fink, wrote in a letter to his CEOs that companies that do not address environmental issues seriously and transparently are no longer viable and will therefore no longer be invested in.

Climate protection Therefore, operating your company professionally and verifiably is inevitable in the near future. If your company is among the first to address this situation, you will establish a pioneering effect that prepares you for the foreseeable legal requirements, results in lower capital costs in the long term, and guarantees market advantages!

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