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The increasing need for data exchange has been widely discussed. Significant differences exist between services offered to private users (B2C) and the needs of commercial users (B2B). In the B2C sector, dominant providers like Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTok have emerged. These platforms primarily offer “free” services that are paid for by using …

Digital product passports aim to preserve the value of products throughout their lifecycle and prevent premature devaluation due to “lack of knowledge.” The necessary information is based on data generated throughout the product’s lifecycle. This can include details on how a product is constructed, what materials were used, and how these materia…

In the context of sustainability, there is often talk of the need for more and better data exchange. This is also documented in EU legislation, for example in the so-called Ecodesign Regulation. In addition to requirements for sustainable product design, the digital product passport is also to be made mandatory for certain product groups. The ra…

Companies typically start by calculating the carbon footprint of their organization, known as the GHG (Greenhouse Gas) balance. This is relatively straightforward since the boundaries of the assessment are clear, and emissions from Scope 1 and Scope 2 can be easily determined within the organizational limits. In the next step, companies often be…

With the publication of the so-called Ecodesign Regulation in the European Official Journal, it has now been officially confirmed: It will come into force in mid-July 2024. It is a regulation and will therefore be directly effective in all EU member states. However, aspirations and feasibility are very far apart. The regulation appears to be a b…

The topic of carbon footprints in general and in relation to organizations was already discussed in a previous post. However, the CO2 footprint of products, the CFP (= carbon footprint), is much more complex, but much more significant in terms of production costs and consumption behavior. This calculates how much CO2 equivalent is emitted into o…

Everyone is talking about climate neutrality and with it the topic of the carbon footprint. This is intended to describe how many climate-relevant greenhouse gases are caused by an economic activity and serves as a general assessment standard, so to speak. However, a closer look reveals that the devil is in the detail. First of all, it must be t…

The so-called Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive EU 2022/2464 (CSRD), which came into force at the beginning of January 2023, stipulates the date from which companies are obliged to prepare a sustainability report. As this is a directive, it must be transposed into national legislation by around mid-2024. Sustainability reporting inclu…

At the end of 2021, insiders in the EU scene in Brussels were expecting 2022 to be the year of the “regulatory tsunami”. Well, the mills of the EU grind slowly: First, the Commission prepares a draft. This is discussed at various levels before the EU Parliament deals with it, votes on it and then the Council of Ministers decides, until the regul…

After extensive preparation, the time has come: Susphere is finally online. The economic environment is changing rapidly. Energy, labour and financing costs are rising. The international economic environment is weakening and the domestic economy is shrinking. Added to this is a dramatically increasing flood of bureaucratic tasks such as non-fina…