Links and Downloads Sustainable Development

Important links

• Corporate social responsibility – Guidance on core subjects and areas of action in the DIN ISO 26000 standard (German)

Political developments, trends in Germany

CSR Directive 2014/95/EU

• European Commission guidelines on reporting non-financial information to fulfil CSR reporting requirements (German)
• Act to strengthen non-financial reporting by companies in their management reports and group management reports (10 March 2017) (German)
• Ministerial draft dated 11 March 2016 (German)
• Directive 2014/95/95/EU (German)

National Sustainability Strategy ‘Perspectives for Germany’

• German Sustainability Strategy – 2016 edition
• Progress Report 2012 (German)
• In 2002, the German government adopted the national sustainability strategy "Perspectives for Germany"

Council for Sustainable Development

• The Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (engl.: Council for Sustainable Development) was appointed by the German Federal Government in April 2001.
• German Sustainability Code (Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitskodex DNK)
• DNK data base
• An overview of sustainability reports is available on the website of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI): "Susainability Disclosure Database"

Downloads

Media

• Tchibo und Rewe auf Medaillenrängen (engl.: "Tchibo and Rewe on the podium")
  Lebensmittelzeitung reports on part 3 of the GUTcert study (10/2015) (German)
  
  
• Nachhaltigkeitsleistungen bewerten (engl.: "Assessing sustainability performance")
  UmweltMagazin (engl.: Environment Magazine), Prof. Dr. Jan Uwe Lieback (02/2014)
  
  
• Gehemmte Leselust bei Nachhaltigkeitsberichten (engl.: "Inhibited desire to read sustainability reports")
  Ökologisches Wirtschaften (engl.: Ecological Management), Prof. Dr. Jan Uwe Lieback, Susanne Moosmann, Yulia Felker (01/2013)
  
  
• Vom Umweltbeauftragten zum Nachhaltigkeitsmanager (engl.: "From environmental officer to sustainability manager")
  Der Umweltbeauftragte (eng.: The Environmental Officer), Prof. Dr. Jan Uwe Lieback (09/2012)

Studies and guidelines

• Guidelines on Sustainability Management and Reporting 2.1 (2023) (German)
• Product presentation for the GUTcert Sustainability Check (2021) (German)
• Study: Sustainability management of German companies in the food sector as reflected in their reporting (2015) (German)
• Study: Sustainability management in the automotive industry as reflected in reporting (2013) (German)