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KI-Workshop
AI readiness workshop for SME: Understand, apply and benefit from AI.
DNK platform for CSRD & VSME reporting
The German Sustainability Code (DNK) has launched a new platform that supports companies in implementing their sustainability reporting efficiently and in a practical manner – in accordance with both the CSRD and the VSME standard.
As an official training partner of the DNK, we support organizations in structuring their reports and meeting the requirements professionally. Particularly exciting: the VSME+ standard will soon be available and will contain additional practical elements.
The platform provides robust support, especially through its media library with a wide range of resources, such as:
• Instructions for double materiality analysis,
• Practical checklists and tutorials,
• Advanced tools and background information on CSRD implementation.
The double materiality analysis is at the heart of the platform: it assesses both the company’s impact on the environment and society and the risks and opportunities for the company itself.
Another advantage is that artificial intelligence (AI) can support data collection and evaluation, for example through the structured analysis of text and numerical data or the automation of data flows.
We explain more about this in our article in The Good Capitalist magazine. The Good Capitalist.
The GoodCapitalist
Sustainable transformation is no longer a topic for the future; it is happening now – and it is hard work. Companies that fail to address it run the risk of falling behind. The good news is that artificial intelligence (AI) provides a powerful tool that can not only optimize processes but also strategically support change. But it takes more than technology—it takes attitude, orientation, and courage.
In conversation with The Good Capitalist, I share how companies can use AI in a targeted way to not only master sustainable transformation, but also actively shape it—with clarity, responsibility, and a spirit of innovation.
👉 Read the full article now at goodcapitalist.
Sustainability Software Readiness Workshop
Now available for booking
an online or on site 4-hour sustainability software readiness workshop
“Exploration of current sustainability management status and preparation for the selection process of suitable sustainability management software”
The challenge
The search for a suitable software solution to professionalize company’s sustainability management through the implementation of a suitable software solution can be faced with significant degrees of uncertainty and complexity, often due to a lack of dedicated resources and knowledge on where to start.
The reasons are many folds. The high complexity of the topic, a lack of experience in defining internal company requirements and the appropriate consideration of current trends and regulations create uncertainty. In addition, there is often a lack of dedicated resources and, last but not least, a lack of knowledge about the best place to start.
Our offer
We offer you a 4-hour workshop in which we equip you with valuable know-how, provide you with useful tips and tricks from tendering practice and make it easier for you to prepare and implement an efficient process for selecting the right sustainability management software for you.
For Whom
The workshop is designed for sustainability managers and all persons involved in sustainability strategy, data collection, management, and reporting processes or who provide technical, strategic or IT support for these topics.
Contents
The workshop offers you a structured overview of the main elements of sustainability management software and scrutinises your corporate status quo in various team exercises. You will gain an understanding of the most important requirements that you need to consider when selecting your sustainability software, as well as current and upcoming trends and regulations and the resulting challenges for your organisation and a suitable software solution.
Contact us:
Tel. + 49.61.529 0 545
Alice Drooghmans became “Certified Expert in Sustainable Finance”
For many years I have been passionated by trends in sustainable finance. As a sustainable business developer I’m supporting companies and services providers in this area. Together with these first mover entrepreneurs we’ve done a lot of pioneer work to contribute to the pathway of impact investing. In 2020 I was a member of the consortium of the DIN SPEC 90051 at the German DIN Institute where we have developed a specification for sustainability assessment of start-ups. Parallel I started a course at the Frankfurt School of Finance to become a certified expert on sustainable finance!, I graduated in 2021. Bringing companies and sustainable investors together is a meaningful task whit a high impact on the SDGs.
DIN SPEC 90051-1 veröffentlicht – Drooghmans war Mitglied des Experten-Teams.
Sustainable Finance und Impact Investing sind Megatrends im Finanzsektor: Für Kapitalgebende wird die Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung von Gründungen deshalb immer wichtiger. Doch nach welchen Kriterien sind positive Wirkungen für Umwelt, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft zu beurteilen? Welches Nachhaltigkeitsverständnis setzt die Maßstäbe? Und wie können sich Start-ups dabei auf dem Kapitalmarkt besser positionieren? Mit diesen Fragen beschäftigt sich die jetzt veröffentlichte DIN SPEC 90051-1.
Das Dokument bietet einen Bewertungsrahmen für die strukturierte Identifikation und Bewertung der heutigen und zukünftigen Nachhaltigkeitswirkungen von Start-ups. Sie umfasst wichtige definitorische und konzeptionelle Grundlagen zur Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung von Start-ups. Ein Praxistool ermöglicht eine unmittelbare, anwendungsfreundliche Bewertung. Die DIN SPEC 90051-1 richtet sich an Start-ups, Investierende und Kapitalgebende, Gründungsförderakteure sowie Bewertungsinstitutionen.
Der Prozess für die Entwicklung des Standards wurde vom Borderstep Institut für Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit gGmbH in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Bundesverband Deutsche Startups e.V. und der Investmentgesellschaft SDG INVESTMENTS GmbH initiiert und begleitet.
Unter diesem Link kann die DIN SPEC 90051-1 kostenfrei bestellt werden: www.beuth.de/de/technische-regel/din-spec-90051-1/329926946