With the CSRD, many Dutch businesses will have to deal with new rules from Brussels from 2024. Although the new legislation is not directly related to improving the CSR or ESG performance of your company, it will have an impact on the operations of any large company that should not be underestimated. Being transparent about concrete performance and strategic ESG policy will … [Read more...]
Customer reference Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO): “We are very enthusiastic about Empact.”
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) encourages entrepreneurs and organisations to practice Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). For example, companies and organisations that do business abroad and want to make use of the International Programs of the RVO must endorse the OECD guidelines. However, RVO currently has insufficient insight into how companies actually work and … [Read more...]
Master Thesis research opening at Empact Impact consultants, on the field of sustainability and change management
When you are almost finished with your MSc. Economy, Business or a related study and you want to develop yourself in the field of Sustainability, ESG and CSR, this could be interesting for you. Empact is looking for a graduate student with a heart and mind for society at large. We see that the why- and what-questions of sustainability within organisations are being … [Read more...]
Working with the wrong suppliers will soon (really) no longer be allowed
It should have never been possible and soon it will no longer be allowed: working with the “wrong” suppliers. On November 1, 2022, five Dutch political parties submitted an initiative law in the field of International Corporate Social Responsibility (in Dutch IMVO). The cabinet itself is also working on a CSR law, which obliges companies to eliminate issues such as slavery, … [Read more...]
CO2 footprint: How do you measure scope 3 emissions?
Many companies have difficulties mapping out their scope 3 emissions and reporting them transparently. Even large companies and organisations are struggling with this, as a thorough analysis of the NewClimate Institute commissioned by Milieudefensie recently showed. Companies active in the oil sector seem to forget that the fuel they help to find and transport will also be … [Read more...]