With Nextra Insights, we shed light on current topics, classify complex relationships and provide food for thought for sustainable action – from deep dives to articles about AI applications in the sustainability context. For anyone who wants to keep an eye on future topics at the interface of sustainability and AI.
In many industries, EcoVadis has evolved from an optional sustainability verification to a genuine award criterion. Increasingly, a valid EcoVadis rating is a prerequisite for new business relationships or supplier approvals. In this webinar, Sarah Hirsch from Nextra Consulting demonstrates ...
A climate strategy describes how a company systematically reduces and manages its greenhouse gas emissions. It connects robust emissions data with clear targets and an implementation-oriented transformation plan. The first step of a climate strategy is to create transparency about ...
For climate protection measures, companies have access to a wide range of funding options aimed at reducing emissions, increasing energy and resource efficiency, and economically implementing transformation projects. These differ less by specific program names than by their function and ...
Physical and transition climate risks describe two key risk categories arising from climate change and the transition to a low-emission economy. Both are an integral part of robust climate risk analyses and play a central role in climate strategies and ...
In a corporate context, Circular Economy means designing value creation so that resources are kept in circulation for as long as possible, waste is avoided, and materials are reused or reprocessed. Unlike linear models, it aims to systematically combine environmental ...
CSRD regulations are evolving: the Omnibus package, new ESRS flexibilities, changing reporting requirements. Many companies are asking: Should we act now or wait? In this webinar, Nextra Consulting explains why waiting is not a good strategy and how Double Materiality ...
Scope 1, 2, and 3 describe the different categories of a company’s greenhouse gas emissions according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. They help to systematically record emissions and assign them to their point of origin. Scope 1 emissions include all ...
A sustainability strategy supports business decisions by creating a clear framework for priorities, investments, and trade-offs. It makes sustainability manageable and enables decisions to be systematically aligned with long-term value creation. In day-to-day operations, companies regularly face decisions with sustainability ...
Which sustainability topics are relevant for a company depends largely on its business model, value chain, and the expectations of key stakeholders. A sustainability strategy helps to systematically identify these topics and clearly prioritize them, rather than treating all aspects ...
Double materiality is a central principle of sustainability reporting under CSRD and ESRS. Companies must assess sustainability topics based on how strongly they impact the environment and society, and conversely, how strongly these topics affect the company itself. The first ...
