{"id":5958,"date":"2021-10-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/newsletter-october-2021\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T16:41:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T14:41:00","slug":"newsletter-october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/de\/newsletter-october-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2021 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"pi-newsletter\">\n<p><em>This article was originally shared in our <strong>Newsletter \u2014 October 2021<\/strong>.<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/de\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe here<\/a> to receive future updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<header>\n<h1>Positive Impacts Newsletter \u2014 October 2021<\/h1>\n<p><strong>In this edition:<\/strong> CSRD negotiations \u00b7 Impact Accounting overview \u00b7 Linking impacts to strategy \u00b7 Upcoming events<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<section id=\"csrd-negotiations\">\n<h2>CSRD Negotiations \u2014 What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p>The European institutions are entering final negotiations on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The direction is clear: sustainability reporting will become part of mainstream corporate governance. However, implementation details remain under discussion.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scope likely extended to most large and listed companies.<\/li>\n<li>Mandatory third-party assurance expected from the start.<\/li>\n<li>Alignment with EU Taxonomy and SFDR reinforced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We summarize the main proposals and their implications for business strategy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"impact-accounting\">\n<h2>Impact Accounting \u2014 A Unified Framework<\/h2>\n<p>PI\u2019s Impact Accounting Framework provides a consistent logic to measure positive and negative real-world impacts across topics such as climate, biodiversity, water, and health. It translates impacts into comparable units and monetary terms, making sustainability data actionable.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quantifies both positive and negative effects using the same methodology.<\/li>\n<li>Applies context-based thresholds for significance.<\/li>\n<li>Supports financial and non-financial reporting under the CSRD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"linking-strategy\">\n<h2>Linking Impacts to Strategy<\/h2>\n<p>We introduced the PI Strategy Framework to help organizations connect sustainability results with strategic ambition. It defines five ambition levels, from \u201cNo Ambition\u201d to \u201cSustainability Driven,\u201d helping boards identify transition pathways.<\/p>\n<p>Integrating impacts into strategy ensures that sustainability efforts deliver measurable business value rather than isolated reporting exercises.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"events\">\n<h2>Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Webinar:<\/strong> \u201cUnderstanding the CSRD\u201d \u2014 October 19 \u00b7 Online.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Workshop:<\/strong> \u201cMateriality Made Practical\u201d \u2014 October 28 \u00b7 Cologne.<\/li>\n<li>Publication: \u201cThe Link Between Impacts, Value, and Strategy\u201d \u2014 new article in ESGZ magazine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<footer>\n<p><strong>Kontakt<\/strong><br \/>\n      <a href=\"mailto:info@positive-impacts.com\">info@positive-impacts.com<\/a> \u00b7 +49 221 95490139 \u00b7<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> \u00b7<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/positive-impacts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally shared in our Newsletter \u2014 October 2021. 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Positive Impacts Newsletter \u2014 October 2021 In this edition: CSRD negotiations \u00b7 Impact Accounting overview \u00b7 Linking impacts to strategy \u00b7 Upcoming events CSRD Negotiations \u2014 What to Expect The European institutions are entering final negotiations on the [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5985,"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5958\/revisions\/5985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}