Sustainability Management for SMEs

​​Corporate sustainability – what is it, what is it not 

• ​Definition of sustainability and sustainability management. 
• ​Basic terms and concepts. 
• ​Models of sustainability – a picture says more than 1000 words. 

​Insight into management systems for sustainability – even for experts 

• ​Why actually manage "systematically"? 
• ​The simplest management system in the world. 
• ​Plan – do – check – act. 
• ​Process management – integrating sustainability in the DNA of the company.
• ​Roles and responsibilities – Who takes care of what? 

​Framework conditions for corporate sustainability 

• ​The world out there – the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 
• ​The EU Green Deal and the connections to: 
  • ​Climate neutrality and CO2.  
  • ​EU-Taxonomy.
  • ​CSRD & Sustainability Reporting.  
  • ​ESG-Criteria  and Sustainable Finance.  
  • ​Other Frameworks.
• ​German and International Laws:  
  • ​Supply Chain Due Dilligence  (LKsG).  
  • ​Whistleblower Protection (HinSchG).  
  • ​Current legal developmens – with a view to the world.  

​Integration of the sustainability management system 

• ​P-D-C-A as the Basis for Sustainability Management.  
• ​Integrating sustainability in processes.
• ​Building on ISO-Management-Systems – with or without certification.  
• ​Options für sustainability-related certification.
• ​From a process viewpoint: Tools and techniques for sustainability management:  
  • ​The Sustainable Development Goals of the UN – SDGs.  
  • ​The Product Life Cycle (LCA – including environmental and social topics).  
  • ​Stakeholder-Analysis.  
  • ​Opportunity & Risk-Analysis.  
  • ​Materiality Analysis.  
  • ​Sustainability Strategy and Goals.

​Do good and talk about it – the path to a sustainability report 

• ​Reporting frameworks (CSRD – ESRS, GRI, UN Global Compact).  
• ​The path to the sustainabiltiy report.  
• ​Using sustainability ratings (Ecovadis, NQC/SAQ, CDP, etc.).​