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05/21/2013 | Deutsche Post DHL makes Bonn a model city for carbon-free delivery vehicles

  • In mid-2013, Deutsche Post will begin to deploy electric delivery vehicles in the city center Bonn and the surrounding region
  • Supported by Germany's Federal Environment Ministry
  • CEO Frank Appel: "Unique project with role model function"

05/13/2013 | BASF: Online Sustainability Newsletter published

BASF Corporate Sustainability Relations has relaunched its sustainability newsletter with the new name "SD Update – Newsletter Sustainable Development". The newsletter wraps up relevant SD information from BASF over a period of a few months. It addresses internal and external stakeholders two to three times a year.

Topics in this issue are amongst others: “BASF with positive results in goals for environment, health and safety”, “One company – One Code of Conduct” and “BASF hosts its first Symposium on Sustainability Assessment in Agriculture”.

04/30/2013 | Taking on Responsibility Together: Deutsche Post DHL releases its Corporate Responsibility Report 2012

  • Carbon efficiency index improves by two points
  • Group-wide GoGreen program celebrates its fifth anniversary
  • Carbon-neutral GOGREEN service with 2.4 billion shipments
  • Active international partnerships for better education in 13 countries worldwide
  • Disaster-readiness program "Get Airports Ready for Disaster" conducted at airports in Lebanon, Indonesia

04/09/2013 | Sustainable growth initiative by Daimler

  • Basis for sustainable actions: the Integrity Code
  • Sustainable company management: external Advisory Board for Integrity and Corporate Responsibility offers critical and constructive advice
  • Sustainable power of innovation: CO2  emissions of the Mercedes-Benz Cars fleet further reduced
  • Most extensive portfolio of electric vehicles in the industry

03/15/2013 | Deutsche Börse: Combination of annual report and corporate responsibility report as a first step to integrated reporting

Deutsche Börse Group’s corporate report 2012 is now available online. The report informs about the course of the financial year 2012 and summarizes in which way the Company handles the topics corporate responsibility and sustainability. Key aspects of the corporate responsibility report, previously published separately, can now be found in the corporate report 2012. Deutsche Börse Group is thus introducing a new integrated reporting concept for the financial year 2012.

03/14/2013 | ThyssenKrupp Elevator installations awarded top energy efficiency ratings

Buildings account for around 40 percent of energy consumption worldwide. Lighting, heating, elevators – building systems require large amounts of energy, especially when they are advanced in years. ThyssenKrupp Elevator has a broad portfolio of eco-efficient systems and components to assist customers in the sustainable modernization of their transportation systems.

02/22/2013 | Deutsche Telekom and IBM collaborate to help build smarter cities

  • Enhanced services based on real-time information from interconnected systems and devices
  • Intelligent data capture and analysis to improve sustainability of cities and quality of life for citizens

02/05/2013 | Deutsche Telekom Group supports Child Online Safety Initiative

At today’s Safer Internet Day, EU Vice-President Neelie Kroes presents the results of her 2012 child online safety initiative.

02/04/2013 | DHL proves that quick document delivery can be green with new carbon neutral feature

  • Carbon neutral GOGREEN shipping for documents available for account customers in 110 countries
  • Carbon emissions on individual shipments to be offset through investment in climate protection projects

01/25/2013 | E-world 2013: TÜV Rheinland and Telekom cut energy consumption for buildings and IT infrastructures

  • Savings of up to 15 percent for buildings and up to 60 percent in IT
  • Energy management system conforms to ISO 50001
  • Telekom supplies the data, TÜV Rheinland provides evaluation and support services


A new partnership between Deutsche Telekom and technical inspection service TÜV Rheinland now helps companies to save energy. Telekom's role is to collect the consumption data, while TÜV Rheinland uses it to develop efficiency measures and establish an energy management system. 

01/23/2013 | Gold medal in sustainability ranking: TUI AG achieves top marks in the Sustainability Yearbook 2013

RobecoSAM, an asset manager focused on sustainability investing, and the audit firm KPMG have included TUI AG in the Sustainability Yearbook for the sixth time in succession. TUI has been highlighted as a Gold Class award winner in the 2013 Yearbook. In the Travel & Tourism sector, the tourism group has been awarded the title of Sector Leader. In addition, TUI AG is among the 15 per cent of companies operating in its sector that achieved the most significant year-on-year improvement in their corporate sustainability performance last year (Sector Movers).

01/08/2013 | Deloitte Study on Sustainability for Consumer Business Companies

The Deloitte study finds that consumer business companies are increasingly operating in a resource-constrained, climate-impacted world, where embracing sustainability as a core business strategy and value is a prerequisite for survival and success. This requires them to place sustainability at the center of what they do.

More Information: http://tinyurl.com/bdqsfyt

11/19/2012 | ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel receives “German Business Award for Health”

  • Concept for preventing chronic illnesses honored by the BKK Federal Association

11/14/2012 | Bayer: improving people’s lives through innovation

  • Some EUR 3 billion for research and development in 2012
  • More than 600 patent applications submitted last year
  • Currently 35 clinical development projects in the pharmaceuticals pipeline
  • Five pharmaceutical products with approximate peak annual sales potential of more than EUR 5.5 billion
  • Strong CropScience pipeline with peak sales potential exceeding EUR 4 billion
  • Increasing significance of partnerships – more than 800 R&D collaborations

10/31/2012 | Bosch Sustainability Report 2011 – Progress Report for UN Global Compact

In its current sustainability report, Robert Bosch GmbH documents its range of measures for a responsible corporate policy. Bosch uses the examples of conservation of resources, sustainable mobility solutions, diversity in the workplace, and commitment to education to highlight its key action areas.

The measures listed in the report represent the current focal points. All of the company's activities can be found at csr.bosch.com.

10/31/2012 | Lufthansa Cargo receives ÖkoGlobe Award

  • Cargo airline earns ecological prize for lightweight containers


Lufthansa Cargo has landed one of the 2012 internationally renowned ÖkoGlobe awards for ecological innovations in recognition of its development and use of lightweight containers. The cargo airline won third place in the mobility platform and logistics structure category after Volkswagen and Deutsche Post.

10/30/2012 | Deutsche Post and StreetScooter GmbH extend cooperation to 2013

  • Production of first prototypes meets expectations
  • 50 pilot vehicles to be tested in 2013

10/24/2012 | Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen receive 2012 eCarTec Award

“Combined Charging System” wins Bavarian state award for electric mobility

The carmakers Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen, together with BMW, Daimler and two other development partners, have just received the 2012 eCarTec Award - an electric mobility award from the German state of Bavaria - for their “Combined Charging System”. The jointly developed universal charging system was recognised in the category of “Energy, infrastructure, connection technology” - for its excellent innovation, future potential and global reach. 

10/15/2012 | KPMG: Sustainable Insight "Water Scarcity"

In the edition of KPMG’s Sustainable Insight KPMG explores how the world’s major businesses are setting out their approaches to water scarcity via their key communication vehicles on corporate responsibility (CR) and sustainability.

09/13/2012 | TUI again listed as an industry leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index with top marks for its climate strategy

As of 24 September, TUI AG will again be listed as an industry leader in the 'Travel & Tourism’ section of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) World and Europe. At the annual review of the sustainability rankings, Europe's leading tourism group received particularly high scores in the categories of climate change strategy, risk and crisis management, and stakeholder dialogue.

The company managed to improve its position in the category of Environmental Policy / Management System as well as in the area of Corporate Citizenship / Philanthropy.

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Econsense

Forum for Sustainable Development of German Business e.V.

econsense is an association of leading, globally active companies and organisations of German business specializing in the area of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Founded in 2000 on the initiative of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), the goal of econsense is to provide a dialogue platform and think tank, with the dual objectives of advancing sustainable development in business and assuming social responsibility.