Step by step to the sustainability report

Sustainability learning journey - Our series for SMEs

Our free webinar series - your path to the voluntary sustainability report (VSME)! Here you will find all information about the topics and dates including recordings and further blog articles.
A warm welcome!

Recording: Watch previous webinars

Here you can find the recordings of our previous webinars. You can follow our learning journey for sustainability in SMEs and organisations - on the way to voluntary reporting!

  • Webinar 1: Basics and project planning
  • Webinar 2: Materiality vs. 'if applicable'
  • Webinar 4: (2 video parts) Gap analysis (part 1), objectives, measures and key figures (part 2) 

What is the learning journey?

Our webinar series is your introduction to the voluntary Sustainability reportinge.g. according to the VSME standard and beyond. We show you how to utilise existing information in a structured way, efficiently collect new data, supplement it with strategic content and Step by step in a report be built up. Whether ambitious or pragmatic - we will take you on a joint learning journey!

Your benefits:

  • Clear implementation schedule - tailored to your capacities and ambitions
  • Practical tips, real examples and teamwork
  • Access to everything that helps: Webinars, blog articles, templates and slides.

Procedure and results

Your benefits from the learning journey:

  • How the VSME standard works and what content is relevant
  • How to create goals, measures and a suitable governance structure
  • How to create an effective sustainability report - even with limited resources
  • How to analyse materiality and collect suitable data in a practical way
  • How to compile content into a voluntary sustainability report - and how the German Sustainability Code (DNK) supports you in this.

At the end, you will have a realistic roadmap in your hand that you as a company or organisation can use to report voluntarily and effectively - step by step.

Every month we offer a new or repeated Webinar free of charge so you can join at any time!

Would you like to watch previous webinars again? We make them available here!

This website, LinkedIn and our newsletter provide regular information about all events. Registration is very easy via Eventbrite.

Why free of charge?

There is no catch, we just consistently follow our values!

Our approach at plant values is that we want to share knowledge and experience in order to promote sustainability in companies, organisations and society. We want to empower people in companies and organisations to tackle sustainability themselves - and not create a dependency on our consulting services. That is how we see ourselves.

Would you like to find out more about our values? Then click here.

 

Sustainability consulting from plant values - Why with us?

Because we know what we're talking about: Experience from over 300 projects in the area of sustainability - from strategy development and sustainability workshops to reporting processes according to various standards.

Because we think across all sectors: whether service provider, producer, educational institution, municipal utility or social organisation - we bring a wide range of perspectives, experience and good practices to the table.

Because we lead the way ourselves: We report according to DNK (to plant values` DNK report) and in future according to the VSME standard - and we openly share our experiences!

Our approach is empowering, practical and clear: whether in the webinar, in our blog posts or in counselling - we focus on practical feasibility and a high degree of application orientation!

What the first participants of the learning journey say?

Voices from the first four webinars:

"Super overview and great explanation."

"By far the best series on VSME I've seen so far! High praise!"

"Thank you for offering the webinar, super helpful!" 

"I'm looking forward to more webinars!"

"Many thanks for the valuable information and the pleasant presentation!"

"Thank you very much! Super valuable!

"Thank you very much for the information and the webinar series!"

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