Live-Online: Sustainability Management for SMEs: Implementing CSRD, ESG, LkSG pragmatically, practically and successfully

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.). 

• You know the background and requirements for corporate sustainability in the context of SMEs.
• You know what possibilities and opportunities sustainability provides for SMEs and know how to use them for your organization.
• You can design, implement and continuously improve a suitable management system for sustainability.
• You will be able to coordinate the preparation of the sustainability report.
• You are familiar with the most important tools to implement the topic of sustainability step by step.

Experts and managers in SMEs, sustainability officers, owners and managers of SMEs, management system representatives, quality managers, environmental managers.