On March 15, 2024, the EU Council gave its approval to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). This decision follows...

Comparing the German Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz to the European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive On December...

Beginning of June, the European Parliament has approved its stance on integrating human rights and environmental impact into companies'...

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the global economy, sudden shifts in consumer demand, closed borders and lockdowns put global supply...

The newly adopted German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act attracted quite some attention. Below are a number of questions that I have been...

Russian corporations seek to increase their ESG performance in major international ESG ratings. Novatek, for example, was upgraded to...

This is the English translation of an interview with 3Sat's makro that first appeared 9 February 2021. macro: The pandemic reveals the...

Stakeholders such as governments, customers, non-governmental organizations or investors increasingly pressurize companies to include the...

Aktuell plant die Bundesregierung in Deutschland ein Lieferkettengesetz, das Unternehmen ab einer bestimmten Größe (500 Mitarbeiter) dazu...

The values held collectively by a country's society become explicit in its governance. The parties that are formed and ultimately elected...

Both the COVID-19 (or corona) pandemic and climate change share a few similarities. Both are global problems, i.e. they do not affect...

Recently, the Carbon Tracker Initiative reported that leading executives in oil and gas companies continue to be incentivized based on...

About a year ago, I met Giusy Bettoni at a conference on sustainable fashion. Giusy impressed me because of her strong dedication to...

The Challenge Recently, I was approached by a logistics service providing company that is working hard to decrease its emissions and...

Recent research by Khan, Serafeim, and Yoon shows that companies which help solve material as opposed to non-material sustainability...

Some firms engage voluntarily and comprehensively for environmental preservation. But let us be honest: Most do not and these firms need...

What will be the effects of trends such as regionalization or digitalization on logistics and global trade? The effects of the trends...

Impacts of a Carbon Tax Currently, the German government discusses the introduction of a prize for GHG emissions. This raises the...

On March 20, 2019, Bündnis 90 Die Grünen, the German green party, invited to a platform discussion in Berlin. While acknowledging that...