CSRD: a way to improve ESG performance in a structured way
Being transparent about concrete performance and strategic policy is becoming a hard requirement of the legislature. In this article we briefly explain what the new legislation entails and consider the intended effects of the regulations and their relationship to other sustainability legislation, such as the IMVO Act. In addition, we show how companies should deal with it and how they can benefit from it.
Customer reference Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO): “We are very enthusiastic about Empact.”
The Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) encourages entrepreneurs and organizations to engage in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). For example, companies and organizations that do business abroad and want to make use of the RVO’s International Programs must endorse the OECD guidelines. However, the RVO currently has insufficient insight into how companies actually proceed and how […]
Working with faulty suppliers will soon (really) be prohibited
It has never been allowed, and soon it really won’t be allowed: working with “wrong” suppliers. On Nov. 1, 2022, GroenLinks, PVDA, Volt and two of the four governing parties (CU and D66), submitted an initiative law on International Socially Responsible Business (IMVO). The cabinet itself is also working on an IMVO law, which would […]
CSRD as an opportunity to make an impact
Will you also use the CSRD to take strategic steps and make real impact? The introduction of the CSRD gives companies an opportunity to start making social impact.
Medium and large companies struggle to take ESG beyond compliance
ESG is becoming increasingly compliance driven. This conclusion is drawn by ESG consultancy Empact based on research among nearly 100 medium and large companies from the Netherlands and Germany. The survey also shows that there is an increasingly strong integration of ESG within corporate strategy, but that implementation lags behind. ESG is not yet a […]