{"id":5943,"date":"2023-05-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/newsletter-may-2023\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T16:30:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T14:30:31","slug":"newsletter-may-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/en\/newsletter-may-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2023 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"pi-newsletter\">\n<p><em>This article was originally shared in our <strong>Newsletter \u2014 May 2023<\/strong>.<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe here<\/a> to receive future updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<header>\n<h1>Positive Impacts Newsletter \u2014 May 2023<\/h1>\n<p><strong>In this edition:<\/strong> Impact Accounting update \u00b7 EU Taxonomy debate \u00b7 CSRD implementation \u00b7 Upcoming PI workshops<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<section id=\"impact-accounting\">\n<h2>Impact Accounting Framework \u2014 new applications<\/h2>\n<p>We expanded the PI Impact Accounting Framework to cover all sustainability matters listed in ESRS 1 Annex I and integrated cross-topic interactions. The framework now helps organizations quantify both positive and negative impacts in a consistent and comparable manner.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Compatible with CSRD and IFRS S1\/S2 logic.<\/li>\n<li>Supports both financial materiality and impact materiality views.<\/li>\n<li>Allows time-based progress measurement in \u201cimpact years left.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download the summary and method note on our website or contact us for a demo session.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"eu-taxonomy\">\n<h2>EU Taxonomy \u2014 beyond the binary<\/h2>\n<p>The current EU Taxonomy approach defines economic activities as \u201celigible\u201d or \u201cnon-eligible.\u201d Our analysis shows that sustainability is not binary. We propose a graded taxonomy based on real impact contributions instead of threshold checklists.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSustainability is a continuum, not a label.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read our short paper \u201cFrom Binary to Continuous \u2014 How Taxonomies Should Evolve\u201d available in our Resources section.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"csrd\">\n<h2>CSRD Implementation Challenges \u2014 our take<\/h2>\n<p>Many companies face difficulty operationalizing double materiality and topic mapping. PI\u2019s frameworks translate ESRS requirements into a structured assessment that reduces complexity and keeps focus on strategic relevance.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Define impacts and financial effects in the same language of value.<\/li>\n<li>Quantify risks and opportunities in monetary terms for better decisions.<\/li>\n<li>Align reporting and strategy with one dataset.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"workshops\">\n<h2>Upcoming PI Workshops &#038; Events<\/h2>\n<p>Join our interactive workshops to learn how to apply Impact Accounting and Value &amp; Risk logic in practice.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Workshop:<\/strong> \u201cMateriality Made Practical\u201d \u2014 June 14 \u00b7 Cologne \u00b7 in person.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Webinar:<\/strong> \u201cLinking Impact and Finance\u201d \u2014 June 28 \u00b7 online \u00b7 English session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Register via our website or email <a href=\"mailto:info@positive-impacts.com\">info@positive-impacts.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<footer>\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:info@positive-impacts.com\">info@positive-impacts.com<\/a> \u00b7 +49 221 95490139 \u00b7<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.positive-impacts.com\" 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>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally shared in our Newsletter \u2014 May 2023. 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