A step forward in sustainability management – PE at the Global CR Reporting Summit in Berlin 

One thing important for a sustainability report is the reader’s verdict – but it is not the only thing. That is why the Global CR Reporting Summit on 3rd/4th March in Berlin takes a step ‚back’ and answers questions that are asked before the publication of a report – and afterwards:

• Materiality vs. box ticking – the big debate?
• Supply chain reporting: Passing the buck?
• Dealing with controversy – to include or not to include?
• Climate change in corporate reporting?

International top speakers from leading companies in the area of CSR share their practical experience. Decide yourself if you want to tread in their footsteps.

PE INTERNATIONAL awaits you. Meet our experts at our booth with the focus on ‚Carbon Footprint – know it, mitigate it, monitor it’. Further information at: Conference brochure and Registration form. 

Providing Guidance to SoFi

Involving customers in service and software development is a basic approach in PE’s service and support concept. In addition to regular individual dialog with SoFi-users regarding handling and improvements, a yearly workshop is held to identify and define in a highly practical environment, upcoming needs and features. The third SoFi user workshop was ... more

CSR – a promoter for innovation and performance

The Dutch Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Consultancy Company, Borger & Burghouts have completed their research on Inclusive Innovativeness within Dutch Companies. In conjunction with the University of Twente they developed a CSR business case for organisations. The outcome of the research indicates that CSR is the main vehicle for innovation processes in organisations and not only leads to a more broad corporate performance ... more

Indonesian launch of G3 Guidelines

The G3 was launched in Indonesia in conjunction with a seminar on practical implementation of corporate sustainability (CSR) and reporting.

Over 200 interested participants from the private and public sectors participated in the international event in Jakarta’s hotel Borobudur on ... more

How to quantify environmental impacts? – Reference values from the European Commission

Almost any business activity is closely related to environmental issues: production processes, energy and water consumption or business travel consume resources and generate emissions, waste or waste water. But how can one quantify the environmental impact - e.g. on global warming or the consumption of primary energy - caused by a certain activity? How can electricity consumption or a short flight be converted into CO2 emission equivalents? The conversion factors used have a significant effect on the results, but not only for that reason they need to be compliant with ... more

Russian National Audit Chamber recommends SoFi

The National Ecological Audit Chamber of Russia sees SoFi as the most effective instrument to support the sustainable development of companies country-wide. This will be addressed at the 1st Interregional conference “The improvement of ecological Audit in the Russian Federation” at the end of May 2007 in Siberia (http://ecopalata.ru/php/content.php?id=735).

NOVATEK, the largest independent gas producer and the second largest natural gas producer in Russia, has already decided to use SoFi for environmental and sustainability management.

Client Statement from Badenova

»PE INTERNATIONAL’s consultancy and the SoFi software are the perfect devices to structure and efficiently implement badenova’s environmental and waste management systems. With SoFi, our complex data collection structures and high demands for reporting can be surmounted efficiently and clearly within a single software system. Data acquisition and analysis with SoFi has proved to be simple, quick and effective.«

Anke Held, badenova

EnBW: Company wide roll out of SoFi

ENBW, one of the largest energy providers in Germany, has chosen SoFi for the group environmental management and sustainability management system.

EnBW is particularly concerned with providing a uniform and consistent framework for its sustainability management, while at the same time accounting for the individual demands
of its single companies and sites. SoFi meets this challenge in every way and enables the subsidiary companies to run their own analysis and reports independent from the corporate reports.

Capgemini - New partner for SoFi software

In April 2007, Capgemini was welcomed as an official implementation partner of the SoFi software system for environmental and sustainability management.

Capgemini is a global leader in consulting services. They work in partnership with clients to develop business strategies and technologies tailored to their unique requirements. A wide range of solutions within four key focus areas are offered: Consulting Services, Outsourcing Services, Technology Services and Local Professional Services. Mrs Geralde Passchier, senior consultant at Capgemini, is excited about the collaboration: “The demand for sustainability IT solutions is rapidly growing. We are glad to offer SoFi, a leading software system in this field, to our customers.” 

Measure the immeasurable? First Step: Set-up of environmental performance indicator systems

There is an increasing recognition that good environmental and sustainable performance raises a company's competitiveness. But, besides improving processes, reducing environmental impacts and saving costs, how can a company measure, manage and communicate environmental performance in a transparent and comparable way?

Introducing articulated environmental performance indicators (EPIs) supports both a company's environmental management and its communication. It provides a basis for ... more

ABN Amro is preparing worldwide SoFi roll-out

ABN Amro one of the largest Banks worldwide with its headquarters in the Netherlands has successfully finished an evaluation project for European sites using SoFi and is preparing a global rollout in March. SoFi is used for the collection of environmental data according to the VFU guidelines for over 150 sites worldwide. An extensive collection of key indicators combined with several, predefined analyses are enabling quick and efficient benchmarking, monitoring and reporting of environmental issues on site, country and corporate level.