Regulation, Ratings, Reports

Jenny Walther-Thoß
15. December 2025

News from Brussels, Strasbourg, and Berlin

What a year, what a rollercoaster ride! In the latest 2025 newsletter, we recap the developments of the past three months for you. There’s a lot going on – from PPWR, CSRD, and EFRS standards, EUDR, CBAM, green claims, EmpCo, and the UWG amendment to the German Packaging Act. We also recommend the four most […]

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Louisa Kröning

New developments and opportunities at EcoVadis

Sustainability remains a key growth area and a decisive competitive factor for companies in our industry. With a sustainability rating from EcoVadis, companies can communicate their environmental, social, and ethical performance effectively and transparently to the outside world. 2025/26 brings new requirements and opportunities, which we present to you in a compact form in the […]

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Jenny Walther-Thoß

Hard currency: The carbon footprint – and how you can easily calculate it

On the one hand, Corporate Carbon Footprint (CCF) and Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) are not regulatory requirements within the PPWR. On the other hand, without a certified carbon footprint, you can no longer make a compliant, comparative environmental statement. And there are other reasons for calculating it. We show you two reliable ways – and […]

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Jenny Walther-Thoß

Europe Check: Where and when is the use of recycled materials financially worthwhile?

The use of plastic in packaging is associated with costs throughout Europe that do not apply to other packaging materials. From plastic taxes to EPR and license fees, special levies are incurred, but these vary from country to country and are also subject to different conditions. We take a look at the EU plus the […]

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Jenny Walther-Thoß
18. September 2025

News from Brussels, Strasbourg, and Berlin

In our overview of the latest developments from national and European regulators, we provide information on the opportunities, background, and public consultation of the Circular Economy Act, give an overview of the status of EPR systems in Europe and the revision of the EU Waste Framework Directive, inform you about the publication of the 2025 […]

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Jenny Walther-Thoß

Who is who? The distribution of roles in the PPWR

The new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) tightens extended producer responsibility while clearly defining the roles of market players. The key question is: Who is considered a supplier, producer, manufacturer, and distributor, and what obligations do these roles entail? The challenge is that many companies operate in multiple roles simultaneously, and each of these […]

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Moritz Glocker

From constraint to opportunity: climate risk analysis as a strategic advantage for SMEs

Climate risks have great economic relevance. The topic should therefore be part of the corporate agenda even without legal pressure and in the company’s own best interests. In our article, we look at the physical risks to your own business and supply chain, external pressure from banks and investors, transition risks with enormous explosive power, […]

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Jenny Walther-Thoß
10. June 2025

New “Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard” for SMEs

Even if it feels like the reporting obligations for SMEs are changing month by month: What is certain is that they will also need some form of sustainability reporting – be it for customers, banks and investors or a good EcoVadis result. The VSME standard (Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard) provides a new, simplified format for […]

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Moritz Glocker

Climate management made easy

Climate accounting is becoming increasingly important and comprehensive for companies. The corporate carbon footprint, i.e. the company’s greenhouse gas emissions balance sheet, must now take Scope 1, 2 and 3 into account. To fulfil the increasing requirements of regulators and business partners, companies must continuously improve the quality and completeness of their data. Software solutions […]

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Jenny Walther-Thoß

News from Brussels, Strasbourg and Berlin

We inform you in detail about the new “Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard” (VSME) for SMEs and on the topic of climate management (background, digitalisation as the key, which cost-effective solution is available). Before that, there are brief updates on the EUDR “Deforestation Regulation”, the Supply Chain Sustainability Obligations Act (LkSG), the Single-Use Plastics Fund and […]

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